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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 977 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONSETT , an See also:

urban See also:district in the See also:north-western See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Durham, See also:England, 20 M. S.E. of See also:Newcastle-upon-See also:Tyne by a See also:branch of the North Eastern railway. Pop. (1901) 9694. It is the centre of a populous See also:industrial district, At Shotley See also:Bridge (where there is a small See also:spa) a See also:colony of See also:German See also:metal-workers, making swords and knives, was established in the 17th See also:century; but this See also:industry has now been replaced by See also:paper See also:mills. There are extensive collieries and ironworks in the district.

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