CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Ashton-under-Lyne - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"11e9f921-062f-4cbb-98f1-aae9c0fa337d","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Ashton-under-Lyne","wgTitle":"Ashton-under-Lyne","wgCurRevisionId":1257609607,"wgRevisionId":1257609607,"wgArticleId":308036,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas","Webarchive template wayback links","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use British English from January 2013","Use dmy dates from September 2021","Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images","Articles with OS grid coordinates","Coordinates on Wikidata","All articles with unsourced statements","Articles with unsourced statements from September 2024","Commons category link is on Wikidata", "Featured articles","Ashton-under-Lyne","Market towns in Greater Manchester","Unparished areas in Greater Manchester","Former civil parishes in Greater Manchester","Geography of Tameside","Towns in Greater Manchester"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Ashton-under-Lyne","wgRelevantArticleId":308036,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":100000,"wgCoordinates":{"lat":53.489708,"lon":- 2.095241},"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q659803","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready", "ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.gadget.WikiMiniAtlas","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.quicksurveys.init","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="900"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg/800px-Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="600"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg/640px-Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="480"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Ashton-under-Lyne - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Ashton-under-Lyne rootpage-Ashton-under-Lyne skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Main menu </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z">Main page</a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia">Contents</a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events">Current events</a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x">Random article</a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works">About Wikipedia</a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia">Contact us</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia">Help</a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia">Learn to edit</a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors">Community portal</a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r">Recent changes</a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia">Upload file</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"> Search </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Appearance </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class="">Donate</a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Ashton-under-Lyne" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class="">Create account</a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Ashton-under-Lyne" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class="">Log in</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Personal tools </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en">Donate</a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Ashton-under-Lyne" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"> Create account</a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Ashton-under-Lyne" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"> Log in</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing">learn more</a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y">Contributions</a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n">Talk</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1 History </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Governance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Governance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2 Governance </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Governance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 Geography </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Demography </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Demography subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Demography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Population_change" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Population_change"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1 Population change </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Population_change-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Religion </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Economy </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Culture </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Culture subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1 Sport </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Landmarks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Landmarks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.2 Landmarks </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Landmarks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Media </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Transport </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Transport subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Roads" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roads"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.1 Roads </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roads-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Canals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Canals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.2 Canals </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Canals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Railways" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Railways"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.3 Railways </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Railways-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Trams_and_buses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Trams_and_buses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.4 Trams and buses </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Trams_and_buses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 Education </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Public_services" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Public_services"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 Public services </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Public_services-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 13 References </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle References subsection </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 13.1 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 13.2 Bibliography </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 14 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Toggle the table of contents </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading">Ashton-under-Lyne</h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 22 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-22" aria-hidden="true" > 22 languages </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86" title="اشتون-آندر-لاین – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اشتون-آندر-لاین" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cebuano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86" title="اشتون-آندر-لاین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اشتون-آندر-لاین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A0%EC%8B%9C%ED%84%B4%EC%96%B8%EB%8D%94%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B8" title="애시턴언더라인 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="애시턴언더라인" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ladin</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%C5%A1tonanderlaina" title="Eštonanderlaina – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Eštonanderlaina" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86" title="اشتون اندريه لاين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اشتون اندريه لاين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ashton-under-Lyne" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E4%BB%80%E9%A0%93%E5%AE%89%E5%BE%B7%E8%90%8A%E6%81%A9" title="阿什頓安德萊恩 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="阿什頓安德萊恩" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">中文</a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q659803#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c">Article</a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Ashton-under-Lyne" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t">Talk</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" >English </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne">Read</a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e">Edit</a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h">View history</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" >Tools </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne">Read</a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e">Edit</a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=history">View history</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j">What links here</a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Ashton-under-Lyne" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k">Related changes</a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u">Upload file</a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q">Special pages</a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&oldid=1257609607" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page">Permanent link</a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=info" title="More information about this page">Page information</a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Ashton-under-Lyne&id=1257609607&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page">Cite this page</a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAshton-under-Lyne">Get shortened URL</a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAshton-under-Lyne">Download QR code</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file">Download as PDF</a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p">Printable version</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ashton-under-Lyne" hreflang="en">Wikimedia Commons</a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q659803" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g">Wikidata item</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> <div id="mw-indicator-coordinates" class="mw-indicator"><div class="mw-parser-output"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ashton-under-Lyne&params=53.489708_N_2.095241_W_region:GB_type:city(48604)">53°29′23″N 2°05′43″W / 53.489708°N 2.095241°W / 53.489708; -2.095241</a></div></div> <div id="mw-indicator-featured-star" class="mw-indicator"><div class="mw-parser-output"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles*" title="This is a featured article. Click here for more information."><img alt="Featured article" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Cscr-featured.svg/20px-Cscr-featured.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Cscr-featured.svg/30px-Cscr-featured.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Cscr-featured.svg/40px-Cscr-featured.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="466" data-file-height="443" /></a></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Market town in Greater Manchester, England</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Human settlement in England</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1165525471">.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place{border-collapse:collapse}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .infobox-label{width:40%}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .infobox-header{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .infobox-above{font-size:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place-other-names{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-top:3px}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place td,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-full-data{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}</style><table class="infobox ib-uk-place vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org nowrap">Ashton-under-Lyne</th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="multiimageinner" style="width:272px;max-width:272px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:270px;max-width:270px"><div style="border:1;;height:119px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg/268px-New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg" decoding="async" width="268" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg/402px-New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg/536px-New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5452" data-file-height="2434" /></a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:134px;max-width:134px"><div style="border:1;;height:99px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg/132px-Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg/198px-Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg/264px-Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:134px;max-width:134px"><div style="border:1;;height:99px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton_Canal,_Portland_Basin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3304052.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Ashton_Canal%2C_Portland_Basin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3304052.jpg/132px-Ashton_Canal%2C_Portland_Basin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3304052.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Ashton_Canal%2C_Portland_Basin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3304052.jpg/198px-Ashton_Canal%2C_Portland_Basin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3304052.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Ashton_Canal%2C_Portland_Basin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3304052.jpg/264px-Ashton_Canal%2C_Portland_Basin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3304052.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:126px;max-width:126px"><div style="border:1;;height:93px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Michael,_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/St_Michael%2C_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg/124px-St_Michael%2C_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/St_Michael%2C_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg/186px-St_Michael%2C_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/St_Michael%2C_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg/248px-St_Michael%2C_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:142px;max-width:142px"><div style="border:1;;height:93px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg/140px-Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg/210px-Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg/280px-Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="2880" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><div>Clockwise, from top:Ashton-under-Lyne town centre; <a href="/wiki/Portland_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Portland Basin">Portland Basin</a>; Market Hall; <a href="/wiki/St_Michael_and_All_Angels%27_Church,_Ashton-under-Lyne" title="St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ashton-under-Lyne">St Michael and All Angels' Church</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Town_Hall" title="Ashton Town Hall">Ashton Town Hall</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ashton-under-Lyne is located in Greater Manchester"><img alt="Ashton-under-Lyne is located in Greater Manchester" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg/240px-Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg/360px-Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg/480px-Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="993" /></a><div class="od notheme" style="top:55.34%;left:78.307%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><img alt="Ashton-under-Lyne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:4px;left:-3em"><div>Ashton-under-Lyne</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">48,604  (<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021 census</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">Density</a></th><td class="infobox-data">12,374 per mi² (4,777 per km²)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=53.493959~-2.105472&lvl=13&sp=Point.53.493959_-2.105472_Ashton-under-Lyne&sty=s&style=s">SJ931997</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></th><td class="infobox-data">160 mi (257 km) <a href="/wiki/Boxing_the_compass" class="mw-redirect" title="Boxing the compass">SSE</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Metropolitan borough</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tameside" title="Tameside">Tameside</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England">Metropolitan county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_West_England" title="North West England">North West</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/OL_postcode_area" title="OL postcode area">OL6, OL7</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0161</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Police" title="Greater Manchester Police">Greater Manchester</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service">Greater Manchester</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_West_Ambulance_Service" title="North West Ambulance Service">North West</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ashton-under-Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)">Ashton-under-Lyne</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style>List of places</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Greater_Manchester" title="List of places in Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a></dd></dl></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ashton-under-Lyne&params=53.489708_N_2.095241_W_region:GB_type:city(48604)">53°29′23″N 2°05′43″W / 53.489708°N 2.095241°W / 53.489708; -2.095241</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Ashton-under-Lyne is a <a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">market town</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tameside" title="Tameside">Tameside</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a>, England.<a href="#cite_note-GM_Gazetteer-1">[1]</a> The population was 48,604 at the 2021 census.<a href="#cite_note-CitPop-2">[2]</a> <a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England" title="Historic counties of England">Historically</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, it is on the north bank of the <a href="/wiki/River_Tame,_Greater_Manchester" title="River Tame, Greater Manchester">River Tame</a>, in the foothills of the <a href="/wiki/Pennines" title="Pennines">Pennines</a>, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Manchester. Evidence of <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking">Viking</a> activity has been discovered in Ashton-under-Lyne. The "Ashton" part of the town's name probably dates from the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Anglo-Saxon_England" title="History of Anglo-Saxon England">Anglo-Saxon period</a>, and derives from <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> meaning "settlement by ash trees".<a href="#cite_note-auto-3">[3]</a> The origin of the "under-Lyne" suffix is less clear;<a href="#cite_note-Top_of_England-4">[4]</a> it possibly derives from the <a href="/wiki/British_language_(Celtic)" class="mw-redirect" title="British language (Celtic)">Brittonic</a>-originating word lemo meaning <a href="/wiki/Elm" title="Elm">elm</a> or from Ashton's proximity to the Pennines.<a href="#cite_note-Imp_Gaz-5">[5]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, Ashton-under-Lyne was a <a href="/wiki/Parish" title="Parish">parish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Township_(England)" title="Township (England)">township</a> and Ashton Old Hall was held by the de Asshetons, <a href="/wiki/Lord_of_the_manor" title="Lord of the manor">lords of the manor</a>. Granted a <a href="/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">royal charter</a> in 1414, the manor spanned a rural area consisting of marshland, moorland, and a number of villages and hamlets. Until the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> trade in 1769, Ashton was considered "bare, wet, and almost worthless".<a href="#cite_note-Imp_Gaz-5">[5]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Factory_system" title="Factory system">factory system</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Textile_manufacture_during_the_Industrial_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution">textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution</a> triggered a process of unplanned urbanisation in the area, and by the mid-19th century Ashton had emerged as an important <a href="/wiki/Mill_town" title="Mill town">mill town</a> at a convergence of newly constructed canals and railways. Ashton-under-Lyne's transport network allowed for an economic boom in <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> <a href="/wiki/Spinning_(textiles)" title="Spinning (textiles)">spinning</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weaving" title="Weaving">weaving</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Coal_mining" title="Coal mining">coal mining</a>, which led to the granting of <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a> status in 1847. In the mid-20th century, imports of cheaper foreign goods led to the decline of Ashton's heavy industries but the town has continued to thrive as a centre of commerce<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> and Ashton Market is one of the largest outdoor markets in the United Kingdom. Ashton Town Centre is now home to the 140,000-square-foot (13,000 m2), two-floored <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Arcades" title="Ashton Arcades">Ashton Arcades</a> shopping centre (opened 1995), the outdoor shopping complex Ladysmith Shopping Centre, and a large <a href="/wiki/IKEA" title="IKEA">IKEA</a> store. In 2018, a large new development opened in Ashton town centre including a new college campus for <a href="/wiki/Tameside_College" title="Tameside College">Tameside College</a>, new council offices and a library. Improvements were also made to the open-air market, including new kiosks and stalls. In 2019, work began on a brand-new transport interchange for the town centre to make getting into the town much easier via bus and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Metrolink</a>. This opened in August 2020. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> Evidence of prehistoric activity in the area comes from Ashton Moss – a 107-hectare (260-acre) <a href="/wiki/Peat_bog" class="mw-redirect" title="Peat bog">peat bog</a> – and is the only one of Tameside's 22 <a href="/wiki/Mesolithic" title="Mesolithic">Mesolithic</a> sites not located in the hilly uplands in the north east of the borough. A single Mesolithic <a href="/wiki/Flint_tool" class="mw-redirect" title="Flint tool">flint tool</a> has been discovered in the bog,<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> along with a collection of nine <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> flints.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> There was further activity in or around the bog in the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>. In about 1911, an adult male skull was found in the moss; it was thought to belong to the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Romano-British period</a> – similar to the <a href="/wiki/Lindow_Man" title="Lindow Man">Lindow Man</a> bog body – until <a href="/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating" title="Radiocarbon dating">radiocarbon dating</a> revealed that it dated from 1,320 to 970 BC.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> The eastern terminus of the early medieval linear earthwork <a href="/wiki/Nico_Ditch" title="Nico Ditch">Nico Ditch</a> is in Ashton Moss (<a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">grid reference</a> <a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ashton-under-Lyne&params=53.478645_N_2.138582_W_region:GB_scale:25000">SJ909980</a>); it was probably used as an administrative boundary and dates from the 8th or 9th century. Legend claims it was built in a single night in 869 or 870 as a defence against Viking invaders.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Further evidence of <a href="/wiki/Dark_Ages_(historiography)" title="Dark Ages (historiography)">Dark Age</a> activity in the area comes from the town's name. The "Ashton" part probably derives from the <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Anglo-Saxon</a> meaning "settlement by ash trees";<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto-3">[3]</a> the origin of the "under-Lyne" element is less clear: it could derive from the <a href="/wiki/British_language_(Celtic)" class="mw-redirect" title="British language (Celtic)">British</a> lemo meaning <a href="/wiki/Elm" title="Elm">elm</a>, or refer to Ashton being "under the line" of the <a href="/wiki/Pennines" title="Pennines">Pennines</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Top_of_England-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-Imp_Gaz-5">[5]</a> This means that Ashton probably became a settlement some time after the <a href="/wiki/End_of_Roman_rule_in_Britain" title="End of Roman rule in Britain">Romans left Britain</a> in the 5th century.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> An early form of the town's name, which included a burh element, indicates that in the 11th century Ashton and <a href="/wiki/Bury,_Greater_Manchester" title="Bury, Greater Manchester">Bury</a> were two of the most important towns in Lancashire.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> The "under Lyne" suffix was not widely used until the mid-19th century when it became useful for distinguishing the town from other places called Ashton.<a href="#cite_note-Tameside_history-18">[18]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton-under-Lyne_old_hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Railway in foreground, an old brick built building in the background" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Ashton-under-Lyne_old_hall.jpg/220px-Ashton-under-Lyne_old_hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Ashton-under-Lyne_old_hall.jpg/330px-Ashton-under-Lyne_old_hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Ashton-under-Lyne_old_hall.jpg/440px-Ashton-under-Lyne_old_hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1560" /></a><figcaption>Ashton Old Hall, demolished in 1890</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Survey" class="mw-redirect" title="Domesday Survey">Domesday Survey</a> of 1086 does not directly mention Ashton, perhaps because only a partial survey of the area had been taken.