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Blackpool.-- mun. bor. and seaport town, N. Lancashire, 17½ miles NW. of Preston and 227 miles from London by rail, 2952 ac., pop. 14,229; 3 Banks, 4 newspapers; is a much-frequented watering-place, possessing fine sands, 2 handsome piers with large concert pavilion, aquarium, and pleasure gardens. B. was created a mun. bor. in 1876.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "municipal borough and seaport town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Blackpool Parish Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Blackpool |
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