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Delve into Blackburn in United Kingdom
Blackburn in the region of England with its 106,154 residents is a city in United Kingdom - some 184 mi or ( 296 km ) North-West of London , the country's capital .
Current time in Blackburn is now 01:02 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Wilpshire, Sheffield, Ribchester, Oxford, and Mellor. While being here, make sure to check out Wilpshire . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Blackburn ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Manchester City V Blackburn 15/08/09
Full time sees 4 players throwing shirts into the crowd at Ewood Park ..
PSPscene - OUTRUN COAST TO COAST - SONY PSP
This video shows a PSP slim running "Outrun Coast to Coast" on a FS monitor for video output. Another classic arcade racer that real has had a fullscale makeover. Play the old outrun levels with updat ..
Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City: Adam Johnson gives his post-match reaction
Manchester City winger Adam Johnson gives his opinions on his side's 4-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. Johnson scored a sublime opening goal which was followed by strikes from Mario Bal ..
coventry city fc 1st goal 5th round 2009
goal in the facup 5th round coventry v blackburn 1st goal for coventry ..
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Diocese of Blackburn
The Diocese of Blackburn is a Church of England diocese, covering much of Lancashire, created on 12 November 1926 from part of the Diocese of Manchester. The Diocese includes the towns of Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, and the cities of Lancaster, and Preston, as well as a large part of the Ribble Valley. The cathedral is Blackburn Cathedral and the Diocesan See is currently vacant following the retirement of The Rt Revd Nicholas Reade, Bishop of Blackburn, appointed in 2004.
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Blackburn (ancient parish)
Blackburn was a large parish in Lancashire, England. The parish had numerous townships and chapelries, which were administered separately from the core Blackburn area, and became recognised as separate civil parishes in 1866. The parish formed part of the Blackburn hundred. The other parishes were: ‹ The template below is being considered for merging. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus.
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Blackburnshire
Blackburnshire was a hundred, an ancient sub-division of the county of Lancashire, in northern England. Its chief town was Blackburn, in the northwest of the hundred. It covered an area similar to modern East Lancashire, including the current districts of Ribble Valley (excluding the northern part, which was then in Yorkshire), Pendle (excluding West Craven, which was in Yorkshire), Burnley, Rossendale, Hyndburn, and Blackburn with Darwen.
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BBC Radio Lancashire
BBC Radio Lancashire is the BBC Local Radio service for the county of Lancashire, in North West England. It began as BBC Radio Blackburn on 26 January 1971 on 96.4FM, then adding 854 kHz AM in 1972 and changing to its current name on 4 July 1981. It broadcasts from studios in Blackburn on 95.5, 103.9, 104.5 (Lancaster) FM and 855 (Riley Green near the A6061 between Preston and Blackburn, near junction 3 of the M65), 1557 AM, DAB and RealPlayer via the website.
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Blackburn Rural District
Blackburn was a rural district in Lancashire from 1894 to 1974. It was named after, but did not include Blackburn, which was an independent county borough. It surrounded Blackburn on the north and western sides, and also included an exclave on the south-eastern side of Blackburn, consisting of the parishes of Yate and Pickup Bank and Eccleshill. It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894. It lost the parish of Witton to Blackburn in the 1930s.
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