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Encyclopedia Britannica



BACUP

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 181 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AUD-BAI
BACUP , a market town and municipal borough in the Rossendale parliamentary division of Lancashire, England, on the river Irwell, 203 M. N.N.W. from London, and 22 N. by E. from Manchester, on the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway. Pop. (1901) 22,505. It is finely situated in a narrow valley, surrounded by wild, high-Iying moorland. It is wholly of modern growth, and contains several handsome churches and other buildings, while among institutions the
chief
  is the mechanics' institute and library. The recreation grounds presented in 1893 by Mr. J. H. Maden, M.P., are beautifully laid out.
Cotton
  spinning and power-loom weaving are the
chief
  of numerous manufacturing
industries
 , and there are large collieries in the vicinity. The principle of co-operation is strongly developed, and a large and handsome
store
  contains among other departments a free library for members. The borough was incorporated in 1882, and the
corporation
  consists of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 17 councillors. Area, 612o acres, In 1841 .the population of the chapelry was only 1526.
One of the hills in the vicinity is fortified with a
great
  ancient earthwork and ditch.


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