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1991_17-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> However, it is thought that <a href="/wiki/St_Michael_and_All_Angels%27_Church,_Ashton-under-Lyne" title="St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ashton-under-Lyne">St Michael's Church</a>, mentioned in the Domesday entry for the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_(ancient_parish)" title="Manchester (ancient parish)">ancient parish of Manchester</a>, was in Ashton (also spelt Asheton, Asshton and Assheton).<a href="#cite_note-history-21">[21]</a> The town itself was first mentioned in the 12th century when the <a href="/wiki/Manorialism" title="Manorialism">manor</a> was part of the barony of Manchester.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1991_17-19">[19]</a> By the late 12th century, a family who adopted the name Assheton held the manor on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Albert_de_Gresle" title="Albert de Gresle">Gresles</a>, barons of Manchester.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Ashton Old Hall was a <a href="/wiki/Manor_house" title="Manor house">manor house</a>, the administrative centre of the manor, and the <a href="/wiki/Seat" title="Seat">seat</a> of the de Ashton or de Assheton family.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell&Walker54-23">[23]</a> With three wings, the hall was "one of the finest great houses in the North West" of the 14th century.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell&Walker54-23">[23]</a> It has been recognised as important for being one of the few great houses in south-east Lancashire and possibly one of the few halls influenced by French design in the country.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell&Walker54-23">[23]</a> The town was granted a <a href="/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">royal charter</a> in 1414, which allowed it to hold a fair twice a year, and a market on every Monday,<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-town_centre-25">[25]</a> making the settlement a <a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">market town</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1993_146-26">[26]</a> According to popular tradition, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_de_Ashton" title="Ralph de Ashton">Sir Ralph de Assheton</a>, who was <a href="/wiki/Lord_of_the_manor" title="Lord of the manor">lord of the manor</a> in the mid-14th century and known as the Black Knight, was an unpopular and cruel <a href="/wiki/Feudal_lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Feudal lord">feudal lord</a>. After his death, his unpopularity led the locals to parade an effigy of him around the town each Easter Monday and collect money.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> Afterwards the effigy would be hung up, shot, and set on fire, before being torn apart and thrown into the crowd.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> The first recorded occurrence of the event was in 1795, although the tradition may be older;<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> it continued into the 1830s.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> The manor remained in the possession of the Assheton family until 1514 when their male line ended. The lordship of the manor passed to <a href="/wiki/Booth_baronets" title="Booth baronets">Sir George Booth</a>, great-great-grandson of Sir <a href="/wiki/Thomas_de_Ashton_(alchemist)" title="Thomas de Ashton (alchemist)">Thomas Ashton</a>,<a href="#cite_note-history-21">[21]</a> devolving through the Booth family until the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Stamford" title="Earl of Stamford">Earls of Stamford</a> inherited it through marriage in 1758. The <a href="/wiki/George_Grey,_5th_Earl_of_Stamford" title="George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford">Booth-Greys</a> then held the manor until the 19th century;<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> their patronage, despite being absentee lords, was probably the stimulus for Ashton's growth of a large-scale domestic-based textile industry in the 17th century.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Pre-industrial Ashton was centred on four roads: Town Street, Crickets Lane, Old Street, and Cowhill Lane. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the town was re-planned, with a grid pattern of roads. As a result, very little remains of the previous town.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1993_146-26">[26]</a> In 1730 a <a href="/wiki/Workhouse" title="Workhouse">workhouse</a> was established which consisted of a house and two cottages; it later came to be used as a hospital.<a href="#cite_note-Burke_123-33">[33]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Canal" title="Ashton Canal">Ashton Canal</a> was constructed in the 1790s to transport coal from the area to Manchester, with a <a href="/wiki/Fairbottom_Branch_Canal" title="Fairbottom Branch Canal">branch to the coal pits at Fairbottom</a>.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton_Canal_at_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A canal leading towards two mills with tall chimneys" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Ashton_Canal_at_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg/170px-Ashton_Canal_at_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Ashton_Canal_at_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg/255px-Ashton_Canal_at_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Ashton_Canal_at_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg/340px-Ashton_Canal_at_Ashton-under-Lyne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="610" /></a><figcaption>Following the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>, Ashton became a <a href="/wiki/Mill_town" title="Mill town">mill town</a> at the centre of a network of canals and railways.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton-under-Lyne_library_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The facade of Ashton town library, constructed from stone and built in Gothic revival style" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Ashton-under-Lyne_library_2008.jpg/220px-Ashton-under-Lyne_library_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Ashton-under-Lyne_library_2008.jpg/330px-Ashton-under-Lyne_library_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Ashton-under-Lyne_library_2008.jpg/440px-Ashton-under-Lyne_library_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Ashton Town Library was built in the second half of the 19th century.</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Domestic_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Domestic system">Domestic</a> <a href="/wiki/Fustian" title="Fustian">fustian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Woollen" class="mw-redirect" title="Woollen">woollen</a> <a href="/wiki/Weaving" title="Weaving">weaving</a> have a long history in the town, dating back to at least the <a href="/wiki/Early_Modern_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Modern Britain">Early Modern period</a>. Accounts dated 1626 highlight that <a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Chetham" title="Humphrey Chetham">Humphrey Chetham</a> had dealings with clothworkers in Ashton.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> However, the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Factory_system" title="Factory system">factory system</a> in the 19th century, during the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>, changed Ashton from a market town to a <a href="/wiki/Mill_town" title="Mill town">mill town</a>. Having previously been one of the two main towns in the Tame Valley, Ashton-under-Lyne became one of the "most famous mill towns in the North West".<a href="#cite_note-McNiel_&_Nevell-36">[36]</a> On Christmas Day 1826, workers in the town formed the Ashton Unity, a <a href="/wiki/Friendly_society" title="Friendly society">sickness and benefits society</a> that was later renamed the <a href="/wiki/Shepherds_Friendly_Society" title="Shepherds Friendly Society">Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds</a>. From 1773 to 1905, 75 cotton mills were established in the town. On his tour of <a href="/wiki/Northern_England" title="Northern England">northern England</a> in 1849, Scottish publisher Angus Reach said: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">In Ashton, too, there lingers on a handful of miserable old men, the remnants of the cotton hand-loom weavers. No young persons think of pursuing such an occupation. The few who practice it were too old and confirmed in old habits, when the <a href="/wiki/Power_loom" title="Power loom">power-loom</a> was introduced, to be able to learn a new way of making their bread.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Angus Reach, <a href="/wiki/Morning_Chronicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Morning Chronicle">Morning Chronicle</a>, 1849</cite></div></blockquote> The cotton industry in the area grew rapidly from the start of the 19th century until the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Cotton_Famine" title="Lancashire Cotton Famine">Lancashire Cotton Famine</a> of 1861–1865.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1993_35-38">[38]</a> The growth of the town's textile industry led to the construction of estates specifically for workers. Workers' housing in <a href="/wiki/Park_Bridge" title="Park Bridge">Park Bridge</a>, on the border between Ashton and Oldham, was created in the 1820s.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> The iron works were founded in 1786 and were some of the earliest in the north west.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> The Oxford Mills settlement was founded in 1845 by the local industrialist and mill-owner <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Mason" title="Hugh Mason">Hugh Mason</a><a href="#cite_note-Nevell1-41">[41]</a> who saw it as a model industrial community.<a href="#cite_note-Tameside_history-18">[18]</a> The community was provided with a recreational ground, a gymnasium, and an institute containing public baths, a library, and a reading room.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> Mason estimated that establishing the settlement cost him around £10,000 and would require a further £1,000 a year to maintain (about £600,000 and £60,000 respectively as of 2024), and that its annual <a href="/wiki/Mortality_rate" title="Mortality rate">mortality rate</a> was significantly lower than in the rest of the town.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> A poor supply of fresh water and dwellings without adequate drainage led to a <a href="/wiki/Cholera" title="Cholera">cholera</a> outbreak in the town in 1832.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1993_132-45">[45]</a> The Ashton <a href="/wiki/Poor_Law_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Poor Law Union">Poor Law Union</a> was established in 1837 and covered most of what is now Tameside. A new workhouse was built in 1850 which provided housing for 500 people. It later became part of <a href="/wiki/Tameside_General_Hospital" title="Tameside General Hospital">Tameside General Hospital</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Burke_123-33">[33]</a> Construction on the <a href="/wiki/Sheffield,_Ashton-under-Lyne_and_Manchester_Railway" title="Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway">Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway</a> (SA&MR) began in 1837 to provide passenger transport between Manchester and <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a>. Although a nine-arch <a href="/wiki/Viaduct" title="Viaduct">viaduct</a> in Ashton collapsed in April 1845, the line was fully opened on 22 December 1845. The SA&MR was amalgamated with the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, the Great Grimsby & Sheffield Railway, and the Grimsby Docks Company in 1847 to form the <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Sheffield_and_Lincolnshire_Railway" title="Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway">Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway</a> (MS&LR).<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1993_127-46">[46]</a> In 1890, the MS&LR bought the Old Hall and demolished it to make way for the construction of new <a href="/wiki/Rail_siding" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail siding">sidings</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell&Walker54-23">[23]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton_under_lyne_aerial_shot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Ashton_under_lyne_aerial_shot.jpg/300px-Ashton_under_lyne_aerial_shot.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Ashton_under_lyne_aerial_shot.jpg/450px-Ashton_under_lyne_aerial_shot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Ashton_under_lyne_aerial_shot.jpg/600px-Ashton_under_lyne_aerial_shot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3488" data-file-height="2003" /></a><figcaption>Ashton-under-Lyne in 2010</figcaption></figure> In the late 19th century, public buildings such as the market hall, town hall, public library, and public baths were built.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell1-41">[41]</a> A donation from Hugh Mason funded the construction of the baths built in 1870–1871.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> The Ashton-under-Lyne Improvement Act was passed in 1886 which gave the borough influence over housing and allowed the imposition of minimum standards such as drainage.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> Coal mining was not as important to the town as the textile industry, but in 1882 the Ashton Moss Colliery had the deepest mine shaft in the world at 870 metres (2,850 ft).<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1994_102-49">[49]</a> Ashton's textile industry remained constant between 1865 and the 1920s. Although some mills closed or merged, the number of <a href="/wiki/Spindle_(textiles)" title="Spindle (textiles)">spindles</a> in use increased.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1993_35-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> With the collapse of the overseas market in the 1920s, the town's cotton industry went into decline, and by the 1930s most of the firms and mills in the area had closed.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1993_35-38">[38]</a> At about 4.20 pm on Wednesday 13 June 1917, <a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne_munitions_explosion" title="Ashton-under-Lyne munitions explosion">a fire in an ammunition factory producing TNT</a> caused an explosion that demolished much of the west end of the town. Two <a href="/wiki/Gasometer" class="mw-redirect" title="Gasometer">gasometers</a> exploded and the explosion destroyed the factory and threw heavy objects long distances. At least 41 people died and about 100 were injured. Sylvain Dreyfus, managing director of the works, helped to fight the fire but died in the subsequent explosion.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> The second of the five victims of the <a href="/wiki/Moors_murders" title="Moors murders">Moors murders</a>, 12-year-old John Kilbride, lived in the town. He was lured away from the town's market on 23 November 1963 by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley before being murdered and buried on <a href="/wiki/Saddleworth_Moor" title="Saddleworth Moor">Saddleworth Moor</a>. His body was found in October 1965. Ashton became a part of the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Borough">Metropolitan Borough</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tameside" title="Tameside">Tameside</a> in 1974.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> In May 2004, a huge fire ravaged the Victorian market hall, and a temporary building called "The Phoenix Market Hall" was built on Old Cross Street on the opposite side of the Old Market hall.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> Described as the "heart of Ashton", the market was rebuilt and officially opened on 1 December 2008.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borough_Arms,_Ashton-under-Lyne.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A silver shield with a black five-pointed star with a red crescent in the top left hand corner. Above the shield are the battlements of a tower surmounted by a red griffin's head. Below the shield is the motto "LABOR OMNIA VINCIT", which means "Persistent Works Triumphs"." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Borough_Arms%2C_Ashton-under-Lyne.png/170px-Borough_Arms%2C_Ashton-under-Lyne.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Borough_Arms%2C_Ashton-under-Lyne.png/255px-Borough_Arms%2C_Ashton-under-Lyne.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Borough_Arms%2C_Ashton-under-Lyne.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="384" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> of the former Ashton-under-Lyne Municipal Borough Council</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton-u-Lyne-town-hall1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Ashton-u-Lyne-town-hall1.JPG/220px-Ashton-u-Lyne-town-hall1.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Ashton-u-Lyne-town-hall1.JPG/330px-Ashton-u-Lyne-town-hall1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Ashton-u-Lyne-town-hall1.JPG/440px-Ashton-u-Lyne-town-hall1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>View of the former Tameside Metropolitan Borough offices (demolished in 2016)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg/220px-New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg/330px-New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg/440px-New_buildings_shown_from_Ikea_carpark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5452" data-file-height="2434" /></a><figcaption>The new council buildings in July 2018</figcaption></figure> Lying within the <a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England" title="Historic counties of England">historic county boundaries</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Lancashire" title="History of Lancashire">since the early 12th century</a>, Ashton anciently constituted a "single parish-township", but was divided into four divisions (sometimes each styled townships): Ashton Town, <a href="/wiki/Audenshaw" title="Audenshaw">Audenshaw</a>, Hartshead, and Knott Lanes.<a href="#cite_note-GM_Gazetteer-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-farrer-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Ashton Town was granted a <a href="/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">royal charter</a> in 1414, giving it the right to hold a <a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">market</a>. All four divisions lay within the <a href="/wiki/Salford_(hundred)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salford (hundred)">Hundred of Salford</a>, an ancient division of the county of Lancashire.<a href="#cite_note-GM_Gazetteer-1">[1]</a> In 1827, police commissioners were established for Ashton Town, tasked with bringing about social and economic improvement.<a href="#cite_note-GM_Gazetteer-1">[1]</a> In 1847, this area was incorporated under the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Corporations_Act_1835" title="Municipal Corporations Act 1835">Municipal Corporations Act 1835</a>, as a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a> with the name "Ashton-under-Lyne", giving it <a href="/wiki/Borough_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Borough status in the United Kingdom">borough status</a>.<a href="#cite_note-GM_Gazetteer-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> When the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_counties_of_England" title="Administrative counties of England">administrative county</a> of Lancashire was created by the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1888" title="Local Government Act 1888">Local Government Act 1888</a>, the borough fell under the newly created <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Council" title="Lancashire County Council">Lancashire County Council</a>.<a href="#cite_note-GM_Gazetteer-1">[1]</a> The borough's boundaries changed during the late 19th century through small exchanges of land with the neighbouring districts of Oldham, Mossley, Dukinfield, and Stalybridge.<a href="#cite_note-GM_Gazetteer-1">[1]</a> In the early 20th century, the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne grew; Hurst Urban District was added in 1927, parts of Hartshead and <a href="/wiki/Alt,_Greater_Manchester" title="Alt, Greater Manchester">Alt</a> <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil parishes in England">civil parishes</a> in 1935, and parts of <a href="/wiki/Limehurst_Rural_District" title="Limehurst Rural District">Limehurst Rural District</a> in 1954. Since 1956, Ashton has been twinned with <a href="/wiki/Chaumont,_Haute-Marne" title="Chaumont, Haute-Marne">Chaumont</a>, France.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> Under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>, the town's borough status was abolished, and Ashton has, since 1 April 1974, formed part of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Tameside" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Borough of Tameside">Metropolitan Borough of Tameside</a>, within the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">metropolitan county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a>.<a href="#cite_note-GM_Gazetteer-1">[1]</a> Ashton-under-Lyne is divided into four <a href="/wiki/Wards_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Wards of the United Kingdom">wards</a>: Ashton Hurst, Ashton St. Michaels, Ashton St Peters, and Ashton Waterloo. After the <a href="/wiki/Tameside_local_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Tameside local elections">2012 local elections</a>, all twelve seats were held by <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a>.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> Since the <a href="/wiki/Reform_Act_1832" title="Reform Act 1832">Reform Act 1832</a> the town has been represented in <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliament</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ashton-under-Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)">Ashton-under-Lyne parliamentary constituency</a>. During its early years the constituency was represented in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> by members of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> until the late 19th century, when it was broadly held by the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>. It has been held by the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> since 1935; <a href="/wiki/Angela_Rayner" title="Angela Rayner">Angela Rayner</a> has been the constituency's <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) since 2015.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Greater_Manchester" title="Geography of Greater Manchester">Geography of Greater Manchester</a></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Neighbouring_towns,_villages_and_places" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Adjacent_communities" title="Template:Adjacent communities"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Adjacent_communities" title="Template talk:Adjacent communities"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Adjacent_communities" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Adjacent communities"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Neighbouring_towns,_villages_and_places" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Neighbouring towns, villages and places</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%; margin:0; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Failsworth" title="Failsworth">Failsworth</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oldham" title="Oldham">Oldham</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mossley" title="Mossley">Mossley</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Droylsden" title="Droylsden">Droylsden</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" />Ashton-under-Lyne<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></div> </td> <td style="width:33%">Hartshead</td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Audenshaw" title="Audenshaw">Audenshaw</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dukinfield" title="Dukinfield">Dukinfield</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stalybridge" title="Stalybridge">Stalybridge</a></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_over_Ashton-under-Lyne_2007_(editted).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Trees in the foreground; houses, shops and industrial buildings in the middle ground; and hills in the background. The sky is grey." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/View_over_Ashton-under-Lyne_2007_%28editted%29.jpg/220px-View_over_Ashton-under-Lyne_2007_%28editted%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/View_over_Ashton-under-Lyne_2007_%28editted%29.jpg/330px-View_over_Ashton-under-Lyne_2007_%28editted%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/View_over_Ashton-under-Lyne_2007_%28editted%29.jpg/440px-View_over_Ashton-under-Lyne_2007_%28editted%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2404" data-file-height="1452" /></a><figcaption>Ashton-under-Lyne and neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Oldham" title="Oldham">Oldham</a> viewed from <a href="/wiki/Werneth_Low" title="Werneth Low">Werneth Low</a></figcaption></figure> At <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ashton-under-Lyne&params=53_29_38_N_2_6_11_W_type:city">53°29′38″N 2°6′11″W / 53.49389°N 2.10306°W / 53.49389; -2.10306</a> (53.4941°, −2.1032°), and 160 miles (257 km) north-northwest of <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, Ashton-under-Lyne stands on the north bank of the <a href="/wiki/River_Tame,_Greater_Manchester" title="River Tame, Greater Manchester">River Tame</a>, about 35 feet (11 m) above the river.