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Darwen

(Encyclopedia)Darwen, town, NW England: see Blackburn with Darwen. ...

Walsingham

(Encyclopedia)Walsingham, town (1991 pop. 18,050), Norfolk, E central England. It is the site of Walsingham Abbey, one of the renowned shrines of medieval England. ...

Hyde

(Encyclopedia)Hyde, town, Tameside metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. It has iron foundries and factories that produce co...

Heywood

(Encyclopedia)Heywood, town, Rochdale metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Heywood's products include cotton goods, metal g...

Boulle, André Charles

(Encyclopedia)Boulle or Buhl, André Charles both: äNdrāˈ shärl bo͞ol [key], 1642–1732, French cabinetmaker, the master of a distinctive style of furniture, much imitated, for which his name has become a syn...

Herne Bay

(Encyclopedia)Herne Bay hûrn [key], town, Kent, SE England. It is a resort with 7 mi (11 km) of coast and ...

Frimley and Camberley

(Encyclopedia)Frimley and Camberley, town, Surrey, S England. It is in an area that has important military installations. The Royal Staff College and the Royal Milita...

Burnley

(Encyclopedia)Burnley, city and district, Lancashire, NW England. Historically a coal mining and cotton-weaving town, Burnley's economy is increasingly dominated by l...

Swinton

(Encyclopedia)Swinton, town (1991 pop. 44,416), Salford metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. The town has cotton mills and factories for pottery, chemicals, and storage ba...

Blaydon

(Encyclopedia)Blaydon, town, Gateshead metropolitan district, NE England, on the Tyne River in the Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan area. It manufactures iron, steel ...