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No.4 Ormskirk Limited
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Skelmersdale
United Kingdom
Skelmersdale is a town in Lancashire, England, on the River Tawd, 6 miles west of Wigan, 13 miles northeast of Liverpool and 15 miles southwest of Preston. In 2006, it had a population of 38,813. The town is known locally as Skem . The first recorded use of the name Skelmersdale appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was under the rule of Uctred as part of the hundred of West Derby. The urbanisation and development of Skelmersdale largely coincided... Show more with the Industrial Revolution. Industrial scale coal mining began in the early 19th century and continued to expand during that century to give rise to Skelmersdale as an important colliery village. The town forms part of the Wigan Urban Area. Skelmersdale was designated as a new town in 1961.
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