<a href="#cite_note-Top_of_England-4">[4]</a> Described in <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Lewis_(publisher)" title="Samuel Lewis (publisher)">Samuel Lewis</a>'s A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848) as situated "on a gentle declivity",<a href="#cite_note-Top_of_England-4">[4]</a> Ashton-under-Lyne lies on undulating ground by the <a href="/wiki/Pennines" title="Pennines">Pennines</a>, reaching a maximum elevation of about 1,000 feet (305 m) above <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a>. It is 6.2 miles (10.0 km) east of <a href="/wiki/Manchester_city_centre" title="Manchester city centre">Manchester city centre</a>, and is bound on all sides by other towns: <a href="/wiki/Audenshaw" title="Audenshaw">Audenshaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Droylsden" title="Droylsden">Droylsden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dukinfield" title="Dukinfield">Dukinfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mossley" title="Mossley">Mossley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oldham" title="Oldham">Oldham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stalybridge" title="Stalybridge">Stalybridge</a>, with little or no <a href="/wiki/Green_belt" title="Green belt">green space</a> between them. Ashton experiences a <a href="/wiki/Temperate" class="mw-redirect" title="Temperate">temperate</a> <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">maritime climate</a>, like much of the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a>. Generally the <a href="/wiki/Bedrock" title="Bedrock">bedrock</a> of the west of the town consists of coal measures, which were exploited by the coal mining industry, while the east is mainly <a href="/wiki/Gritstone" title="Gritstone">millstone grit</a>. Overlying the bedrock are deposits of glacial sand and gravel, clay, and some <a href="/wiki/Alluvial_deposits" class="mw-redirect" title="Alluvial deposits">alluvial deposits</a>. Ashton Moss, a peat bog, lies to the west of the town and was originally much larger.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> The River Tame forms part of the southern boundary, dividing the town from Stalybridge and Dukinfield, and the <a href="/wiki/River_Medlock" title="River Medlock">River Medlock</a> runs to the west. Ashton's <a href="/wiki/Built_environment" title="Built environment">built environment</a> is similar to the <a href="/wiki/Urban_structure" title="Urban structure">urban structure</a> of most <a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_England" title="List of towns in England">towns in England</a>, consisting of residential dwellings centred on a <a href="/wiki/Market_square" title="Market square">market square</a> and high street in the <a href="/wiki/Town_centre" title="Town centre">town centre</a>, which is the local centre of commerce. There is a mixture of low-density <a href="/wiki/Urban_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban areas">urban areas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suburb" title="Suburb">suburbs</a>, semi-rural and <a href="/wiki/Rural" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural">rural</a> locations in Ashton-under-Lyne, but overwhelmingly the <a href="/wiki/Land_use" title="Land use">land use</a> in the town is residential; industrial areas and <a href="/wiki/Terraced_house" title="Terraced house">terraced houses</a> give way to suburbs and rural greenery as the land rises out of the town in the east. The older streets are narrow and irregular, but those built more recently are spacious, lined by "substantial and handsome houses".<a href="#cite_note-Top_of_England-4">[4]</a> Areas and suburbs of Ashton-under-Lyne include Cockbrook, Crowhill, Guide Bridge, Hartshead, Hazelhurst, Hurst, Limehurst, Ryecroft, Taunton, and Waterloo.<a href="#cite_note-farrer-55">[55]</a> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demography">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Greater_Manchester" title="Demographics of Greater Manchester">Demographics of Greater Manchester</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 2em; width: 40%; font-size: 90%;" cellspacing="3"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Ashton-under-Lyne compared </th></tr> <tr> <td>2001 UK census</td> <td>Ashton-under-Lyne<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a></td> <td>Tameside<a href="#cite_note-Tameside_neighbourhood_stats-63">[63]</a></td> <td>England </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total population</td> <td>43,236</td> <td>213,043</td> <td>49,138,831 </td></tr> <tr> <td>White</td> <td>82.3%</td> <td>91.2%</td> <td>91% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian</td> <td>11.2%</td> <td>5.6%</td> <td>4.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black</td> <td>0.3%</td> <td>1.2%</td> <td>2.3% </td></tr></tbody></table> As of the <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_census" title="2001 United Kingdom census">2001 UK census</a>, Ashton-under-Lyne had a population of 43,236.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> The 2001 population density was 12,374 inhabitants per square mile (4,778/km2), with a 100 to 96.1 female-to-male ratio.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Of those over 16 years old, 30.9% were single (never married) and 50.0% married.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> Ashton-under-Lyne's 18,347 households included 33.2% single people, 33.0% married couples living together, 8.9% <a href="/wiki/Cohabitation" title="Cohabitation">co-habiting</a> couples, and 12.4% single parents with their children; these figures were similar to those of Tameside, however both Tameside and Ashton have higher rates of single-parent households than England (9.5%).<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> Of those aged 16–74, 37.0% had no <a href="/wiki/Education_in_England#Specialist_qualifications" title="Education in England">academic qualifications</a>, similar to the figure of 35.2% for all of Tameside but significantly higher than the 28.9% figure for all of England,<a href="#cite_note-Tameside_neighbourhood_stats-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> and 12% had an educational qualification such as first degree, higher degree, qualified teacher status, qualified medical doctor, qualified dentist, qualified nurse, midwife, health visitor, or similar, compared with 20% nationwide.<a href="#cite_note-Tameside_neighbourhood_stats-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> In 1931, 10% of Ashton's population was <a href="/wiki/Middle_class" title="Middle class">middle class</a> compared with 14% in England and Wales, and by 1971, this had increased steadily to 17% compared with 24% nationally. In the same time frame, there was a decline in the <a href="/wiki/Working_class" title="Working class">working-class</a> population. In 1931, 34% were working class compared with 36% in England and Wales; by 1971, this had decreased to 29% in Ashton and 26% nationwide. The rest of the population was made up of clerical workers and skilled manual workers.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population_change">Population change</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Population change">edit</a>]</div> In 1700, the population of Ashton, the Tame Valley's main urban area, was an estimated 550. The town's 18th-century growth was fuelled by an influx of people from the countryside attracted by the prospect of work in its new industries, mirroring the rest of the region.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> In the early 19th century, Irish immigrants escaping from the <a href="/wiki/Great_Irish_Famine" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Irish Famine">Great Irish Famine</a> were also drawn to the area by the new jobs created.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> The availability of jobs created by the growth of the textile industry in the town led to Ashton's population increasing by more than 400% between 1801 and 1861, from 6,500 to 34,886. The population dropped by 9% during the 1860s as a consequence of the cotton famine caused by the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> The table below details the population change since 1851, including the percentage change since the previous census. <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:70%; border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="16" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Population_growth" title="Population growth">Population growth</a> in Ashton-under-Lyne since 1851 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;">Year </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1851 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1861 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1871 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1881 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1891 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1901 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1911 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1921 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1931 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1939 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1951 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1961 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1971 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1991 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">2001 </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;">Population </th> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">29,790 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">34,886 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">31,984 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">36,399 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">40,486 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">43,890 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">45,172 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">43,335 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">51,573 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">46,534 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">46,794 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">50,154 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">48,974 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">44,385 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">43,263 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;">% change </th> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">– </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">+17.1 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">−8.3 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">+13.8 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">+11.2 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">+8.4 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">+2.9 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">−4.1 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">+19.0 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">−9.8 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">+0.6 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">+7.2 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">−2.4 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">−9.4 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">−2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="16" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;">Source:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10136910&c_id=10001043&add=N">A Vision of Britain through Time</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Religion">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_Greater_Manchester" title="List of churches in Greater Manchester">List of churches in Greater Manchester</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Michaels_and_All_Saints_Church_Ashton-under-Lyne_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A church built in Gothic style with the tower in the centre of the picture and the main body of the church extending to the right" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/St_Michaels_and_All_Saints_Church_Ashton-under-Lyne_2009.jpg/170px-St_Michaels_and_All_Saints_Church_Ashton-under-Lyne_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/St_Michaels_and_All_Saints_Church_Ashton-under-Lyne_2009.jpg/255px-St_Michaels_and_All_Saints_Church_Ashton-under-Lyne_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/St_Michaels_and_All_Saints_Church_Ashton-under-Lyne_2009.jpg/340px-St_Michaels_and_All_Saints_Church_Ashton-under-Lyne_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2120" data-file-height="2824" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St_Michael_and_All_Angels%27_Church,_Ashton-under-Lyne" title="St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ashton-under-Lyne">St Michael and All Angels' Church</a> is a Grade I listed building.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton-u-Lyne-Mosque01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ashton-u-Lyne-Mosque01.jpg/220px-Ashton-u-Lyne-Mosque01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ashton-u-Lyne-Mosque01.jpg/330px-Ashton-u-Lyne-Mosque01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ashton-u-Lyne-Mosque01.jpg/440px-Ashton-u-Lyne-Mosque01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Masjid Hamza Mosque in West End on Katherine Street</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/St_Michael_and_All_Angels%27_Church,_Ashton-under-Lyne" title="St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ashton-under-Lyne">St Michael and All Angels' Church</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester">Grade I listed building</a> that dates back to at least 1262, although it was rebuilt in the 15th, 16th, and 19th centuries.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> In 1795 it was the only church in the town, and one of only two in Tameside. There was a great increase in the number of chapels and religious buildings in the area during the 19th century, and by the end of the century there were 44 Anglican churches and 138 chapels belonging to other denominations. The most common denominations amongst the chapels were <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational church">Congregationalist</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist</a>.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> The 19th-century <a href="/wiki/Evangelism" title="Evangelism">evangelist</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Wroe" title="John Wroe">John Wroe</a> attempted to turn Ashton-under-Lyne into a "new Jerusalem". He founded the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Israelite_Church" title="Christian Israelite Church">Christian Israelite Church</a>, and from 1822 to 1831 Ashton-under-Lyne was the religion's headquarters. Wroe intended to build a wall around the town with four gateways, and although the wall was never constructed, the four gatehouses were. Popular opinion in the town turned against Wroe when he was accused of indecent behaviour in 1831, but the charges were dismissed. The Church spread to Australia, where it is still active.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albion_church_and_war_memorial.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Albion_church_and_war_memorial.jpg/220px-Albion_church_and_war_memorial.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Albion_church_and_war_memorial.jpg/330px-Albion_church_and_war_memorial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Albion_church_and_war_memorial.jpg/440px-Albion_church_and_war_memorial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5198" data-file-height="2935" /></a><figcaption>Albion Church photographed from the War Memorial in 2018</figcaption></figure> As of the 2001 UK census, 68.5% of Ashton residents reported themselves as being Christian, 6.1% Muslim, 5.0% Hindu, and 0.2% Buddhist. The census recorded that 11.4% had no religion, 0.2% had an alternative religion, and 8.7% did not state their religion.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> The proportion of Hindus in the town was much higher than the average for the borough and the whole of England (1.4% and 1.1% respectively). The percentage of Muslims in Ashton-under-Lyne was nearly double the national average of 3.1%, and was higher than the average of 2.5% for Tameside.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> As of October 2013, six mosques were located in the town,<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> including one on Hillgate Street in Penny Meadow (Ashton Central Mosque, formerly known as Markazi Jamia Mosque)<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> and one on Katherine Street in West End (Masjid Hamza Mosque).<div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; width: 40%; font-size: 90%;" cellspacing="5"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Ashton-under-Lyne compared </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_census" title="2001 United Kingdom census">2001 UK census</a></td> <td>Ashton-under-Lyne<a href="#cite_note-employment-85">[85]</a></td> <td>Tameside<a href="#cite_note-Tameside_economic_activity-86">[86]</a></td> <td>England </td></tr> <tr> <td>Population of working age</td> <td>30,579</td> <td>152,313</td> <td>35,532,091 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Full-time employment</td> <td>41.0%</td> <td>43.5%</td> <td>40.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Part-time employment</td> <td>11.3%</td> <td>11.5%</td> <td>11.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Self employed</td> <td>5.9%</td> <td>6.5%</td> <td>8.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Unemployed</td> <td>4.1%</td> <td>3.3%</td> <td>3.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Retired</td> <td>12.2%</td> <td>13.3%</td> <td>13.5% </td></tr></tbody></table> In the medieval period, farming was important in Ashton, particularly <a href="/wiki/Agronomy" title="Agronomy">arable</a> farming.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> By the 18th century, textiles had also become important to the town's economy; in the 1700s, 33% of those with jobs worked in textiles and 36% in agriculture.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> With the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the second half of the 18th century, the textile industry in the town boomed. It continued to expand until the cotton famine of 1861–1865, after which the industry remained steady until it collapsed after the overseas markets shut down in the 1920s.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> Coal has been mined in Ashton since at least the 17th century.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> In the late 18th and early 19th centuries demand for coal increased, which led to an expansion of the town's coal industry. The produce of the collieries was transported by canal to Manchester.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1994_102-49">[49]</a> The industry began to decline during the late 19th century, and by 1904 only the Ashton Moss Colliery was still operational, the last colliery to be opened in the area.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1994_102-49">[49]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton-u-Lyne-IKEA1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A blue building with "Ikea" written on the side in large yellow letters. Trees in the foreground." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Ashton-u-Lyne-IKEA1.jpg/220px-Ashton-u-Lyne-IKEA1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Ashton-u-Lyne-IKEA1.jpg/330px-Ashton-u-Lyne-IKEA1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Ashton-u-Lyne-IKEA1.jpg/440px-Ashton-u-Lyne-IKEA1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/IKEA" title="IKEA">IKEA</a>'s store in Ashton-under-Lyne, which opened in 2006, was their first in a town centre.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg/220px-Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg/330px-Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg/440px-Ashton_market_hall_in_October_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="2880" /></a><figcaption>Ashton Market Hall in October 2011</figcaption></figure> Ashton town centre, which is the largest in Tameside, developed in the Victorian period. Many of the original buildings have survived, and as a result, the town centre is protected by Tameside Council as a conservation area.<a href="#cite_note-town_centre-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> As well as being populated by leading high-street names, Ashton has an outdoor market which was established in the medieval period. It is made up of about 180 stalls, and is open six days a week.<a href="#cite_note-town_centre-25">[25]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Farmers%27_market" title="Farmers' market">farmers' market</a>, with over 70 stalls, is the largest in the region, as is the weekday <a href="/wiki/Flea_market" title="Flea market">flea market</a>.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> Ashton Market Hall underwent a £15 million restoration after it was damaged by fire. The Ashton Renewal Area project has attracted investment in the town centre, encouraging conservation and economic development.<a href="#cite_note-town_centre-25">[25]</a> The 140,000-square-foot (13,000 m2), two-floored <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Arcades" title="Ashton Arcades">Ashton Arcades</a> shopping centre opened in 1995; permission has been granted for a £40 million extension but work on this project has yet to begin. In 2006, after failing twice to gain permission, <a href="/wiki/IKEA" title="IKEA">IKEA</a> announced plans to build its first town-centre store in Ashton-under-Lyne. The store was expected to create 500 new jobs and to attract other businesses to the area.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> The store opened on 19 October 2006 and covers 296,000 square feet (27,500 m2). At the time of its creation, the store was the tallest in Britain.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> Amongst the facilities provided by Ashton Leisure Park are a 14-screen cinema, a bowling alley, and several restaurants.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> The St Petersfield area of Ashton underwent a £42 million redevelopment and provided 2,000 jobs. The aim of the investment was to create a business district in the town and bring life to a neglected area of Ashton. The development provided 280,000 square feet (26,000 m2) of office space and 400,000 square feet (37,000 m2) of retail and leisure space.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> Pennine Care NHS Trust relocated its headquarters to the St Petersfield area in 2006.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> Until then a popular nightspot, in 2002 several night clubs were brought to the brink of closure after a downturn in trade caused by four murders in three months.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> According to the 2001 UK census, residents aged 16–74 were employed in the following industries: 22.7% manufacturing, 18.6% retail and wholesale, 11.3% health and social work, 9.8% property and business services, 6.7% construction, 6.5% transport and communications, 5.8% education, 5.6% public administration, 4.3% hotels and restaurants, 3.8% finance, 0.4% agriculture, 0.7% energy and water supply, and 3.9% other. Compared with national figures, the town had a relatively low percentage working in agriculture, public administration, and property, and high rates of employment in construction, at more than triple the national rate (6.8%).<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> The census recorded the economic activity of residents aged 16–74; 2.0% were students with jobs, 3.8% students without jobs, 6.4% looking after home or family, 9.5% permanently sick or disabled, and 3.9% economically inactive for other reasons.<a href="#cite_note-employment-85">[85]</a> Ashton's 4.1% unemployment rate was above the national rate of 3.3%.<a href="#cite_note-Tameside_economic_activity-86">[86]</a> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Culture">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport">Sport</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sport">edit</a>]</div> The town's most prominent football teams are <a href="/wiki/Ashton_United_F.C." title="Ashton United F.C.">Ashton United F.C.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Curzon_Ashton_F.C." title="Curzon Ashton F.C.">Curzon Ashton F.C.</a> Ashton United was the first team in the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Football_Association" title="Manchester Football Association">Manchester Football Association</a> to win an FA Cup tie, when they beat <a href="/wiki/Turton_F.C." title="Turton F.C.">Turton</a> 3–0 in 1883. In 1885, they were the first winners of the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Senior_Cup" title="Manchester Senior Cup">Manchester Senior Cup</a>, beating Newton Heath (who later became <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>) in the final.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> They currently compete in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League" title="Northern Premier League">Northern Premier League</a> Premier Division, the seventh tier of English football, playing at <a href="/wiki/Hurst_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurst Cross">Hurst Cross</a>. Curzon Ashton has competed since 2015 in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a>, the highest level in the club's history; they play at the Tameside Stadium. Other sporting venues include the Richmond Park Athletics Stadium, which has an all-weather running track with facilities for field events<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> and is home to the East Cheshire Harriers, Tameside Athletics Club, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton_C.C.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashton C.C. (page does not exist)">Ashton Cricket Club</a>, which has won the <a href="/wiki/Central_Lancashire_Cricket_League" title="Central Lancashire Cricket League">Central Lancashire Cricket League</a>'s first and second division twice each, and the Wood Cup four times.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Ladysmith_Cricket_Club" title="Ashton Ladysmith Cricket Club">Ashton Ladysmith Cricket Club</a> is based at the Ladysmith Sport Center at Rose Hill Road and competes in the North Manchester Cricket League.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Landmarks">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The front of a building built from grey stone with columns in front" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg/220px-Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg/330px-Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg/440px-Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Corinthian_order" title="Corinthian order">Corinthian columns</a> on the facade of <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Town_Hall" title="Ashton Town Hall">Ashton Town Hall</a></figcaption></figure> After the Ashton Canal closed in the 1960s, it was decided to turn the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Portland Basin">Portland Basin</a> warehouse into a museum. In 1985, the first part of the Heritage Centre and Museum opened on the first floor of the warehouse.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> The restoration of the building was complete in 1999; the museum details Tameside's social, industrial, and political history.