Blackburn

E42839

industrial town settlement town

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

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Blackburn canonical	62
BLACKBURN	4
Blackburn town centre	2
Blackburn with Darwen	2
Blackburn, Lancashire, England	2
Blackburn Ripon	1
Blackburn city centre	1
Blackburn urban area	1
Blackburn with Darwen, United Kingdom	1
Hall i’ th’ Wood via Blackburn	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	industrial town ⓘ settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeUnit	Blackburn self-linksurface differs ⓘ 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Blackburn urban area
populationEstimate	over 100000 ⓘ
postTown	Blackburn self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BLACKBURN
region	North West England ⓘ
religiousDiocese	Diocese of Blackburn ⓘ
roadConnection	A666 road ⓘ A677 road ⓘ A679 road ⓘ M65 motorway ⓘ
timezone	GMT ⓘ
timezoneDST	BST ⓘ

Referenced by (77)

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

Manchester Victoria → connectsTo → Blackburn ⓘ

Lancashire → hasMajorTown → Blackburn ⓘ

spinning jenny → locationOfEarlyUse → Blackburn ⓘ

Leeds and Liverpool Canal → passesThrough → Blackburn ⓘ

Ribble Valley → borderedBy → Blackburn ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blackburn with Darwen

Blackburn → administrativeUnit → Blackburn self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blackburn with Darwen

Blackburn → postTown → Blackburn self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: BLACKBURN

Blackburn → partOfUrbanArea → Blackburn self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blackburn urban area

Haslingden → locatedNear → Blackburn ⓘ

James Hargreaves → residence → Blackburn ⓘ

River Darwen → flowsThrough → Blackburn ⓘ

Ian McShane → placeOfBirth → Blackburn ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blackburn, Lancashire, England

Elizabeth Blackburn → familyName → Blackburn ⓘ

Diocese of Blackburn → seeCity → Blackburn ⓘ

Diocese of Blackburn → episcopalSee → Blackburn ⓘ

Jack Straw → constituencyRepresented → Blackburn ⓘ

Jack Straw → residence → Blackburn ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blackburn, Lancashire, England

Bolton railway station → connectsTo → Blackburn ⓘ

Accrington, Lancashire, England → locatedNear → Blackburn ⓘ

Todmorden railway station → hasServiceTo → Blackburn ⓘ

Clitheroe railway station → hasServiceTo → Blackburn ⓘ

Blackburn railway station → locatedIn → Blackburn ⓘ

Manchester–Clitheroe line → passesThrough → Blackburn ⓘ

East Lancashire Line → servesTown → Blackburn ⓘ

East Lancashire Line → connectsAt → Blackburn ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hall i’ th’ Wood via Blackburn

M65 motorway nearby → connects → Blackburn ⓘ

subject surface form: M65 motorway

M65 motorway nearby → servesTown → Blackburn ⓘ

subject surface form: M65 motorway

Whalley → near → Blackburn ⓘ

Ribchester → hasNearbyTown → Blackburn ⓘ

Mellor → locatedNear → Blackburn ⓘ

Wilpshire → near → Blackburn ⓘ

Wilpshire → postTown → Blackburn ⓘ

this entity surface form: BLACKBURN

Wilpshire → adjacentTo → Blackburn ⓘ

Billington → hasPostTown → Blackburn ⓘ

Langho railway station → locatedNear → Blackburn ⓘ

Langho railway station → hasServiceTowards → Blackburn ⓘ

Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station → postTown → Blackburn ⓘ

Langho → postTown → Blackburn ⓘ

this entity surface form: BLACKBURN

Langho → locatedNear → Blackburn ⓘ

Whalley railway station → nearbyCity → Blackburn ⓘ

Blackburn Cathedral → locatedIn → Blackburn ⓘ

Blackburn Aircraft → producedAircraft → Blackburn ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blackburn Ripon

Ribble catchment → containsTown → Blackburn ⓘ

West Pennine Moors → nearestCity → Blackburn ⓘ

M65 motorway → connectsTo → Blackburn ⓘ

River Blakewater → flowsThrough → Blackburn ⓘ

River Blakewater → crosses → Blackburn ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blackburn town centre

Oswaldtwistle → near → Blackburn ⓘ

Paul Blackburn → familyName → Blackburn ⓘ

Great Harwood → near → Blackburn ⓘ