Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ramsbottom within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Ramsbottom, manufacturing town with ry. sta., Bury par., SW. Lancashire, on river Irwell, 4 miles N. of Bury, 290 ac., pop. 5242; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; here the first Sir Robert Peel established calico-printing.