Population 64 (2001 Census) Civil parish Twiston Country England Shire county Lancashire Dialling code 01200 | OS grid reference SD813438 Region North West Sovereign state United Kingdom District Ribble Valley UK parliament constituency Ribble Valley | |
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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). It adjoins the Ribble Valley parishes of Downham and Rimington, and the Pendle parish of Barley-with-Wheatley Booth.
Map of Twiston, Clitheroe, UK
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.
Along with Chatburn and Downham, the parish makes up the Chatburn ward of Ribble Valley Borough Council.
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