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Baxenden

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Baxenden is a village and ward located in the Borough of Hyndburn in Lancashire, North-West England. [1]

36 relations: Accrington, Baxenden railway station, Beeching cuts, Blackburn, Blackburn Hundred, Bury, Conservative Party (UK), Dale (landform), De Lacy, Donald Neilson, Edwardian era, Favrile glass, Graham Jones (politician), Haworth Art Gallery, Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln, Holland's Pies, Hyndburn, Hyndburn (UK Parliament constituency), Industrial Revolution, John Metcalf (civil engineer), Kirkstall Abbey, Labour Party (UK), Lancashire, Manchester, Michael Davitt, Old English, River Calder, Lancashire, River Hyndburn, River Ribble, Rochdale, Stubbins, The Hollins, Tiffany glass, United Kingdom census, 2011, Victorian era, West Pennine Moors.

Accrington

Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England.

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Baxenden railway station

Baxenden railway station served the village of Baxenden in Hyndburn.

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Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.

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Blackburn

Blackburn is a town in Lancashire, England.

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Blackburn Hundred

Blackburn Hundred (also known as Blackburnshire) is a historic sub-division of the county of Lancashire, in northern England.

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Bury

Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irwell east of Bolton, southwest of Rochdale and northwest of Manchester.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Dale (landform)

A dale is an open valley.

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De Lacy

de Lacy (Laci, Lacie, Lascy, Lacey) is the surname of an old Norman family which originated from Lassy, Calvados.

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Donald Neilson

Donald Neilson (1 August 1936 – 18 December 2011), alias the "Black Panther", was a British armed robber, kidnapper and murderer.

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Edwardian era

The Edwardian era or Edwardian period of British history covers the brief reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910, and is sometimes extended in both directions to capture long-term trends from the 1890s to the First World War.

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Favrile glass

Favrile glass is a type of iridescent art glass developed by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

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Graham Jones (politician)

Graham Peter Jones (born 3 March 1966) is a British Labour Party politician and the current Member of Parliament (MP) for Hyndburn since 2010.

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Haworth Art Gallery

The Haworth Art Gallery is a public art gallery on the website of the Hyndburn Borough Council located in Accrington, Lancashire, northwest England, and is the home of the largest collection in Europe of Tiffany glass from the studio of Louis Comfort Tiffany.

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Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln

Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln, Baron of Pontefract (c.1251 – February 1311) was an English nobleman and confidant of King Edward I 'Longshanks'.

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Holland's Pies

Holland's Pies is a manufacturer of pies and puddings based in Baxenden, near Accrington in Lancashire, England.

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Hyndburn

Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England, whose council is based in Accrington, and the district is named after the River Hyndburn.

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Hyndburn (UK Parliament constituency)

Hyndburn is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Graham Jones of the Labour Party.

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.

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John Metcalf (civil engineer)

John Metcalf (1717–1810), also known as Blind Jack of Knaresborough or Blind Jack Metcalf, was the first professional road builder to emerge during the Industrial Revolution.

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Kirkstall Abbey

Kirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in Kirkstall, north-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, England.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Michael Davitt

Michael Davitt (Mícheál Mac Dáibhéid; 25 March 184630 May 1906) was an Irish republican and agrarian campaigner who founded the Irish National Land League.

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Old English

Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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River Calder, Lancashire

The River Calder is a major tributary of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England and is around in length.

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River Hyndburn

The River Hyndburn is a river in Lancashire, England.

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River Ribble

The River Ribble runs through North Yorkshire and Lancashire in Northern England.

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Rochdale

Rochdale is a town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester.

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Stubbins

Stubbins is an industrial village in the southern part of the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire, England.

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The Hollins

The Hollins is a coeducational secondary school located in Accrington in the English county of Lancashire.

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Tiffany glass

Tiffany glass refers to the many and varied types of glass developed and produced from 1878 to 1933 at the Tiffany Studios in New York, by Louis Comfort Tiffany and a team of other designers, including Frederick Wilson and Clara Driscoll.

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United Kingdom census, 2011

A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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West Pennine Moors

The West Pennine Moors is an area of the Pennines covering approximately of moorland and reservoirs in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baxenden

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