a market-town of the county of Lancaster, in the hundred of Blackburn, 200 miles from London, and fourteen from Manchester. It forms part of the parish of Whalley, which is denominated a chapelry. It has water communication by a canal with Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool; and makes cotton and linen goods for the merchants of these places. The population amounted in 1801 to 4404, in 1811 to 5127, in 1821 to 6595, and in 1831 to 7776.