New Year Quiz 2023
How well do you know the local area?
10 puzzling questions about Barley, Goldshaw Booth and Roughlee. Kick-start your brain ready for the New Year ahead!
1. Starting with the oldest, put these local buildings in the order of when they were built:
a) Barley Green Farmhouse
b) St. Mary’s Church Tower
c) Sabden Great Hall
d) Roughlee Old Hall
e) Nabs House
2. In metres, how high is Pendle Hill?
3. How many post boxes are there within the boundaries of Barley, Goldshaw Booth and Roughlee parishes?
4. What is written above the door at Witches Galore?
5. Can you unscramble these anagrams of local landmarks:
a) Algebra Valley Hill
b) Oil Rush Canoe
c) Beach Tin
d) Bloom Sprinkle
e) Robyn Shaine
6. Newchurch Playing Field became a Queen Elizabeth II Field in which year?
7. In order, starting nearest to the waterfall, what are the names of the six waterfall cottages in Roughlee?
8. In which year did Barley-with-Wheatley Booth, Goldshaw Booth and Roughlee Booth become civil parishes?
9. Starting with the largest, place the four reservoirs in Barley in order of water volume: Upper Ogden, Lower Ogden, Upper Black Moss and Lower Black Moss
10. What was the combined population across Barley, Goldshaw Booth and Roughlee parishes in the 2011 census?