Bolton (/ˈbÉ'ltÉ™n/ (listen), locally /ˈboÊŠtÉ™n/) is a large town
in Greater Manchester in North West England, historically and
traditionally a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has
been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in
the area in the 14th century, introducing a wool and cotton-weaving
tradition. The urbanisation and development of the town largely
coincided with the introduction of textile manufacture during the
Industrial Revolution. Bolton was a 19th-century boomtown and, at its
zenith in 1929, its 216 cotton mills and 26 bleaching and dyeing works
made it one of the largest and most productive centres of cotton
spinning in the world. The British cotton industry declined sharply
after the First World War and, by the 1980s, cotton manufacture had
virtually ceased in Bolton.Close to the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is
10 miles (16 km) north-west of Manchester. It is surrounded by several
smaller towns and villages that together form the Metropolitan Borough
of Bolton, of which Bolton is the administrative centre. The town of
Bolton has a population of 139,403, whilst the wider metropolitan
borough has a population of 262,400. Bolton originated as a small
settlement in the moorland known as Bolton le Moors. In the English
Civil War, the town was a Parliamentarian outpost in a staunchly
Royalist region and, as a result, was stormed by 3,000 Royalist troops
led by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in 1644. In what became known as the
Bolton Massacre, 1,600 residents were killed and 700 were taken
prisoner.Bolton Wanderers football club play home games at the
University of Bolton Stadium and the WBA World light-welterweight
champion Amir Khan was born in the town. Cultural interests include
the Octagon Theatre and the Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, as well as
one of the earliest public libraries established after the Public
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