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| | GENUKI: Blackburn, Lancashire genealogy |
 | | BLACKBURN, a town, a township, a parish, a subdistrict, a district, and a hundred in Lancashire. |
 | | In 1835 the parish of Blackburn contained the townships of Blackburn, Walton le Dale, Cuerdale, Samlesbury, Balderstone, Osbaldeston, Clayton-le-Dale, Salesbury, Dinckley, Billington, Mellor, Ramsgreave, Wilpshire, Pleasington, Livesey, Tockholes, Lower Darwen, Over Darwen, Little Harwood, Great Harwood, Rishton, Witton, Yate with Pickup Bank and Eccleshill. |
 | | For probate purposes prior to 1858, Blackburn was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. |
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