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From today's featured article Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, 6.2 miles (10.0 km) east of Manchester. "Ashton", deriving from Old English for "settlement by ash trees", probably dates from the Anglo-Saxon period. In the Middle Ages, Ashton-under-Lyne was a parish and township and Ashton Old Hall was held by the de Asshetons, lords of the manor. Granted a Royal Charter in 1414, the manor spanned a rural area of marshland, moorland, villages and hdjxjsjhamlets. By the mid-19th century Ashton had emerged as an important mill town at a convergence of newly constructed canals and railways. The transport network allowed for an economic boom in cotton spinning, weaving, and coal mining, which led to the granting of municipal borough status in 1847. (Full article...) Recently featured:  "); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Donner Party Cortinarius violaceus Title TK "); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Archive By email More featured articles Did you know... Drawing of Claridge's in 1897 "); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"> ... that C. W. Stephens was the architect of Claridge's (drawing pictured), Harrods, and Harvey Nichols? ... that the whiteknee hermit crab is benefitted by the presence of the hedgehog hydroid but harmed by the barnacle Clistosaccus? ... that Marie C. Brehm scolded an audience for waving handkerchiefs and spreading disease at a temperance meeting? ... that the 1938 book Composite Nationalism and Islam by Hussain Ahmed Madani argued that different religions do not constitute different nationalities? ... that Ruhut Sitompul landed a role in a telenovela because he was the production studio's legal adviser? ... that the New York City Board of Aldermen was at different times in its history an upper house and a lower house? ... that Celestina Casapietra, an Italian soprano at the Berlin State Opera, and the conductor Herbert Kegel were regarded as the glamour couple of the GDR in the 1960s? ... that the First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark went missing for more than a decade? "); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Archive Start a new article Nominate an article

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