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NUNEATON

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 912 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NUNEATON , a See also:

market See also:town and municipal See also:borough in the Nuneaton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Warwickshire, See also:England, on the See also:river Anker, a tributary of the Tame, and on the See also:Coventry See also:canal. It is an important junction of the See also:London and See also:North Western railway, by which it is 97 m, N.W. from London, and it is served by the See also:Leicester-See also:Birmingham See also:branch of the Midland railway. Pop. (1901) 24,996, rapidly increasing. The situation is See also:low and almost encircled by rising ground. The See also:church of St See also:Nicholas is a large and handsome structure in various styles of See also:architecture, and consists of See also:nave, See also:chancel and aisles, with a square embattled See also:tower having pinnacles at the angles. It contains several interesting monuments. A See also:free See also:grammar school was founded in the reign of See also:Edward VI., and an See also:English free school for the instruction of See also:forty boys and See also:thirty girls by See also:Richard See also:Smith in 1712. The ribbon See also:industry is of less importance than formerly, but there are ironworks, See also:cotton, See also:hat, elastic and worsted factories, and tanneries; the making of drain-pipes, tiles and See also:blue and red bricks is a considerable industry. In the neighbourhood there are also See also:coal and ironstone mines. The prefix of the name of the town is derived from a priory of nuns founded here in 1150. In the reign of See also:Henry III. a weekly market was granted to the prioress.

Nuneaton was incorporated in 1907, and the See also:

corporation consists of a See also:mayor, six aldermen and twelve councillors. See also:Area 10,597 acres.

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