Chapeltown, Lancashire
Chapeltown is a village of the civil parish of North Turton, in the Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, in the north west of England. It is on the B6391 road, on the southern slopes of the West Pennine Moors. The village was once the historic centre of the old Turton Urban District.
Chapeltown | |
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Old School House | |
Chapeltown SShown within Blackburn with Darwen Chapeltown Location within Lancashire | |
OS grid reference | SD733157 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
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Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BOLTON |
Postcode district | BL7 |
Dialling code | 01204 |
Police | Lancashire |
Fire | Lancashire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
The village consists mainly of 18th- and 19th-century terraced stone cottages. The tight clustering of properties along High Street is typical of villages with medieval origins. There is a small public garden containing the old village stocks and market cross. Their timber elements have been renewed several times, but the stone bases are original.
Chapeltown is the location of St Anne's Church, Turton. Turton Tower lies to the west of the village centre. The local pub is the Chetham Arms, named after Humphrey Chetham.
Chapeltown is part of the Rossendale and Darwen constituency. Jake Berry has been the Member of Parliament for Rossendale and Darwen since 2010.
Photo gallery
- The old village stocks
- St. Anne's Church
- Arms of the Chetham family above the door of the Chetham Arms pub