Twiston

Twiston
Twiston
	Twiston Shown within Ribble ValleyShow map of the Borough of Ribble ValleyShow map of LancashireShow all
Population	64 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SD813438
Civil parish	Twiston;
District	Ribble Valley;
Shire county	Lancashire;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CLITHEROE
Postcode district	BB7
Dialling code	01200
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Ribble Valley;
	List of places UK England Lancashire 53°53′27″N 2°17′06″W / 53.8907°N 2.2851°WCoordinates: 53°53′27″N 2°17′06″W / 53.8907°N 2.2851°W

Twiston is a village and a civil parish in the Ribble Valley District, in the English county of Lancashire. It is near the town of Clitheroe and the village of Downham (in whose parish the population of Twiston is now included). The parish is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).^[2] It adjoins the Ribble Valley parishes of Downham and Rimington, and the Pendle parish of Barley-with-Wheatley Booth.

Twiston was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Clitheroe Rural District from 1894 till 1974.^[3]

Along with Chatburn and Downham, the parish makes up the Chatburn ward of Ribble Valley Borough Council. ^[4]^[5]

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Hill Top Farmhouse.
Witches Quarry.
Lower Gate.
Pendle Hill from the hillside above Twiston Beck.
Old Lime kiln.^[6]
Site of the former Twiston Mill.

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^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Ribble Valley Retrieved 31 July 2010
^ Forest of Bowland map (Map). forestofbowland.com. Lancashire County Council.
^ "Twiston Tn/CP through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
^ "Chatburn". MARIO. Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
^ "Chatburn". Ordnance Survey Linked Data Platform. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
^ Historic England. "Twiston lime kiln and associated tramway 250m east of Twiston Mill (1021016)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 March 2016.

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[1] Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Ribble Valley Retrieved 31 July 2010

[2] Forest of Bowland map (Map). forestofbowland.com. Lancashire County Council.

[3] "Twiston Tn/CP through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

[4] "Chatburn". MARIO. Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

[5] "Chatburn". Ordnance Survey Linked Data Platform. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

[6] Historic England. "Twiston lime kiln and associated tramway 250m east of Twiston Mill (1021016)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 March 2016.

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Twiston
Twiston Shown within Ribble Valley Twiston Location within Lancashire Show map of the Borough of Ribble ValleyShow map of LancashireShow all
Population	64 (2001 Census)^[1]
OS grid reference	SD813438
Civil parish	Twiston
District	Ribble Valley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CLITHEROE
Postcode district	BB7
Dialling code	01200

Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West

UK Parliament	Ribble Valley
List of places UK England Lancashire 53°53′27″N 2°17′06″W / 53.8907°N 2.2851°W / 53.8907; -2.2851Coordinates: 53°53′27″N 2°17′06″W / 53.8907°N 2.2851°W / 53.8907; -2.2851