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The reservoir's existence is due to the Entwistle Dam. When constructed in 1832 the Entwistle Dam was the highest in Britain; it rises 108 feet from the base. [ 1 ] The reservoir contains almost 750 thousand imperial gallons (roughly 3,400,000 litres) and, with the Wayoh Reservoir just below, satisfies around 50% of Bolton 's need for drinking ...
Edgworth is a small village in the civil parish of North Turton, in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is between Broadhead Brook on the west (expanded artificially to form the Wayoh Reservoir) and Quarlton Brook in the south east. The ground ranges from 650 feet (200 m) to 1,100 feet (340 m) above sea level.
The name was recorded as Hennetwisel in 1212, Ennetwysel in 1276 and Entwissell in 1311. Entwistle is situated in a fork between the Edgeworth Brook and a smaller tributary. [1] [2] Entwistle was originally a township in the chapelry of Turton which was part of the large ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the hundred of Salford. [3]
South Turton, an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester; Turton and Edgworth railway station, formerly on what is now the Northern Rail 'Ribble Valley Line; Turton and Entwistle Reservoir, a water reservoir in the town of Edgworth, Lancashire; Turton Tower, Chapeltown, Lancashire, a 15th-century manor house
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Turton was a township and chapelry of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford Hundred of Lancashire. [2] In 1837, Turton became part of the Bolton Poor Law Union which took responsibility for funding the Poor Law within that Union area. [3] In 1866, Turton was given the status of a civil parish. [4]
Turton Local History Society (TLHS) is an English local history society covering the area of Turton in the North West of England. The district includes the ancient townships of Bradshaw , Edgworth , Entwistle , Harwood , Longworth , Quarlton and Turton , and includes the areas now known as Egerton , Bromley Cross and Chapeltown .