Old Laund Booth

This article is about the civil parish. For the electoral ward, see Old Laund Booth (ward).

Old Laund Booth is a civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a population of 1,459,^[1] and contains the villages of Fence and Wheatley Lane.

Old Laund Booth
Fence Gate Inn, Fence
Old Laund Booth Location in Pendle Borough Show map of the Borough of Pendle Old Laund Booth Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
Population	1,459 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD8240
Civil parish	Old Laund Booth
District	Pendle
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BURNLEY
Postcode district	BB12
Dialling code	01282
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Pendle
List of places UK England Lancashire 53.833°N 2.260°W / 53.833; -2.260

Old Laund Booth was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Burnley Rural District from 1894 (until 1974). Until 1898 when the parish was enlarged, part of Goldshaw Booth and a detached area Higham with West Close Booth, divided the township into two parts with Fence in the eastern and Wheatley Lane and Old Laund hall in the western.^[2][3] In 1935 the civil parish of Wheatley Carr Booth was abolished and the area also joined this parish.^[4]

The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of Roughlee Booth, Barrowford, Nelson, Brierfield, Reedley Hallows, Higham-with-West Close Booth and Goldshaw Booth. Higher areas of the parish, north-east of the villages are part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).^[5]

According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, the parish has a population of 1,459,^[1] a decrease from 1,586 in the 2001 census.^[6]

Media gallery

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  Ye Old Sparrow Hawk, Wheatley Lane
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  St Anne's Church, Fence
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  Inghamite Church, Wheatley Lane
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  The White Swan, Wheatley Lane

See also

• Lancashire portal

• Listed buildings in Old Laund Booth