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Ashton-under-Lyne, par., parl. and mun. bor., SE. Lancashire, on river Tame, 5 miles E. of Manchester and 188½ miles from London -- par., 9486 ac., pop. 75,310; parl. bor., 2149 ac., pop. 43,630; mun. bor., 1391 ac., pop. 37,040; 3 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Saturday. Cotton mfrs. and engineering are carried on. It returns 1 member to Parliament; its parliamentary limits were extended in 1885.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish, parliamentary and municipal borough" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Ashton under Lyne Parish Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Ashton under Lyne |
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