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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 652 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DUKINFIELD , a municipal See also:

borough of See also:Cheshire, See also:England, within the See also:parliamentary borough of See also:Stalybridge, 6 m. E. of See also:Manchester. Pop. (19o1) 18,g29. It lies in the densely populated See also:district in the See also:north-See also:east of the See also:county, between Stalybridge and See also:Ashton-under-Lyne, and is served by the See also:London & North Western and See also:Great Central See also:railways. There are extensive collieries, and the other See also:industries include See also:cotton manufactures, See also:calico-See also:printing, See also:hat-making, See also:iron-See also:founding, See also:engineering and the manufacture of firebricks and tiles. A portion remains of the old timbered Dukinfield See also:Hall, in the See also:chapel of which See also:Samuel See also:Eaton (d. 1665) taught the first congregational See also:church in the north of England. The chapel, much enlarged, is still used by this See also:denomination. The borough, incorporated in 1899, is under a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 1405 acres.

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