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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 262 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GORTON  , an See also:

urban See also:district in the Gorton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, forming an eastern suburb of See also:Manchester . Pop . (19o1) 26,564 . It is largely a manufactur- See also:ing district, having See also:cotton See also:mills and See also:iron, See also:engineering and chemical See also:works .

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