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Burnley
Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun. The town is located near the countryside to the south and east, with the towns of Padiham and Brierfield to the west and north respectively. It has a reputation as a regional centre of excellence for the manufacturing and aerospace industries. The town began to develop in the early medieval period as a number of farming hamlets surrounded by manor houses and royal forests, and has held a market for more than 700 years. During the Industrial Revolution it became one of Lancashire's most prominent mill towns; at its peak, it was one of the world's largest producers of cotton cloth and a major centre of engineering. Burnley has retained a strong manufacturing sector, and has strong economic links with the cities of Manchester and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough Of Burnley
The Borough of Burnley () is a local authority district, local government district with the Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Lancashire, England. It has an area of and a population of (), and is named after its largest town, Burnley. The borough also contains the town of Padiham along with several villages and surrounding rural areas. The neighbouring districts are Borough of Rossendale, Rossendale, Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Borough of Pendle, Pendle and Calderdale. History The town of Burnley had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1819. The commissioners were replaced in 1861 when the town was made a municipal borough, governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Burnley" but generally known as the corporation or town council. After elections, the corporation first met in January 1862 when Burnley's first mayor was appointed. When elected county councils were established in 1889, Burnley was consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnley (borough)
The Borough of Burnley () is a local government district with the borough status in Lancashire, England. It has an area of and a population of (), and is named after its largest town, Burnley. The borough also contains the town of Padiham along with several villages and surrounding rural areas. The neighbouring districts are Rossendale, Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Pendle and Calderdale. History The town of Burnley had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1819. The commissioners were replaced in 1861 when the town was made a municipal borough, governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Burnley" but generally known as the corporation or town council. After elections, the corporation first met in January 1862 when Burnley's first mayor was appointed. When elected county councils were established in 1889, Burnley was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services, and so it became a county borough, indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Burnley is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency centred on the town of Burnley in Lancashire which has been represented since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Oliver Ryan (politician), Oliver Ryan, who currently sits as an Independent politician, independent after being suspended from the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. History The seat was created in 1868. Except for 1931, it was won by Labour candidates from World War I until 2010, generally on safe, large majorities; Ann Widdecombe failed to take the seat from the Labour Party in 1979. The closest second place was to a Conservative Party candidate, Ian Bruce (politician), Ian Bruce, who came 787 votes (1.6%) short of taking the seat in 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983. Burnley saw strong opposition support for the Liberal Democrats in 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005, moving into second place; meanwhile a local independent pushed Yousuf Miah, a Conservative Party ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padiham
Padiham ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Calder, Lancashire, River Calder, in the Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, Lancashire, England. It is located north west of Burnley, and north east of the towns of Clayton le Moors and Great Harwood. It is edged by the foothills of Pendle Hill to the north-west and north-east. The United Kingdom Census 2011 gave a parish population of 10,098, estimated in 2019 at 10,138. History Early forms of the name include "Padingham", with the last element probably from the Old English word , meaning home and in this sense meaning "of the". Its first is generally thought to be a personal name: Bede listed Padda as one of the priests who assisted Wilfrid, Bishop Wilfrid in the late 7th century. No prehistoric or Ancient Rome, Roman sites have been found in the built-up area. Padiham, though a name of Anglo-Saxon origin, is not recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnley Manchester Road Railway Station
Burnley Manchester Road is the main railway station in the town of Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is situated on the Calder Valley Line east of , near to the route's junction with the East Lancashire Line. History The town of Burnley had been served by the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) since 16 September 1848 when their line was extended from to Burnley Westgate; this line was further extended, to , on 1 February 1849. Thorneybank station In June 1845 the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR), at that time a rival of the ELR, was authorised to build a single-track branch, the Copy Pit Line, from its main line at to Burnley; whilst it was under construction the M&LR amalgamated with other railways in 1847 to create the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), and on 12 November 1849, the branch was opened by the LYR. The Burnley terminus of this was on the south-eastern side of Manchester Road and was named Burnley Thorneybank; it had a single platform for passenger train ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnley Town Hall
