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178 relations: Accrington (UK Parliament constituency), Accrington Academy, Accrington and Rossendale College, Accrington brick, Accrington Cricket Club, Accrington F.C., Accrington Library, Accrington Observer, Accrington Pals, Accrington Stanley F.C., Accrington Town Hall, Accrington/Rossendale built-up area, Alan Ramsbottom, Altham, Lancashire, Andy Hargreaves (academic), Andy Kanavan, Annie Kenney, Anthony Rushton, Barry Stanton (actor), Battalion, Battle of the Somme, Baxenden, BBC North West, BBC Radio Lancashire, Belthorn, Benchmark (surveying), Blackburn, Blackburn College, Lancashire, Blackburn Hundred, Blackpool Tower, Borough of Rossendale, Britain's Got Talent, Burnley, Capital Manchester and Lancashire, Carnegie library, Cenotaph, Chartism, Chorley, Church of England, Church, Lancashire, Clayton-le-Moors, Coronation Street, Cotton mill, Culvert, David Lloyd (cricketer), De Lacy, Diana Vickers, Dire Straits, Drainage divide, Dye, ... Expand index (128 more) »
- Geography of Hyndburn
- Towns in Lancashire
- Unparished areas in Lancashire
Accrington (UK Parliament constituency)
Accrington was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983.
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Accrington Academy
Accrington Academy is a mixed 11-18 Academy in Accrington, Lancashire.
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Accrington and Rossendale College
Accrington and Rossendale College is a further education college based in Accrington, Lancashire, England.
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Accrington brick
Accrington bricks, or Nori, are a type of iron-hard engineering brick, produced in Altham near Accrington, Lancashire, England from 1887 to 2008 and again from 2015. Accrington and Accrington brick are geography of Hyndburn.
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Accrington Cricket Club
Accrington Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which play their home games at Thorneyholme Road in Accrington.
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Accrington F.C.
Accrington Football Club was a football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England.
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Accrington Library
Accrington Library is a Carnegie library located in the town of Accrington, Lancashire.
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Accrington Observer
The Accrington Observer is a weekly paper featuring the town of Accrington and its surrounding areas.
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Accrington Pals
The Accrington Pals, officially the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington), East Lancashire Regiment, was a pals battalion of Kitchener's Army raised in and around the town of Accrington during the First World War.
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Accrington Stanley F.C.
Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England, that compete in the, the fourth level of the English football league system.
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Accrington Town Hall
Accrington Town Hall is a municipal building in Blackburn Road, Accrington, Lancashire, England.
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Accrington/Rossendale built-up area
The Acrrington/Rossendale Built-up area is an urban area which extends from the town of Accrington to the towns of Haslingden, Rawtenstall, Waterfoot and Bacup in Lancashire, England.
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Alan Ramsbottom
Alan Ramsbottom (30 April 1936 – 5 April 2023) was a professional racing cyclist from Clayton-le-Moors, England, who twice rode the Tour de France.
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Altham, Lancashire
Altham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Hyndburn, in Lancashire, England. Accrington and Altham, Lancashire are geography of Hyndburn.
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Andy Hargreaves (academic)
Andrew Hargreaves (born 13 February 1951) is Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa and Research Professor at Boston College.
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Andy Kanavan
Andy Kanavan (born 23 May 1961) is an English classical musician and multi-instrumentalist.
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Annie Kenney
Ann "Annie" Kenney (13 September 1879 – 9 July 1953) was an English working-class suffragette and socialist feminist who became a leading figure in the Women's Social and Political Union.
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Anthony Rushton
Anthony Rushton (born 3 November 1971) is a British tech entrepreneur and the co-founder and chief executive officer of Telemetry, an online video advertising security and optimisation firm.
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Barry Stanton (actor)
Barry Stanton (born 18 February 1940) is a British stage, film and television actor.
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Battalion
A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into a number of companies, each typically commanded by a major or a captain.
Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme (Bataille de la Somme; Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire.
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Baxenden
Baxenden is a village and ward in the Borough of Hyndburn in Lancashire, North-West England. Accrington and Baxenden are geography of Hyndburn.
BBC North West
BBC North West is the BBC English Region serving Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, North Yorkshire (western Craven), Derbyshire (western High Peak), Staffordshire (Biddulph), Cumbria (Barrow-in-Furness and South Lakeland) and the Isle of Man.
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BBC Radio Lancashire
BBC Radio Lancashire is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Lancashire.
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Belthorn
Belthorn is a small moorland village situated to the south-east of Blackburn in Lancashire, England. Accrington and Belthorn are geography of Hyndburn.
