Blackburn was a large

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

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. The parish had numerous

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s and chapelries, which were administered separately from the core

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and nort ...

area, and became recognised as separate civil parishes in 1866. The parish formed part of the

hundred. The other parishes were:

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225917/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10341826&c_id=10001043 Former civil parishes in Lancashire History of Blackburn with Darwen {{Lancashire-geo-stub