Ashton-under-Lyne

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Ashton-under-Lyne, also known as Ashton, is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Its population was 48,604 at the 2021 census. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is located on the north bank of the river Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines and 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Manchester. Evidence of Stone Age, Bronze Age and Viking activity has been discovered in Ashton-under-Lyne. The "Ashton" part of the town's name probably dates from the Anglo-Saxon period, and derives from Old English meaning "settlement by ash trees". The origin of the "under-Lyne" suffix is less clear; it possibly derives from the Brittonic-originating word lemo meaning elm or from Ashton's proximity to the Pennines. In the Middle Ages, it was a parish and township and Ashton Old Hall was held by the de Asshetons, lords of the manor. The town became a market town from 1414, when the manor was granted a royal charter. The introduction of the cotton trade in 1769 transformed...

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