The history of Blackburn stretches back to the time of the Romans - when the area lay on the ancient military way leading from Mancunium (Manchester) to Bremetennacum (Ribchester).
Its establishment as a textile centre goes back to the 1200s, when prosperity was based on wool but by the middle of the 17th century, cotton became the dominant industry.
Thwaites, one of the country's major brewers, has its own working shire horses delivering to the local pubs, just as they did nearly two centuries ago.
Blackburn is home to one of England's newest cathedrals, yet it is one of the country's oldest places of Christian worship.
Recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086, it has, for many centuries, been the Parish Church of Blackburn dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
Blackburn boasts one of the largest indoor markets in the country, with more than 300 stalls under one roof.
Among its famous past and present residents are contralto singer, Kathleen Ferrier, Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule, snooker player Denis Taylor, world champion motorcyclist Carl Fogarty and Baroness Barbara Castle.
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17 Whalley Range
Blackburn, BB1 6DX
Unit 8
Elder Court
Blackburn, BB1 2EQ
109 Preston New Road
Blackburn, BB2 6BJ
Staveley House
Fort St
Blackburn, BB1 5EG
13 Parsonage Rd
Blackburn, BB1 9NN
200 Bolton Road
Blackburn, BB2 4HU
52 Hereford Rd
Blackburn,
4 Church Street
Darwen
Blackburn, BB3 2RE
45 Preston New Rd
Blackburn, BB2 6AE
The Vicarage
Bentham Rd
Blackburn, BB2 4PN
39 New Chapel St
Mill Hill
Blackburn, BB2 4DT
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