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Barnoldswick (colloquially known as '''Barlick''') is a town and Civil Parish within the Pendle district of Lancashire , England just outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Forest Of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Historically a part of the West Riding Of Yorkshire , and nestling on the lower slopes of Weets Hill in the Pennines astride the natural watershed between the Ribble and Aire valleys, Barnoldswick is the highest town on the Leeds And Liverpool Canal , in-between Clitheroe in Lancashire and Skipton in North Yorkshire , and approximately 30 miles from the cities of Leeds , Manchester and Preston . HISTORY Barnoldswick dates back to Viking times. It was listed in Domesday Book as Bernulfsuuick, meaning Bernulf's Town (uuic being an archaic spelling of wick, meaning settlement). A Cistercian Monastery was founded there in 1147 by Monk s from Fountains Abbey . However they left after six years, before construction was complete, driven out by crop failures and locals unhappy at their interference in the affairs of the local church. They went on to build Kirkstall Abbey . They returned after another ten years to build the isolated church of St Mary-le-Gill close to Barnoldswick to Thornton In Craven road. For hundreds of years Barnoldswick remained a small village, however the arrival of the Leeds And Liverpool Canal , and later the (now closed) railway, spurred the development of the existing woolen industry, and helped it to become a major cotton town. GOVERNANCE From 1899 until 1974, Barnoldswick lay within the Administrative County of the West Riding Of Yorkshire (although Blackburnshire in Lancashire sometimes claimed the area). However, following the Local Government Act 1972 , Barnoldswick was, along with a number of Yorkshire villages, including Earby , Waddington and Gisburn , transferred to the Pendle district of the Non-metropolitan County of Lancashire in 1974. MISC. INFORMATION Barnoldswick is the longest place name in the United Kingdom without repeating any letters. The model number of many Rolls Royce Jet Engine s start with the initials RB (eg. RB199 ) which stands for Rolls Barnoldswick, as Rolls Royce aero's design centre is situated in Barnoldswick. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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