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Also known as Pleasington, Lancashire

Pleasington () is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It had a population of 467 in the 2001 census, reducing to 446 at the 2011 census.

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Place details

Locality
Pleasington
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.static_image_name
Pleasington Priory.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Pleasington Priory
UK place.population
446
UK place.population_ref
(2011)
UK place.official_name
Pleasington
UK place.country
England
UK place.region
North West England
UK place.os_grid_reference
SD642263
UK place.post_town
BLACKBURN
UK place.postcode_area
BB
UK place.postcode_district
BB2
UK place.dial_code
01254
UK place.constituency_westminster
Blackburn
UK place.civil_parish
Pleasington
UK place.unitary_england
Blackburn with Darwen
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Lancashire
UK place.pushpin_map
United Kingdom Blackburn with Darwen
UK place.pushpin_map_caption
Shown within Blackburn with Darwen

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Pleasington () is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It had a population of 467 in the 2001 census, reducing to 446 at the 2011 census.

It is a rural village set on a hillside above the River Darwen. The village was listed in the Domesday Book as Plesigtune, a name which means "a settlement owned by Plessa's People".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pleasington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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