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Ashton-in-Makerfield

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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An urban district in the Newton parliamentary division of Lancashire, England, 4 m. S. of Wigan, on the Great Central railway. Pop. (1901) 18,687. The district is rich in minerals, and has large collieries, and a colliery company's institute; iron goods are manufactured.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Ashton-in-Makerfield'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/ashton-in-makerfield.html. 1910.
 
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