Cloughfold is a small hamlet in between the towns of Rawtenstall and Waterfoot in Rossendale, Lancashire, England.
Cloughfold | |
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Bacup Road | |
Location within Lancashire | |
OS grid reference | SD823227 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ROSSENDALE |
Postcode district | BB4 |
Dialling code | 01706 |
Police | Lancashire |
Fire | Lancashire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Clough Fold railway station on the Rawtenstall to Bacup Line opened in 1871 and closed when the line closed in 1966.
Notable people edit
- Caleb Ashworth (1722–1775) an English dissenting tutor.
- Sir David James Shackleton (1863–1938) a cotton worker and trade unionist who became the third Labour Member of Parliament in 1902
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