Blackburn

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industrial town settlement town

Blackburn is a large industrial town in Lancashire, England, historically known for its textile manufacturing and located north of Manchester.

Aliases (4)
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial town →
settlement →
town →
administrativeUnit Blackburn →
surface form: "Blackburn with Darwen"
ceremonialCounty Lancashire →
country United Kingdom →
dialCode 01254 →
distanceTo approximately 21 miles north-northwest of Manchester city centre →
approximately 9 miles east of Preston →
footballStadium Ewood Park →
governingBody Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council →
hasBusStation Blackburn bus station →
hasCathedral Blackburn Cathedral →
hasCollege Blackburn College →
hasFootballClub Blackburn Rovers F.C. →
hasHospital Royal Blackburn Hospital →
hasMuseum Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery →
hasPark Corporation Park →
Witton Country Park →
hasRailwayStation Blackburn railway station →
hasRiver River Blakewater →
River Darwen →
hasShoppingCentre The Mall Blackburn →
hasTheatre King George's Hall →
historicalCounty Lancashire →
historicallyKnownFor cotton weaving →
textile mills →
industrialRevolutionRole major centre of textile production →
knownFor cotton industry →
textile manufacturing →
latitude 53.7480°N →
locatedIn England →
Lancashire →
North West England →
locatedNorthOf Manchester →
longitude 2.4820°W →
OSGridReference SD685277 →
partOfUrbanArea Blackburn →
surface form: "Blackburn urban area"
populationEstimate over 100000 →
postTown Blackburn →
surface form: "BLACKBURN"
region North West England →
religiousDiocese Diocese of Blackburn →
roadConnection A666 road NERFINISHED →
A677 road NERFINISHED →
A679 road →
M65 motorway NERFINISHED →
timezone GMT →
timezoneDST BST →
Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blackburn → administrativeUnit → Blackburn →
this entity surface form: "Blackburn with Darwen"
Ribble Valley → borderedBy → Blackburn →
this entity surface form: "Blackburn with Darwen"
Manchester Victoria → connectsTo → Blackburn →
Elizabeth Blackburn → familyName → Blackburn →
River Darwen → flowsThrough → Blackburn →
Lancashire → hasMajorTown → Blackburn →
Haslingden → locatedNear → Blackburn →
Blackburn → partOfUrbanArea → Blackburn →
this entity surface form: "Blackburn urban area"
Ian McShane → placeOfBirth → Blackburn →
this entity surface form: "Blackburn, Lancashire, England"
Blackburn → postTown → Blackburn →
this entity surface form: "BLACKBURN"
James Hargreaves → residence → Blackburn →
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