Benchmark (surveying)
The term benchmark, bench mark, or survey benchmark originates from the chiseled horizontal marks that surveyors made in stone structures, into which an angle iron could be placed to form a "bench" for a leveling rod, thus ensuring that a leveling rod could be accurately repositioned in the same place in the future.
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Blackburn
Blackburn is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. Accrington and Blackburn are towns in Lancashire and Unparished areas in Lancashire.
Blackburn College, Lancashire
Blackburn College is a further and higher education college in Blackburn, North West 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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Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Tower is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894.
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Borough of Rossendale
Rossendale is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England.
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Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent (often abbreviated to BGT) is a televised British talent show competition, and part of the global '' Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell.
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Burnley
Burnley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. Accrington and Burnley are former civil parishes in Lancashire, towns in Lancashire and Unparished areas in Lancashire.
Capital Manchester and Lancashire
Capital Manchester and Lancashire is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Capital network.
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Carnegie library
A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
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Cenotaph
A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere.
Chartism
Chartism was a working-class movement for political reform in the United Kingdom that erupted from 1838 to 1857 and was strongest in 1839, 1842 and 1848.
Chorley
Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. Accrington and Chorley are former civil parishes in Lancashire, towns in Lancashire and Unparished areas in Lancashire.
Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.
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Church, Lancashire
Church is a large village in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England, situated west of Accrington. Accrington and Church, Lancashire are former civil parishes in Lancashire, geography of Hyndburn and Unparished areas in Lancashire.
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Clayton-le-Moors
Clayton-le-Moors is an industrial town in the Borough of Hyndburn in the county of Lancashire, England. Accrington and Clayton-le-Moors are former civil parishes in Lancashire, geography of Hyndburn, towns in Lancashire and Unparished areas in Lancashire.
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Coronation Street
Coronation Street (colloquially referred to as Corrie) is a British television soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960.
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Cotton mill
A cotton mill is a building that houses spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
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Culvert
A culvert is a structure that channels water past an obstacle or to a subterranean waterway.
David Lloyd (cricketer)
David Lloyd (born 18 March 1947) is an English former cricket player, umpire, coach and commentator, who played county cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and Test and One Day International cricket for the English cricket team.
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De Lacy
de Lacy (Laci, Lacie, Lascy, Lacey, Lassey) is the surname of an old Norman family which originated from Lassy, Calvados.
Diana Vickers
Diana Vickers (born 30 July 1991) is an English singer, songwriter and actress.
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and percussion).
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Drainage divide
A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring drainage basins.
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Dye
A dye is a colored substance that chemically bonds to the substrate to which it is being applied.
East Lancashire Regiment
The East Lancashire Regiment was, from 1881 to 1958, a line infantry regiment of the British Army.
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Edward Ormerod
Edward Ormerod (2 May 1834 – 26 May 1894) was an English mining engineer.
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EFL League One
The English Football League One, known as Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes or simply League One in England, is the second-highest division of the English Football League and the third-tier overall in the English football league system.
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EFL League Two
The English Football League Two, simply known as League Two in England and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet League Two, is the third and lowest division of the English Football League (EFL) and fourth-highest tier overall in the English football league system.
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Emergency department
An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own means or by that of an ambulance.
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Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
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English Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales.
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First day on the Somme
The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the beginning of the Battle of Albert the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the 141 days of the Battle of the Somme in the First World War.
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Fleetwood Town F.C.
Fleetwood Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England.
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Football League Third Division North
The Third Division North of the Football League was a tier in the English football league system from 1921 to 1958.
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Frederick Higginbottom
Frederick James Higginbottom (21 October 1859 – 12 May 1943) was a British journalist and newspaper editor.
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General strike
A general strike is a strike action in which participants cease all economic activity, such as working, to strengthen the bargaining position of a trade union or achieve a common social or political goal.
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Graeme Fowler
Graeme "Foxy" Fowler (born 20 April 1957) is an English former professional cricketer and cricket coach, who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England, and later for Durham.
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Great Harwood
Great Harwood is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, located north east of Blackburn and adjacent to the Ribble Valley. Accrington and Great Harwood are former civil parishes in Lancashire, geography of Hyndburn, towns in Lancashire and Unparished areas in Lancashire.
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Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire
Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire is an Independent Local Radio station based in Manchester, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network.
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H. Gustave Hiller
Henry Gustave Hiller (1865–1946) was an artist based in Liverpool, England.
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Hameldon Hill
Hameldon Hill is a Carboniferous sandstone hill with a summit elevation of, situated between the towns of Burnley and Accrington in Lancashire, England. Accrington and Hameldon Hill are geography of Hyndburn.
