Sawley, Lancashire

Infobox UK place
official_name= Sawley
civil_parish= Sawley
population= 305 (2001 Census) [cite web | url=http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/documents/information/Parish_headcount.pdf | title=Parish headcount | work=Lancashire Parish Portal | publisher=Lancashire County Council accessdate=2008-09-20 ]
country= England
region= North West England
os_grid_reference= SD776465
post_town= CLITHEROE
postcode_area= BB
postcode_district= BB7
dial_code= 01200
constituency_westminster= Ribble Valley
shire_district= Ribble Valley
shire_county= Lancashire
latitude= 53.914
longitude= -2.341

Sawley is a village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It is situated north-east of Clitheroe, on the River Ribble. Prior to the local government reform in 1974 the parish was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Sawley shares a parish council with two other parishes, Bolton-by-Bowland and Gisburn Forest. [cite web | url=http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/parish_display.asp?parishid=179 | title=Bolton-by-Bowland, Gisburn Forest and Sawley Parish Council | work=Lancashire Parish Portal | publisher=Lancashire County Council | accessdate=2008-09-20 ]

Sawley Abbey, a ruined abbey of Cistercian monks, is in the village. The abbey was founded in 1147 and dissolved in 1536. [cite web | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=183470 | title=Detailed Record: Sawley Abbey | work=Images of England | publisher=English Heritage | date=2007 | accessdate=2008-09-20 ]

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