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> The basin next to the warehouse is the point at which the <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Canal" title="Ashton Canal">Ashton Canal</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Narrow_Canal" title="Huddersfield Narrow Canal">Huddersfield Narrow Canal</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Peak_Forest_Canal" title="Peak Forest Canal">Peak Forest Canal</a> meet. It has been used several times as a filming location for <a href="/wiki/Coronation_Street" title="Coronation Street">Coronation Street</a>, including a scene where the character Richard Hillman drove into the canal.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> The earliest parts of <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Town_Hall" title="Ashton Town Hall">Ashton Town Hall</a>, which was the first purpose-built town hall in what is now Tameside, date to 1840 when it was opened. It has classical features such as the <a href="/wiki/Corinthian_order" title="Corinthian order">Corinthian columns</a> on the entrance <a href="/wiki/Facade" class="mw-redirect" title="Facade">facade</a>. Enlarged in 1878, the hall provides areas for administrative purposes and public functions.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Old_Street_drill_hall,_Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Old Street drill hall, Ashton-under-Lyne">Old Street drill hall</a> was completed in 1887.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton_under_Lyne_-_Stamford_Park.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Pathway leading towards a circular flowerbed where the path splits. Flowerbeds also flank the path on each side. The flowerbeds are decorated by various red and yellow flowers. Trees are in the background." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Ashton_under_Lyne_-_Stamford_Park.JPG/220px-Ashton_under_Lyne_-_Stamford_Park.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Ashton_under_Lyne_-_Stamford_Park.JPG/330px-Ashton_under_Lyne_-_Stamford_Park.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Ashton_under_Lyne_-_Stamford_Park.JPG/440px-Ashton_under_Lyne_-_Stamford_Park.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Over 60,000 people turned out to the opening of Stamford Park in 1873; it had taken 17 years of campaigning and fundraising by local cotton workers.</figcaption></figure> There are five parks in the town, three of which have <a href="/wiki/Green_Flag_Award" title="Green Flag Award">Green Flag Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> The first park opened in Ashton-under-Lyne was Stamford Park on the border with Stalybridge. The park opened in 1873, after a 17-year campaign by local cotton workers;<a href="#cite_note-stamford_park-110">[110]</a> the land was bought from a local mill-owner for £15,000 (£1.8 million as of 2024)<a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-111">[111]</a> and further land was donated by <a href="/wiki/George_Grey,_7th_Earl_of_Stamford" title="George Grey, 7th Earl of Stamford">George Grey, 7th Earl of Stamford</a>.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> A crowd of between 60,000 and 80,000 turned out to see the Earl of Stamford formally open the new facility on 12 July 1873. It now includes a boating lake and a memorial to <a href="/wiki/Rayner_Stephens" title="Rayner Stephens">Joseph Rayner Stephens</a>, commissioned by local factory workers to commemorate his work promoting fair wages and improved working conditions. A <a href="/wiki/Sunroom" title="Sunroom">conservatory</a> was opened in 1907 and Coronation gates were installed at both the Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge entrances in 1953.<a href="#cite_note-stamford_park-110">[110]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hartshead_Pike_from_Ashton_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Hartshead_Pike_from_Ashton_%281%29.jpg/220px-Hartshead_Pike_from_Ashton_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Hartshead_Pike_from_Ashton_%281%29.jpg/330px-Hartshead_Pike_from_Ashton_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Hartshead_Pike_from_Ashton_%281%29.jpg/440px-Hartshead_Pike_from_Ashton_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3689" data-file-height="2496" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hartshead_Pike" title="Hartshead Pike">Hartshead Pike</a> seen from Ashton</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Hartshead_Pike" title="Hartshead Pike">Hartshead Pike</a> is a stone tower on top of Hartshead Hill overlooking Ashton and <a href="/wiki/Oldham" title="Oldham">Oldham</a>.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> The existing building was constructed in 1863 but there has been a building on the site since at least the mid-18th century, although the original purpose is obscure. The pike might have been the site of a beacon in the late 16th century.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> It has a visitor centre and, from the top of the hill, it is possible to see the <a href="/wiki/Jodrell_Bank_Observatory" title="Jodrell Bank Observatory">Jodrell Bank Observatory</a> in Cheshire, the Welsh hills and the <a href="/wiki/Holme_Moss#Transmitting_station" title="Holme Moss">Holme Moss transmitter</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a>.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton_War_Memorial_01_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A column flanked by two lions and surmounted by a statue of Peace and a soldier. There are bronze plaques on the base of the monument." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Ashton_War_Memorial_01_%28crop%29.jpg/170px-Ashton_War_Memorial_01_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Ashton_War_Memorial_01_%28crop%29.jpg/255px-Ashton_War_Memorial_01_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Ashton_War_Memorial_01_%28crop%29.jpg/340px-Ashton_War_Memorial_01_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="916" data-file-height="932" /></a><figcaption>Ashton-under-Lyne War Memorial, in Memorial Gardens</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/The_Witchwood" title="The Witchwood">The Witchwood</a> <a href="/wiki/Public_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Public house">public house</a>, in the St Petersfield area of the town, has been a music venue since the 1960s, hosting acts such as <a href="/wiki/Muse_(band)" title="Muse (band)">Muse</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Coral" title="The Coral">The Coral</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lost_Prophets" class="mw-redirect" title="Lost Prophets">Lost Prophets</a>.<a href="#cite_note-save_the_witchwood-116">[116]</a> In 2004, The Witchwood came under threat when the area was being redeveloped, but was saved from demolition after a campaign by locals and led by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hingley" title="Tom Hingley">Tom Hingley</a>, drawing support from musicians such as <a href="/wiki/Bert_Jansch" title="Bert Jansch">Bert Jansch</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Fall_(band)" title="The Fall (band)">The Fall</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Chameleons" title="The Chameleons">The Chameleons</a>.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> The main Ashton-under-Lyne War Memorial, in Memorial Gardens, consists of a central cenotaph on a plinth, surmounted by a sculpted wounded soldier and the figure of "Peace who is taking the sword of honour" from his hand.<a href="#cite_note-WWI_Memorial-118">[118]</a> It commemorates the 1,512 people from the town who died in the First World War and the 301 who died in the Second World War.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> The cenotaph is flanked on both sides by bronze lions. The plinth is decorated with military equipment representing the services, as well as bronze tablets listing the Roll of Honour from <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. Commissioned by the Ashton War Memorial Committee, the statue was sculpted between 1919 and 1922 by <a href="/wiki/John_Ashton_Floyd" title="John Ashton Floyd">John Ashton Floyd</a>, and was unveiled on 16 September 1922 by <a href="/wiki/Ian_Standish_Monteith_Hamilton" class="mw-redirect" title="Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton">General Sir Ian Hamilton</a>.<a href="#cite_note-WWI_Memorial-118">[118]</a> The tablet on the front of the memorial reads: <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Erected in honour of the men of Ashton-under-Lyne and district who fought for King and Empire in The Great War, especially those who sacrificed their lives, and whose names are recorded hereon 1914–1919<a href="#cite_note-WWI_Memorial-118">[118]</a></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Media">edit</a>]</div> Local news and television programmes are provided by <a href="/wiki/BBC_North_West" title="BBC North West">BBC North West</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Granada" title="ITV Granada">ITV Granada</a>. Television signals are received from the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Hill_transmitting_station" title="Winter Hill transmitting station">Winter Hill</a> TV transmitter.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> Local radio stations are <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Manchester" title="BBC Radio Manchester">BBC Radio Manchester</a> on 95.1 FM, <a href="/wiki/Capital_Manchester_and_Lancashire" title="Capital Manchester and Lancashire">Capital Manchester and Lancashire</a> on 102.0 FM, <a href="/wiki/Heart_North_West" title="Heart North West">Heart North West</a> on 105.4 FM, <a href="/wiki/Smooth_North_West" title="Smooth North West">Smooth North West</a> on 100.4 FM, <a href="/wiki/XS_Manchester" title="XS Manchester">XS Manchester</a> on 106.1 FM, <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Manchester_%26_The_North_West" title="Greatest Hits Radio Manchester & The North West">Greatest Hits Radio Manchester & The North West</a> on 96.2 FM, and <a href="/wiki/Tameside_Radio" title="Tameside Radio">Tameside Radio</a>, a community based station which broadcast from the town on 103.6 FM.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] The local newspaper is the <a href="/wiki/Tameside_Reporter" title="Tameside Reporter">Tameside Reporter</a>, published on Thursdays.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Transport">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Roads">edit</a>]</div> In 1732, an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament">Act of Parliament</a> was passed which permitted the construction of a <a href="/wiki/Turnpike_trust" title="Turnpike trust">turnpike</a> from Manchester, then in Lancashire, to Salters Brook in Cheshire. The road passed through Ashton-under-Lyne as well as <a href="/wiki/Audenshaw" title="Audenshaw">Audenshaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mottram-in-Longdendale" class="mw-redirect" title="Mottram-in-Longdendale">Mottram-in-Longdendale</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stalybridge" title="Stalybridge">Stalybridge</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Turnpike_trust" title="Turnpike trust">turnpike trust</a> was responsible for collecting tolls from traffic; the proceeds were used for road maintenance. The trust for Manchester to Salters Brook was one of over 400 established between 1706 and 1750, a period in which turnpikes became popular.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> It was the first <a href="/wiki/Turnpike_trusts_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Turnpike trusts in Greater Manchester">turnpike to be opened in Tameside</a>, and driven by economic growth, more turnpikes were opened in the area in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Acts of Parliaments were passed in 1765, 1793, and 1799 permitting the construction of turnpikes from Ashton-under-Lyne to Doctor Lane Head in Saddleworth, Standedge in Saddleworth, and Oldham respectively. Towards the end of the 19th century, many turnpike trusts were wound up as they were superseded by local government; the last in Tameside to close was the Ashton-under-Lyne to Salters Brook road in 1884.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> Ashton is now served by the <a href="/wiki/M60_motorway" class="mw-redirect" title="M60 motorway">M60 motorway</a>, which cuts through the west end of Ashton (Junction 23). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canals">Canals</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Canals">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portland_Basin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A brick-built warehouse with a canal in the foreground. There are barges on the canal and people sitting outside the warehouse." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Portland_Basin.jpg/220px-Portland_Basin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Portland_Basin.jpg/330px-Portland_Basin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Portland_Basin.jpg/440px-Portland_Basin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="628" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Portland_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Portland Basin">Portland Basin</a> warehouse is now a museum.</figcaption></figure> The town of Ashton-under-Lyne became the focus of three canals which were constructed in Tameside in the 1790s because it was an important centre of coal mining in the Lancashire coalfield. The 1790s has been characterised as a period of mania for canal building in England. The first of the three to be built was the <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Canal" title="Ashton Canal">Ashton Canal</a>, which was constructed between 1792 and 1797. Connecting Manchester to Ashton-under-Lyne, with a branch to Oldham, it cost about £170,000 (£21 million as of 2024).<a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-111">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Peak_Forest_Canal" title="Peak Forest Canal">Peak Forest Canal</a> was constructed from 1794 to 1805, and was originally planned as a branch of the Ashton Canal. It connected the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Portland Basin">Portland Basin</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Peak_District" title="Peak District">Peak District</a> and cost £177,000 (£18 million as of 2024).<a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-111">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1993_122-125">[125]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Narrow_Canal" title="Huddersfield Narrow Canal">Huddersfield Narrow Canal</a> was built between 1794 and 1811, to enable cross-Pennine trade between Manchester and <a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull" title="Kingston upon Hull">Kingston upon Hull</a>; the cost of construction was £400,000.<a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-111">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1993_122-125">[125]</a> The advent of the railways in the 19th century signalled the decline of the canal system. The new railways were quicker and more economical than the canals, and the waterways declined. The Huddersfield Canal was bought by the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway in 1844. Along with the Ashton and Peak Forest canals, the Huddersfield Canal was later bought by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Company.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> The canals remained in use throughout the 19th century on a smaller scale than in their heyday, but by the mid-20th century all commercial traffic had ceased. Following an extended period of closure and dereliction, during which parts of the Huddersfield Canal were filled in or built over, a complete restoration was undertaken and the entire canal reopened in 2001. The three canals are now used for leisure craft and are still maintained and in good condition.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railways">Railways</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Railways">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton_station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The entrance to a train station with a sign saying "Ashton" above the entrance" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ashton_station.jpg/220px-Ashton_station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ashton_station.jpg/330px-Ashton_station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ashton_station.jpg/440px-Ashton_station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="882" data-file-height="609" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne_railway_station" title="Ashton-under-Lyne railway station">Ashton-under-Lyne railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne_railway_station" title="Ashton-under-Lyne railway station">The present station</a> at Ashton was opened by the <a href="/wiki/Ashton,_Stalybridge_and_Liverpool_Junction_Railway" title="Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway">Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway</a> (AS&LJR) on 13 April 1846.<a href="#cite_note-Butt-128">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> Known originally as Ashton, it was renamed Ashton (Charlestown) in 1874<a href="#cite_note-Butt-128">[128]</a> and then Ashton-under-Lyne on 6 May 1968.<a href="#cite_note-Butt-128">[128]</a> It has regular services on the <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Huddersfield Line">Huddersfield Line</a> between Manchester (<a href="/wiki/Manchester_Victoria_station" title="Manchester Victoria station">Victoria</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield" title="Huddersfield">Huddersfield</a>. The town historically had three stations, only one of which remains: Ashton (Charlestown), <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Park_Parade_railway_station" title="Ashton Park Parade railway station">Park Parade</a> (closed 1956) and <a href="/wiki/Oldham_Road_railway_station_(Ashton-under-Lyne)" title="Oldham Road railway station (Ashton-under-Lyne)">Oldham Road</a> (closed 1959). Park Parade station was on the <a href="/wiki/Sheffield,_Ashton-under-Lyne_and_Manchester_Railway" title="Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway">Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway</a>, which was founded in 1836 with the purpose of building a line linking Manchester and Sheffield. The line was opened in stages and was completed by 1845. It included a branch to the nearby town of Stalybridge, the former Ashton Park Parade station was included on this branch.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1993_127-46">[46]</a> Oldham Road station was on the <a href="/wiki/Oldham,_Ashton_and_Guide_Bridge_Railway" title="Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway">Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway</a>. Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Guide_Bridge_railway_station" title="Guide Bridge railway station">Guide Bridge station</a>, a few miles away, was known as Ashton & Hooley Hill and then Ashton in its earliest years. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trams_and_buses">Trams and buses</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Trams and buses">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton-under-Lyne_tram_stop,_Feb_18.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Ashton-under-Lyne_tram_stop%2C_Feb_18.jpg/220px-Ashton-under-Lyne_tram_stop%2C_Feb_18.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Ashton-under-Lyne_tram_stop%2C_Feb_18.jpg/330px-Ashton-under-Lyne_tram_stop%2C_Feb_18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Ashton-under-Lyne_tram_stop%2C_Feb_18.jpg/440px-Ashton-under-Lyne_tram_stop%2C_Feb_18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4936" data-file-height="3424" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne_tram_stop" title="Ashton-under-Lyne tram stop">Ashton-under-Lyne tram stop</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For more, see <a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne_tramway_network" title="Ashton-under-Lyne tramway network">Ashton-under-Lyne tramway network</a>.</div> In 1881, a <a href="/wiki/Tram" title="Tram">tramway</a> with horse-drawn tramcars was opened between Stalybridge and Audenshaw, through Ashton-under-Lyne. The first tramway of its kind in Tameside, it was later extended to Manchester. The Oldham, Ashton and Hyde Electric Tramway Company, founded in 1899, operated 13 km (8 mi) of tram lines with electric tramcars. It was the first line around Manchester to use electricity. A line from Stalybridge to Ashton-under-Lyne was opened in 1903 and operated by the <a href="/wiki/SHMD" class="mw-redirect" title="SHMD">Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley & Dukinfield Tramways & Electricity Board</a>.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> The first bus service from Ashton-under-Lyne ran in 1923 and the 1920s saw a period of decline for the tramways as they suffered from the competition with buses. The last of the first generation of electric tram services in the town ran in 1938.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> After a 75-year absence, trams returned to Ashton in October 2013, when the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Manchester Metrolink</a> tram system opened the <a href="/wiki/East_Manchester_Line" title="East Manchester Line">East Manchester Line</a> to the town: <a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne_tram_stop" title="Ashton-under-Lyne tram stop">Ashton-under-Lyne tram stop</a> in the town centre stands alongside <a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne_bus_station" title="Ashton-under-Lyne bus station">the bus station</a> and is the terminus for the East Manchester Line, which runs to <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Piccadilly_station" title="Manchester Piccadilly station">Manchester Piccadilly station</a> and Manchester city centre. Away from the town centre towards Manchester, there are also the <a href="/wiki/Ashton_West_tram_stop" title="Ashton West tram stop">Ashton West</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Moss_tram_stop" title="Ashton Moss tram stop">Ashton Moss</a> tram stops.<a href="#cite_note-Prior-132">[132]</a> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Education">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Tameside" title="List of schools in Tameside">List of schools in Tameside</a></div> There are ten <a href="/wiki/Nursery_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Nursery school">nursery schools</a>,<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> sixteen <a href="/wiki/Primary_school" title="Primary school">primary schools</a>,<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> and two <a href="/wiki/Secondary_school" title="Secondary school">secondary schools</a> in Ashton-under-Lyne as of 2019.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> In 2006, the council began a scheme to develop education in the borough by opening six new secondary schools. Among the changes proposed as part of the £160 million scheme was the closure of Hartshead Sports College and Stamford Community High School, to be replaced by a 1,350-pupil <a href="/wiki/Academy_(English_school)" title="Academy (English school)">academy</a> with 300 sixth-form members. In 2007, Hartshead Sports College was placed on "special measures" after it failed to achieve its targets for <a href="/wiki/General_Certificate_of_Secondary_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="General Certificate of Secondary Education">General Certificate of Secondary Education</a> results and was criticised by <a href="/wiki/Ofsted" title="Ofsted">Ofsted</a> for its teaching standard.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> The new academy opened in September 2008,<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> a year ahead of schedule.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> It was named New Charter Academy (now <a href="/wiki/Great_Academy_Ashton" title="Great Academy Ashton">Great Academy Ashton</a>) after its sponsor, the New Charter Housing Trust. The other secondary school in the town is <a href="/wiki/St_Damian%27s_Roman_Catholic_Science_College" title="St Damian's Roman Catholic Science College">St Damian's RC Science College</a>, which was founded in 1963, and provides education for 800 pupils aged 11–16.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> As part of the <a href="/wiki/Building_Schools_for_the_Future" title="Building Schools for the Future">Building Schools for the Future</a> project, a replacement school building was built by <a href="/wiki/Carillion" title="Carillion">Carillion</a> and opened in May 2011. Dale Grove School has 60 pupils and offers education for pupils aged 5–16 with special needs.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Sixth_Form_College" title="Ashton Sixth Form College">Ashton Sixth Form College</a> is a centre for <a href="/wiki/Further_education" title="Further education">further education</a> with 1,650 pupils aged 16–18.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> <a href="/wiki/Tameside_College" title="Tameside College">Tameside College</a> also provides opportunities for further education and operates in Ashton-under-Lyne, Droylsden, and Hyde.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> Founded in 1954 and expanded in 1957 and 1964, it was originally called Ashton College.<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_services">Public services</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Public services">edit</a>]</div> In the early 19th century, Ashton-under-Lyne's growth made it necessary to find a new water supply. Before the introduction of piped water the town's inhabitants drew water from wells and the nearby River Tame. Industrial processes had, however, polluted the river and the wells could not sustain a rapidly expanding population. From 1825, a private company was responsible for piping water from reservoirs, but there were still many homes without proper drainage or water supply.<a href="#cite_note-Nevell_1993_132-45">[45]</a> Waste management is now co-ordinated by the <a href="/wiki/Local_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Local authority">local authority</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Waste_Disposal_Authority" title="Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority">Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority</a>.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> The first power station in Tameside was built in 1899, providing power for the area.<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> Ashton's <a href="/wiki/Distribution_network_operator" title="Distribution network operator">distribution network operator</a> for electricity is <a href="/wiki/United_Utilities" title="United Utilities">United Utilities</a>;<a href="#cite_note-UU-146">[146]</a> there are no power stations in the town. United Utilities also manages the drinking and waste water.<a href="#cite_note-UU-146">[146]</a> <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> policing in Ashton-under-Lyne is provided by the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Police" title="Greater Manchester Police">Greater Manchester Police</a>. The force's Tameside Division have their divisional headquarters for policing Tameside in the town.