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Radcliffe

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Radcliffe

Town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irwell close to Bury; population (2001) 36,200. It developed as a cotton-weaving centre, but engineering is now the main industry. Residential development has been limited by fears of subsidence from former mining activity.



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