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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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In 2015, she was elected in the Greater Manchester constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne and rose quickly in Westminster, serving in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet.

From BBC May 12, 2026

Having sold her 25% share in the family home in Ashton-under-Lyne, Ms Rayner ceased to own any part of that property.

From BBC Sep. 5, 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

In a statement, Rayner said she part-funded the purchase of the flat in May by selling her remaining stake in her family home in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, which she shares with her ex-husband and family.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2025

What was Preston, or Ashton-under-Lyne to him, more than Kensall Green is to him now?

From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Hartley, Marsden

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