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a><a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> Public transport in the area is co-ordinated by <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_Greater_Manchester" title="Transport for Greater Manchester">Transport for Greater Manchester</a>. <a href="/wiki/Fire_service_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Fire service in the United Kingdom">Statutory emergency fire and rescue service</a> is provided by the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service">Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service</a>, which has one station on Slate Lane.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Tameside_General_Hospital" title="Tameside General Hospital">Tameside General Hospital</a> is a large <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service_(England)" title="National Health Service (England)">NHS</a> hospital on the outskirts of the town,<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> administered by Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> The <a href="/wiki/North_West_Ambulance_Service" title="North West Ambulance Service">North West Ambulance Service</a> provides emergency patient transport. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><a href="/wiki/File:England_Greater_Manchester_numbered.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/England_Greater_Manchester_numbered.svg/32px-England_Greater_Manchester_numbered.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/England_Greater_Manchester_numbered.svg/48px-England_Greater_Manchester_numbered.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/England_Greater_Manchester_numbered.svg/64px-England_Greater_Manchester_numbered.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="308" /></a><a href="/wiki/Portal:Greater_Manchester" title="Portal:Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester portal</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mills_in_Tameside" title="List of mills in Tameside">List of mills in Tameside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Tameside" title="List of people from Tameside">List of people from Tameside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Listed buildings in Ashton-under-Lyne">Listed buildings in Ashton-under-Lyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne_munitions_explosion" title="Ashton-under-Lyne munitions explosion">Ashton-under-Lyne munitions explosion</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-GM_Gazetteer-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GM_Gazetteer_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-GM_Gazetteer_1-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-GM_Gazetteer_1-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-GM_Gazetteer_1-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-GM_Gazetteer_1-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-GM_Gazetteer_1-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-GM_Gazetteer_1-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-GM_Gazetteer_1-7">h</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144214/http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazza.htm">Greater Manchester Gazetteer</a>, Greater Manchester County Record Office, Places names – A, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazza.htm">the original</a> on 18 July 2011, retrieved 20 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Greater+Manchester+Gazetteer&rft.pages=Places+names--+A&rft.pub=Greater+Manchester+County+Record+Office&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gmcro.co.uk%2FGuides%2FGazeteer%2Fgazza.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-CitPop-2"><a href="#cite_ref-CitPop_2-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/northwestengland/greater_manchester/E63001268__ashton_under_lyne/">"Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester (North West England)"</a>. City Population. Retrieved 24 December 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ashton-under-Lyne+in+Greater+Manchester+%28North+West+England%29&rft.pub=City+Population&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypopulation.de%2Fen%2Fuk%2Fnorthwestengland%2Fgreater_manchester%2FE63001268__ashton_under_lyne%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-3">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_3-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_3-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Lancashire/Ashton+under+Lyne">"Key to English Place-names"</a>. kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190418030448/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Lancashire/Ashton+under+Lyne">Archived</a> from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk&rft.atitle=Key+to+English+Place-names&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkepn.nottingham.ac.uk%2Fmap%2Fplace%2FLancashire%2FAshton%2Bunder%2BLyne&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Top_of_England-4">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Top_of_England_4-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Top_of_England_4-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Top_of_England_4-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Top_of_England_4-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Top_of_England_4-4">e</a> Lewis (1848) pp. 90–96. </li> <li id="cite_note-Imp_Gaz-5">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Imp_Gaz_5-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Imp_Gaz_5-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Imp_Gaz_5-2">c</a> Wilson (1870–1872). </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreater_Manchester_Police2006" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Police" title="Greater Manchester Police">Greater Manchester Police</a> (25 January 2006), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071101020955/http://www.gmp.police.uk/division05/pages/ashton.htm">Ashton</a>, gmp.police.uk, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gmp.police.uk/division05/pages/ashton.htm">the original</a> on 1 November 2007, retrieved 19 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ashton&rft.pub=gmp.police.uk&rft.date=2006-01-25&rft.au=Greater+Manchester+Police&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gmp.police.uk%2Fdivision05%2Fpages%2Fashton.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a> Nevell (1992), p. 25. </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a> Nevell (1992), p. 11. </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a> Nevell (1992), p. 30. </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a> Nevell (1992), p. 71. </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a> Hodgson & Brennand (2004), p. 44. </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a> Nevell and Walker (1998), pp. 40–41. </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a> Nevell (1992), pp. 77–83. </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a> Nevell (1997), p. 32. </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUniversity_of_Nottingham's_Institute_for_Name-Studies" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nottingham" title="University of Nottingham">University of Nottingham's Institute for Name-Studies</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/kepn/detailpop.php?placeno=12870">Ashton-under-Lyne</a>, nottingham.ac.uk, retrieved 18 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ashton-under-Lyne&rft.pub=nottingham.ac.uk&rft.au=University+of+Nottingham%27s+Institute+for+Name-Studies&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nottingham.ac.uk%2Fenglish%2Fins%2Fkepn%2Fdetailpop.php%3Fplaceno%3D12870&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a> Nevell (1992), pp. 84–85. </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a> Nevell (1992), p. 88. </li> <li id="cite_note-Tameside_history-18">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tameside_history_18-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tameside_history_18-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/ashton/history">Township Information – Ashton</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080916082112/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/ashton/history">archived</a> from the original on 16 September 2008, retrieved 12 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Township+Information+%E2%80%93+Ashton&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fashton%2Fhistory&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nevell_1991_17-19">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1991_17_19-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1991_17_19-1">b</a> Nevell (1991), p. 17. </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a> Redhead, Norman, in: Hartwell, Hyde and Pevsner (2004), p. 18. </li> <li id="cite_note-history-21">^ <a href="#cite_ref-history_21-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-history_21-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol4/pp338-347">"The parish of Ashton-under-Lyne: Introduction, manor & boroughs"</a>. A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4. 1911. pp. 338–347. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170831000408/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol4/pp338-347">Archived</a> from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+parish+of+Ashton-under-Lyne%3A+Introduction%2C+manor+%26+boroughs&rft.btitle=A+History+of+the+County+of+Lancaster%3A+Volume+4.&rft.pages=338-347&rft.date=1911&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.british-history.ac.uk%2Fvch%2Flancs%2Fvol4%2Fpp338-347&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a> Nevell and Walker (1998), p. 47. </li> <li id="cite_note-Nevell&Walker54-23">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell&Walker54_23-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell&Walker54_23-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell&Walker54_23-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell&Walker54_23-3">d</a> Nevell and Walker (1998), p. 54. </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a> Nevell (1991), p. 60. </li> <li id="cite_note-town_centre-25">^ <a href="#cite_ref-town_centre_25-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-town_centre_25-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-town_centre_25-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-town_centre_25-3">d</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/ashton/towncentre">Ashton-under-Lyne town centre</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090104162749/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/ashton/towncentre">archived</a> from the original on 4 January 2009, retrieved 13 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ashton-under-Lyne+town+centre&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fashton%2Ftowncentre&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nevell_1993_146-26">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1993_146_26-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1993_146_26-1">b</a> Nevell (1993), p. 146. </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a> Griffith (1898), p. 380. </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a> Griffith (1898), p. 381. </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/traditions/black-knight.htm">The Black Knight Pageant</a>, Ashton-under-Lyne.com, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081003074725/http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/traditions/black-knight.htm">archived</a> from the original on 3 October 2008, retrieved 20 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Black+Knight+Pageant&rft.pub=Ashton-under-Lyne.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashton-under-lyne.com%2Ftraditions%2Fblack-knight.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a> Griffith (1898), pp. 379, 382. </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a> Nevell and Walker (1998), p. 48. </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a> McNeil & Nevell (2000), p. 54. </li> <li id="cite_note-Burke_123-33">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Burke_123_33-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Burke_123_33-1">b</a> Burke and Nevell (1996), p. 123. </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a> Nevell (1993), p. 99. </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a> Frangopulo (1977), p. 25. </li> <li id="cite_note-McNiel_&_Nevell-36"><a href="#cite_ref-McNiel_&_Nevell_36-0">^</a> McNiel and Nevell (2005), p. 54. </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a> Powell (1986), p. 35. </li> <li id="cite_note-Nevell_1993_35-38">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1993_35_38-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1993_35_38-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1993_35_38-2">c</a> Nevell (1993), p. 35. </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a> Nevell and Walker (1999), p. 49. </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a> Nevell and Roberts (2003), pp. 19, 22, 31–32. </li> <li id="cite_note-Nevell1-41">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell1_41-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell1_41-1">b</a> Nevell (1993), p. 151. </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a> Nevell (1993), p. 152. </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a> Nevell (1994), pp. 44–45. </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/">Currency converter</a>, NationalArchives.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080905025228/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/">archived</a> from the original on 5 September 2008, retrieved 12 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Currency+converter&rft.pub=NationalArchives.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2Fcurrency%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nevell_1993_132-45">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1993_132_45-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1993_132_45-1">b</a> Nevell (1993), p. 132. </li> <li id="cite_note-Nevell_1993_127-46">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1993_127_46-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1993_127_46-1">b</a> Nevell (1993), p. 127. </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a> Nevell (1993), p 23. </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a> Nevell (1993), pp. 149–151. </li> <li id="cite_note-Nevell_1994_102-49">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1994_102_49-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1994_102_49-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1994_102_49-2">c</a> Nevell (1993), p. 102. </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a> Nevell (1993), p. 37. </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a> Friday 15 June 1917, reprinted in The Daily Telegraph Thursday 15 June 2017 page 28 </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a> Nevell (1993), p. iii. </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSue_Carr2004" class="citation cs2">Sue Carr (21 October 2004), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/385215_ashton_celebrates_as_new_market_opens_its_doors">"Ashton celebrates as new market opens its doors"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tameside_Advertiser" title="Tameside Advertiser">Tameside Advertiser</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080821174829/http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/385215_ashton_celebrates_as_new_market_opens_its_doors">archived</a> from the original on 21 August 2008, retrieved 18 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Tameside+Advertiser&rft.atitle=Ashton+celebrates+as+new+market+opens+its+doors&rft.date=2004-10-21&rft.au=Sue+Carr&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fs%2F385215_ashton_celebrates_as_new_market_opens_its_doors&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSue_Carr2008" class="citation cs2">Sue Carr (1 December 2008), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1082748_joy_as_market_hall_opens">"Joy as market hall opens"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tameside_Advertiser" title="Tameside Advertiser">Tameside Advertiser</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081222003811/http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1082748_joy_as_market_hall_opens">archived</a> from the original on 22 December 2008, retrieved 10 July 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Tameside+Advertiser&rft.atitle=Joy+as+market+hall+opens&rft.date=2008-12-01&rft.au=Sue+Carr&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fs%2F1082748_joy_as_market_hall_opens&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-farrer-55">^ <a href="#cite_ref-farrer_55-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-farrer_55-1">b</a> Farrer & Brownbill (1911), pp. 338–347. </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10332140">A vision of Ashton under Lyne AP/CP</a>, visionofbritain.org.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103104343/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10332140">archived</a> from the original on 3 November 2012, retrieved 19 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+vision+of+Ashton+under+Lyne+AP%2FCP&rft.pub=visionofbritain.org.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.visionofbritain.org.uk%2Funit_page.jsp%3Fu_id%3D10332140&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFA_vision_of_Britain_through_time" class="citation cs2">A vision of Britain through time, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10136910">A vision of Ashton under Lyne MB</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210759/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10136910">archived</a> from the original on 30 September 2007, retrieved 3 June 2007</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+vision+of+Ashton+under+Lyne+MB&rft.au=A+vision+of+Britain+through+time&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.visionofbritain.org.uk%2Funit_page.jsp%3Fu_id%3D10136910&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTameside_Metropolitan_Borough_Council2006" class="citation cs2">Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (27 September 2006), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/towntwinning">Town twinning</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080820230937/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/towntwinning">archived</a> from the original on 20 August 2008, retrieved 4 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Town+twinning&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft.date=2006-09-27&rft.au=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Ftowntwinning&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTameside_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" class="citation cs2">Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120712212300/http://public.tameside.gov.uk/forms/know_your_councillor.asp">Know you councillor</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://public.tameside.gov.uk/forms/know_your_councillor.asp">the original</a> on 12 July 2012, retrieved 8 May 2012</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Know+you+councillor&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft.au=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpublic.tameside.gov.uk%2Fforms%2Fknow_your_councillor.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/680/ashton-under-lyne">"Ashton under Lyne"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141218234420/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/680/ashton-under-lyne">archived</a> from the original on 18 December 2014, retrieved 8 September 2010</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Ashton+under+Lyne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fpolitics%2Fconstituency%2F680%2Fashton-under-lyne&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a> Nevell (1992), pp. 10–11. </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">"Census 2001 Key Statistics – Urban area results by population size of urban area"</a>, ons.gov.uk, Office for National Statistics, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area-ks06--ethnic-group.xls">KS06 Ethnic group</a> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Page_white_excel.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" />, 22 July 2004, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110912070140/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">archived</a> from the original on 12 September 2011, retrieved 5 August 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ons.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Census+2001+Key+Statistics+%E2%80%93+Urban+area+results+by+population+size+of+urban+area&rft.pages=KS06+Ethnic+group+Image%3APage+white+excel.png%7C16px%7Clink%3D%3Csmall%3E%3C%2Fsmall%3E&rft.date=2004-07-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fons%2Fpublications%2Fre-reference-tables.html%3Fedition%3Dtcm%253A77-211152&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tameside_neighbourhood_stats-63">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tameside_neighbourhood_stats_63-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tameside_neighbourhood_stats_63-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tameside_neighbourhood_stats_63-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=276783&c=Tameside&d=13&e=16&g=355472&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1221178894406&enc=1">Tameside Metropolitan Borough key statistics</a>, Statistics.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110526041317/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=276783&c=Tameside&d=13&e=16&g=355472&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1221178894406&enc=1">archived</a> from the original on 26 May 2011, retrieved 12 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+key+statistics&rft.pub=Statistics.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fneighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk%2Fdissemination%2FLeadKeyFigures.do%3Fa%3D7%26b%3D276783%26c%3DTameside%26d%3D13%26e%3D16%26g%3D355472%26i%3D1001x1003x1004%26o%3D1%26m%3D0%26r%3D1%26s%3D1221178894406%26enc%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080529141346/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/census/daprofiles/ashtonda.pdf">Tameside Census Snapshot</a> (PDF), Tameside MBC, 2004, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/census/daprofiles/ashtonda.pdf">the original</a> (PDF) on 29 May 2008, retrieved 17 January 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tameside+Census+Snapshot&rft.pub=Tameside+MBC&rft.date=2004&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fcensus%2Fdaprofiles%2Fashtonda.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">"Census 2001 Key Statistics – Urban area results by population size of urban area"</a>, ons.gov.uk, Office for National Statistics, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area-ks01-usual-resident-population.xls">KS01 Usual resident population</a> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Page_white_excel.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" />, 22 July 2004, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110912070140/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">archived</a> from the original on 12 September 2011, retrieved 12 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ons.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Census+2001+Key+Statistics+%E2%80%93+Urban+area+results+by+population+size+of+urban+area&rft.pages=KS01+Usual+resident+population+Image%3APage+white+excel.png%7C16px%7Clink%3D%3Csmall%3E%3C%2Fsmall%3E&rft.date=2004-07-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fons%2Fpublications%2Fre-reference-tables.html%3Fedition%3Dtcm%253A77-211152&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">"Census 2001 Key Statistics – Urban area results by population size of urban area"</a>, ons.gov.uk, Office for National Statistics, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area-ks04--marital-status.xls">KS04 Marital status</a> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Page_white_excel.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" />, 22 July 2004, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110912070140/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">archived</a> from the original on 12 September 2011, retrieved 12 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ons.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Census+2001+Key+Statistics+%E2%80%93+Urban+area+results+by+population+size+of+urban+area&rft.pages=KS04+Marital+status+Image%3APage+white+excel.png%7C16px%7Clink%3D%3Csmall%3E%3C%2Fsmall%3E&rft.date=2004-07-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fons%2Fpublications%2Fre-reference-tables.html%3Fedition%3Dtcm%253A77-211152&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110629105438/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=8349&More=Y">KS20 Household composition: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas</a>, Statistics.gov.uk, 2 February 2005, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=8349&More=Y">the original</a> on 29 June 2011, retrieved 12 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=KS20+Household+composition%3A+Census+2001%2C+Key+Statistics+for+urban+areas&rft.pub=Statistics.gov.uk&rft.date=2005-02-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.statistics.gov.uk%2Fstatbase%2Fssdataset.asp%3Fvlnk%3D8349%26More%3DY&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> •<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=276783&c=Tameside&d=13&e=16&g=355472&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1221179631078&enc=1&dsFamilyId=165">Tameside Metropolitan Borough household data</a>, Statistics.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110604073117/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=276783&c=Tameside&d=13&e=16&g=355472&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1221179631078&enc=1&dsFamilyId=165">archived</a> from the original on 4 June 2011, retrieved 12 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+household+data&rft.pub=Statistics.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fneighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk%2Fdissemination%2FLeadTableView.do%3Fa%3D7%26b%3D276783%26c%3DTameside%26d%3D13%26e%3D16%26g%3D355472%26i%3D1001x1003x1004%26o%3D1%26m%3D0%26r%3D1%26s%3D1221179631078%26enc%3D1%26dsFamilyId%3D165&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">"Census 2001 Key Statistics – Urban area results by population size of urban area"</a>, ons.gov.uk, Office for National Statistics, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area-ks13--qualifications-and-students.xls">KS13 Qualifications and students</a> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Page_white_excel.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" />, 22 July 2004, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110912070140/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">archived</a> from the original on 12 September 2011, retrieved 12 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ons.