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The maps included the area of most civil parishes and their detached parts, as well as extra-parochial areas and townships. Originally the area of these places was given in acres, roods and perches. [4] After about 1879 this was changed to solely acres, with area given to three decimal places. As boundary changes occurred throughout the late ...
Blackburn Hundred depicted in John Speed's 1610 map of Lancashire: Area • 1831: 175,598 acres ... is a historic sub-division of the county of Lancashire, ...
Corporation Park is a traditional Victorian park in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.It was landscaped by William Henderson and opened in 1857. [1] Corporation Park is regarded as the main formal park in Blackburn and is used mainly by local people for general recreation, walking and dog walking, as well as for its tennis, bowling and football facilities.
Blackburn was recorded in Domesday Book (1086) as Blacheburne and Blacheburn. [10] By the time of John Speed's map of 1610, the spelling of the town was Blackburn, while the region was Blackburne. There is anecdotal speculation that the name of the town may simply mean "black burn", or "black stream". [11] [12] [13]
The historic county palatine boundaries in red and the ceremonial county in green. By the census of 1971, the population of Lancashire and its county boroughs had reached 5,129,416, making it the most populous geographic county in the UK. [60]
The title usually indicates the enclosure of a farmstead and associated cottages. Isherwood Fold, off Blackburn Road is a good example. Other examples are Horrocks Fold, Thomasson Fold and Brandwood Fold. In 1795, an Act of Parliament was passed for enclosing Edgworth Moor "in the whole about 400 acres". It covered an area from Wall Leach Fold ...
Witton House and its gardens were created for Joseph Feilden in 1800. [1] Lieutenant General Randle Joseph Feilden, his second son, was a member of parliament. [2] The estate was used by the British Army in both world wars and then, in 1946, thanks in part due to a large donation by Robert Edward Hart, it was acquired by Blackburn Council. [1]
The lower section, off Park Street, has two bowling greens, tennis courts, skate park and Padiham Leisure Centre. The park is a Green Flag award winner. [43] The park still had remains of some Second World War air raid shelters in 2008. [44] The old National School, Mill Street, built in 1830 and used until 1904