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 situated on the B6391 and lies on southern slopes of the West Pennine Moors. The village was once the historic centre of the old Turton Urban District. A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Blackburn with Darwen (Dwrgwyn) is a borough in Lancashire, North West England. ... A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ... North West England is one of the nine regions of England. ... The Great Britain road numbering scheme is a numbering system used to classify and identify all major roads in Great Britain. ... Rivington Pike, a familiar local landmark The West Pennine Moors is an area of approximately 90 square miles of moorland and reservoir scenery, located in North West England, between the towns of Chorley, Bolton, Horwich and Blackburn. ... Turton was an urban district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ...

The old village stocks.

The Village consists mainly of eighteenth and nineteenth century terraced stone cottages. The tight clustering of properties along High Street is typical of villages with medieaval origins. There is a small public garden containing the old village stocks and market cross; the timber elements of these have been renewed several times but the stone bases are original. Spes or Hope; engraving by Sebald Beham, German c1540 The stocks are a device used since medieval times for public humiliation, corporal punishment, and torture. ... A street of British Victorian/Edwardian terraced homes. ... 19th century Cottages in the small hamlet of Crafton, Buckinghamshire In modern usage, a cottage is a dwelling, typically in a rural, or semi-rural location (although there are cottage-style dwellings in cities). ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Spes or Hope; engraving by Sebald Beham, German c1540 The stocks are a device used since medieval times for public humiliation, corporal punishment, and torture. ... A market cross is a structure used to mark a market square in market towns. ...

St. Anne's Church

Chapeltown is the location of Saint Anne's Church. Turton Tower lies to the west of the village centre. The local pub is the Chetham Arms. Turton was an urban district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. ... Turton was an urban district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. ... Humphrey Chetham was a merchant responsible for the creation of Chethams Library and Chethams School of Music. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...

External links

• Welcome to Chapeltown