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UK. England. Lancashire. 53°44′53″N2°28′55″W / 53.748°N 2.482°W. Blackburn Skyline with the Cathedral and Town Hall Tower. Blackburn (/ ˈblækbɜːrn / ⓘ) is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England.
- Early Blackburn
- Blackburn in The 19th Century
- Modern Blackburn
In the Middle Ages Lancashire was a poor area with few towns. At that time Blackburn was just a village. However, in the 16th century, Blackburn grew into a small market town. As well as weekly markets it also had annual fairs (in those days fairs were like markets but they were held only once a year and people came from all over Lancashire to atte...
As Blackburn grew a huge number of houses were built. They would seem horrid to us but poor people had always lived in small, crowded houses. A typical house in the late 19th century had 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms upstairs and downstairs a combined kitchen and living room at the front, and a scullery at the back. Working-class houses did not have bathroom...
The 1930s were years of mass unemployment in Blackburn and many mills closed for good. Nevertheless cotton remained a major industry in the town between the wars. Meanwhile, many council houses were built in Blackburn, and amenities in the town improved. In 1926 Blackburn became a diocese and the Church of St Mary was made a cathedral. During the S...
Oct 11, 2024 · BLACKBURN. Blackeburne, Dom. Bk.; Blakeburn, 1187 to xvi cent.; Blackborne, 1608. The local pronunciation is Blakeburn. The borough of Blackburn is situated on hilly ground rising from the valley of the River Darwen, which flows through the south-western suburbs, and from both banks of the tributary Blackwater, the ancient 'blake burn' which gave name to the township.
A HISTORY book of Blackburn, going back to the days of the Romans, first published in 1877, has been reprinted. ... The History of Blackburn, Town and Parish was written more than 130 years ago by ...
1.3.2 Prehistoric to Romano-British ... dating to the early Prehistoric period identified in Blackburn, with the earliest ... The town appears to have been of some ...
B. has heen associated with many improvements in the mfr. of cotton, among which was the invention (1767) of the "Spinning Jenny" by James Hargreaves, who died in 1770. There are several fine churches and public buildings. A Corporation Park (50 ac. in area) is on the outskirts of the town.
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Article History. Blackburn with Darwen, unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Lancashire, northwestern England, 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Manchester. The famous weaving tradition of the town of Blackburn had its beginnings in the 13th-century wool trade. By the reign of Elizabeth I, Blackburn was a flourishing market town of ...
