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Accrington is a hill town located at the western edge of the Pennines within a bowl and largely encircled by surrounding hills to heights of 300-400m.
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Accrington is a town in Lancashire, within the borough of Hyndburn.
The town is famed for manufacturing the hardest and densest building bricks in the world, " The Accrington NORI " ( iron ), which were used in the construction of the Empire State Building and for the foundations of Blackpool Tower ; famous for its football team and for having Europe's largest collection of Tiffany Glass.
Accrington is commonly abbreviated by locals to " Accy ".
What is known is that there was a chapel in Accrington prior to 1553 where the vicar of Whalley was responsible for the maintenance of divine worship.
One well-known association the town has is with the ' Accrington Pals ', the nickname given to the smallest home town battalion of volunteers formed to fight in the first world war.
Strictly speaking, the ' Accrington Pals ' battalion is properly known as the ' 11th East Lancashire Regiment ': the nickname is a little misleading, since of the four 250-strong companies that made up the original battalion only one was actually composed of men from Accrington.
The town's shopping centre is called the Accrington Arndale Centre.
The trackbed from Accrington to Baxenden is now a linear treelined cycleway / footpath. As of November 2011 Hyndburn borough council has plans to re-open the rail link to manchester.
Accrington is represented in parliament as a part of the constituency of Hyndburn.
Due to its size Accrington is represented by a number of wards in the Borough of Hyndburn.
* Accrington and Rossendale College ( also known as Across ) is a further education college for 14 – 19 year olds.
The local hospital is Accrington Victoria Hospital however, as it only deals with minor issues, A & E is provided by the Royal Blackburn Hospital.
The town's other famous association is with Accrington Stanley F. C., the butt of many ( largely affectionate ) jokes.
Accrington is the smallest town in England and Wales with a Football League club.
One of the most important pieces of the regeneration jigsaw for the Borough is reviving Accrington town centre.
The major towns of Burnley and Accrington are to the north and northwest respectively ; Todmorden, Walsden and the county of West Yorkshire are to the east ; Rochdale and the county of Greater Manchester are to the south ; Rawtenstall, from where Bacup is governed, is to the west.
Accrington Stanley Football Club is an English football club based in Accrington, Lancashire.
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The town we now call Accrington covers two townships which were established in 1507 following disafforestation ; those of Old Accrington and New Accrington which were merged in 1878 with the incorporation of the borough council.
There have been settlements there since the medieval period, likely in the Grange Lane and Black Abbey area, and the King's Highway which passes above the town was at one time used by the kings and queens of England when they used the area for hunting when the Forest of Accrington was one of the four forests of the hundred of Blackburnshire.
The Industrial Revolution, however, resulted in large changes and Accrington ’ s location on the confluence of a number of streams made it attractive to industry and a number of mills were built in the town in the mid-eighteenth century.
The 2001 census gave the population of Accrington town as 35, 203.
As well as motor dealerships from Ford ( Greyhound ), Vauxhall & Chevrolet ( Accrington Garages ), the town was home to a Arnold Clark car dealer which closed down in 2010.
The Hyndburn or Accrington Brook flows through the centre of the town.
The town has strong local travel links as Accrington railway station lies on the East Lancashire Line serving trains running locally and trains running from Blackpool to York.
Accrington Stanley Football Club has officially had its own pub in the town, the Crown, since July 2007.
The town of Accrington thus has the unique " distinction " of having lost two separate clubs from league football.
The Haworth Art Gallery in Accrington contains an outstanding collection of Tiffany glassware presented to the town by Joseph Briggs, an Accrington man who had joined Tiffany ’ s in the late 19th century and eventually became art director and assistant manager.
The Council using funding from the Single Regeneration Budget appointed URBED ( Urban, Built, Environment Design ), consultants based in Manchester to help the Council, our partners and the local community develop a new vision for Accrington town centre.
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Despite these and a number of other recent improvements the ground remains one of the poorest in League Two and talks are still ongoing with a view to a permanent move to a new stadium located in Church, a small town bordering Accrington.
The station is located in Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington.
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Industrialisation resulted in rapid population growth during the nineteenth century, as people moved from over north-west England to Accrington, with the population increasing from 3, 266 in 1811 to 10, 376 in 1851 to 43, 211 in 1901 to its peak in 1911 at 45, 029.
Other services are provided at the Accrington Pals Primary Health Care Centre and the Accrington Acorn Primary Health Care Centre.
He netted a hat trick on debut and went on to score 26 goals in his first season at Accrington.
After being caught in a malicious brawl at the Green Horse Pub the night before a game, he was banished indefinitely from the club until a petition to reverse the decision was raised by Accrington Stanley supporters.
The advertisement featured two young boys in Liverpool replica shirts and made reference to Accrington Stanley's obscurity in comparison to Liverpool's success at the time.
The Owd Reds played at Accrington Cricket Club's ground in Thorneyholme Road, still in use for that sport today.
Anderson tried to pursue a football career at Accrington Stanley F. C., but at tall, Anderson was turned down because of his frail constitution.
During World War II, Morecambe was a Bevin Boy, working down a coal mine at Accrington and Wise served in the Merchant Navy, from the end of 1943.
* Accrington FC, known as " Th ' Owd Reds ", is founded in 1878 by the town cricket club and plays at Thorneyholme Road, which remains the home of Accrington Cricket Club to the present.
She soon after attended Accrington and Rossendale College, and supported herself at a variety of odd jobs while reading for a degree in English at St Catherine's College, Oxford.
Anwar was educated at Accrington Moorhead Sports College, and gained an A level in Theatre in Performance at the Accrington and Rossendale College in 1988 before training at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London.
It runs from just south of Preston through the major junction of the M6 and M61 motorways, east past Darwen, Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Nelson and ends at Colne.
Unfortunately they were beaten in a shock 5 – 0 defeat at Accrington Stanley on 13 September 2006, then followed by a 5 – 2 defeat at Stockport County.
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