Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Atherton

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See also Atherton, Greater Manchester on Wikipedia; Atherton on Wikipedia, Atherton in the 11th edition; and the disclaimer.

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ATHERTON, or Chowbent, a township in the parish of Leigh and hundred of West Derby, in Lancashire, 200 miles from London. It is one of those places which have grown to wealth and populousness through the extension of the cotton trade. Besides its factories, it has collieries and ironworks. Population in 1871, 7531.

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