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LEAMINGTON , a municipal See also:

borough and See also:health resort of See also:Warwickshire, See also:England, on the See also:river Learn near its junction with the See also:Avon, 98 m. N.W. from See also:London, served by the See also:Great Western and London & See also:North Western See also:railways. Pop. (19o1) 26,888. The See also:parliamentary boroughs of Leamington and See also:Warwick were joined into one See also:constituency in 1885, re-turning one member. The centres of the towns are 2 M. apart, Warwick lying to the See also:west, but they are See also:united by the intermediate See also:parish of New Milverton. There are three saline springs, and the See also:principal See also:pump-rooms, See also:baths and pleasant gardens See also:lie on the right See also:bank of the river. The See also:chief public buildings are the See also:town See also:hall (1884), containing a See also:free library and school of See also:art; and the See also:Theatre Royal and See also:assembly See also:room. The parish See also:church of All See also:Saints is modernized, and the other churches are entirely See also:modern. The S. Warwickshire See also:hospital and Midland Counties See also:Home for incurables are here. Leamington High School is an important school for girls.

There is a municipal technical school. See also:

Industries include See also:iron foundries and See also:brick-See also:works. The town lies in a well-wooded and picturesque See also:country, within a few See also:miles of such interesting towns as Warwick, See also:Kenilworth, See also:Coventry and See also:Stratford-on-Avon. It is a favourite See also:hunting centre, and, as a health resort, attracts not only visitors but residents. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 8 aldermen, and 24 councillors. See also:Area, 2817 acres. Leamington was a See also:village of no importance until about 1786, when baths were first erected, though the springs were noticed by See also:Camden, See also:writing about 1586. The See also:population in 1811 was only 543, The town was incorporated in 1875. The name in former use was Leamington Priors, in distinction from Leamington See also:Hastings, a village on the upper Learn. By royal See also:licence granted in 1838 it was called Royal Leamington See also:Spa.

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