Burnley Town Hall is a municipal building in Manchester Road, Burnley, Lancashire, England. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Borough of Burnley, Burnley Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building. History In the mid 19th century local council meetings were held in the old fire station on Manchester Road until the council bought the public hall in Elizabeth Street in 1868. The council continued to seek sites to erect a new facility not least because the public hall in Elizabeth Street had not been the council's first choice of building. The site selected for the new building was a just to the southwest of the Burnley Mechanics, Mechanics' Institute which had been built in 1855. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by John Baron, the mayor, in 1885. It was designed by Henry Holtom and George Arthur Fox from Dewsbury in the Renaissance architecture, Renaissance style and was officially opened on 27 October 1888. The design of the centre section of the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Peter's Church, Burnley
St Peter's Church is an Anglicanism, Anglican church in the town of Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church, parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn. The oldest part of the church, the lower tower, dates from the 15th century, and there are several later additions and restorations. St Peter's is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* Listed building#England and Wales, listed building. From 1901 to 1977, its rectors simultaneously occupied the Bishop of Burnley, suffragan bishopric of Burnley. History St Peter's lies close to the banks of the River Brun. There was a church on the site prior to 1122; this was largely rebuilt in the 1530s by Thomas Sellars and Nicholas Craven. The lower part of the tower is the oldest part of the current building and dates from the 15th or 16th century. There have been enough additions and alterations to the tower that Hartwell & Pevsne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The largest settlement is Preston, Lancashire, Preston, and the county town is the city of Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster. The county has an area of and a population of 1,490,300. Preston is located near the centre of the county, which is urbanised and includes the towns of Blackburn and Burnley; the seaside resort of Blackpool lies to the west, and Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster is in the north. For Local government in England, local government purposes the county comprises a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and two Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas: Blackburn with Darwen and Borough of Blackpool, Blackpool. Lancashire County Council and the two unitary councils collaborate through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calder Valley Line
The Calder Valley line (also previously known as the Caldervale line) is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as well as the seaside resort of Blackpool. It is the slower of the two main rail routes between Leeds and Manchester (the other being the Huddersfield line), and the northernmost of the three main trans-Pennine routes. Services Passenger train services are operated by Northern (train operating company), Northern and run on the following pattern: * Bradford Interchange–Halifax– (British Rail Class 150, Class 150 and occasionally British Rail Class 158, Class 158 ) * Leeds––Manchester Victoria railway station, Manchester Victoria–Wigan Wallgate railway station, Wigan Wallgate (British Rail Class 158, Class 158 and occasionally British Rail Class 195, Class 195 ''Civity'') * Leeds–Halifax–Manchester Victoria– (British Rail Class 195, Class 195 ''Civity'') * York–Leeds–Halifax–Preston–Blackpool North (B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Calder, Lancashire
The River Calder is a major tributary of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England, and is around in length. Course Starting in Cliviger, its source is very close to that of the West Yorkshire river with the same name, and that of the River Irwell. It flows northwest through the Cliviger Gorge supplying two fish ponds near Pot Oven Farm, before collecting Green Clough as it passes the Holme and Black Clough near St John's Church at Holme Chapel. As the Valley widens, the Calder is met by Easden Clough near Southward Bottom and continues to Walk Mill. At the Cliviger Bridge it passes under A646 Burnley Road and it collects Dick Clough near Barcroft Hall before entering Towneley Park and being joined by Everage Clough. On the Burnley side of the park it passes Unity College and Fulledge Recreation Ground, and under the Hand Bridge which carries the A671 Todmorden Road. It flows on the northern side of the town's Burnley Wood district and through a culvert in the Burnley E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Brun
The River Brun is a river in eastern Lancashire. It is approximately long and has a catchment area (not including the River Don) of . Course Thought to begin at the confluence of Hurstwood Brook (draining Wether Edge, Hameldon and supplying the Hurstwood Reservoir) and Rock Water at Foxstones Bridge near the village of Hurstwood, the river runs northwest towards the town of Burnley. Rock Water only begins a short distance to the southeast, where Cant Clough Beck (from that reservoir) meets Shedden Clough stream. Heading northwest, the river passes Ormerod and is met by the small stream that flows through Worsthorne. It continues past the Hollins, the hamlet of Brownside and through the Rowley Lake near Rowley Hall before collecting Swinden Water and then the River Don at Netherwood Bridge and turning west. Entering Burnley at Heasandford, the Brun collects Walshaw Clough stream as it passes Burnley Youth Theatre. Turning southwest and travelling on through Bank Hall Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brierfield, Lancashire
Brierfield () is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, in Lancashire, England. It is north east of Burnley, south west of Nelson, Lancashire, Nelson, and north east of Reedley, Lancashire, Reedley. The parish had a population of 8,193, at the census of 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011. The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of Reedley Hallows, Old Laund Booth and Nelson, Lancashire, Nelson, the Borough of Burnley, Burnley parish of Briercliffe, and the unparished area of the town of Burnley. History The building of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the Blackburn to Addingham Turnpike trust, turnpike road, and the railway from Preston, Lancashire, Preston to Colne, led to the town developing during the 19th century. Before the new transport links were constructed, the town was just a scattering of farmhouses forming part of Marsden Township (England), township known as Little Marsden, which also covered a large part of what was to beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
