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Royton
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
an urban district of Lancashire, England, within the parliamentary borough of Oldham, 2 m. N. of Oldham on the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway. Though of early origin, it is, as a town, of wholly modern growth. The cotton manufacture is its chief industry. Pop. (1901) 14,881.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Royton'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/r/royton.html. 1910.