Ashton Church is a large gothic structure; the living, a valuable rectory, is in the gift of the Earl of Stamford.
The trade of Ashton has, at least, kept pace with the other populous places around it; the cotton factories are numerous, the population fast increasing, and the town, at this day, may truly be considered of much commercial consequence in the district.
Ashton is seven miles from Manchester; in 1811 the number of its inhabitants was upwards of 10,000.
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