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Harrison Birtwistle
Sir Harrison Birtwistle (15 July 1934 – 18 April 2022) was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based on mythological subjects.
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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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Hayley Cropper
Hayley Cropper (also Hayley Patterson) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Julie Hesmondhalgh.
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Heart North West
Heart North West is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network.
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Heathland School
Heathland School is an independent school situated in Accrington, Lancashire in England.
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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.
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Hollie Steel
Hollie Steel (born 1 July 1998) is a performer originally from Burnley, Lancashire, England.
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Honour of Pontefract
The honour of Pontefract, also known as the feudal barony of Pontefract, was an English feudal barony.
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Hospital
A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment.
Howard & Bullough
Howard & Bullough was a firm of textile machine manufacturers in Accrington, Lancashire.
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Huncoat
Huncoat is a village in Lancashire, England; situated in the North West. Accrington and Huncoat are former civil parishes in Lancashire and geography of Hyndburn.
Hundred (county division)
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.
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Hyndburn
Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England.
Hyndburn (UK Parliament constituency)
Hyndburn is a constituency in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sarah Smith of the Labour Party.
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Imperial German Army
The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire.
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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.
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ITV Granada
ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man.
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Janice Battersby
Janice Battersby (also Lee) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
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Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson (born 27 August 1959) is an English author.
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Jenny Kenney
Jane "Jenny" Kenney (1884–1961) also known as Jennie, was a British suffragette and Montessori teacher, who supported her sisters Annie Kenney and Jessie Kenney in the Women's Social and Political Union.
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John Rex Whinfield
John Rex Whinfield CBE (16 February 1901 in Sutton, Surrey, England – 6 July 1966 in Dorking, Surrey) was a British chemist.
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John Virtue
John Virtue (born 1947), is an English artist who specialises in monochrome landscapes.
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Jon Anderson
Jon Roy Anderson (born John Roy Anderson on 25 October 1944) is an English and American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the former lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes, which he formed in 1968 with bassist Chris Squire.
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Jonathan Slinger
Jonathan Slinger is an English actor.
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Julie Hesmondhalgh
Julie Claire Hesmondhalgh (born 25 February 1970) is an English actress and narrator.
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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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Lancashire
Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.
Lancashire Cotton Famine
The Lancashire Cotton Famine, also known as the Cotton Famine or the Cotton Panic (1861–1865), was a depression in the textile industry of North West England, brought about by overproduction in a time of contracting world markets.
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Lancashire League (cricket)
The Lancashire League is a competitive league of local cricket clubs drawn from the small to middle-sized mill towns, mainly but not exclusively, of East Lancashire.
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Level 9 (band)
Level 9 was a short-lived British new wave band that existed from 1978 to 1980.
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Lidl
Lidl is a German international discount retailer chain that operates over 12,000 stores, present in every member state of the European Union, Serbia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Listed buildings in Accrington
Accrington is a town in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England.
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Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.
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Magistrates' court
A magistrates' court is a lower court where, in several jurisdictions, all criminal proceedings start.
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Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.
Manorialism
Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages.
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Mick O'Shea
Michael O'Shea (born 16 September 1954) is an Irish long-distance runner.
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Mike Duxbury
Michael Duxbury (born 1 September 1959) is a former footballer who won ten caps for England.
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Monastic grange
Monastic granges were outlying landholdings held by monasteries independent of the manorial system.
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Montauban-de-Picardie
Montauban-de-Picardie (literally Montauban of Picardie; Montaubin-d'Picardie) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
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Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School
Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Accrington, a town located in the county of Lancashire, England.
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Municipal borough
A municipal borough was a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1836 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002.
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Mystic Meg
Margaret Anne Lake (27 July 1942 – 9 March 2023), best known by her stage name Mystic Meg, was an English astrologer who had a regular astrology column in The Sun and the News of the World.
National League (English football)
The National League (named Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons) is an association football league in England consisting of three divisions, the National League, National League North, and National League South.
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National Rail
National Rail (NR) is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales.
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Netherwood Hughes
Netherwood "Ned" Hughes (12 June 1900 – 4 April 2009) was one of the last two Tommies who served the United Kingdom during the First World War, along with Harry Patch, although Patch was the only one to have seen action.
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New Hope Club
New Hope Club are a British pop trio formed in 2015, consisting of Reece Bibby, Blake Richardson, and George Smith.
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Nicholas Freeston
Nicholas Freeston (28 August 1907 – 6 February 1978) was an English poet who spent most of his working life as a weaver in cotton mills near his home in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire.
