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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 783 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HORWICH  , an

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urban
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district in the
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Westhoughton
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parliamentary
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division of
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Lancashire,
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England, 4 M . W.N.W. of
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Bolton, on the Lancashire and
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Yorkshire railway . Pop . (1901) 15,084 . It lies beneath the considerable
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elevation of
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Rivington
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Pike, where formerly was a
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great
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forest . It has extensive
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locomotive
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works, and there are large
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stone quarries in the district .
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Bleaching and
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cotton-
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spinning and the manufacture of
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fire-bricks and tiles are carried on .

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