Columbia Encyclopedia entry: Farnworth
Farnworth, town (1991 pop. 25,591), Bolton metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. It has cotton and rayon mills and produces finished textiles, hosiery, knitted goods, machinery, paper, and wood products. There is also some light engineering.
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Farnworth is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is located southeast of Bolton and northwest of Manchester.
Historically a part of Lancashire, Farnworth lies on the River Irwell and the River Croal, and according to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it has a population of 25,264 people. Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas England and Wales. URL accessed 18 June 2007.
Farnworth derives from the Old English fearn, fern and worth an enclosure. Farnworth was recorded as Farneworth and Farnewrth in 1278 and 1279 and Ffornword in a land survey of 1282.
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