Bolton

Bolton

Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester in England. In the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is between Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Bury and Salford. It is surrounded by several towns and villages that form the wider borough, of which Bolton is the administrative centre. The town is within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a centre for textile production since the 14th century when Flemish weavers settled in the area, introducing a wool and cotton-weaving tradition. It was a 19th-century boomtown, development largely coincided with the introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. At its peak in 1929, its 216 cotton mills and 26 bleaching and dyeing works made it one of the largest and most productive centres of cotton spinning in the world. The British cotton industry declined sharply after the First World War and, by the 1980s, cotton manufacture had virtually ceased in the town.

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• Entity:  Location

• Wikidata description:  Town In Greater Manchester, In The North West Of England
• Wikidata label:  Bolton
• Wikidata aliases:  Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire

• Related Topics:  Bolton Category, Listed Buildings In Bolton - Bolton Is A Town In The Metropolitan Borough Of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, And Its Central Area Is Unparished. The Central Area Of The Town Contains Over 230 Listed Buildings That Are Recorded In The National Heritage List For England., Market Towns In Greater Manchester, West Pennine Moors, Towns In Greater Manchester, Former Civil Parishes In Greater Manchester