WISWELL, 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,
3 miles (S. by E.) from Clitheroe, containing 683 inhabitants.
The extension of the manufacture in spinning
cotton thread, and the weaving and printing of calico,
have caused a considerable increase in the population
of this township within the last few years.