Bacup
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 42 ′ N , 2 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SD868231 | ||
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| Residents | 12,763 (as of 2001) ( 2001 Census ) | ||
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| Post town | BACUP | ||
| ZIP code section | OL13 | ||
| prefix | 01706 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | North West England | ||
| Shire county | Lancashire | ||
| District | Rossendale | ||
| British Parliament | Rossendale and Darwen | ||
Bacup is a small town with just under 13,000 inhabitants in the Rossendale administrative district of Lancashire, England .
It is located in the South Pennines on the eastern border with West Yorkshire .
The place was created in the early Middle Ages during the settlement of England by the Anglo-Saxons .
Sons and daughters of the place
- John Ashworth Ratcliffe (1902–1987), physicist and radio astronomer
- Leslie Howarth (1911-2001), mathematician
- Jim Meadowcroft (1946-2015), English snooker player and commentator
- Johnny Clegg , OBE (1953–2019), guitarist, singer, dancer and composer
- Matty James (born 1991), football player
See also
Web links
Commons : Bacup - collection of images, videos and audio files