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Census+2001+Key+Statistics+%E2%80%93+Urban+area+results+by+population+size+of+urban+area&rft.pages=KS13+Qualifications+and+students+Image%3APage+white+excel.png%7C16px%7Clink%3D%3Csmall%3E%3C%2Fsmall%3E&rft.date=2004-07-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fons%2Fpublications%2Fre-reference-tables.html%3Fedition%3Dtcm%253A77-211152&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">"Census 2001 Key Statistics – Urban area results by population size of urban area"</a>, ons.gov.uk, Office for National Statistics, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area-ks13--qualifications-and-students.xls">KS13 Qualifications and students</a> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Page_white_excel.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" />, 22 July 2004, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110912070140/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">archived</a> from the original on 12 September 2011, retrieved 12 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ons.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Census+2001+Key+Statistics+%E2%80%93+Urban+area+results+by+population+size+of+urban+area&rft.pages=KS13+Qualifications+and+students+Image%3APage+white+excel.png%7C16px%7Clink%3D%3Csmall%3E%3C%2Fsmall%3E&rft.date=2004-07-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fons%2Fpublications%2Fre-reference-tables.html%3Fedition%3Dtcm%253A77-211152&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_SOC&data_cube=N_RGSOC_G&u_id=10136910&c_id=10001043&add=Y">Ashton under Lyne social class</a>, Vision of Britain, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103104424/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_SOC&data_cube=N_RGSOC_G&u_id=10136910&c_id=10001043&add=Y">archived</a> from the original on 3 November 2012, retrieved 15 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ashton+under+Lyne+social+class&rft.pub=Vision+of+Britain&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.visionofbritain.org.uk%2Fdata_cube_table_page.jsp%3Fdata_theme%3DT_SOC%26data_cube%3DN_RGSOC_G%26u_id%3D10136910%26c_id%3D10001043%26add%3DY&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> •<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_rate_page.jsp?u_id=10136910&c_id=10001043&data_theme=T_SOC&id=0">Percentage of Working-Age Males in Class 1 and 2</a>, Vision of Britain, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210806165357/https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/DataRate;jsessionid=F38C82F225B58866BA1849B05DE71723?u_id=10136910&c_id=10001043&data_rate=&data_theme=&checks=10136910-empty-u_name_with_cont2">archived</a> from the original on 6 August 2021, retrieved 15 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Percentage+of+Working-Age+Males+in+Class+1+and+2&rft.pub=Vision+of+Britain&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.visionofbritain.org.uk%2Fdata_rate_page.jsp%3Fu_id%3D10136910%26c_id%3D10001043%26data_theme%3DT_SOC%26id%3D0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> •<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_rate_page.jsp?u_id=10136910&c_id=10001043&data_theme=T_SOC&id=2">Percentage of Working-Age Males in Class 4 and 5</a>, Vision of Britain, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210806165414/https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/DataRate;jsessionid=945208C7072FB3979E8D79903DD9191D?u_id=10136910&c_id=10001043&data_rate=&data_theme=&checks=10136910-empty-u_name_with_cont2">archived</a> from the original on 6 August 2021, retrieved 15 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Percentage+of+Working-Age+Males+in+Class+4+and+5&rft.pub=Vision+of+Britain&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.visionofbritain.org.uk%2Fdata_rate_page.jsp%3Fu_id%3D10136910%26c_id%3D10001043%26data_theme%3DT_SOC%26id%3D2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a> Nevell (1993), p. 168. </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a> Nevell (1993), p. 27. </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/riots.htm">The Murphy Riots in Ashton under Lyne</a>, Ashton-under-Lyne.com, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503090800/http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/riots.htm">archived</a> from the original on 3 May 2008, retrieved 9 December 2007</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Murphy+Riots+in+Ashton+under+Lyne&rft.pub=Ashton-under-Lyne.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashton-under-lyne.com%2Fhistory%2Friots.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a> Nevell (1993), p. 36. </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/ashton/facts">Facts about Ashton</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080704082527/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/ashton/facts">archived</a> from the original on 4 July 2008, retrieved 16 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Facts+about+Ashton&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fashton%2Ffacts&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a> Nevell (1993), p. 12. </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a> Nevell (1991), pp. 121, 135. </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a> Nevell (1993), p. 142. </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a> Nevell (1994), p. 95. </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/blueplaque/prophetwroe">A Tribute to Prophet Wroe 1782–1863</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090630034213/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/blueplaque/prophetwroe">archived</a> from the original on 30 June 2009, retrieved 10 July 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Tribute+to+Prophet+Wroe+1782%E2%80%931863&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fblueplaque%2Fprophetwroe&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">"Census 2001 Key Statistics – Urban area results by population size of urban area"</a>, ons.gov.uk, Office for National Statistics, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area-ks07--religion.xls">KS07 Religion</a> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Page_white_excel.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" />, 22 July 2004, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110912070140/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">archived</a> from the original on 12 September 2011, retrieved 5 August 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ons.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Census+2001+Key+Statistics+%E2%80%93+Urban+area+results+by+population+size+of+urban+area&rft.pages=KS07+Religion+Image%3APage+white+excel.png%7C16px%7Clink%3D%3Csmall%3E%3C%2Fsmall%3E&rft.date=2004-07-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fons%2Fpublications%2Fre-reference-tables.html%3Fedition%3Dtcm%253A77-211152&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=276783&c=Tameside&d=13&e=16&g=355472&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1198202002570&enc=1">Tameside Metropolitan Borough key statistics</a>, Statistics.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090503160332/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=276783&c=Tameside&d=13&e=16&g=355472&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1198202002570&enc=1">archived</a> from the original on 3 May 2009, retrieved 10 July 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+key+statistics&rft.pub=Statistics.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fneighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk%2Fdissemination%2FLeadKeyFigures.do%3Fa%3D3%26b%3D276783%26c%3DTameside%26d%3D13%26e%3D16%26g%3D355472%26i%3D1001x1003x1004%26o%3D1%26m%3D0%26r%3D1%26s%3D1198202002570%26enc%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org/show-browse.php?town=Ashton-under-Lyne">"List of mosques in Ashton-under-Lyne"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131020125723/http://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org/show-browse.php?town=Ashton-under-Lyne">Archived</a> from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=List+of+mosques+in+Ashton-under-Lyne&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmosques.muslimsinbritain.org%2Fshow-browse.php%3Ftown%3DAshton-under-Lyne&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110927183812/http://www.yell.com/b/Markazi+Jamia+Mosque-Religious+Organisations-Ashton_Under_Lyne-OL66EJ-1206732/index.html">Markazi Jamia Mosque</a>, Yell.com, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.yell.com/b/Markazi+Jamia+Mosque-Religious+Organisations-Ashton_Under_Lyne-OL66EJ-1206732/index.html">the original</a> on 27 September 2011, retrieved 10 July 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Markazi+Jamia+Mosque&rft.pub=Yell.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yell.com%2Fb%2FMarkazi%2BJamia%2BMosque-Religious%2BOrganisations-Ashton_Under_Lyne-OL66EJ-1206732%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-employment-85">^ <a href="#cite_ref-employment_85-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-employment_85-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">"Census 2001 Key Statistics – Urban area results by population size of urban area"</a>, ons.gov.uk, Office for National Statistics, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area-ks09a--economic-activity---all-people.xls">KS09a Economic activity – all people</a> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Page_white_excel.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" />, 22 July 2004, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110912070140/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">archived</a> from the original on 12 September 2011, retrieved 15 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ons.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Census+2001+Key+Statistics+%E2%80%93+Urban+area+results+by+population+size+of+urban+area&rft.pages=KS09a+Economic+activity+-+all+people+Image%3APage+white+excel.png%7C16px%7Clink%3D%3Csmall%3E%3C%2Fsmall%3E&rft.date=2004-07-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fons%2Fpublications%2Fre-reference-tables.html%3Fedition%3Dtcm%253A77-211152&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tameside_economic_activity-86">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tameside_economic_activity_86-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tameside_economic_activity_86-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=276783&c=Tameside&d=13&e=16&g=355472&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1221504109232&enc=1&dsFamilyId=107">Tameside Local Authority economic activity</a>, Statistics.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110604060135/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=276783&c=Tameside&d=13&e=16&g=355472&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1221504109232&enc=1&dsFamilyId=107">archived</a> from the original on 4 June 2011, retrieved 15 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tameside+Local+Authority+economic+activity&rft.pub=Statistics.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fneighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk%2Fdissemination%2FLeadTableView.do%3Fa%3D7%26b%3D276783%26c%3DTameside%26d%3D13%26e%3D16%26g%3D355472%26i%3D1001x1003x1004%26o%3D1%26m%3D0%26r%3D1%26s%3D1221504109232%26enc%3D1%26dsFamilyId%3D107&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a> Nevell (1991), p. 52. </li> <li id="cite_note-88"><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a> Nevell (1993), pp. 35, 83. </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a> Nevell (1993), pp. 35–39 </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a> Nevell (1993), p. 101. </li> <li id="cite_note-91"><a href="#cite_ref-91">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTameside_Metropolitan_Borough_Council1992" class="citation cs2">Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (November 1992), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090502030435/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/udp/udp1996/appendix6">Appendix 6: Conservation Areas and Scheduled Ancient Monuments (Policies C11 and C30)</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/udp/udp1996/appendix6">the original</a> on 2 May 2009, retrieved 4 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Appendix+6%3A+Conservation+Areas+and+Scheduled+Ancient+Monuments+%28Policies+C11+and+C30%29&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft.date=1992-11&rft.au=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fudp%2Fudp1996%2Fappendix6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/ashton/market">Ashton market</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, 3 November 2007, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080913150224/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/ashton/market">archived</a> from the original on 13 September 2008, retrieved 20 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ashton+market&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft.date=2007-11-03&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fashton%2Fmarket&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-93"><a href="#cite_ref-93">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4604024.stm">Ikea's superstore plans approved</a>, BBC Online, 11 January 2006, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071226032222/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4604024.stm">archived</a> from the original on 26 December 2007, retrieved 3 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ikea%27s+superstore+plans+approved&rft.pub=BBC+Online&rft.date=2006-01-11&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fengland%2Fmanchester%2F4604024.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-94"><a href="#cite_ref-94">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEmma_Unsworth2006" class="citation cs2">Emma Unsworth (16 October 2006), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/lifestyle/health_and_beauty/style/s/225/225588_ikeas_finally_here.html">"IKEA's finally here"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Evening_News" title="Manchester Evening News">Manchester Evening News</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210806165455/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/fashion-news/ikeas-finally-here-1044860">archived</a> from the original on 6 August 2021, retrieved 3 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Manchester+Evening+News&rft.atitle=IKEA%27s+finally+here&rft.date=2006-10-16&rft.au=Emma+Unsworth&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Fhealth_and_beauty%2Fstyle%2Fs%2F225%2F225588_ikeas_finally_here.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-95"><a href="#cite_ref-95">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070322001654/http://www.ashton-moss.com/index.asp?PageID=58">Completed development</a>, Ashton-Moss.com, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//www.ashton-moss.com/index.asp?PageID=58">the original</a> on 22 March 2007, retrieved 6 July 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Completed+development&rft.pub=Ashton-Moss.com&rft_id=%2F%2Fwww.ashton-moss.com%2Findex.asp%3FPageID%3D58&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-96"><a href="#cite_ref-96">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavid_Thame2005" class="citation cs2">David Thame (23 May 2005), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/business/s/213/213820_the_big_spenders_are_in_town.html">"The big spenders are in town!"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Evening_News" title="Manchester Evening News">Manchester Evening News</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210806165412/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/the-big-spenders-are-in-town-1030408">archived</a> from the original on 6 August 2021, retrieved 15 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Manchester+Evening+News&rft.atitle=The+big+spenders+are+in+town%21&rft.date=2005-05-23&rft.au=David+Thame&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Fs%2F213%2F213820_the_big_spenders_are_in_town.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-97"><a href="#cite_ref-97">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavid_Thame2005" class="citation cs2">David Thame (5 July 2005), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/business/s/164/164830_ashtons_eastern_promise.html">"Ashton's eastern promise"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Evening_News" title="Manchester Evening News">Manchester Evening News</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210806165413/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/ashtons-eastern-promise-1076055">archived</a> from the original on 6 August 2021, retrieved 15 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Manchester+Evening+News&rft.atitle=Ashton%27s+eastern+promise&rft.date=2005-07-05&rft.au=David+Thame&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Fs%2F164%2F164830_ashtons_eastern_promise.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-98"><a href="#cite_ref-98">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/381590_street_killings_hit_towns_night_spots">"Street killings hit town's night spots"</a>, Tameside Advertiser, 23 May 2002, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120911125550/http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/381590_street_killings_hit_towns_night_spots">archived</a> from the original on 11 September 2012, retrieved 20 August 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Tameside+Advertiser&rft.atitle=Street+killings+hit+town%27s+night+spots&rft.date=2002-05-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fs%2F381590_street_killings_hit_towns_night_spots&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-99"><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">"Census 2001 Key Statistics – Urban area results by population size of urban area"</a>, ons.gov.uk, Office for National Statistics, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area/urban-area-results-by-population-size-of-urban-area-ks11a--industry-of-employment---all-people.xls">KS11a Industry of employment – all people</a> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Page_white_excel.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" />, 22 July 2004, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110912070140/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-211152">archived</a> from the original on 12 September 2011, retrieved 15 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ons.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Census+2001+Key+Statistics+%E2%80%93+Urban+area+results+by+population+size+of+urban+area&rft.pages=KS11a+Industry+of+employment+-+all+people+Image%3APage+white+excel.png%7C16px%7Clink%3D%3Csmall%3E%3C%2Fsmall%3E&rft.date=2004-07-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fons%2Fpublications%2Fre-reference-tables.html%3Fedition%3Dtcm%253A77-211152&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a> James (2008), pp. 33–34. </li> <li id="cite_note-101"><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eastcheshireharriers.co.uk.googlepages.com/clubhistory">History of East Cheshire Harriers</a>, East Cheshire Harriers, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080516031213/http://www.eastcheshireharriers.co.uk.googlepages.com/clubhistory">archived</a> from the original on 16 May 2008, retrieved 19 July 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+East+Cheshire+Harriers&rft.pub=East+Cheshire+Harriers&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastcheshireharriers.co.uk.googlepages.com%2Fclubhistory&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-102"><a href="#cite_ref-102">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080612182220/http://www.oldhamcc.co.uk/competitions/wood_cup_detail.php">Oldham Cricket Club: Wood Cup</a>, OldhamCC.co.uk, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oldhamcc.co.uk/competitions/wood_cup_detail.php">the original</a> on 12 June 2008, retrieved 1 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Oldham+Cricket+Club%3A+Wood+Cup&rft.pub=OldhamCC.co.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oldhamcc.co.uk%2Fcompetitions%2Fwood_cup_detail.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ashtonladysmith.play-cricket.com/home">"Ashton Ladysmith CC"</a>. ashtonladysmith.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 6 January 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ashtonladysmith.play-cricket.com&rft.atitle=Ashton+Ladysmith+CC&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fashtonladysmith.play-cricket.com%2Fhome&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a> Nevell and Walker (2001), pp. 59, 61. </li> <li id="cite_note-105"><a href="#cite_ref-105">^</a> Nevell and Walker (2001), pp. 63–64. </li> <li id="cite_note-106"><a href="#cite_ref-106">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1067079_from_farflung_canada_to_corrie">"From far-flung Canada to Corrie"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Evening_News" title="Manchester Evening News">Manchester Evening News</a>, 17 September 2008, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080922143259/http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1067079_from_farflung_canada_to_corrie">archived</a> from the original on 22 September 2008, retrieved 19 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Manchester+Evening+News&rft.atitle=From+far-flung+Canada+to+Corrie&rft.date=2008-09-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fs%2F1067079_from_farflung_canada_to_corrie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-107"><a href="#cite_ref-107">^</a> Burke and Nevell (1996), pp. 118–119. </li> <li id="cite_note-108"><a href="#cite_ref-108">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/battle-save-historic-military-building-8439583#rlabs=3">"Ashton campaigners in battle on to save the historic Armoury"</a>. Manchester Evening News. 14 January 2015. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170929231536/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/battle-save-historic-military-building-8439583#rlabs=3">Archived</a> from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ashton+campaigners+in+battle+on+to+save+the+historic+Armoury&rft.pub=Manchester+Evening+News&rft.date=2015-01-14&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flocal-news%2Fbattle-save-historic-military-building-8439583%23rlabs%3D3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-109"><a href="#cite_ref-109">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/parks">Parks in Tameside: Tameside Parks Moving Forward</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090731175216/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/parks">archived</a> from the original on 31 July 2009, retrieved 7 July 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Parks+in+Tameside%3A+Tameside+Parks+Moving+Forward&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fparks&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-stamford_park-110">^ <a href="#cite_ref-stamford_park_110-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stamford_park_110-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/consultation/stamfordpark">Tameside Metropolitan Borough council : Stamford Park : History</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091015072939/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/consultation/stamfordpark">Archived</a> 15 October 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved 12 September 2009 </li> <li id="cite_note-inflation-UK-111">^ <a href="#cite_ref-inflation-UK_111-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-inflation-UK_111-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-inflation-UK_111-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-inflation-UK_111-3">d</a> UK <a href="/wiki/Retail_Price_Index" title="Retail Price Index">Retail Price Index</a> inflation figures are based on data from <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClark2017" class="citation web cs1">Clark, Gregory (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://measuringworth.com/datasets/ukearncpi/">"The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/MeasuringWorth" title="MeasuringWorth">MeasuringWorth</a>. Retrieved 7 May 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=MeasuringWorth&rft.atitle=The+Annual+RPI+and+Average+Earnings+for+Britain%2C+1209+to+Present+%28New+Series%29&rft.date=2017&rft.aulast=Clark&rft.aufirst=Gregory&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmeasuringworth.com%2Fdatasets%2Fukearncpi%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-112"><a href="#cite_ref-112">^</a> Nevell (1993), p. 145. </li> <li id="cite_note-113"><a href="#cite_ref-113">^</a> Wyke (2005), p. 357. </li> <li id="cite_note-114"><a href="#cite_ref-114">^</a> Burke and Nevell (1996), pp. 144–145. </li> <li id="cite_note-115"><a href="#cite_ref-115">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/countryside/access/hartshead">Hartshead Pike</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, 13 October 2006, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081204191444/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/countryside/access/hartshead">archived</a> from the original on 4 December 2008, retrieved 20 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hartshead+Pike&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft.date=2006-10-13&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fcountryside%2Faccess%2Fhartshead&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-save_the_witchwood-116"><a href="#cite_ref-save_the_witchwood_116-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSue_Carr2006" class="citation cs2">Sue Carr (15 November 2006), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/519981_save_the_witchwood_">Save The Witchwood</a>, TamesideAdvertiser.co.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130505052016/http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/519981_save_the_witchwood_">archived</a> from the original on 5 May 2013, retrieved 26 April 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Save+The+Witchwood&rft.pub=TamesideAdvertiser.co.uk&rft.date=2006-11-15&rft.au=Sue+Carr&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fs%2F519981_save_the_witchwood_&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-117"><a href="#cite_ref-117">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDon_Frame2005" class="citation cs2">Don Frame (24 January 2005), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/143/143670_party_as_stars_pub_is_saved.html">"Party as stars' pub is saved"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Evening_News" title="Manchester Evening News">Manchester Evening News</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210806165415/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/party-as-stars-pub-is-saved-1054957">archived</a> from the original on 6 August 2021, retrieved 29 January 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Manchester+Evening+News&rft.atitle=Party+as+stars%27+pub+is+saved&rft.date=2005-01-24&rft.au=Don+Frame&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fs%2F143%2F143670_party_as_stars_pub_is_saved.