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This plaque on the Market Cross SD7109 : Bolton Market Cross, Churchgate reads:

1643-4. DURING THE CIVIL WAR BOLTON BESIEGED THRICE
AND TAKEN ONCE WITH MUCH SLAUGHTER.
1651. JAMES, SEVENTH EARL OF DERBY,
BEHEADED NEAR THIS SPOT
1661. "BOWLTON HATH A MARKET ON MONDAYS
WHICH IS VERY GOOD FOR CLOTHING AND
PROVISIONS AND IS A PLACE OF GREAT
TRADE FOR FUSTIANS." (BLOME'S BRITANNIA.)
1753. CROMPTON, INVENTOR OF THE SPINNING
MULE, THE FOUNDATION OF MODERN
COTTON INDUSTRY, BORN IN BOLTON.
1760. ARKWRIGHT, FOUNDER OF THE COTTON FACTORY
SYSTEM, KEPT A BARBER'S SHOP IN BOLTON.
1763. COTTON QUILTINGS & MUSLINS FIRST MADE IN BOLTON.