TRAWDEN-FOREST, a township in that part of
the parish of WHALLEY which is in the higher division
of the hundred of BLACKBURN, county palatine of
LANCASTER, 1 mile (S. E.) from Colne, containing 2307
inhabitants. There are places of worship for the Society
of Friends and Wesleyan Methodists. This district,
like other forests in the kingdom, was rejected, as
of little value, at the time of the original distribution of
land; it comprises ten square miles, and manufactures,
similar to those carried on in the neighbouring towns
and villages, have been established, and are progressively
increasing.