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Egerton is a small village situated three miles north of [[Bolton]].The village takes its name from the former landlord of the area, Sir Thomas Egerton, Baronet. It was developed in the 1830s when John and Edmund Ashworth set up their cotton mills.

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Philip Ashworth the son of Edmund and Charlotte Ashworth, of Egerton Hall, Bolton, died 17th January 1871, aged 26 years. Buried in the English Cemetery in Malaga, Spain

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Today the village is mainly a commuter suburb for the towns of [[Bolton]] and[[Blackburn]] and the city of [[Manchester]].

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'''Egerton''', (pronounced ''"edgerton"''), is a village in the northern part of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Bolton]], [[Greater Manchester]], England. [[Historic counties of England|Historically]] a part of [[History of Lancashire|Lancashire]], it is situated three miles north of [[Bolton]] and 12 miles north west of [[Manchester city centre]] within the [[West Pennine Moors]].

Egerton is also the name of an unknown Gospel, known as [[Egerton Gospel|Papyrus Egerton]] 2. It is named after the English founder of the manuscript collection.

Egerton was originally part of the [[Township (England)|township]] of [[Turton, Lancashire|Turton]] in the [[ancient parish]] of [[Bolton-le-Moors]] and consisted of a small, remote, farming community known as Walmsley. The name Egerton was brought to the area in 1663 when Ralph Egerton married the step-daughter of James Walmsley, after which their property became known as Egerton's.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tonge |first=Stephen |date=2019 |title=Egerton |url=http://www.turtonhistory.com/2019/10/38-egerton.html|___location=Bolton |publisher=Turton Local History Society|isbn=9781904974383}}</ref> The village developed in the 1830s when [[Henry Ashworth (nonconformist)|Henry]] and Edmund Ashworth set up [[cotton mill]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Boyson |first=Rhodes |date=1970 |title=The Ashworth Cotton Enterprise |___location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198282457}}</ref> Egerton formed part of the [[Turton Urban District]] in Lancashire between 1894 and 1974, when the district was abolished. The more urban [[South Turton|southern part of the district]], including Egerton, was then transferred to Bolton in Greater Manchester.<ref>[[Local Government Act 1972]]</ref>

== Weblinks ==

* [http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/~wie/Egerton/Egerton_home.html Papyrus Egerton 2] Detailed description of this old papyrus with the text of an unknown Gospel (with images).

Today theThe village is mainly a commuter suburb for the towns of [[Bolton]], and[[Blackburn]] and the city of [[Manchester]].

Egerton is located a short distance from [[Bromley Cross]] and [[Tonge Moor]], close to [[Canon Slade School]] in [[Bradshaw, Greater Manchester|Bradshaw]] and [[Turton School]].

Parts of Egerton were designated a [[Conservation area (United Kingdom)|conservation area]] by [[Bolton Council]] in 1981 to protect the character of the village. The conservation area contains a wide variety of buildings dating from the early 19th Century to the present day. It contains two Grade II [[listed building]]s, and comprises frontages to the Blackburn Road ([[A666 road|A666]]) and a number of side streets, Egerton Cricket Ground, Egerton Park, the grounds of Egerton House and [[Christ Church, Walmsley|Christ Church]].<ref name="conservation_area">{{cite book |title =Egerton Conservation Area |publisher =Bolton Metro Environment Department |date =2011-08-25 |___location =Bolton |url =http://www.bolton.gov.uk/sites/documentcentre/Documents/EgertonCA.pdf |access-date =2017-06-29 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150923193442/http://www.bolton.gov.uk/sites/DocumentCentre/Documents/EgertonCA.pdf |archive-date =2015-09-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

To the west of Egerton is Gale Clough and Shooterslee Wood, a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] designated for its biological interest. The site is {{convert|8.6|ha|acre|abbr=off}} and is important due to its [[Broad-leaved tree|broad-leaved]] [[woodland]] which is among the most important in Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gale Clough and Shooterslee Wood citation sheet |work=Natural England |accessdate=2007-07-02 |url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001568.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235221/http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001568.pdf |archivedate=2007-09-26 |df= }}</ref>

Egerton was the birthplace of [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.]], which started there as Christ Church F.C. in 1874.

==See also==

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*[[Listed buildings in South Turton]]

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== External links ==

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* [http://www.bolton.org.uk/egerton.html Photos and information about Egerton]

* [http://www.turtonhistory.com Turton Local History Society]

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