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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]
English: Map of the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 165% Geographic limits:
Blackburn is a town [2] in West Lothian, Scotland, near both Bathgate and Livingston, two of the larger towns in the county. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Edinburgh and 25 miles (40 km) east of Glasgow on the old A8 road .
The BB postcode area, also known as the Blackburn postcode area, [2] is a group of thirteen postcode districts in north-west England, within nine post towns. These cover east Lancashire , including Blackburn , Burnley , Accrington , Barnoldswick , Clitheroe , Colne , Darwen , Nelson and Rossendale .
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Module:Location map/data/United Kingdom Blackburn is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Blackburn. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
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The village also lies on the Blackburn to Chorley railway line, which was built in 1866–69. [3] The village's railway station closed in 1960, with the line closing completely in 1968. Industry in the village includes a Sappi Blackburn Mill, [4] originally built in 1875 [5] as the Star Paper Mill.