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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 484 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TURTON  , 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 . N. of
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Bolton, on the Lancashire &
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Yorkshire railway . Pop . (1901), 12,355 . Its
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modern growth is the result of the development of the
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cotton
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trade in its various branches; and there are large
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stone quarries in the vicinity . There remains in the township a curious
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building named Turton
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Tower, dating principally from the 16th
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century, and containing some
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fine contemporary woodwork .

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