  boothstown is a residential village in the city of salford, greater manchester, england. it is situated to the west of the city of salford, bordered to the north by the east lancashire road a580 and to the south by the bridgewater canal. historically boothstown or booth town was a hamlet partly in worsley township in the parish of eccles, and partly in tyldesley in the parish of leigh. the boundary was the stirrup brook. it lies  northwest of salford,  northwest of manchester and  southeast of wigan. astley is to the west, to the north is walkden and to the east is worsley where there is a transport interchange between the m60, m62 & m602 motorways. once known for its mining community, boothstown is now a mainly residential area. ==history== evidence of the romans in this area is that in 1947, workmen digging in boothstown at  discovered a hoard of over 550 bronze roman coins dating between 259&nbsp;ad and 278&nbsp;ad. a second hoard of coins dated 289 - 296 a.d. was found at boothsbank in 1989. ===manor=== in 1323 the estate or manor of booths was held by the de worsley family and remained with that family, held of the king by a rent of 2s, until the reign of elizabeth i. in the 17th century the manor was held by charnock and then by sherington. booths old hall was built about 1343 and new booths hall was built in the early 17th century. the hearth-tax returns of 1666 show nearby wardley hall was the largest residence with nineteen hearths, worsley
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