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Darwen
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a municipal borough in the Darwen parliamentary division of Lancashire, England, 20 m. N.W. from Manchester by the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway. Pop. (1891) 34,192; (1901) 38,212. It lies on the river Darwen, which traverses a densely populated manufacturing district, and is surrounded by high-lying moors. Darwen is a centre of the cotton trade and has also blast furnaces, and paper-making, paper-staining and fire-clay works. In the neighbourhood are collieries and stone quarries. The market hall is the chief public building; there are technical schools, a free library, and two public parks. Darwen was incorporated in 1788. The corporation consists of a mayor, six aldermen and eighteen councillors.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Darwen'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/darwen.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Darwen'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/darwen.html. 1910.
