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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 784 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RADCLIFFE , an See also:

urban See also:district in the Radcliffe-cum-See also:Farnworth See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, on the See also:river Irwell, 2 M. S.S.W. of See also:Bury, on the Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire railway. Pop. (1901) 25,368. The See also:church of St See also:Bartholomew See also:dates from the See also:time of See also:Henry IV.; some of the See also:Norman portions of the See also:building remain. See also:Cotton-See also:weaving, See also:calico-See also:printing, and See also:bleaching, See also:dyeing, See also:paper-making, See also:iron-See also:founding and See also:machine-making are the See also:principal See also:industries, and there are extensive collieries in the neighbourhood.

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