Blackburn is a large town in Lancashire, England. It is the largest and most populous settlement with the Blackburn with Darwen borough, which has a population of 105,085. It was a key centre for the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution. Blackburn is situated to the north of the West Pennine Moors. Blackburn is known to fans of The Beatles as the town featured in the song "A Day in the Life". An article in the Daily Mail about a plan to fill potholes in the town caught John Lennon's eye as he was writing the song, giving birth to the lyric: "I read the news today. Oh, boy. 4,000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire". Blackburn is the home of Blackburn Rovers Football Club - the title of the unofficial fanzine of Blackburn Rovers is 4,000 Holes. There is little evidence of settlement in the Blakewater valley where Blackburn would later be situated during the Prehistoric period. It is generally thought that most human activity in east Lancashire during the period occurred on hilltops. Evidence of such activity during the Bronze Age has been discovered in the form of urn burials, with two known examples from the hills around Blackburn. In 1879, a cinerary urn was discovered beneath a tumulus at Revidge, north of the town. Another was excavated at Pleasington Cemetery, west of the present town, by gravedigger Grant Higson in 1996. That prehistoric man was active in the area now covered by the town centre is inferred from the presence of a possible sacred spring, possibly in use during the Iron Age, at All Hallows Spring on Railway Road. More on Blackburn 

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