Accrington

Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn ward of Lancashire, England. It lies around 4 miles 6 km east of Blackburn, 6 miles 10 km west of Burnley, 13 miles 21 km east of Preston, 20 miles 32 km north of Manchester downtown area and is arranged on the for the most part culverted River Hyndburn. Generally contracted by local people to "Accy", the town has a populace of 35,456 as per the 2011 census. Accrington is a previous focal point of the cotton and material hardware businesses.

The town is acclaimed for assembling the hardest and densest building blocks on the planet, "The Accrington NORI" press, which were utilized in the development of the Empire State Building and for the establishments of Blackpool Tower; well known for Accrington Stanley F.C. also, the Haworth Art Gallery which holds Europe's biggest accumulation of Tiffany glass. The name Accrington gives off an impression of being Anglo-Saxon in birthplace.

In the records it differently shows up as Akarinton in 1194; Akerunton, Akerinton and Akerynton in 1258; Acrinton in 1292; Ackryngton in 1311 and Acryngton in 1324. The name may mean oak seed farmstead from Anglo-Saxon aecern meaning oak seed and tun meaning farmstead or village. The southern piece of Accrington, the township of New Accrington, was earlier in the Forest of Blackburnshire and the nearness of oak trees might be gathered from neighborhood put names like Broad Oak and Oak Hill.