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Altham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Hyndburn, in Lancashire, England. It is the only parish in the borough – the remainder is an unparished area. The village is west of Burnley, north of Accrington, and north-east of Clayton-le-Moors, and is on the A678 Blackburn to Burnley road. The River Calder passes to the north of the village, and forms part of the parish boundary. In the south west corner of the parish is ''Altham West'', a suburb of Accrington. The 2001 census recorded a population of 897.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Parish headcount )〕 The Ham class minesweeper HMS Altham was named after the village. == Governance == Altham is in Hyndburn, a non-metropolitan district with borough status in Lancashire. Altham was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley, this became a civil parish in 1866. From 1894 to 1974, the parish was in the Burnley Rural District. Hyndburn Borough Council has a total of 35 councillors, two of which are elected by the ward of Altham. the ward is represented by one Conservative Party and one Labour Party councillor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Councillors – View by ward: Altham )〕 Altham has a parish council; its meetings are usually in Altham village. The facilities at Accrington Stanley's Crown Ground stadium have allowed some meetings to be held there, a more convenient location for the residents of Altham West.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Parish Plan Update )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Altham, Lancashire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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