    blackburn  is a large town in lancashire, england. it lies to the north of the west pennine moors on the southern edge of the ribble valley,  east of preston,  nnw of manchester.grid reference finder measurement tools and is  north of the greater manchester border. blackburn is bounded to the south by darwen, with which it forms the unitary authority of blackburn with darwen; blackburn is its administrative centre. at the time of the uk government's 2001 census, blackburn had a population of 105,085, whilst the wider borough of blackburn with darwen had a population of 140,700.census 2001: blackburn with darwen local authority, office for national statistics. retrieved 28 march 2008. a former mill town, textiles have been produced in blackburn since the middle of the 13th century, when wool was woven in people's houses in the domestic system. flemish weavers who settled in the area during the 14th&nbsp;century helped to develop the woollen cottage industry.burrow, j &
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