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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Haslingden, market town and township with ry. sta., Whalley par., NE. Lancashire, 19 miles NW. of Manchester and 205 miles NW. of London - town, pop. 14,333; township, 4342 ac., pop. 14,298; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday; is a nourishing manufacturing town. Cotton, silk, and woollens are the chief fabrics produced. Ironworks, collieries, and quarries are in operation, and through the Haslingden Canal communication is maintained with Bury, Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and township with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Haslingden |
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