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Cliviger Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Cliviger

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Cliviger history

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The area has been the site of human habitation for thousands of years. Bronze-Age burial mound is known to exist on Moseley Height above Mereclough. Iron Age gold torc was also found, which is now in the Manchester Museum.

Cliviger geography / climate

The parish is located at the northwestern entrance to Cliviger Gorge, which extends southeast to the (now) West Yorkshire town of Todmorden. The highest point in the parish is Hoof Stones Height on Stiperden Moor to the northeast, at 1,573 feet (479.5 m) above sea level (on the county boundary)

Mereclough

Mereclough is at the junction of Red Lees Road with The Long Causeway . There are two public houses, the Fighting Cocks and the Kettledrum Inn .

Overtown

Overtown is at the junctions of Red Lees Road with Mount Lane and Greencliffe Lane . The parish playing fields and the Jerry Dawson Sports Pavilion are located on Mount Lane .

Walk Mill

Walk Mill is on Burnley Road, where it passes over the River Calder . In 1311 Henry de Lacy held 80 acres of land and a water-mill in Cliviger . A medieval fulling mill (often water-powered) could also be known as a walk mill .

Southward Bottom

Southward Bottom is centered on the junction of Red Lees Road and Burnley Road . River Calder is joined by Easden Clough near Honey Holme farm . In 1840s there was a drift colliery here called the Turner Carr Level .

Holme Chapel

Holme Chapel is on Burnley Road in the centre of the parish (although its most southeasterly settlement) and is regarded as the village centre, with a primary school (St John the Divine C.E. Primary School), St John’s church and the village hall .

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29 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Cliviger tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Cliviger

  

Best Cliviger places to visit

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Cliviger has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Cliviger’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Cliviger’s information audio spots:

Church of St Mary of the Assumption, Burnley The Church of St Mary of the Assumption is in Yorkshire Street, Burnley, Lancashire . It was built between 1846 and 1849 to replace a smaller chapel on a different site . The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building .

Burnley Embankment The Burnley Embankment carries the Leeds and Liverpool Canal across the Calder and Brun valleys in Burnley, Lancashire . Also known as the Straight Mile, the embankment is 1,256 yards (0.714 mi; 1.148 km) long .

Burnley power station Burnley power station supplied electricity to the town of Burnley, Lancashire from 1893 to 1958 . The electricity station was owned and operated by Burnley Corporation prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity industry in 1948 .

St Peter’s Church, Burnley St Peter’s Church is an Anglican church in Burnley, Lancashire . It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn . The oldest part of the church dates from the 15th century, and there are several later additions and restorations .

Burnley Town Hall Burnley Town Hall is a municipal building in Manchester Road, Burnley, Lancashire . It is the headquarters of Burnley Borough Council . The town hall is a Grade II listed building .

Towneley Park Towneley Park is owned and managed by Burnley Borough Council . It is the largest and most popular park in Burnley, Lancashire . The main entrance to the park is within a mile of the town centre . The park extends to the south east, covering an area of some 180 hectares .

Towneley Colliery Towneley Colliery was a coal mine on the Burnley Coalfield in Burnley, Lancashire, England . Sunk in the late 1860s, it was linked by a tramway to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal . The colliery was nationalised in 1947 and closed in 1949 .

Holme Hall, Cliviger Holme Hall is a Grade II* listed manor house in Cliviger near Burnley, Lancashire. The house dates back to at least the 15th century, was rebuilt in the 17th century and extended in 1854. Between 1985 and 2003 it was used as a retirement home. The structure was devastated by suspected arson attacks in 2003.

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