Know About Bacup: Bacup is a town in Lancashire, England. It is located between Burnley, Todmorden, Rochdale and Rawtenstall, near the border with West Yorkshire, and it was once described by English Heritage as the best preserved cotton mill town in England . Bacup was a small settlement throughout the Middle Ages and only began to grow during the Industrial Revolution when, along with the rest of the East Lancashire area, it grew in size as the textile industry developed rapidly and many cotton mills and associated houses were built in the area. Bacup is home to the 17 feet long Elgin Street which has the title of 'shortest street in the world' according to the Guinness Book of Records and it is also home to one of the few remaining English folk dance troupes who wear blackened faces - the Britannia Coco-Nut Dancers, or 'Nutters'. |