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BLACKBURN , a municipal, See also:county and See also:parliamentary 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 of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, 210 M. N.W, by N. from See also:London, and 241 N.N.W. from See also:Manchester, served by the Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire and the London & See also:North Western See also:railways, with several lines from all parts of the county. Pop. (1891) 120,064; (1901) 127,626. It lies in the valley of a stream called in See also:early times the Blackeburn, but now known as the See also:Brook. The hills in the vicinity rise to some 900 ft., and among See also:English manufacturing towns Blackburn ranks high in beauty of situation. Besides numerous churches and chapels the public buildings comprise a large See also:town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall (1856), See also:market See also:house, See also:exchange, county See also:court, municipal offices, chamber of See also:commerce, See also:free library, and, outside the town, an infirmary. There are an Elizabethan See also:grammar school, in See also:modern buildings (1884) and an excellent technical school. The See also:Corporation See also:Park and See also:Queen's Park are well laid out, and contain ornamental See also:waters. There is an efficient See also:tramway service, connecting the town with See also:Darwen, 5 M. See also:south. The See also:cotton See also:industry employs thousands of operatives, the See also:iron See also:trade is also very considerable, and many are engaged in the making of See also:machines; but a former woollen manufacture is almost See also:extinct. Blackburn's speciality in the cotton industry is See also:weaving. See also:Coal, See also:lime and See also:building See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone are abundant in the neighbourhood. Blackburn received a See also:charter of See also:incorporation in 1851, and is governed by a See also:mayor, 14 aldermen and 42 councillors. The county borough was created in 1888. The parliamentary borough, which returns two members, is co-extensive with the municipal, and lies between the See also:Accrington and Darwen divisions of the county. See also:Area, 7432 acres.
Blackburn is of considerable antiquity; indeed, the 6th See also:century is allocated to the See also:original See also:foundation of a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church on the site of the See also:present See also:parish church. Of another church on this site See also:Cranmer was See also:rector after the See also:Reformation. Blackburn was for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the See also:chief town of a See also:district called Blackburnshire, and as early as the reign of See also:Elizabeth ranked as a flourishing market town. About the See also:middle of the 17th century it became famous for its " checks," which were afterwards superseded by a similar See also:linen-and-cotton fabric known as " Blackburn greys." In the 18th century the ability of certain natives of the town greatly fostered its cotton industry; thus See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Hargreaves here probably invented his See also:spinning jenny about 1764, though the operatives, fearing a reduction of labour, would have none of it, and forced him to quit the town for See also:Nottingham. He was in the employment of See also:Robert See also:Peel, grandfather of the See also:prime See also:minister of that name, who here instituted the factory See also:system, and as the director of a large business carefully fostered the improvement of methods.
See W. A. Abram, See also:History of Blackburn (Blackburn, 1897).
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