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Padiham, manufacturing town and township with ry. sta., Whalley par., NE. Lancashire, 3 miles W. of Burnley and 8 miles NE. of Blackburn - township, 1953 ac., pop. 8346; town (Padiham and Hapton), pop. 8974; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Padiham Road, 2 Banks. The town is a local government district, and carries on mfrs. of cotton; coal mines and stone quarries are in the neighbourhood.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "manufacturing town and township with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC |
Place: | Padiham |
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