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BACUP , a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

TOWN

town and municipal See also:

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough in the Rossendale See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, See also:

England, on the See also:

RIVER

river Irwell, 203 M. N.N.W. from See also:

LONDON

London, and 22 N. by E. from See also:

Manchester, on the Lancashire & See also:

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire railway. Pop. (1901) 22,505. It is finely situated in a narrow valley, surrounded by See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild, high-Iying moorland. It is wholly of See also:

MODERN

modern growth, and contains several handsome churches and other buildings, while among institutions the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief is the See also:

MECHANICS

mechanics' See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute and library. The recreation grounds presented in 1893 by Mr. J. H. Maden, M.P., are beautifully laid out. See also:

Cotton See also:

SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning and See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power-See also:

LOOM

loom See also:

WEAVING

weaving are the chief of numerous manufacturing See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries, and there are large collieries in the vicinity. The principle of co-operation is strongly See also:

DEVELOPED

developed, and a large and handsome See also:

STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store contains among other departments a See also:

FREE

free library for members.

The borough was incorporated in 1882, and the See also:

CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation consists of a See also:

mayor, 6 aldermen and 17 councillors. • See also:

AREA

Area, 612o acres, In 1841 .the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of the chapelry was only 1526. One of the hills in the vicinity is fortified with a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

ancient earthwork and ditch.

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