Bacup
Proper noun
Meaning
Bacup
A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England.
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Bacup followed the regional and national trend of deindustrialisation during the early and mid-20th century; a process exacerbated by the closure of Bacup railway station in 1966.
Bacup received a charter of incorporation in 1882, giving it honorific borough status and its own elected town government, consisting of a mayor, aldermen and councillors to oversee local affairs.
Britannia Coconut Dancers are an English country dance troupe from Bacup whose routines are steeped in local folk tradition.
Bacup also experienced population decline ; from 22,000 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 1911, to 15,000 at the United Kingdom Census 1971.
Culture and community The Britannia Coconut Dancers are an English folk dance troupe based in Bacup.
Currently police are monitoring the road and there have been calls from local residents, led by County Councillor Jimmy Easton, citation for the creation of a bypass with the suggestion of utilising elements of the old highway Bacup Old Road.