Blackburn

Nursing Homes near Blackburn

Lancashire

Approximate Population: 105,085

The town of Blackburn stands on the river Blakewater and from which it takes it name, dating back to the Dark Ages. Its old main road from south to north was the Roman road which linked Manchester with Ribchester, Blackburn’s position on this road in Saxon and Viking times made it the chief town of North East Lancashire.

The Industrial Revolution brought momentous changes to Blackburn. In 1750 Blackburn was little more than a village, but by 1850 it had become a boom town with a tenfold increase in its population. The completion of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal in 1816 and the coming of the railway in 1846, cut transport costs dramatically and increased demand for cotton, creating further expansion of both town and industry.

Blackburn then became of victim of its success. The inventions, ideas and processes invented in Blackburn were exported throughout the world and this led to the demise of its own industry as other countries utilised this knowledge and produced the goods more cheaply. By 1976 there were just 2,100 looms running in the town compared to the 79,405 that were in existence in 1907 and the end of the 20th century the industry was dead.

Nursing Homes near Blackburn Lancashire