The Ashton, Haydock and Bolton Miners' Trade Union represented coal miners in parts of

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

, 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 (Great Britain), National U ...

(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

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. 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. In 1897, it fully merged into the LCMF.

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