Burnley

Burnley, a municipal and parliamentary borough, returning one member, in Lancashire, 24 miles N. of Manchester, on the river Burn. The church of St. Peter is ancient but modernised, and there are a curious Saxon cross and many Roman remains. The modern public buildings are commodious, and the streets well paved and lighted. The chief industries are the manufacture of woollen and cotton goods and machinery, with calico-printing, brewing, and tanning. It is on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.