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Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside,
Greater Manchester, England.[1] Historically a part of Lancashire, it
lies on the north bank of the River Tame, on undulating land at the foothills
of the Pennines. Ashton (as it is often shortened to) is 3.8 miles (6.1
km) south-southeast of Oldham, 6.1 miles (9.8 km) north-northeast of Stockport,
and 6.2 miles (10.0 km) east of the city of Manchester.Evidence of Stone
Age, Bronze Age, and Viking activity has been discovered in Ashton-under-Lyne
and its surrounding area. The "Ashton" part of the town's name
probably dates from the Anglo-Saxon period, and derives from Old English
meaning "settlement by ash trees". The origin of the "under-Lyne"
suffix is less clear, and it possibly derives from the British lemo meaning
elm or from Ashton's proximity to the Pennines.
