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CHARNWOOD FOREST

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 948 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARNWOOD See also:

FOREST , an upland See also:tract in the N.-W. of See also:Leicestershire, See also:England. It is undulating, rocky; picturesque, and in See also:great See also:part barren, though there are some extensive tracts of woodland; its See also:elevation is generally 600 ft. and upwards, the See also:area exceeding this height being about 61oo acres. The loftiest point, Bardon See also:Hill, is 912 ft. On its western flank lies a coalfield, with See also:Coalville and other See also:mining towns, and See also:granite and See also:hone-stones are worked.

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