East Lancashire

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East Lancashire is a historic industrial and rural area in the north-west of England, encompassing towns such as Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington.

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Label Occurrences
East Lancashire canonical 10

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic region
subregion of Lancashire
contains Accrington
Bacup
Barnoldswick
Blackburn
Burnley
Clitheroe
Colne
Darwen
Earby
Forest of Bowland (part)
linked to: Forest of Bowland

Great Harwood
Haslingden
Nelson
Oswaldtwistle
Padiham
Pendle Hill area
Rawtenstall
Ribble Valley
Rishton
Rossendale Valley
country England
developedDuring Industrial Revolution
governedBy Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority (part)
Lancashire County Council (part)
hasCharacteristic industrial heritage
mill towns
rural landscapes
hasDialect Lancashire dialect
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
manufacturing
services
hasRailwayHeritage East Lancashire Railway (heritage line)
historicalCounty Lancashire
knownFor coal mining
cotton mills
engineering industry
textile industry
language English
locatedIn North West England
locatedNear Pennines
locatedNorthOf Greater Manchester
locatedOn River Ribble
locatedWestOf Yorkshire Dales
partOf Lancashire
regionType industrial and rural area
transportServedBy East Lancashire railway lines
Leeds and Liverpool Canal

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East Lancashire Line regionServed East Lancashire
Nelson and Colne College regionServed East Lancashire
Royal Blackburn Hospital serves East Lancashire
M65 motorway regionServed East Lancashire
Burnley campus regionServed East Lancashire
East Lancashire Road namedAfter East Lancashire
Burnley Deanery regionServed East Lancashire
Colne railway station region East Lancashire
BB postcode area coversRegion East Lancashire
subject linked to: BB
East Lancashire Derby locatedIn East Lancashire