Whalley (England)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
וואלי (אנגליה)
Name (Latin)
Whalley (England)
Other forms of name
nne Whalley (Lancashire)
nnaa Whalley, Eng. (Parish)
Coordinates
-2.40405 -2.40405 53.82408889 53.82408889 (gooearth )
W0022426 W0022426 N0534920 N0534920 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Turner and Dr. Whitaker, 1982:p. 4 (Parish of Whalley)
- LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Whalley, Eng. (Parish))
- Mun. yrbk. 1984(under Lancashire parishes: Whalley)
- Bartholomew gazetteer of places in Britain, 1986:p. 259 (Whalley: Lancs)
Wikipedia description:
Whalley is a large village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley on the banks of the River Calder in Lancashire, England. It is overlooked by Whalley Nab, a large wooded hill over the river from the village. The population of the civil parish was 2,645 at the census of 2001, and increased to 3,629 at the census of 2011. The main road through Whalley is King Street, which leads through to Clitheroe Road. Neighbouring Whalley are the small villages of Wiswell, Billington, Barrow, and Read. Close by is Downham village and Pendle Hill which was made famous in William Harrison Ainsworth's book The Lancashire Witches.
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