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Accrington, in the County of Lancashire, is a small former mill town in the industrial north-west of England. Its name is thought to be a corruption of 'acorn-ring-town', although the old oak woods that once encircled the town have long-since gone, victims of the Industrial Revolution. Since the redrawing of the political boundaries in 1974, the town has formed part of the Borough of Hyndburn — a merging of Accrington together with the smaller 'satellite' towns of Oswaldtwistle, Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood and Rishton, into one political 'seat'.

Geography

Accrington is located at {{coor dms|53|46|00|N|02|21|00|W|}} (53.7667, -2.3500)1.

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Introduction
The Accrington Pals
Accrington's football teams
Famous sons and daughters
Geography

 

 

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