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-WWI_Memorial-118">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WWI_Memorial_118-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-WWI_Memorial_118-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-WWI_Memorial_118-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPublic_Monuments_and_Sculpture_Association2003" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Public_Monuments_and_Sculpture_Association" title="Public Monuments and Sculpture Association">Public Monuments and Sculpture Association</a> (16 June 2003), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090630070825/http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/MR/MR-TAM11.htm">Ashton-under-Lyne War Memorial</a>, pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/MR/MR-TAM11.htm">the original</a> on 30 June 2009, retrieved 19 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ashton-under-Lyne+War+Memorial&rft.pub=pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk&rft.date=2003-06-16&rft.au=Public+Monuments+and+Sculpture+Association&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk%2FMR%2FMR-TAM11.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-119"><a href="#cite_ref-119">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/warmemorial/ashton">Ashton War Memorial</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080821174417/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/warmemorial/ashton">archived</a> from the original on 21 August 2008, retrieved 10 July 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ashton+War+Memorial&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fwarmemorial%2Fashton&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-120"><a href="#cite_ref-120">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Winter_Hill">"Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter"</a>. UK Free TV. Retrieved 22 November 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Full+Freeview+on+the+Winter+Hill+%28Bolton%2C+England%29+transmitter&rft.pub=UK+Free+TV&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fukfree.tv%2Ftransmitters%2Ftv%2FWinter_Hill&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-121"><a href="#cite_ref-121">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-nw/tameside-reporter/">"Tameside Reporter"</a>. British Papers. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=British+Papers&rft.atitle=Tameside+Reporter&rft.date=2013-12-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishpapers.co.uk%2Fengland-nw%2Ftameside-reporter%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-122"><a href="#cite_ref-122">^</a> Nevell (1993), pp. 118–120. </li> <li id="cite_note-123"><a href="#cite_ref-123">^</a> Nevell (1993), p. 121. </li> <li id="cite_note-124"><a href="#cite_ref-124">^</a> Nevell (1993), pp. 121–122. </li> <li id="cite_note-Nevell_1993_122-125">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1993_122_125-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nevell_1993_122_125-1">b</a> Nevell (1993), p. 122. </li> <li id="cite_note-126"><a href="#cite_ref-126">^</a> Nevell (1993), pp. 123–124. </li> <li id="cite_note-127"><a href="#cite_ref-127">^</a> Nevell (1993), pp. 124–125. </li> <li id="cite_note-Butt-128">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Butt_128-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butt_128-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butt_128-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFButt1995" class="citation book cs1">Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 20. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85260-508-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85260-508-7"><bdi>978-1-85260-508-7</bdi></a>. R508.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Directory+of+Railway+Stations&rft.place=Yeovil&rft.pages=20&rft.pub=Patrick+Stephens+Ltd&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-1-85260-508-7&rft.aulast=Butt&rft.aufirst=R.V.J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-129"><a href="#cite_ref-129">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarshall1969" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Marshall_(railway_historian)" title="John Marshall (railway historian)">Marshall, John</a> (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: <a href="/wiki/David_%26_Charles" title="David & Charles">David & Charles</a>. pp. 61, 63. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7153-4352-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7153-4352-4"><bdi>978-0-7153-4352-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Lancashire+%26+Yorkshire+Railway%2C+volume+1&rft.place=Newton+Abbot&rft.pages=61%2C+63&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1969&rft.isbn=978-0-7153-4352-4&rft.aulast=Marshall&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-130"><a href="#cite_ref-130">^</a> Nevell (1993), p. 130. </li> <li id="cite_note-131"><a href="#cite_ref-131">^</a> Nevell (1993), pp. 130–131. </li> <li id="cite_note-Prior-132"><a href="#cite_ref-Prior_132-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=5353">British Trams Online</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131019110153/http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=5353">Archived</a> 19 October 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Metrolink arrives in Ashton-under-Lyne, G. Prior </li> <li id="cite_note-133"><a href="#cite_ref-133">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/schools/nursery/area">Nursery Schools List by Area</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090410074508/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/schools/nursery/area">archived</a> from the original on 10 April 2009, retrieved 22 May 2019</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nursery+Schools+List+by+Area&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fschools%2Fnursery%2Farea&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-134"><a href="#cite_ref-134">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/schools/primary/area">Primary Schools List by Area</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090926040335/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/schools/primary/area">archived</a> from the original on 26 September 2009, retrieved 22 May 2019</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Primary+Schools+List+by+Area&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fschools%2Fprimary%2Farea&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-135"><a href="#cite_ref-135">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/schools/secondary/area">High Schools List by Area</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090729031249/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/schools/secondary/area">archived</a> from the original on 29 July 2009, retrieved 22 May 2019</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=High+Schools+List+by+Area&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fschools%2Fsecondary%2Farea&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-136"><a href="#cite_ref-136">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEve_Dugdale2007" class="citation cs2">Eve Dugdale (7 February 2007), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/523227_school_is_labelled_as_inadequate">"School is labelled as 'inadequate'"</a>, Tameside Advertiser, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210806165509/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/tameside">archived</a> from the original on 6 August 2021, retrieved 25 June 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Tameside+Advertiser&rft.atitle=School+is+labelled+as+%27inadequate%27&rft.date=2007-02-07&rft.au=Eve+Dugdale&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fs%2F523227_school_is_labelled_as_inadequate&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-137"><a href="#cite_ref-137">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614155226/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/schools/admissions/1011/newcharter">New Charter Academy admission arrangements 2010/2011</a>, Tameside.gov.uk, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/schools/admissions/1011/newcharter">the original</a> on 14 June 2011, retrieved 25 June 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+Charter+Academy+admission+arrangements+2010%2F2011&rft.pub=Tameside.gov.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.gov.uk%2Fschools%2Fadmissions%2F1011%2Fnewcharter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-138"><a href="#cite_ref-138">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAdam_Derbyshire2006" class="citation cs2">Adam Derbyshire (22 November 2006), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/520233_six_super_schools_in_vision_of_future">"Six super schools in vision of future"</a>, Tameside Advertiser, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090402114237/http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/520233_six_super_schools_in_vision_of_future">archived</a> from the original on 2 April 2009, retrieved 25 June 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Tameside+Advertiser&rft.atitle=Six+super+schools+in+vision+of+future&rft.date=2006-11-22&rft.au=Adam+Derbyshire&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fs%2F520233_six_super_schools_in_vision_of_future&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-139"><a href="#cite_ref-139">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20091020210209/http%3A//www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi%2Dbin/performancetables/school_08.pl?Mode%3DZ%26No%3D3574602%26Type%3DP%26Begin%3Db%26Num%3Dp008%26Phase%3D1%26Year%3D08%26Base%3Dg">St Damian's RC Science College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Children,_Schools_and_Families" title="Department for Children, Schools and Families">Department for Children, Schools and Families</a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_08.pl?Mode=Z&No=3574602&Type=P&Begin=b&Num=p008&Phase=1&Year=08&Base=g">the original</a> on 20 October 2009, retrieved 29 June 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=St+Damian%27s+RC+Science+College&rft.pub=Department+for+Children%2C+Schools+and+Families&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcsf.gov.uk%2Fcgi-bin%2Fperformancetables%2Fschool_08.pl%3FMode%3DZ%26No%3D3574602%26Type%3DP%26Begin%3Db%26Num%3Dp008%26Phase%3D1%26Year%3D08%26Base%3Dg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-140"><a href="#cite_ref-140">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120801063625/http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_04.pl?School=3577002">Dale Grove School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Children,_Schools_and_Families" title="Department for Children, Schools and Families">Department for Children, Schools and Families</a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_04.pl?School=3577002">the original</a> on 1 August 2012, retrieved 29 June 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dale+Grove+School&rft.pub=Department+for+Children%2C+Schools+and+Families&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcsf.gov.uk%2Fcgi-bin%2Fperformancetables%2Fdfe1x1_04.pl%3FSchool%3D3577002&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-141"><a href="#cite_ref-141">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120729031800/http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_06.pl?Mode=Z&No=3578601&Type=P&Num=p008&Phase=2&Year=06&Base=">Ashton-under-Lyne Sixth Form College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Children,_Schools_and_Families" title="Department for Children, Schools and Families">Department for Children, Schools and Families</a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_06.pl?Mode=Z&No=3578601&Type=P&Num=p008&Phase=2&Year=06&Base=">the original</a> on 29 July 2012, retrieved 29 June 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ashton-under-Lyne+Sixth+Form+College&rft.pub=Department+for+Children%2C+Schools+and+Families&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcsf.gov.uk%2Fcgi-bin%2Fperformancetables%2Fschool_06.pl%3FMode%3DZ%26No%3D3578601%26Type%3DP%26Num%3Dp008%26Phase%3D2%26Year%3D06%26Base%3D&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-142"><a href="#cite_ref-142">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090307004817/http://www.tameside.ac.uk/findus.asp">Find us – Tameside College</a>, Tameside.ac.uk, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tameside.ac.uk/findus.asp">the original</a> on 7 March 2009, retrieved 29 June 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Find+us+%E2%80%93+Tameside+College&rft.pub=Tameside.ac.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tameside.ac.uk%2Ffindus.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-143"><a href="#cite_ref-143">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/community/nostalgia/s/383453_the_1950s">"Nostalgia: the 1950s"</a>, The Tameside Advertiser, 9 October 2003, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071229112415/http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/community/nostalgia/s/383453_the_1950s">archived</a> from the original on 29 December 2007, retrieved 29 June 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Tameside+Advertiser&rft.atitle=Nostalgia%3A+the+1950s&rft.date=2003-10-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk%2Fcommunity%2Fnostalgia%2Fs%2F383453_the_1950s&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-144"><a href="#cite_ref-144">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gmwda.gov.uk/">"Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA)"</a>. Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority. 2008. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080207001553/http://www.gmwda.gov.uk/">Archived</a> from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Greater+Manchester+Waste+Disposal+Authority+%28GMWDA%29&rft.pub=Greater+Manchester+Waste+Disposal+Authority&rft.date=2008&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gmwda.gov.uk%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-145"><a href="#cite_ref-145">^</a> Nevell (1993), pp. 134–135. </li> <li id="cite_note-UU-146">^ <a href="#cite_ref-UU_146-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UU_146-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unitedutilities.com/?OBH=4188&ID=1419">"Tameside"</a>. United Utilities. 17 April 2007. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716080927/http://www.unitedutilities.com/?OBH=4188&ID=1419">Archived</a> from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tameside&rft.pub=United+Utilities&rft.date=2007-04-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unitedutilities.com%2F%3FOBH%3D4188%26ID%3D1419&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-147"><a href="#cite_ref-147">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071101095658/http://www.gmp.police.uk/division05/pages/yourarea.htm">"Your Area – Tameside"</a>. Greater Manchester Police. 25 January 2006. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gmp.police.uk/division05/pages/yourarea.htm">the original</a> on 1 November 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Your+Area+%E2%80%93+Tameside&rft.pub=Greater+Manchester+Police&rft.date=2006-01-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gmp.police.uk%2Fdivision05%2Fpages%2Fyourarea.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-148"><a href="#cite_ref-148">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gmp.police.uk/live/nhoodv3.nsf/index-divisions.html?ReadForm&Division=Tameside">"Tameside"</a>. Greater Manchester Police. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100203132709/http://www.gmp.police.uk/live/nhoodv3.nsf/index-divisions.html?ReadForm&Division=Tameside">Archived</a> from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tameside&rft.pub=Greater+Manchester+Police&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gmp.police.uk%2Flive%2Fnhoodv3.nsf%2Findex-divisions.html%3FReadForm%26Division%3DTameside&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-149"><a href="#cite_ref-149">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090608092533/http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/my-area/tameside/ashton-under-lyne-fire-station.aspx">"Ashton-Under-Lyne Fire Station"</a>. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/my-area/tameside/ashton-under-lyne-fire-station.aspx">the original</a> on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ashton-Under-Lyne+Fire+Station&rft.pub=Greater+Manchester+Fire+and+Rescue+Service&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchesterfire.gov.uk%2Fmy-area%2Ftameside%2Fashton-under-lyne-fire-station.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-150"><a href="#cite_ref-150">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110720103149/http://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/pages/Profile.asp#locality">"Profile"</a>. Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/pages/Profile.asp#locality">the original</a> on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Profile&rft.pub=Tameside+Hospital+NHS+Foundation+Trust&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk%2Fpages%2FProfile.asp%23locality&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-151"><a href="#cite_ref-151">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110720103200/https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/pages/aboutthetrust.asp">"About the Trust"</a>. Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/pages/aboutthetrust.asp">the original</a> on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=About+the+Trust&rft.pub=Tameside+Hospital+NHS+Foundation+Trust&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk%2Fpages%2Faboutthetrust.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Bibliography">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 40em"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurkeNevell1996" class="citation cs2">Burke, Tom; Nevell, Mike (1996), Buildings of Tameside, Tameside Metropolitan Borough and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester University">University of Manchester Archaeological Unit</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-14-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-14-3"><bdi>978-1-871324-14-3</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Buildings+of+Tameside&rft.pub=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+and+University+of+Manchester+Archaeological+Unit&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-1-871324-14-3&rft.aulast=Burke&rft.aufirst=Tom&rft.au=Nevell%2C+Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFarrerBrownbill1911" class="citation cs2">Farrer, William; Brownbill, J (1911), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41438">The parish of Ashton-under-Lyne – Introduction, manor & boroughs</a>, British-history.ac.uk, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090124234002/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41438">archived</a> from the original on 24 January 2009, retrieved 12 September 2008</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+parish+of+Ashton-under-Lyne+%E2%80%93+Introduction%2C+manor+%26+boroughs&rft.pub=British-history.ac.uk&rft.date=1911&rft.aulast=Farrer&rft.aufirst=William&rft.au=Brownbill%2C+J&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.british-history.ac.uk%2Freport.aspx%3Fcompid%3D41438&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrangopulo1977" class="citation cs2">Frangopulo, N. J. (1977), Tradition in Action: The Historical Evolution of the Greater Manchester County, Wakefield: EP, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7158-1203-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7158-1203-7"><bdi>978-0-7158-1203-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tradition+in+Action%3A+The+Historical+Evolution+of+the+Greater+Manchester+County&rft.place=Wakefield&rft.pub=EP&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=978-0-7158-1203-7&rft.aulast=Frangopulo&rft.aufirst=N.+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGriffith1898" class="citation cs2">Griffith, Kate (1898), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/folklore07britgoog#page/n407/mode/1up">"The Black Lad of Ashton-under-Lyne"</a>, Folklore, 8 (4), Folklore Society: 379–382, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F0015587x.1898.9720476">10.1080/0015587x.1898.9720476</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Folklore&rft.atitle=The+Black+Lad+of+Ashton-under-Lyne&rft.volume=8&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=379-382&rft.date=1898&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F0015587x.1898.9720476&rft.aulast=Griffith&rft.aufirst=Kate&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Ffolklore07britgoog%23page%2Fn407%2Fmode%2F1up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHartwell,_ClareHyde,_MatthewPevsner,_Nikolaus2004" class="citation cs2">Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire : Manchester and the South-East, The buildings of England, New Haven, Conn.; London: Yale University Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-300-10583-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-300-10583-4"><bdi>978-0-300-10583-4</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lancashire+%3A+Manchester+and+the+South-East&rft.place=New+Haven%2C+Conn.%3B+London&rft.series=The+buildings+of+England&rft.pub=Yale+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-300-10583-4&rft.au=Hartwell%2C+Clare&rft.au=Hyde%2C+Matthew&rft.au=Pevsner%2C+Nikolaus&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHodgesonBrennand2004" class="citation cs2">Hodgeson, John; Brennand, Mark (2004), Mark Brennand (ed.), "The Prehistoric Period Resource Assessment", Archaeology North West: 23–58, <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0962-4201">0962-4201</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Archaeology+North+West&rft.atitle=The+Prehistoric+Period+Resource+Assessment&rft.pages=23-58&rft.date=2004&rft.issn=0962-4201&rft.aulast=Hodgeson&rft.aufirst=John&rft.au=Brennand%2C+Mark&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJames2008" class="citation cs2">James, Gary (2008), Manchester – A Football History, Halifax: James Ward, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9558127-0-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9558127-0-5"><bdi>978-0-9558127-0-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Manchester+%E2%80%93+A+Football+History&rft.place=Halifax&rft.pub=James+Ward&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-9558127-0-5&rft.aulast=James&rft.aufirst=Gary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLewis1848" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Lewis_(publisher)" title="Samuel Lewis (publisher)">Lewis, Samuel</a> (1848), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50765">A Topographical Dictionary of England</a>, Institute of Historical Research, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8063-1508-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8063-1508-9"><bdi>978-0-8063-1508-9</bdi></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111028075341/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50765">archived</a> from the original on 28 October 2011, retrieved 3 September 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Topographical+Dictionary+of+England&rft.pub=Institute+of+Historical+Research&rft.date=1848&rft.isbn=978-0-8063-1508-9&rft.aulast=Lewis&rft.aufirst=Samuel&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.british-history.ac.uk%2Freport.aspx%3Fcompid%3D50765&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcNeil,_RNevell,_M2000" class="citation cs2">McNeil, R & Nevell, M (2000), A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Greater Manchester, Association for Industrial Archaeology, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9528930-3-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9528930-3-5"><bdi>978-0-9528930-3-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Guide+to+the+Industrial+Archaeology+of+Greater+Manchester&rft.pub=Association+for+Industrial+Archaeology&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-9528930-3-5&rft.au=McNeil%2C+R&rft.au=Nevell%2C+M&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNevell1991" class="citation cs2">Nevell, Mike (1991), Tameside 1066–1700, Tameside Metropolitan Borough and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester University">University of Manchester Archaeological Unit</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-02-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-02-0"><bdi>978-1-871324-02-0</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tameside+1066%E2%80%931700&rft.pub=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+and+University+of+Manchester+Archaeological+Unit&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-1-871324-02-0&rft.aulast=Nevell&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNevell1992" class="citation cs2">Nevell, Mike (1992), Tameside Before 1066, Tameside Metropolitan Borough and Greater Manchester Archaeological Unit, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-07-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-07-5"><bdi>978-1-871324-07-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tameside+Before+1066&rft.pub=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+and+Greater+Manchester+Archaeological+Unit&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-1-871324-07-5&rft.aulast=Nevell&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNevell1993" class="citation cs2">Nevell, Mike (1993), Tameside 1700–1930, Tameside Metropolitan Borough and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester University">University of Manchester Archaeological Unit</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-08-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-08-2"><bdi>978-1-871324-08-2</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tameside+1700%E2%80%931930&rft.pub=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+and+University+of+Manchester+Archaeological+Unit&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-1-871324-08-2&rft.aulast=Nevell&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNevell1994" class="citation cs2">Nevell, Mike (1994), The People Who Made Tameside, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-12-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-12-9"><bdi>978-1-871324-12-9</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+People+Who+Made+Tameside&rft.pub=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+Council&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-1-871324-12-9&rft.aulast=Nevell&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNevell1997" class="citation cs2">Nevell, Mike (1997), The Archaeology of Trafford, Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council with the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester University">University of Manchester Archaeological Unit</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-870695-25-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-870695-25-1"><bdi>978-1-870695-25-1</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Archaeology+of+Trafford&rft.pub=Trafford+Metropolitan+Borough+Council+with+the+University+of+Manchester+Archaeological+Unit&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-1-870695-25-1&rft.aulast=Nevell&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNevellRoberts,_John2003" class="citation cs2">Nevell, Mike; Roberts, John (2003), The Park Bridge Ironworks and the archaeology of the Wrought Iron Industry in North West England, 1600 to 1900, Tameside Metropolitan Borough with <a href="/wiki/Manchester_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester University">University of Manchester Archaeological Unit</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-27-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-27-3"><bdi>978-1-871324-27-3</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Park+Bridge+Ironworks+and+the+archaeology+of+the+Wrought+Iron+Industry+in+North+West+England%2C+1600+to+1900&rft.pub=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+with+University+of+Manchester+Archaeological+Unit&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-1-871324-27-3&rft.aulast=Nevell&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft.au=Roberts%2C+John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNevellWalker,_John1998" class="citation cs2">Nevell, Mike; Walker, John (1998), Lands and Lordships in Tameside, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council with the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester University">University of Manchester Archaeological Unit</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-18-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-18-1"><bdi>978-1-871324-18-1</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lands+and+Lordships+in+Tameside&rft.pub=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+Council+with+the+University+of+Manchester+Archaeological+Unit&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-1-871324-18-1&rft.aulast=Nevell&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft.au=Walker%2C+John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNevellWalker,_John2001" class="citation cs2">Nevell, Mike; Walker, John (2001), Portland Basin and the archaeology of the Canal Warehouse, Tameside Metropolitan Borough with <a href="/wiki/Manchester_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester University">University of Manchester Archaeological Unit</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-25-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-871324-25-9"><bdi>978-1-871324-25-9</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Portland+Basin+and+the+archaeology+of+the+Canal+Warehouse&rft.pub=Tameside+Metropolitan+Borough+with+University+of+Manchester+Archaeological+Unit&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-1-871324-25-9&rft.aulast=Nevell&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft.au=Walker%2C+John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPowell1986" class="citation cs2">Powell, Rob (1986), In the Wake of King Cotton, Rochdale Art Gallery</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=In+the+Wake+of+King+Cotton&rft.pub=Rochdale+Art+Gallery&rft.date=1986&rft.aulast=Powell&rft.aufirst=Rob&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilson1870–1872" class="citation cs2">Wilson, John Marius (1870–1872), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=881070&word=NULL">Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales</a>, A. Fullarton & Co, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121022205053/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=881070&word=NULL">archived</a> from the original on 22 October 2012, retrieved 19 July 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Imperial+Gazetteer+of+England+and+Wales&rft.pub=A.