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Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen (littéralement, « Blackburn-avec-Darwen ») est un territoire relevant d’une autorité locale unique situé dans le comté de Lancashire en Angleterre (Royaume-Uni) couvrant l'agglomération de Blackburn, la ville voisine de Darwen et la campagne alentour. Ce borough fut fondé en 1974 tandis que le statut d'autorité unitaire fut accordé en 1998.
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St Barnabas' Church, Darwen
St Barnabas' Church is on Watery Lane, Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with that of St Mary, Grimehills.
The church was built in 1884 as a mission church, and designed by the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin. It cost £1,462 (equivalent to £190,000 in 2023), and provided seating for 360 people. It is constructed in stone, with a Westmorland slate roof. On the church is a bellcote with a pyramidal slated roof. Its windows are square-headed. The church contains stained glass windows dating from 1963 by Shrigley and Hunt.
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Spring Vale railway station
Spring Vale railway station was a railway station that served the community of Spring Vale, in Darwen, Lancashire, England. It was opened by the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway on 3 August 1847, and was originally named Sough. At first, it was the southern terminus of the line from Blackburn (Bolton Road); the line south of Sough to Bolton opened on 12 June 1848 and was just located south of the road bridge at the top off Cranberry Lane The station was moved 150 yards north and was renamed Spring Vale and Sough in November 1870, and Spring Vale on 1 March 1877. It was closed on 5 August 1958, two days after nearby Lower Darwen.
It achieved noteworthiness when, on the night of 25 September 1931, Mahatma Gandhi alighted from a train there to spend the night with a local family whilst visiting England to see the effects of his cotton making campaign on the British textile industry.
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Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company
The Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company operated a steam tramway service between Blackburn and Darwen between 1881 and 1898.
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Darwen Cemetery
Darwen Cemetery is a public cemetery in the town of Darwen, Lancashire, England, which lies on both sides of Bolton Road with views across Darwen to the hills beyond. A Cross of Sacrifice erected to burials of First World War service personnel stands by the entrance of the older part.
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St John the Evangelist's Church, Turncroft
St John the Evangelist's Church was an Anglican parish church in Turncroft, Over Darwen, Lancashire, England. It was paid for by a Mrs Graham, and designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley. The church cost £8,000 (equivalent to £990,000 in 2023). It had a spire 146 feet 6 inches (45 m) high. The church has since been closed and demolished.