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Overview of Ashton-Under-Lyne

Ashton-Under-Lyne is a small market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester. It lies on the north bank of the River Tame at the foothills of the Pennines. The population of Ashton-Under-Lyne is around 43,200. Ashton-Under-Lyne is located 16.3 miles from Manchester Airport and should take around 22 minutes to get there by taxi.

Evidence of Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Viking activity has been discovered in Ashton-under-Lyne and its surrounding area. The "Ashton" part of the town's name probably dates from the Anglo-Saxon period, and derives from Old English meaning "settlement by ash trees". The origin of the "under-Lyne" suffix is less clear, and possibly derives from the British lemo meaning elm or from Ashton's proximity to the Pennines.

Until the introduction of the cotton trade in 1769, Ashton was considered "bare, wet, and almost worthless". The factory system, and textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution triggered a process of unplanned urbanisation in the area, and by the mid-19th century Ashton had emerged as an important mill town at a convergence of newly constructed canals and railways. Ashton-under-Lyne's transport network allowed for an economic boom in cotton spinning, weaving, and coal mining, which led to the granting of honorific borough status in 1847.

During the mid-20th century, imports of cheaper foreign goods led to the decline of Ashton's heavy industries, but the town has continued to thrive as a centre of commerce, and is "considered the hub of Tameside, providing the perfect setting for the town hall, council offices and 19th-century market hall". Ashton Market is one of the largest outdoor markets in the United Kingdom.