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Church is a suburb of Accrington in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about a mile west of Accrington town centre. Church was an urban district from 1894 to 1974. The population of the Church component of the Accrington urban area at the 2001 census was 3,988 according to the ONS. Statistics Population: 35,203 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD755286 Administration District: Hyndburn Shire county: Lancashire Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Lancashire Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Lancashire Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North West Post office and telephone Post... Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2005 est. ... Statistics Population: 35,203 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD755286 Administration District: Hyndburn Shire county: Lancashire Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Lancashire Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Lancashire Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North West Post office and telephone Post... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

There is a small railway station which also serves the neighbouring town of Oswaldtwistle. To the west of Accrington, the Lancashire towns of Church and Oswaldtwistle are serviced by Northern Rail trains on the East Lancashire line. ... Rhyddings Park Oswaldtwistle is a town on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Lancashire, 3 m. ...

Coordinates: 53°45′N 2°23′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Categories: Lancashire geography stubs | Towns in Lancashire | Accrington | Hyndburn

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Church, Lancashire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (97 words)
	Church is a suburb of Accrington in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about a mile west of Accrington town centre.
	Church was an urban district from 1894 to 1974.
	The population of the Church component of the Accrington urban area at the 2001 census was 3,988 according to the ONS.

Church (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (470 words)
	Church (building), a building used for religious services, usually referring specifically to those for Christian worship.
	Church, a religious organization, usually within Christianity, or the worldwide body of Christians.
	In this generic sense, "the Church" is a sociological facet of a state's ruling class, comparable to "the Academy" or "the Executive".

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