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Nonconformist (Protestantism)
Nonconformists were Protestant Christians who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the state church in England, and in Wales until 1914, the Church of England.
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North West England
North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a novel by Jeanette Winterson published in 1985 by Pandora Press.
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Oswaldtwistle
Oswaldtwistle ("ozwel twizzel") is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England, southeast of Blackburn, contiguous with Accrington and Church. Accrington and Oswaldtwistle are former civil parishes in Lancashire, geography of Hyndburn and Unparished areas in Lancashire.
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Oxford United F.C.
Oxford United Football Club is a professional association football club in the city of Oxford, England.
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Pals battalion
The pals battalions of World War I were specially constituted battalions of the British Army comprising men who enlisted together in local recruiting drives, with the promise that they would be able to serve alongside their friends, neighbours and colleagues, rather than being arbitrarily allocated to battalions.
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Paul Manning (police officer, born 1973)
Paul Manning (born September 21, 1973), also known by the pseudonyms Paul Wright and the Englishman, is a former Hamilton Police Service officer (Ontario, Canada), Metropolitan Police Service officer (London, UK) and Royal Military Police officer (UK) who worked undercover in an Ontario Provincial Police and Hamilton Police Service joint task force for 18 months, successfully infiltrating the Musitano crime family, Papalia crime family and the Hamilton chapter of Hells Angels.
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Pauline Aitken
Pauline Aitken (30 June 1893 –1958) was a British artist and sculptor.
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Pennines
The Pennines, also known as the Pennine Chain or Pennine Hills, are a range of uplands mainly located in Northern England.
Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa after Durban.
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Polyethylene terephthalate
Polyethylene terephthalate (or poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P), is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in fibres for clothing, containers for liquids and foods, and thermoforming for manufacturing, and in combination with glass fibre for engineering resins.
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Poverty in the United Kingdom
Poverty in the United Kingdom is the condition experienced by the portion of the population of the United Kingdom that lacks adequate financial resources for a certain standard of living, as defined under the various measures of poverty.
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Preston, Lancashire
Preston is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. Accrington and Preston, Lancashire are former civil parishes in Lancashire, towns in Lancashire and Unparished areas in Lancashire.
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Primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).
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Pub
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (sometimes called the "Reform Act of 1885").
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Rhyddings
Rhyddings (formerly Rhyddings High School and then Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School) is a mixed secondary school located in Oswaldtwistle in the English county of Lancashire.
Rishton
Rishton is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about west of Clayton-le-Moors and north east of Blackburn. Accrington and Rishton are former civil parishes in Lancashire, geography of Hyndburn, towns in Lancashire and Unparished areas in Lancashire.
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 minor 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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Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), and simultaneously was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–1835).
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Ron Hill
Ronald Hill MBE (25 September 1938 – 23 May 2021) was a British runner and clothing entrepreneur.
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, also known by its abbreviation RADA, is a drama school in London, England, which provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio.
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Royal forest
A royal forest, occasionally known as a kingswood, is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Accrington and royal forest are English royal forests.
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Secondary school
A secondary school or high school is an institution that provides secondary education.
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Secretary of State for War
The secretary of state for war, commonly called the war secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, which existed from 1794 to 1801 and from 1854 to 1964.
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Serre-lès-Puisieux
Serre-lès-Puisieux is a village in the commune of Puisieux in the Pas-de-Calais department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
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Sky Sports
Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Smooth North West
Smooth North West is a regional radio station owned by Communicorp UK and operated by Global as part of the Smooth network.
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Spot height
A spot height is an exact point on a map with an elevation recorded beside it that represents its height above a given datum.
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St Christopher's Church of England High School, Accrington
St Christopher's C of E High is a Church of England High School with academy status located north of Accrington in Lancashire, north-west England.
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Stained glass
Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it.
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Stephen Heys
Stephen Heys (1879 – after 1909) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender.
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Stereo Kicks
Stereo Kicks were an English-Irish boy band who were formed and were the twelfth contestant eliminated on the eleventh series of The X Factor in 2014.
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Tesco
Tesco plc is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England.
The Hollins
The Hollins (formerly known as The Hollins Technology College until 2017) is a coeducational secondary school located in Accrington in the English county of Lancashire.
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The Hyndburn Academy
The Hyndburn Academy, previously known as Norden High School and Sports College, is the united learning academy school situated in the town of Rishton, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
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The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George is a 1994 British biographical comedy drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own 1991 play The Madness of George III.
