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Farnworth

(Encyclopedia) Farnworth, town, Bolton metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. It has cotton and rayon mills…

Radcliffe

(Encyclopedia) Radcliffe, town (1991 pop. 27,664), Bury metropolitan district, N England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Industries include cotton and rayon mills and chemical,…

Ashton-under-Lyne

(Encyclopedia) Ashton-under-Lyne, town, Tameside metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area on the Tame River. Its industries include engineering,…

Bolton

(Encyclopedia) Bolton or Bolton-le-Moors Bolton-le-Moors bōlˈtən-lə-m&oobreve;rz [key…

Mersey

(Encyclopedia) MerseyMerseymûrˈzē [key], river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, formed at Stockport, W England, by the confluence of the Etherow and Goyt rivers. It flows east to the Irish Sea near Liverpool…

Leigh

(Encyclopedia) LeighLeighlē [key], town (1991 pop. 42,627), Wigan metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Industries include cotton and rayon mills, metalworks…

Thirlmere

(Encyclopedia) Thirlmere, lake, c.3 mi (5 km) long, in the Lake District, Cumbria, NW England, near Keswick. In 1894, through the construction of a high dam (which raised the water level c.50 ft/15 m…

Burgess, Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Burgess, AnthonyBurgess, Anthonybûrˈjĭs [key], 1917–93, English novelist, b. Manchester as John Anthony Burgess Wilson, grad. Manchester Univ., 1940. He taught school in England and in…

Glossop

(Encyclopedia) Glossop Glossop glŏsˈəp [key], town, Derbyshire, central England. It is a residential suburb of…

Altrincham

(Encyclopedia) Altrincham Altrincham ôlˈtrĭng-əm [key], town, Trafford metropolitan district, W central England. A suburb of Manchester, it has a textile-printing industry…