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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 603 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COATESVILLE , a 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:

Chester See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the See also:

west See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of See also:

BRANDYWINE

Brandywine See also:

Creek, 39 M. W. of 'See also:

PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia. Pop. (1890) 368o; (1900) 5721 (273 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 11,084. It is served by the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia & See also:

READING

Reading See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and interurban electric lines. For its See also:

SIZE

size the borough ranks high as a manufacturing centre, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

WORKS

works, See also:

BOILER

boiler works, See also:

brass works, and See also:

paper, See also:

SILK

silk and woollen See also:

mills being among its leading establishments. Its See also:

WATER

water-works are owned and operated by the See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality. Named in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

Jesse Coates, one of its See also:

early settlers, it was settled about 1800, and was incorporated in 1867.

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