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The Ashton, Haydock and Bolton Miners' Trade Union represented coal miners in parts of
Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, in England. The union was established in 1882, as the Ashton and Haydock District Miners' Trade Union, and it affiliated to the
Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation The Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation (LCMF) was a trade union that operated on the Lancashire Coalfield in North West England from 1881 until it became the Lancashire area of the National Union of Mineworkers in 1945. Background Colli ...
(LCMF). It initially had 2,346 members, but by 1884 this had fallen to 1884. In response, it reformed as a federation of 33 independent lodges, based in
Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish people, Flemish weavers settled in the area i ...
. This federation was officially known as the "Ashton, Haydock, Havannah, Whiston, Thatto Heath, Little Lever, Radcliffe and Kearsley, Pendlebury, Pendleton, Great Harwood and Burnley Miners' Trade Union", but in practice, the shorter name was always used. Unlike its predecessor, it offered friendly benefits to its members, and this proved successful in rapidly increasing its membership. The union was the largest in the LCMF, and grew to well over 10,000 members, although its membership fell following the
1893 UK miners' strike The 1893 miners' strike was a major industrial action affecting many areas of Great Britain. The strike involved about 300,000 coal miners in the Federated District, making it larger than any previous strike in the UK. This consisted of Yorkshi ...
. In 1897, it fully merged into the LCMF.


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