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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Weir is an outlying area of Bacup in the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. Anciently, Weir constituted a hamlet, but underwent urbanisation and, later, suburbanisation to emerge as a residential suburb of Bacup town. Bacup is a town within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. It is located amongst the South Pennines, along Lancashire’s eastern boundary with West Yorkshire. The town sits within a rural setting in the Forest of Rossendale, amongst the steep-sided upper-Irwell Valley, through which the River Irwell passes. It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east of Rawtenstall, 6.4 miles (10.3 km) north of Rochdale, and 21 miles (34 km) east of Preston. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Bacup-which encompasses the outlying communities of Britannia, Stacksteads, Rockcliffe, Trough Gate and Weir-had a population of 12,763.