'''Blackburn Hundred''', sometimes called '''Blackburnshire''', is a sub-division of the traditional county Lancashire. Although never formally abolished, the hundred has had no official administrative role since the mid-18th century and today is used mainly as a geographical area. It covers a much wider area than the town itself (175,598 acres) with the towns [[Accrington]], [[Bacup]] and [[Burnley]] also forming part of the hundred. | '''Blackburn Hundred''', sometimes called '''Blackburnshire''', is a sub-division of the traditional county Lancashire. Although never formally abolished, the hundred has had no official administrative role since the mid-18th century and today is used mainly as a geographical area. It covers a much wider area than the town itself (175,598 acres) with the towns [[Accrington]], [[Bacup]] and [[Burnley]] also forming part of the hundred. |