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Bacup, mun. bor., Rochdale and Whalley pars., Lancashire, 19¼ miles N. of Manchester by rail, 6400 ac., pop. 25,034; 1 Bank, 2 newspapers. Market, daily. The staple industries are cotton spinning and power-room weaving. In the neighbourhood are numerous coal-pits and vast stonequarries. Bacup was incorporated in 1882.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "municipal borough" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Bacup CP Lancashire AncC |
Place: | Bacup |
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