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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 188 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CANNOCK , a See also:

market See also:town in the western See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Staffordshire, See also:England, in the See also:district known as Cannock See also:Chase, 130 M. N.W. from See also:London by the London and See also:North Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban district (1891) 20,613; (1901) 23,974. The See also:church of St See also:Luke is Perpendicular, enlarged in See also:modern times. The famous See also:political preacher, See also:Henry See also:Sacheverell, held the living See also:early in the 18th See also:century. Cannock has See also:tool, See also:boiler, See also:brick and See also:tile See also:works. Cannock Chase, a See also:tract generally exceeding 500 ft. in See also:elevation, extends on an See also:axis from north-See also:west to See also:south-See also:east over some 36,000 acres. It was a royal preserve, and remains for the most See also:part an uncultivated See also:waste, but it is also a See also:rich coalfield, and there are mines in every-direction. See also:Brownhills, Burntwood and Chase Town, See also:Great Wyrley, Hednesford, Hammerwich, and Pelsall are townships or villages of the See also:mining See also:population.

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