Oswaldtwistle
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Oswaldtwistle is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England, 3 miles southeast of Blackburn, contiguous with Accrington. The town has a rich industrial heritage, being home to James Hargrea
The Parish Church of Immanuel
Oswaldtwistle Library (2000)
White Ash Field (1988)
Oswaldtwistle Town Hall
Oswald of Northumbria
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Oswald was King of Northumbria from 634 until his death, and is venerated as a saint, of whom there was a particular cult in the Middle Ages.
Oswaldtwistle
…decreased to 10,815 The name is derived from "Oswald" and "Twistle". The word "twistle" is an old English word meaning "brooks meet". Legend has it that Saint Oswald, King of Northumbria passed through, giving the area its full title of Oswald's Twistle, which in time came to be Oswaldtwistle. However, it is more…
A 12th-century painting of St Oswald in Durham Cathedral
Oswald crowned as a king from a 13th-century manuscript
St Oswald relic receptacle, Hildesheim, 12th century
Saint Oswald's church, Bad Kleinkirchheim, Carinthia, one of many churches and place names which commemorate Oswald