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BROMSGROVE

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 634 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BROMSGROVE , a See also:

market See also:town in the Eastern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Worcestershire, See also:England, 12 M. N.N.E. of See also:Worcester, with a station 1 m. from the town on the See also:Bristol-See also:Birmingham See also:line of the Midland railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 8418. It lies in a pleasant undulating district near the See also:foot of the Lickey Hills, to surmount which the railway towards Birmingham here ascends for 2 M. one of the steepest gradients in England over such a distance. There remain several picturesque See also:half-timbered houses, dating from 1572 and later. The See also:church of St See also:John is a See also:fine See also:building, Perpendicular and earlier in date, picturesquely placed on an See also:elevation above the town, with a lofty See also:tower and See also:spire. There are a well-known See also:grammar-school, founded by See also:Edward VI., with university scholarships; a See also:college school, a See also:literary-See also:institute, and a school of See also:art. Birmingham See also:Sanatorium stands in the See also:parish. See also:Cloth was formerly a See also:staple of See also:trade, but manufactures of nails and buttons are now pre-eminent, while the See also:river Salwarpe See also:works a number of millsin the neighbourhood, and near the town are See also:carriage works belonging to the Midland railway.

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