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Ramsbottom, manufacturing town with ry. sta., Bury par., SW. Lancashire, on river Irwell, 4 miles N. of Bury, 290 ac., pop. 5242; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; here the first Sir Robert Peel established calico-printing.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "manufacturing town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Ramsbottom |
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