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Bolton

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Town and seat of Bolton metropolitan borough, Greater Manchester, northwest England, on the River Croal, 18 km/11 mi northwest of Manchester; population (2001) 139,400. Industries include engineering and the manufacture of chemicals, paper, and textiles. Bolton developed rapidly in the 18th century as a cotton-spinning town. History The Manor of Bolton was first recorded in 1067, owned by the Montgomery family, but there is evidence of Bronze Age settlement in the area. The town received its first charter to hold a market and annual fair in 1251. Following the arrival of Flemish weavers in about 1337, the town became a centre for the wool trade. During the Industrial Revolution there was a prominent cotton-spinning industry; with engineering developing alongside textile production. Growth was encouraged by the opening of the canal to Manchester in 1791 and the railway in 1838. Bolton's cotton-textile industry outlasted that of many other towns, but demand eventually diminished and the…
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Full text Article Bolton

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
‘settlement with a special building’, OE bothl ‘special building’ + -TON . An industrial town and unitary authority in Greater Manchester, 17 km (11 miles) northwest of Manchester itself. In the 18th century it grew as a centre of cotton spinning; Richard Arkwright (1732–92), the inventor of the…
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Full text Article Bolton

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Town and seat of Bolton metropolitan borough, Greater Manchester, northwest England, on the River Croal, 18 km/11 mi northwest of Manchester; population (2001) 139,400. Industries include engineering and the manufacture of chemicals, paper, and textiles. Bolton developed rapidly in the 18th century…
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Full text Article Bolton Abbey

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
From the Augustinian priory here. A small village on the River WHARFE in North Yorkshire, 8 km (5 miles) east of Skipton. An Augustinian community was established at Embsay, 6 km (4 miles) to the west in 1120 by William de Meschines and his wife Cicely de Romilly. Cicely's daughter Alice moved the…
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Full text Article Bolton, John R.

From Gale Biographies: Popular People
A lawyer by training, conservative John Bolton served under three presidents in the departments of state and justice. When President George W. Bush took office in 2001, Bolton was selected to be his undersecretary of state for arms control and international security. Bolton promoted a hard-line…
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Full text Article Bolton

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
or Bolton-le-Moors (bōl'tӘn-lӘ-mʊrz), metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 143,960), NW England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area. Since the late 18th cent., when spinning factories were built and a canal (1791) was constructed to Manchester, Bolton has been a cotton-textile center. Prior to…
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Full text Article Bolton, Ivor

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
English conductor and harpsichordist. He was musical director of the English Touring Opera 1991–92 and of the Glyndebourne Touring Opera 1992–96. He also served as chief conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra 1994–96 and of the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg 2004–12. Bolton studied at Oxford…
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Full text Article Boltons, the

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
Probably from the Bolton family, which held land in the area from at least the mid-16th century until the mid-19th century, when it was sold for building. A pair of facing crescents, which, together with neighbouring roads (e.g. Little Boltons ), form a fashionable residential area in SOUTH…
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Full text Article Bolton, Frances Payne Bingham (1885-1977)

From From Suffrage to the Senate: America's Political Women
Republican Frances Bolton of Ohio served in the U.S. House of Representatives from February 27, 1940 to January 3, 1969. One of the country's wealthiest women, Bolton traveled widely before, during, and after her service in Congress. In addition to her inherited wealth, Bolton also had the benefits…
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Full text Article Bolton, Herbert Eugene

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1870–1953, American historian and teacher, b. Wilton, Monroe co., Wis. He taught history at the Univ. of Texas (1901–9), Stanford (1909–11), and the Univ. of California (1911–44) and became an outstanding authority on Spanish colonial days in the West. He edited and translated numerous important…
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Full text Article Bolton Priory

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Priory situated on the banks of the River Wharfe, in the village of Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire, England. Its Augustinian community was founded in 1120 by William de Meschines and his wife Cicely de Romily, and moved to Bolton around 1154. The nave survives as the parish church. The chancel, …
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