Bolton (Greater Manchester, England)

found: Lister, M. The township of Bolton ... 1976 (subj.)t.p. (Bolton, Bradford)

found: Barth. gaz. of places in Brit., 1986(Bolton, Gtr. Manchester, tn. in Bolton Metropolitan Borough, cites 4 others)

found: Foreign names information bulletin, July 31, 2001(former name: none; new name: Bolton [short form], Borough of--ADM1, 53°35ʹN 02°30ʹW (UKB1))

found: GEOnet, Sept. 26, 2001(Bolton--PPL, 53°35ʹN 02°26ʹW; one other PPL Bolton listed)

found: Info. from British Library, 21 Aug. 2003(Bolton, prior to 1974 administered by county of Lancashire, until 1986 administered by county of Greater Manchester, still falls within ceremonial county of that name)

found: Wikipedia, viewed 10 Mar. 2016(Bolton; town in Greater Manchester in North West England, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the city of Manchester; former mill town historically part of Lancashire; surrounded by several smaller towns and villages that together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the administrative centre; Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in the ceremonial county of Greater Manchester, was formed on 1 April 1974, by the merger of the County Borough of Bolton and several urban districts from the administrative county of Lancashire; the boundaries the Bolton metropolitan district were set as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972)