Briercliffe

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Coordinates: 53°48′36″N 2°11′24″W / 53.810°N 2.190°W / 53.810; -2.190
Briercliffe with Extwistle

Extwistle Hall
Briercliffe with Extwistle

 Briercliffe with Extwistle shown within Lancashire
Population 3,187 (2001)
OS grid reference SD8749034897
Civil parish Briercliffe with Extwistle
District Burnley
Shire county Lancashire
Region North West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BURNLEY
Postcode district BB10
Dialling code 01282
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Burnley
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Lancashire

Briercliffe (or Briercliffe-with-Extwistle) is a civil parish in the borough of Burnley, in Lancashire, England. It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Burnley.[1]

The parish contains suburbs of Burnley (including Harle Syke and Haggate), and the rural area north-east of the town. Hamlets in the parish include Cockden, Lane Bottom and in the Extwistle area, the tiny hamlet of Roggerham.

In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 3,187 in 1,308 households.[2]

Extwistle Hall

Extwistle Hall stands high on Extwistle Moor between Haggate (east of Brierfield) and the village of Worsthorne. The Hall, built of coursed sandstone on three sides of a courtyard, is now a ruin.[3] It was built in the 16th century in the Tudor style by the Parker family who were prominent in local affairs. Robert Parker had bought the land, which had previously belonged to Kirkstall Abbey, in 1537 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The Parker family occupied it for some 200 years before moving to Cuerden Hall around 1718. [4] John Parker was High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1653 and Robert Parker for 1710. The house was remodelled in the late 18th century.

The listed Grade II*[5] building, owned by an Isle of Man based property company, has been unoccupied for more than 20 years and is listed in English Heritage's Heritage at Risk Register.[6] In early 2012, £2million plans were revealed to save and restore the hall to its former glory, then afterwards to be sold off.[7]

People

Tattersall Wilkinson

Tattersall Wilkinson was a local antiquarian most usually known as 'The Sage Of Roggerham'.[8] Tattersall was well known in Burnley during the late 1800s. He was the first person to uncover the flint daggers and stone circles of nearby Worsthorne, and other antiquities such as burial urns. He also wrote many articles for the Burnley Express and a book of his own (with J.F Tattersall) named 'Memories Of Hurstwood'.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Parish Council Details: Briercliffe-with-Extwistle Parish Council". Lancashire Parish Portal. Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 2008-10-31. 
  2. ↑ "Parish headcount". Lancashire Parish Portal. Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 2008-10-31. 
  3. ↑ "EXTWISTLE HALL". Pastscape. Retrieved 2013-01-18. 
  4. ↑ "history of Extwistle Hall". Retrieved 2013-01-18. 
  5. ↑ British Listed Buildings, accessed 29 March 2012
  6. ↑ "Extwistle Hall and attached garden wall", Heritage at Risk Register (English Heritage), retrieved 29 April 2012 
  7. ↑ Tyrone Marshall (11 January 2012). "£2.4million housing development plans for Briercliffe". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 29 April 2012. 
  8. ↑ "Insight into history from 19th-century village 'sage'". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 29 April 2012. 

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