Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Oswaldtwistle within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Oswaldtwistle, town and township, Whalley par., NE. Lancashire, on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 3 miles SE. of Blackburn, 4883 ac., pop. 12,206; P.O.T.O., 1 Bank; has cotton factories, printworks, and potteries, and in the neighbourhood are collieries and quarries.