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ASTON MANOR

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 793 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ASTON See also:MANOR , a municipal and See also:parliamentary See also:borough of See also:Warwickshire,See also:England, adjoining See also:Birmingham on the See also:north-See also:east. Pop. (1901) 77,326. There are extensive manufactures, including those of See also:motors and cycles with their accessories, also See also:paper-See also:mills, breweries, &c., and the See also:population is largely See also:industrial. Aston See also:Hall, erected by See also:Sir See also:Thomas Holte in 1618-1635, is an admirable architectural example of its See also:period, built of red See also:brick. It stands in a large See also:park, the whole See also:property being acquired by the See also:corporation of Birmingham in 1864, when the See also:mansion became a museum and See also:art See also:gallery. It contains the panelling of a See also:room from the See also:house of See also:Edmund See also:Hector, which formerly stood in Old Square, Birmingham; where Dr See also:Samuel See also:Johnson was a frequent visitor. Aston See also:Lower Grounds, adjoining the park, contain an See also:assembly hall, and the playing See also:field of the Aston See also:Villa See also:Football See also:Club, where the more important See also:games are witnessed by many thousands of spectators. Aston Manor was incorporated in 1903. The parliamentary borough returns one member. The corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors, See also:Area, 96o acres.

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