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ID: 7027442
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7027442
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Blackburn (inhabited place)  Blackburn (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 45 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.7500  decimal degrees
Long: 002 29 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.4833  decimal degrees

Note: One of world's largest weaving & textile centers; wool industry began in 13th cen. & expanded with James Hargraves' invention of "Spinning Jenny" in 1784; other industries include brewing, electronics & plastics.

Names:
Blackburn (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Blacheburne (H,V)  ............ recorded in 1086

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Blackburn with Darwen (unitary authority)  ................  Blackburn with Darwen (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Blackburn (inhabited place)  ....................  Blackburn (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was important medieval center
city (C)
episcopal see (C)  ............  since 1926
industrial center (C)
mining center (C)
textile center (H)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Blacheburne..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 155
Blackburn..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
....................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1970)
....................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 553
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 106
....................  Domesday Book (1985) 155
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 261
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 29
....................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1970)
..................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 553
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 106
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 155
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 261
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2590068
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 29
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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