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Diocèse de Blackburn
Le diocèse de Blackburn est un diocèse anglican de la province d'York qui s'étend sur la majeure partie du Lancashire. Son siège est la cathédrale de Blackburn. Il est créé en 1926 à partir du diocèse de Manchester. Le diocèse se divise en deux archidiaconés, à Blackburn même et à Lancaster. Deux évêques suffragants d'ordre 2 en relèvent également : l'évêque de Burnley et l'évêque de Lancastre (en ligne directe).
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Diocese of Blackburn
The diocese of Blackburn is diocese of the Church of England in North West England. Its boundaries correspond to northern Lancashire. The diocese contains 211 parishes and 280 churches. Blackburn Cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Blackburn, currently Philip North, and the diocesan offices are also located in Blackburn.
What is now the diocese of Blackburn was historically part of the diocese of York. It became part of the newly created diocese of Chester in 1541, and part of the diocese of Manchester when it was created in 1847. The diocese of Blackburn was in turn established on 12 November 1926 from the northern part of Manchester.
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Blackburn Cotton Exchange Building
The Cotton Exchange is a grade II listed building in Blackburn, England. It is located on King William Street, opposite the Town Hall.
The building was used briefly as a cotton exchange, then a performance hall and cinema, before closing in 2005. It was bought by the Re:Source charity in 2015, and is currently used by community groups and as an event space.
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Blackburn Exchange Assembly Rooms
The Exchange Assembly Rooms were on Town Hall Street, Blackburn. Built by the Catholic Brethren in 1860, the rooms were later purchased by the Blackburn Exchange Company and become part of their Cotton Exchange estate, accommodating businesses and entertainment until their demolition in 1936.
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Lewis Textile Museum
The Lewis Textile Museum was bequeathed to the people of Blackburn by a local cotton industrialist, Thomas Boys Lewis (1869–1942). The Lewis Textile Museum was closed in 2006 and a new gallery with its collection of looms and textile machinery was moved to Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery. The gallery which now houses the exhibits at the main Museum & Art Gallery was named CottonTown and opened in April 2007 by Jack Straw, the local Labour MP.
The closure of the Lewis Textile Museum caused surprise which the local paper, the Lancashire Telegraph reported.
In 2006 the building of the Lewis Textile Museum, was planned to become a drugs centre although this was met with local uproar.
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Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
The Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery is the local museum service for the borough of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. It is a museum with collections of Christian icons, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and local history, as well as those of the former Lewis Textile Museum.