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Bacup, Lancashire at AllExperts (420 words) |
 | Bacup is an English town in the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, on the River Irwell. |
| Bacup village is said to be around 800 years old as it is mentioned in a charter by Robert de Lacey in 1200. |
| Bacup barely existed throughout the Middle Ages and Rennaisance age, and only began to grow during the Industrial Revolution when it, along with the rest of the East Lancashire area, grew in size as several cotton mills were built in the area. |
| Guide to Lancashire Local Studies Collections - bacup (1174 words) |
| There is also a catalogue of the Bacup Co-operative Store Library (1926 reprint); the collection to which this catalogue relates no longer exists as a collection, but a small proportion of the books are now in the Bacup Local Studies Collection. |
| Lancashire Lantern includes an index to stories from local newspapers covering several areas of the county. |
| The main repository of archives for the county is held at the Lancashire Record Office. |
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