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  • *[[Wood Green]] ...behind in the early industrial revolution, it overtook the heartlands of [[Lancashire]], [[Lanarkshire]] and [[Yorkshire]] when electrical machines replaced the
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  • .... Upstream and 8 miles to the northeast is the town of [[Warrington]] in [[Lancashire]], and downstream 16 miles to the west is the city of [[Liverpool]]. ...Point and Clifton (formerly Rocksavage), and the new town areas of Halton Brook and Halton Lodge. To the east are the village of Halton, the old settlemen
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  • ...d which lies [[Flintshire]]) and the [[River Mersey]] (beyond which lies [[Lancashire]]). The peninsula forms one of the seven [[hundred]] of Cheshire. In the north of the peninsula, the River Fender, Arrowe Brook and Greasby Brook drain into the River Birket, which itself flows into the River Mersey by wa
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  • ...[River Colne, Yorkshire|River Colne]] and the [[Wessenden Valley|Wessenden Brook]]. It was formerly an important centre for the production of woollen cloth, ...on the Yorkshire side of [[Standedge]] crossing of the [[Pennines]] into [[Lancashire]]. The village is surrounded on three sides by the high moors which are cal
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  • ...'River Mersey''' for its whole natural course marks the boundary between [[Lancashire]] to the north and [[Cheshire]] to the south. The river is 68 miles long, ...butaries: the [[River Etherow]], the [[River Goyt]], and the [[River Tame, Lancashire|River Tame]]. The modern accepted start of the Mersey is at the meeting of
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  • {{Hatnote|This article is about the town in Lancashire, for other places, see [[Blackburn (disambiguation)]]}} |county=Lancashire
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  • ...the name "Broughton" in any one case may originally be from ''broc tun'' ("brook village" or "badger village"), ''beorg tun'' ("hill village") or ''burg tun *[[Lancashire]]:
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  • |county=Lancashire '''Shaw and Crompton''' is a town in southern [[Lancashire]], found some 2 miles north of [[Oldham]] and 3½ miles southeast of [[Roch
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  • ...unties; principally a border river between [[Cheshire]] to the south and [[Lancashire]] to the north, though it serves as the border of Cheshire with [[Yorkshire ...ridge (which spans the river at [[Mossley]]), marks the meeting point of [[Lancashire]], [[Yorkshire]] and [[Cheshire]].
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  • ...ey, flanked on each side by wind-scoured mountains, but the dale itself is green and pleasant, with the slopes alternately farmed and wooded and the river b ...s is shown by surviving placenames; for example {{getmap|SK137999|Salter's Brook}}) is where the saltway forked, with one route leading to [[Wakefield]] and
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  • |county=Lancashire '''Chorley''' is a market town in [[Lancashire]], one of the many towns in the county to be a busy hub of the Industrial R
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  • The '''River Irwell''' is a river in in [[Lancashire]], 39 miles long from source to its outlet into the [[River Mersey]] and th ...ar [[Farnworth]] before turning southeast through [[Kearsley]], [[Clifton, Lancashire|Clifton]] and [[Agecroft]].
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  • | [[Eaton Socon]] || Pightle Millennium Green || Capulet Close <small>PE19 8UQ</small> || {{map|}} || 6.5 | [[Swavesey]] || Swavesey Recreation Green || High Street <small>CB24 4RN</small> || {{map|}} || 6.7
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  • ...n [[Derbyshire]], within the [[Peak District]] which stands on the Glossop Brook, a tributary of the [[River Etherow]]. The town is in the hills, at betwee ...City of [[Manchester]], and near Derbyshire's borders with [[Cheshire]], [[Lancashire]] and [[Yorkshire]]. Glossop's transport links to Manchester make it a pop
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  • |county=Lancashire '''Crosby''' is a town in [[Lancashire]] found to the north of [[Bootle]] and south of [[Southport]] and [[Formby]
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  • [[File:Weir on River Darwen, Lancashire - geograph.org.uk - 389351.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Weir on the Darwen]] ...is a river running through [[Darwen]] and [[Blackburn]] in the midst of [[Lancashire]].
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  • ...own as [[Lonsdale]], which has given a name to the [[Lonsdale Hundred]] of Lancashire. ...rowdale, Westmorland|Borrowdale]], and flows through Westmorland, entering Lancashire just south of [[Kirkby Lonsdale]].
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  • The '''River Wyre''' is a river in [[Lancashire]] which flows into the [[Irish Sea]] at [[Fleetwood]]. It is approximately ...he Marshaw Wyre, whose confluence is near the village of [[Abbeystead]] in Lancashire.
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  • |county=Lancashire ...ochdale]], and 7½ miles north of the City of [[Manchester]]. [[Middleton, Lancashire|Middleton]] is just to the south, whilst to the north are the [[Cheesden Va
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  • |county=Lancashire ...ght up with the conurbation of towns spread out from that city. Two South Lancashire motorways, the [[M57 motorway|M57]] and [[M58 motorway|M58]] join just sout
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