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The New Church (Swedenborgian)
The New Church (or Swedenborgianism) can refer to any of several historically related Christian denominations that developed under the influence of the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772).
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The X Factor (British TV series)
The X Factor is a British reality television music competition, and part of the global X Factor franchise created by Simon Cowell.
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Thomas Birtwistle
Thomas Birtwistle (16 October 1833 – 22 March 1912) was an English trade unionist and factory inspector.
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Thorneyholme Road
Thorneyholme Road is a cricket and former football ground in Accrington, England.
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Tiffany glass
Tiffany glass refers to the many and varied types of glass developed and produced from 1878 to 1929-1930 at the Tiffany Studios in New York City, by Louis Comfort Tiffany and a team of other designers, including Clara Driscoll, Agnes F. Northrop, and Frederick Wilson.
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Township (England)
In England, a township (Latin: villa) is a local division or district of a large parish containing a village or small town usually having its own church.
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University of Central Lancashire
The University of Central Lancashire (abbreviated UCLan) is a public university based in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England.
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Urban district (England and Wales)
In England and Wales, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area.
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Val Robinson (field hockey)
Valerie Robinson OBE (Walsh; 18 December 1941 – 13 February 2022) was an England and Great Britain field hockey international, who played 149 international games and represented her country for more than 20 years.
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Vicky Entwistle
Victoria Entwistle (born 15 September 1968) is an English actress.
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Waddington (surname)
Waddington is an Olde English surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin.
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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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Western Front (World War I)
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.
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Whitebirk
Whitebirk is a suburb in the east of Blackburn, in Lancashire, England. Accrington and Whitebirk are geography of Hyndburn.
William Macrorie
The Rt Revd William Kenneth Macrorie (1831–1905) was bishop of Maritzburg, while John Colenso was bishop of the Diocese of Natal.
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Winter Hill transmitting station
The Winter Hill transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications site on Winter Hill, at the south eastern boundary of the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England, and above Bolton.
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Woking F.C.
Woking Football Club is a professional association football club, based in Woking, Surrey, England.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Yes (band)
Yes are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by lead singer Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Peter Banks, keyboardist Tony Kaye, and drummer Bill Bruford.
1842 general strike
The 1842 general strike, also known as the Plug Plot Riots, started among the miners in Staffordshire, England, and soon spread through Britain affecting factories, mills in Yorkshire and Lancashire, and coal mines from Dundee to South Wales and Cornwall.
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1885 United Kingdom general election
The 1885 United Kingdom general election was held from 24 November to 18 December 1885.
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2011 United Kingdom census
A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.
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2BR
Two Boroughs Radio (known on air as 2BR) was an Independent Local Radio station serving East and Central Lancashire, England.
See also
Geography of Hyndburn
- Accrington
- Accrington brick
- Altham, Lancashire
- Aspden
- Baxenden
- Belthorn
- Church, Lancashire
- Clayton-le-Moors
- Great Harwood
- Hameldon Hill
- Huncoat
- Oakenshaw, Lancashire
- Oswaldtwistle
- Rishton
- Tottleworth
- Whitebirk
Towns in Lancashire
- Accrington
- Adlington, Lancashire
- Bacup
- Barnoldswick
- Blackburn
- Blackpool
- Brierfield, Lancashire
- Burnley
- Carnforth
- Chorley
- Clayton-le-Moors
- Cleveleys
- Clitheroe
- Colne
- Darwen
- Earby
- Fleetwood
- Garstang
- Great Harwood
- Haslingden
- Kirkham, Lancashire
- Lancaster, Lancashire
- Leyland, Lancashire
- Longridge
- Lytham St Annes
- Morecambe
- Nelson, Lancashire
- Ormskirk
- Padiham
- Penwortham
- Poulton-le-Fylde
- Preesall
- Preston, Lancashire
- Rawtenstall
- Rishton
- Skelmersdale
- Whitworth, Lancashire
Unparished areas in Lancashire
- Accrington
- Bacup
- Blackburn
- Blackpool
- Borough of Blackpool
- Burnley
- Chorley
- Church, Lancashire
- Clayton-le-Moors
- Edenfield
- Fulwood, Lancashire
- Great Harwood
- Haslingden
- Heysham
- Hoddlesden
- Lancaster, Lancashire
- Leyland, Lancashire
- Ormskirk
- Oswaldtwistle
- Poulton-le-Fylde
- Preston, Lancashire
- Rawtenstall
- Rishton
- Skelmersdale
- Thornton-Cleveleys
- Walton-le-Dale
References
Also known as Accrington, Lancashire, Accy, M & M Coaches, M&M Coaches.