BURY, a market-town of the hundred of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, 194 miles from London, on the river Irwell. It is celebrated for its extensive printing grounds, which have been the foundation of the large fortune of
Sir Robert Peel. Some other branches of the cotton trade are carried on here. The market is held on Thursday, and well supplied. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 7072, in 1811 to 8762, in 1821 to 10,583, and in 1831 to 15,086.