Ashton-under-Lyne
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 29 ′ N , 2 ° 6 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SJ931997 | ||
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| Residents | 45.198 2011 | ||
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| Post town | ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE | ||
| ZIP code section | OL6, OL7 | ||
| prefix | 0161 | ||
| region | North West England | ||
| Metropolitan county | Greater Manchester | ||
| Metropolitan Borough | Tameside | ||
| British Parliament | Ashton-under-Lyne | ||
| Website: http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/ | |||
Ashton-under-Lyne is a town in the north of England , about 10 km east-northeast of Manchester . The city is located in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside on the banks of the River Tame the Greater Manchester county in the region North West England and has about 45,000 inhabitants (2011 census).
The name seems to be of Anglo-Saxon origin and to mean a settlement on the ash trees (ash - dt. Ash trees). The origin of the addition “-under-Lyne” is controversial.
history
Even if the settlement in the Domesday Book of 1086 is only mentioned indirectly through a St Michael's Church, a settlement seems to have already existed. The Ashton reign is not mentioned until the late 12th century. The family named themselves after the settlement Assheton (also: Ashton).
Until the middle of the 18th century the area was considered a desolate moorland. Finally, the settlement became an important small town through the settlement of numerous textile manufacturers. Today's street pattern is largely built at right angles. Despite the decline of industries, Ashton-under-Lyne has retained its importance through numerous large discounters in the north-east of Greater Manchester.
traffic
Ashton-under-Lyne station is on the Manchester to Leeds railway line . Ashton-under-Lyne is connected to national road traffic via the Manchester ring road ( M60 , junction 23) and the A635 road .
Sightseeing
- St Michael's and All Saints' Church, originally built in 1262, largely renovated in the 15th, 16th and 19th centuries, Grade I monument
- Majid Hamza Mosque
- Albion Church
- town hall
- Market hall
- library
- Portland Basin, office building on the harbor, now a museum
St Michael's and All Saints' Church
Majid Hamza Mosque
Albion Church
town hall
Market hall
library
Portland Basin
Personalities
- Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829), watchmaker
- Billy Hood (1873 - date of death unknown), football player
- Bill Bland (1916-2001), communist
- Henry Cockburn (1921-2004), English football player
- Ronald Unsworth (1923-2008), track and field athlete
- Ken Brierley (1926-2004), football player
- Ronald Fraser (1930–1997), actor
- Amanda Barrie (born 1935), actress
- Charles Roger Slack (1937-2016), biochemist
- Geoff Hurst (* 1941), football player
- Margaret Beckett (* 1943), politician, Secretary of State of the United Kingdom (2006-2007), Secretary of State for Housing (2008-2009)
- Mike Doyle (1946-2011), English football player
- Nigel F. Palmer (* 1946), Germanist
- Mark Robins (* 1969), English football player
- Alan Wright (born 1971), English football player
- Simone Perrotta (* 1977), Italian football player
- Michael Clegg (* 1977), English football player
- Michael Thomas Byrne (* 1985), Welsh-English football player
Town twinning
There is a partnership with the French city of Chaumont .
