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'''Blackburn''' is a town in [[Lancashire]] in the [[United Kingdom]].
 
'''Blackburn''' is a town in [[Lancashire]] in the [[United Kingdom]].
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Blackburn is one of five towns in England to possess an [[Anglican]] cathedral but not city status.
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Blackburn is one of five "cathedral towns" in England; all other English localities with Anglican cathedrals have [[City status in the United Kingdom|city status]].
 
==Blackburn Hundred==
 
==Blackburn 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.
 
'''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.
 
[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]
 
[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]
 
[[Category:Settlements in Lancashire]]
 
[[Category:Settlements in Lancashire]]
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