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CROMPTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 486 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CROMPTON , an See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, See also:

England, 22 M . N. of See also:

Oldham, within the See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

borough of Oldham . Pop . (1901) 13,427 . At See also:

Shaw, a populous See also:

VILLAGE

village included within it, is a station on the Lancashire & See also:

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire railway . See also:

Cotton See also:

mills and the collieries of the neighbourhood employ the large See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

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