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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 651 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BROSELEY , a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

TOWN

town in the municipal See also:

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of See also:

WENLOCK

Wenlock (q.v.) and the See also:

Wellington (See also:

MID

Mid) See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

SHROPSHIRE (SALOP)

Shropshire, See also:

England, on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

Severn. It has a station (Ironbridge and Broseley) on the See also:

GREAT

Great Western railway, 158 m. N.W. from See also:

LONDON

London. There is See also:

trade in See also:

COAL

coal, but ' i. 146, " worthy See also:

Settle See also:

Banks and See also:

BROOME, WILLIAM (1689-1745)

Broome." A footnote (1743) explained away the allusion by making it apply to See also:

Richard See also:

Brome, the See also:

DISCIPLE

disciple of See also:

BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben See also:

JONSON

Jonson. Also iii. 332, of which the See also:

ORIGINAL

original rendering was: " Hibernian politics, 0 See also:

Swift, thy See also:

DOOM (Old Eng. dOm, a word common to Tent. languages for that which is set up or ordered, from " do," in its original meaning of " place "; cf, Gr. &Ass, from stem of ri'rust)

doom, And See also:

Pope's, translating ten whole years with Broome." In the See also:

BATHOS (Gr. 3hOos)

Bathos he was classed with the parrots and the tortoises. the town is most famous for the manufacture of See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco-pipes, a See also:

long-established See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry. Pottery and 'bricks are also produced, and at Benthall, 1 m. W., are large encaustic See also:

TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile See also:

WORKS

works. The See also:

early name of the town was Burwardesley.

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