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  1. Town near Manchester, England, 8 km/5 mi W of
  2. Manchester, on the river Irwell and
  3. Manchester Ship Canal; population (1981)
  4. 37,166. Industries include cotton textiles,
  5. machinery, and pharmaceuticals. Eccles cakes,
  6. rounded pastries with a dried fruit filling,
  7. originated here.
  8.