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{{Infobox UK place
|static_image_name= Blacko Tower.JPG
|static_image_caption=  A view of Blacko Tower taken from the top of the village in early winter
|country =                 England
|coordinates = {{coord|53.869|-2.217|display=inline,title}}
|population=               672
|population_ref=           ''(2011)''
|official_name=            Blacko
|civil_parish=             Blacko  <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blackovillage.webs.com/|title=Blacko Village community website|website=Blacko Village community website|accessdate=2 June 2022}}</ref>
|shire_district=           [[Borough of Pendle|Pendle]]
|shire_county =            [[Lancashire]]
|region=                   North West England
|constituency_westminster= [[Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)|Pendle]]
|post_town=                NELSON
|postcode_district=        BB9
|postcode_area=            BB
|dial_code=                01282
|os_grid_reference=        SD856415
|london_distance=
|pushpin_map        = United Kingdom Borough of Pendle
|pushpin_map_caption= Location in Pendle Borough
}}
'''Blacko''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|l|æ|k|oʊ}} is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Borough of Pendle|Pendle]] district of [[Lancashire]], England. Before local government reorganisation in 1974 the village lay on the border with the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. The parish has a population of 672.<ref name=pop>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170215068|title=Blacko Parish|access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> The village is on the old [[turnpike trust|turnpike road]] from [[Nelson, Lancashire|Nelson]] to [[Gisburn]] ([[A682 road|A682]]). The village enjoys views towards [[Boulsworth Hill]] to its southeast, the former cotton town of Nelson, about two miles to its south and [[Pendle Hill]] to its west across the valley of [[Pendle Water]].
The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of [[Middop]], [[Bracewell and Brogden]], [[Salterforth]], [[Foulridge]], [[Colne]], [[Barrowford]], [[Roughlee Booth]] and [[Barley-with-Wheatley Booth]]. Parts of the parish, west of the village are included in the [[Forest of Bowland]] [[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]] (AONB).<ref>{{Cite map |url= http://forestofbowland.com/main-map|publisher=Lancashire County Council |title=Forest of Bowland map |series=forestofbowland.com |scale= |edition= |year=}}</ref>
==History==
Spring Field Mill was probably built around 1850 for cotton weaving and powered originally by a [[beam engine]]. Later the mill was extended and [[stationary steam engine|horizontal engine]] installed and it reached its fullest extent by 1910. Closed in the 1970s, the building survived into the 2000s, however a small housing estate now occupies the site.<ref>{{HERR|mnumber=1307248 |mname=Spring Field Mill |access-date=5 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=LT/>
Overlooking the village is Stansfield Tower (also known as Blacko Tower), which was built around 1890. A local grocer, Jonathan Stansfield, built this circular rough stone tower to provide himself with a view over [[Ribblesdale]] from the top, but the height fell somewhat short.{{sfnp|Clayton|2007|pp=266–7|ps=}} A [[Bronze Age]] axe, believed to be 3,500 years old, was found near the tower in 1952.<ref>{{HERR|mnumber=45476 |mname=Monument No. 45476 |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref>
The village has won the small village category of the Lancashire [[Best Kept Village]] competition in 2002 and 07, and the champion village category in 2011, 13, 15 and 16.<ref name=LT>{{cite web |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/pendle/10768483.Blacko_scoops_Best_Kept_Village_in_Lancashire_accolade/ |title=Blacko scoops Best Kept Village in Lancashire accolade |date=28 October 2013 |work=[[Lancashire Telegraph]] |publisher=[[Newsquest Media Group]] |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/pendle/blacko/9251207.Pendle_and_Ribble_Valley_joy_in_best_kept_village_awards/ |title=Pendle and Ribble Valley joy in best-kept village awards |last=Magill |first=Peter |date=15 September 2011 |work=[[Lancashire Telegraph]] |publisher=[[Newsquest Media Group]] |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/news/blacko-scoops-best-kept-village-title-1-6834317 |title=Blacko scoops best-kept village title |date=11 September 2014 |work=Pendle Today |publisher=[[Johnston Press]] |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lep.co.uk/your-lancashire/chorley/croston/from-flooded-disaster-zone-to-best-kept-village-award-joy-for-croston-1-8132525 |title=From flooded disaster zone to best kept village - award joy for Croston |date=18 September 2016 |work=Lancashire Post |publisher=[[Johnston Press]] |access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref>
==Governance==
The part of Blacko parish historically in Lancashire was once part of [[Barrowford]] [[Township (England)|township]] in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in 1866, however in 1894 the urban areas became an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] and Blacko was created from the remainder, forming part of the [[Burnley Rural District]] until 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10342120/relationships |title=Blacko CP through time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |website=Visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref> The area around Admergill formed part of Brogden township in [[Barnoldswick]]'s ancient parish and later the [[Skipton Rural District]], in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10404563 |title=Brogden Tn/CP through time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |website=Visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=5 August 2017}}</ref>
Along with part of Barrowford, the parish forms the [[Blacko and Higherford]] ward of [[Pendle Borough Council]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Ordnance Survey |title=Higham with Pendleside |website=Ordnance Survey Linked Data Platform |url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000041793 |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref>
The Village also is home to Blacko Events Committee, which regularly hold fundraising events including the Annual Blacko Show, which is held on the recreational site every September. The committee raise funds which then is put back into the community. One noticeable community project was the donation of funds to the Parish Council, to provide new play equipment on the recreation ground, which then went on to win Pendle community Networks Play Setting of the Year Award.
==Demography==
According to the [[United Kingdom Census 2011]], the parish has a population of 672,<ref name=pop/> an increase from 595 in the 2001 census.<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790441 Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Pendle''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702150628/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790441 |date=2 July 2015 }} Retrieved 5 September 2015</ref>
==People==
Stone Edge (historically Stonehedge) was home to a branch of [[Burnley]]'s [[Towneley family]], some of whom emigrated to [[Virginia]] in the 17th century. As well as exporting the Towneley name, their descendants also included both [[George Washington]] and [[Robert E. Lee]].<ref>{{citation |title=Tracing the Towneleys |url=http://www.towneleyhallsociety.co.uk/Towneley.pdf |year=2004 |publisher=Towneley Hall Society |page=38 |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804012621/http://www.towneleyhallsociety.co.uk/Towneley.pdf| archive-date=4 August 2017}}</ref>
Blacko was the childhood home of Lancashire [[comedian]] [[Jimmy Clitheroe]] (1921–73), famous for his [[BBC]] radio series ''[[The Clitheroe Kid]]'', who lived there from 1922 to 1935. Jimmy went to school in Blacko and appeared in many amateur concert party entertainments in the village's [[Methodist]] chapel, before turning professional in 1936.
Also during the 1930s it was the home of the comedian [[Tommy Trafford]], who played many summer seasons in the Lancashire seaside resort of [[Southport]] between the 1960s and 1980s, resulting in his nickname of Mr Southport.
[[File:Blacko from the SW.jpg|thumb|centre|800px|Blacko from the hillside above Thorneyholme in [[Barley-with-Wheatley Booth]]. Stansfield Tower at the summit of Blacko Hill is visible on the far left, with the village extending along the A682 Gisburn Road toward [[Higherford]] on the right.]]
==See also==
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*[[Listed buildings in Blacko]]
==References==
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'''Bibliography'''
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*{{citation |last=Clayton |first=John A. |title=The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy |year=2007 |publisher=Barrowford Press |isbn=978-0-9553821-2-3}}
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Blacko}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20181211225750/https://www.blacko-village.co.uk/ Blacko Village Website]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/image_galleries/blacko_gallery.shtml BBC Sunday Stroll in Blacko]
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