+Fullarton+%26+Co&rft.date=1870%2F1872&rft.aulast=Wilson&rft.aufirst=John+Marius&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.visionofbritain.org.uk%2Fdescriptions%2Fentry_page.jsp%3Ftext_id%3D881070%26word%3DNULL&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWyke2005" class="citation cs2">Wyke, Terry (2005), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_h5hIINSn3cC&pg=PA357">Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester</a>, Liverpool University Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85323-567-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85323-567-5"><bdi>978-0-85323-567-5</bdi></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210515054452/https://books.google.com/books?id=_h5hIINSn3cC&q=Hartshead+hill&pg=PA357">archived</a> from the original on 15 May 2021</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Public+Sculpture+of+Greater+Manchester&rft.pub=Liverpool+University+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-85323-567-5&rft.aulast=Wyke&rft.aufirst=Terry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D_h5hIINSn3cC%26pg%3DPA357&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshton-under-Lyne" class="Z3988"></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/40px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/60px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/80px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="193" /></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikivoyage has a travel guide for <a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne#Q659803" class="extiw" title="wikivoyage:Ashton-under-Lyne">Ashton-under-Lyne</a>.</div></div> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ashton-under-Lyne" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Ashton-under-Lyne">Ashton-under-Lyne</a>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ashton-under-Lyne.com/">Ashton-under-Lyne.com</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Ceremonial_county_of_Greater_Manchester" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist vcard mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Greater_Manchester" title="Template:Greater Manchester"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Greater_Manchester" title="Template talk:Greater Manchester"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Greater_Manchester" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Greater Manchester"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Ceremonial_county_of_Greater_Manchester" class="adr" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Portal:Greater_Manchester" title="Portal:Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester Portal</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Statutory City Region</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Combined_Authority" title="Greater Manchester Combined Authority">Greater Manchester Combined Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Statutory_City_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Manchester Statutory City Region">Greater Manchester Statutory City Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Greater_Manchester" title="Mayor of Greater Manchester">Mayor of Greater Manchester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metropolitan districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">City of Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Salford" title="City of Salford">City of Salford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Bolton" title="Metropolitan Borough of Bolton">Metropolitan Borough of Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Bury" title="Metropolitan Borough of Bury">Metropolitan Borough of Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Oldham" title="Metropolitan Borough of Oldham">Metropolitan Borough of Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale" title="Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale">Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Stockport" title="Metropolitan Borough of Stockport">Metropolitan Borough of Stockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tameside" title="Tameside">Metropolitan Borough of Tameside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trafford" title="Trafford">Metropolitan Borough of Trafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Wigan" title="Metropolitan Borough of Wigan">Metropolitan Borough of Wigan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major settlements (cities in italics)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altrincham" title="Altrincham">Altrincham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton-in-Makerfield" title="Ashton-in-Makerfield">Ashton-in-Makerfield</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ashton-under-Lyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astley,_Greater_Manchester" title="Astley, Greater Manchester">Astley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atherton,_Greater_Manchester" title="Atherton, Greater Manchester">Atherton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audenshaw" title="Audenshaw">Audenshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackrod" title="Blackrod">Blackrod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton" title="Bolton">Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bramhall" title="Bramhall">Bramhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bredbury" title="Bredbury">Bredbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bury,_Greater_Manchester" title="Bury, Greater Manchester">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadderton" title="Chadderton">Chadderton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheadle,_Greater_Manchester" title="Cheadle, Greater Manchester">Cheadle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheadle_Hulme" title="Cheadle Hulme">Cheadle Hulme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorlton-cum-Hardy" title="Chorlton-cum-Hardy">Chorlton-cum-Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didsbury" title="Didsbury">Didsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton,_Greater_Manchester" title="Denton, Greater Manchester">Denton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Droylsden" title="Droylsden">Droylsden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dukinfield" title="Dukinfield">Dukinfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eccles,_Greater_Manchester" title="Eccles, Greater Manchester">Eccles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Failsworth" title="Failsworth">Failsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farnworth" title="Farnworth">Farnworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golborne" title="Golborne">Golborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hale,_Greater_Manchester" title="Hale, Greater Manchester">Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazel_Grove" title="Hazel Grove">Hazel Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heywood,_Greater_Manchester" title="Heywood, Greater Manchester">Heywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindley,_Greater_Manchester" title="Hindley, Greater Manchester">Hindley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horwich" title="Horwich">Horwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde,_Greater_Manchester" title="Hyde, Greater Manchester">Hyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ince-in-Makerfield" title="Ince-in-Makerfield">Ince-in-Makerfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irlam" title="Irlam">Irlam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kearsley" title="Kearsley">Kearsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh,_Greater_Manchester" title="Leigh, Greater Manchester">Leigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleborough,_Greater_Manchester" title="Littleborough, Greater Manchester">Littleborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Lever" title="Little Lever">Little Lever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marple,_Greater_Manchester" title="Marple, Greater Manchester">Marple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleton,_Greater_Manchester" title="Middleton, Greater Manchester">Middleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milnrow" title="Milnrow">Milnrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mossley" title="Mossley">Mossley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham" title="Oldham">Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orrell,_Greater_Manchester" title="Orrell, Greater Manchester">Orrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partington" title="Partington">Partington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pendlebury" title="Pendlebury">Pendlebury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prestwich" title="Prestwich">Prestwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radcliffe,_Greater_Manchester" title="Radcliffe, Greater Manchester">Radcliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsbottom" title="Ramsbottom">Ramsbottom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reddish" title="Reddish">Reddish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romiley" title="Romiley">Romiley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royton" title="Royton">Royton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sale,_Greater_Manchester" title="Sale, Greater Manchester">Sale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salford" title="Salford">Salford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaw_and_Crompton" title="Shaw and Crompton">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stalybridge" title="Stalybridge">Stalybridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standish,_Greater_Manchester" title="Standish, Greater Manchester">Standish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockport" title="Stockport">Stockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stretford" title="Stretford">Stretford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swinton,_Greater_Manchester" title="Swinton, Greater Manchester">Swinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottington,_Greater_Manchester" title="Tottington, Greater Manchester">Tottington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyldesley" title="Tyldesley">Tyldesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urmston" title="Urmston">Urmston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walkden" title="Walkden">Walkden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westhoughton" title="Westhoughton">Westhoughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitefield,_Greater_Manchester" title="Whitefield, Greater Manchester">Whitefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigan" title="Wigan">Wigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worsley" title="Worsley">Worsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wythenshawe" title="Wythenshawe">Wythenshawe</a> See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Greater_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="List of civil parishes in Greater Manchester">List of civil parishes in Greater Manchester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/River_Beal" title="River Beal">Beal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Bollin" title="River Bollin">Bollin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Croal" title="River Croal">Croal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Douglas,_Lancashire" title="River Douglas, Lancashire">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Etherow" title="River Etherow">Etherow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Goyt" title="River Goyt">Goyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Irk" title="River Irk">Irk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Irwell" title="River Irwell">Irwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Medlock" title="River Medlock">Medlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Mersey" title="River Mersey">Mersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Roch" title="River Roch">Roch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Spodden" title="River Spodden">Spodden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Tame,_Greater_Manchester" title="River Tame, Greater Manchester">Tame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Tib" title="River Tib">Tib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Tonge" title="River Tonge">Tonge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Canals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Canal" title="Bridgewater Canal">Bridgewater Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fletcher%27s_Canal" title="Fletcher's Canal">Fletcher's Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulme_Locks_Branch_Canal" title="Hulme Locks Branch Canal">Hulme Locks Branch Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_Branch_Canal" title="Islington Branch Canal">Islington Branch Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_and_Salford_Junction_Canal" title="Manchester and Salford Junction Canal">Manchester and Salford Junction Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Bolton_%26_Bury_Canal" title="Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal">Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Ship_Canal" title="Manchester Ship Canal">Manchester Ship Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Bolton_%26_Bury_Canal" title="Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal">Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_and_Salford_Junction_Canal" title="Manchester and Salford Junction Canal">Manchester and Salford Junction Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersey_and_Irwell_Navigation" title="Mersey and Irwell Navigation">Mersey and Irwell Navigation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peak_Forest_Canal" title="Peak Forest Canal">Peak Forest Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockport_Branch_Canal" title="Stockport Branch Canal">Stockport Branch Canal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Greater_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester">Parliamentary constituencies and Members of Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Crime in Greater Manchester">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycling_in_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Cycling in Manchester">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Greater_Manchester" title="Demographics of Greater Manchester">Demography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Greater_Manchester" title="List of people from Greater Manchester">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_public_art_in_Greater_Manchester" title="List of public art in Greater Manchester">Public art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Greater_Manchester" title="List of schools in Greater Manchester">Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Greater_Manchester" title="Geography of Greater Manchester">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_County_Council" title="Greater Manchester County Council">Greater Manchester County Council</a> (1974–1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Greater_Manchester" title="List of places in Greater Manchester">Places</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greater_Manchester_settlements_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Greater Manchester settlements by population">Population of major settlements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Greater_Manchester" title="List of castles in Greater Manchester">Castles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_Greater_Manchester" title="List of churches in Greater Manchester">Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Greater_Manchester" title="Flag of Greater Manchester">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_Greater_Manchester" title="List of football clubs in Greater Manchester">Football clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester">Grade I listed buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester">Grade II* listed buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mills_in_Greater_Manchester" title="List of mills in Greater Manchester">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scheduled_monuments_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Scheduled monuments in Greater Manchester">Scheduled monuments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Greater_Manchester" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Greater Manchester">SSSIs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Greater_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Greater Manchester">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Greater_Manchester" title="Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester">Lord Lieutenant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Greater_Manchester" title="High Sheriff of Greater Manchester">High Sheriff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Greater_Manchester" title="List of museums in Greater Manchester">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_of_interest_in_Greater_Manchester" title="List of places of interest in Greater Manchester">Places of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Manchester" title="Transport in Manchester">Transport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transport_for_Greater_Manchester" title="Transport for Greater Manchester">Transport for Greater Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Manchester Metrolink</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659803#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659803#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659803#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/8144648133135761879">VIAF</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyRvPycTQcjHXcRXTJdQq">WorldCat</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-nb.info/gnd/1087645-5">Germany</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n88175385">United States</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://olduli.nli.org.il/F/?func=find-b&local_base=NLX10&find_code=UID&request=987007565083105171">Israel</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geographic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://musicbrainz.org/area/4a8eaf53-ebcf-470d-9111-ba183071569f">MusicBrainz area</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.idref.fr/131153080">IdRef</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&oldid=1257609607">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&oldid=1257609607</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Category:Ashton-under-Lyne">Ashton-under-Lyne</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Market_towns_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Category:Market towns in Greater Manchester">Market towns in Greater Manchester</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Unparished_areas_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Category:Unparished areas in Greater Manchester">Unparished areas in Greater Manchester</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Former_civil_parishes_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Category:Former civil parishes in Greater Manchester">Former civil parishes in Greater Manchester</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Geography_of_Tameside" title="Category:Geography of Tameside">Geography of Tameside</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Towns_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Category:Towns in Greater Manchester">Towns in Greater Manchester</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_gadget_WikiMiniAtlas" title="Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas">Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_British_English_from_January_2013" title="Category:Use British English from January 2013">Use British English from January 2013</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_September_2021" title="Category:Use dmy dates from September 2021">Use dmy dates from September 2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_multiple_image_with_auto_scaled_images" title="Category:Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images">Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_OS_grid_coordinates" title="Category:Articles with OS grid coordinates">Articles with OS grid coordinates</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Coordinates_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Coordinates on Wikidata">Coordinates on Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_unsourced_statements" title="Category:All articles with unsourced statements">All articles with unsourced statements</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_September_2024" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from September 2024">Articles with unsourced statements from September 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_category_link_is_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons category link is on Wikidata">Commons category link is on Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Featured_articles" title="Category:Featured articles">Featured articles</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 15 November 2024, at 20:44 (UTC).</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashton-under-Lyne&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-694cf4987f-qwrdn","wgBackendResponseTime":152,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"1.748","walltime":"2.028","ppvisitednodes":{"value":16632,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":287607,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":20254,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":25,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":18,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":424945,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 1704.327 1 -total"," 28.12% 479.304 1 Template:Reflist"," 23.83% 406.089 83 Template:Citation"," 18.51% 315.466 1 Template:Infobox_UK_place"," 18.23% 310.615 2 Template:Infobox"," 9.43% 160.689 18 Template:Cite_web"," 6.69% 114.007 4 Template:Inflation-fn"," 5.95% 101.431 3 Template:Formatprice"," 5.82% 99.266 2 Template:Short_description"," 5.41% 92.231 3 Template:Inflation"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.889","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":11262345,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-phpnv","timestamp":"20241122142717","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Ashton-under-Lyne","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ashton-under-Lyne","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q659803","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q659803","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2003-08-30T17:55:49Z","dateModified":"2024-11-15T20:44:13Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/0\/02\/Ashton-under-Lyne_town_hall.jpg","headline":"market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England"}</script> </body> </html>