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ILKESTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 300 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ILKESTON , a See also:

market See also:town and municipal See also:borough, in the Ilkeston See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Derbyshire, See also:England, 9 M. E.N.E. of See also:Derby, on the Midland and the See also:Great See also:Northern See also:railways. Pop. (1891) 19i744, (1901) 25,384. It is situated on a See also:hill commanding See also:fine views of the Erewash valley. The See also:church of St See also:Mary is See also:Norman and See also:Early See also:English, and has a fine See also:chancel See also:screen dating from the later See also:part of the 13th See also:century. The manufactures of the town are principally See also:hosiery and See also:lace, and various kinds of stoneware. See also:Coal and See also:iron are wrought in the neighbourhood. An alkaline See also:mineral See also:spring, resembling the seltzer See also:water of See also:Germany, was discovered in 1830, and See also:baths were then erected, which, however, were subsequently closed. The town, which is very See also:ancient, being mentioned in Domesday, obtained a See also:grant for a market and See also:fair in 1251, and received its See also:charter of See also:incorporation in 1887. It is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 2526 acres.

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