Briercliffe, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Whalley parish, Lancashire. The township bears the name of Briercliffe-with-Extwistle, and lies near the L. & Y.R., 3 miles NE by E of Burnley, which is the nearest railway station. Post town, Burnley. Acreage, 4227; population of the township, 1647; of the ecclesiastical parish, 2174. There are quarries and cotton mills. The Duke of Buccleuch is lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £300 with residence. Patrons, Hulme's Trustees. The church was built in 1840. There are also two Baptist chapels.
