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Rawtenstall is the practical northern limit of the line as the formation on towards Bacup has been lost immediately north of the station.
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Rawtenstall and is
It is east of Rawtenstall, north of Rochdale, and east of Preston.
Bacup is surrounded by open moor and grassland on all sides with the exception of Stacksteads at the west which forms a continuous urban area with Waterfoot and Rawtenstall.
The major towns of Burnley and Accrington are to the north and northwest respectively ; Todmorden, Walsden and the county of West Yorkshire are to the east ; Rochdale and the county of Greater Manchester are to the south ; Rawtenstall, from where Bacup is governed, is to the west.
Part of what is now Haslingden, along with that of the neighbouring towns of Rawtenstall and beyond that Bacup were part of the Forest of Blackburnshire, that part being the Forest of Rossendale.
Therefore, the remaining Castleton to Rawtenstall line is combination of remnants of several lines.
The parish is situated between Burnley and Rawtenstall.
The Rossendale Valley is characterised by the steep sided valley of the River Irwell and its tributaries which dissect the moorland of the Rossendale Hills In the valley bottom, urban settlements grew up at river crossing points between Rawtenstall and Bacup and form a contiguous urban and industrial development.
Lying on the River Irwell, it is around north of Ramsbottom, south of Rawtenstall, and west of Norden, and has a total population of 2, 080.
This branch of the line is still used by the East Lancashire Railway to run regular weekend steam services between Rawtenstall and Bury.
Rawtenstall ( or ) is a town at the centre of the Rossendale Valley, in Lancashire, England.
Rawtenstall is part of the Rossendale and Darwen constituency, after the constituency of Rossendale was abolished in 1983.
The M66 motorway from Manchester is linked to Rawtenstall via the A56 bypass, allowing for a driving time between Manchester and Rawtenstall of around half an hour.
Rawtenstall is also the location of the area's county and magistrates ' courts.
The latest ' deal ', in February 2011, between Rossendale Council and the owners of the Rawtenstall centre, Ashcap, is said to " improve Rawtenstall town centre " if it is finalised.
Rawtenstall and northern
Rawtenstall railway station also serves the town, but since the closure of the main line to Manchester, it now operates mainly as a tourist route, as part of the East Lancashire Railway, of which Rawtenstall station forms the northern terminus.
Rawtenstall and line
The East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society was originally established at Helmshore Station in the mid 1960s with the aim of reopening the railway line to Stubbins, the project was abandoned with the organisation relocating to Bury in the 1970s and eventually reopening the Rawtenstall to Bury line.
The Manchester and Leeds Railway Company ( later the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ) arrived in Castleton in 1839, and it was here that the line formerly diverged to Bury, Ramsbottom, Rawtenstall, Bacup and finally rejoined the main line at Rochdale.
The railway arrived in Ramsbottom in 1846 when the Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway Company built a railway from Bury to a junction with the Manchester and Bolton Railway and extended the line northwards to Rawtenstall with a station in the town centre.
The line between Bury and Rawtenstall remained open to passengers until 1972 and for freight until 1980.
The Manchester and Bolton railway line passes through and there was a junction with the line to Bury and Rossendale which opened to Rawtenstall in September 1846.
Rawtenstall and on
Following a serious accident at Rawtenstall, an embargo was placed on this form of traction in 1911.
* Sir Rhodes Boyson, former Conservative Minister in Mrs Thatcher's government, former Councillor on Haslingden Borough Council, and former Head Teacher of Lea Bank County Secondary Modern School, Rawtenstall.
The second, more recent one, relates to Rawtenstall ’ s identification as a cattle farm in 1324 and combines the Old English ruh ‘ rough ’ and tun-stall ‘ the site of a farm ’ ( Mills 1991, 269 ), or possibly, ‘ buildings occupied when cattle were pastured on high ground ’ ( Mills 1976, 125 ).
The last surviving shop in the Valley Centre, Rawtenstall Post Office moved to nearby Kay Street in early February to try and spur on the development.
Burnley played their first match at the ground on 17 February 1883, losing 3 – 6 to local side Rawtenstall.
The first football match at Turf Moor took place on 17 February 1883, when Burnley were defeated 3 – 6 by Rawtenstall.
Rawtenstall and towards
The River Irwell, a long tributary of the River Mersey, runs southwesterly through Bacup towards Rawtenstall from its source by the town's upland outskirts at Weir.
Rawtenstall and Bacup
Currently in membership are Accrington CC, Bacup CC, Burnley CC, Church CC, Colne CC, East Lancashire CC, Enfield CC, Haslingden CC, Lowerhouse CC, Nelson CC, Ramsbottom CC, Rawtenstall CC, Rishton CC, and Todmorden CC ( coincidently actually in Yorkshire ).
In Group B ( the Rossendale Valley group ) are Bacup, Edenfield, Haslingden, Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall.
* Rossendalebus between Todmorden, Bacup and Rawtenstall
* The whole of the districts of Bacup and Rawtenstall
Though located in Waterfoot, rather than Rawtenstall, the traditional grammar school, Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School takes part of its name from the town.
* The former Municipal Boroughs of Bacup, Haslingden & Rawtenstall
He then moved to Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School where he taught for three years, leaving after a period of illness.
Rawtenstall and has
The name Rawtenstall has been given two possible interpretations.
Like most of the United Kingdom, Rawtenstall has an oceanic climate.
Rawtenstall also has a public library, built in 1906 with Carnegie funding.
Rawtenstall also has one of the largest indoor markets in Rossendale ( a sign declaring it to be " probably the friendliest market in the world "), which suffered a serious arson attack in March 2011.
Rawtenstall has become locally infamous for its deserted and boarded-up shopping centre, in the middle of the town.
After leaving Flowery Field he returned to his home club Rawtenstall where he has had great success.
Rawtenstall and north
The district straddles the A676, A56 and B6214 roads with its centre north of Bury, south of Rawtenstall and north east of Bolton.
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