Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Buckshaw Village (often shortened to Buckshaw) is a new residential and industrial area between the towns of Chorley and Leyland in Lancashire, the original area of Buckshaw being part of Euxton. It is one of the largest urban development sites in the North West of England with a population of about 4,000.[citation needed]The new development is taking place on the former site of the Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Chorley, and covers several square kilometres. The area of land was known as Buckshaw, before it was requisitioned by the War Office in the 1930s. There are two listed buildings in this area that the ROF had a duty of care over. They are, the smaller Old Worden Hall, which has recently been redeveloped by the Maysand Group, the ancestral seat of a branch of the Farrington family associated with the Worden Park historical ownership and the other building is Buckshaw Hall, which was built in the 1650s for the Robinson family, land owners from Chorley.. }
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- Buckshaw_Village abstract "Buckshaw Village (often shortened to Buckshaw) is a new residential and industrial area between the towns of Chorley and Leyland in Lancashire, the original area of Buckshaw being part of Euxton. It is one of the largest urban development sites in the North West of England with a population of about 4,000.[citation needed]The new development is taking place on the former site of the Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Chorley, and covers several square kilometres. The area of land was known as Buckshaw, before it was requisitioned by the War Office in the 1930s. There are two listed buildings in this area that the ROF had a duty of care over. They are, the smaller Old Worden Hall, which has recently been redeveloped by the Maysand Group, the ancestral seat of a branch of the Farrington family associated with the Worden Park historical ownership and the other building is Buckshaw Hall, which was built in the 1650s for the Robinson family, land owners from Chorley.".