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Wiktionary
n. 1 A town in Lancashire, England 2 (surname)
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 59
Land area (2000): 0.298076 sq. miles (0.772013 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.023325 sq. miles (0.060412 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.321401 sq. miles (0.832425 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06450
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.371655 N, 96.596497 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Blackburn
Housing Units (2000): 126
Land area (2000): 0.307565 sq. miles (0.796590 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.013672 sq. miles (0.035411 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.321237 sq. miles (0.832001 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05950
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.103980 N, 93.484771 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 65321
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Blackburn
Wikipedia
Blackburn is a large town in Lancashire, England. It lies to the north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston, NNW of Manchester and north of the Greater Manchester border. Blackburn is bounded to the south by Darwen, with which it forms the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen; Blackburn is its administrative centre. At the time of the UK Government's 2001 census, Blackburn had a population of 105,085, whilst the wider borough of Blackburn with Darwen had a population of 140,700. Blackburn had a population of 106,537 in 2011, a slight increase since 2001. Blackburn is made up of fifteen wards in the Northeast of the surrounding borough.
A former mill town, textiles have been produced in Blackburn since the middle of the 13th century, when wool was woven in people's houses in the domestic system. Flemish weavers who settled in the area during the 14th century helped to develop the woollen cottage industry. James Hargreaves, inventor of the spinning jenny, was a weaver in Oswaldtwistle near Blackburn and the most rapid period of growth and development in Blackburn's history coincided with the industrialisation and expansion of textile manufacturing. Blackburn was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution and amongst the first industrialised towns in the world.
Blackburn's textile sector fell into terminal decline from the mid-20th century and subsequently faced similar challenges to other post-industrial northern towns, including deindustrialisation, economic deprivation and housing issues. Since the 1950s the town has experienced significant levels of migration, particularly from India and Pakistan, and consequently has the third highest proportion of Muslims (c.25%) in England and Wales and the highest in the United Kingdom outside London. Blackburn has had significant investment and redevelopment since 1958 through government funding and the European Regional Development Fund.
Blackburn commonly refers to Blackburn, a town in Lancashire, England. It may also refer to:
Blackburn is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Kate Hollern of the Labour Party.
Blackburn was a large parish in Lancashire, England. The parish had numerous townships and chapelries, which were administered separately from the core Blackburn area, and became recognised as separate civil parishes in 1866. The parish formed part of the Blackburn hundred.
The other parishes were:
Blackburn is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its frequency was highest in Yorkshire, followed by Cumberland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, County Durham and Norfolk. In all other British counties, its frequency was below national average. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Blackburn (1935–2014), English footballer
- Anthony Blackburn
- Arthur Blackburn (footballer) (born 1877), English footballer with Blackburn Rovers and Southampton
- Arthur Seaforth Blackburn (1892–1960) Australian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient
- Bob Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Bunkie Blackburn
- Chase Blackburn
- Clare Blackburn
- Clarice Blackburn
- Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn, a Scottish judge who sat in the English courts
- Dan Blackburn
- David Blackburn (disambiguation), multiple people
- Derek Blackburn
- Doris Blackburn
- Earl Blackburn, Major League Baseball player
- Edmond Spencer Blackburn
- Elizabeth Blackburn, molecular biologist and Nobel prize winner
- Estelle Blackburn
- Frank Blackburn (born 1944), Louisiana politician
- Fred Blackburn (footballer) (born 1879), English international footballer
- Frédéric Blackburn, Canadian short track speed skater
- Geoffrey Blackburn
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George Blackburn (disambiguation)
- George Blackburn (American football), American football coach
- George Blackburn (baseball), Major League Baseball player
- George Blackburn (footballer, born 1888), English footballer
- George Blackburn (footballer, born 1899), English footballer
- George G. Blackburn, Canadian author
- Gideon Blackburn
- Harold Blackburn (pioneer aviator), aviator
- Howard Blackburn
- Jack Blackburn, American boxer and trainer, most notable for training heavyweight champion Joe Louis
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James Blackburn (disambiguation)
- James Blackburn (architect)
- James Blackburn (politician)
- James Blackburn (RAF officer)
- Jean-Pierre Blackburn
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John Blackburn (disambiguation)
- John Blackburn (author)
- John Blackburn (educator)
- John Blackburn (musician)
- John Blackburn (politician)
- John Blackburn (songwriter)
- Joseph Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Karoliina Blackburn
- Luke P. Blackburn
- Marsha Blackburn
- Maurice Blackburn
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Michael Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Michael Blackburn (athlete) (born 1970), Australian Olympic medallist and sailor
- Michael Blackburn (poet) (born 1954), British poet
- Nick Blackburn, Major League Baseball player
- Olly Blackburn, filmmaker and screenwriter
- Paul Blackburn (U.S. poet)
- Peter Blackburn
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Robert Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Robert Blackburn (artist)
- Robert Blackburn (aviation pioneer)
- Robert Blackburn (educationalist)
- Robert Blackburn (politician)
- Robert McGrady Blackburn
- Simon Blackburn, philosopher
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Thomas Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Thomas Blackburn (entomologist)
- Thomas Blackburn (poet)
- Tom Blackburn (basketball)
- Tom W. Blackburn, writer, lyricist
- John T. "Tommy" Blackburn, U.S. aviator
- Thornton Blackburn, escaped fugitive slave from Kentucky
- Tony Blackburn
- William Blackburn, British architect
Usage examples of "blackburn".
Gripping it with both hands, Blackburn went back to the man and fired into his head.
Leo had only been the department manager for a week and a half when he accused Blackburn of stealing a case of Quaker State 10W-30 Multi-Viscosity Motor Oil.
He seemed almost able to move again when Blackburn squatted and poured the amber stream into his mouth.
Dunbar had seen Blackburn plenty of times, but the sunglasses probably made him hard to recognize.
The sidewalk in front of the house where Blackburn stayed was unwalkable.
The salesman stood with his back against the refrigerator and held the knife as if to stab Blackburn in the chest.
Talbot tried to club Blackburn with the two-by-four, so Blackburn scooted away and then tossed them the hacksaw.
She was California incarnate, and Blackburn was not pleased with himself for wanting her.
Then they kissed, and Dolores said she would stay the night if Blackburn promised to use protection.
Marin County for the first Sunday after the wedding, but then a Taco Tommy employee fell ill, and Blackburn had to work.
He only spoke once, to compliment Blackburn on the Old Milwaukee beer in the refrigerator.
Taco Tommy the next day, so Blackburn only saw his in-laws for a few minutes in the morning when they came over from the motel.
She came in a little before four, wearing a belted leather jacket that Blackburn had not seen before.
When she saw Blackburn in the bedroom doorway, she dropped the book and jumped up.
Wednesday, September 10, Blackburn left the apartment in the morning as if he were going to his first shift at the Taco Tommy.