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Ashton-under-Lyne

American  
[ash-tuhn-uhn-der-lahyn] / ˈæʃ tənˌʌn dərˈlaɪn /

noun

  1. a borough in Greater Manchester metropolitan county, in W England.


Ashton-under-Lyne British  
/ laɪn /

noun

  1. a town in NW England, in Tameside unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 43 236 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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An air ambulance took the toddler to hospital following the incident in Buttermere Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, at 17:40 BST on Saturday.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

It will also be used for town centre regeneration projects in Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside and Prestwich in Bury, while support would be given for Mayoral Development Zones in Stockport, Bolton, Leigh and Middleton.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

Ashton-under-Lyne MP Rayner quit as deputy prime minister and housing secretary last month after it emerged she had failed to pay enough tax on her £800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Those ambitions started to be realised in 2015, when she was elected as the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

It lies in the densely populated district in the north-east of the county, between Stalybridge and Ashton-under-Lyne, and is served by the London & North Western and Great Central railways.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

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