Blackburn

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Blackburn ( ) is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough, in Lancashire, England. The town lies north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, 8 miles (13 km) east of Preston and 21 miles (34 km) north-north-west of Manchester. Blackburn is at the centre of the wider unitary authority area along with the town of Darwen. It is the second-largest town in Lancashire, after Blackpool. At the 2021 census, Blackburn had a population of 124,983, while the wider borough of Blackburn with Darwen had a population of 154,922; 30.8% of the population of the town were people of ethnic backgrounds other than White British. A former mill town, Blackburn has been the site of textile production since the mid-13th century, when wool was woven in people's houses in the domestic system. Flemish weavers who settled in the area in the 14th century helped to develop the woollen cottage industry. The most rapid period of growth and development...

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