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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 66 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OLDBURY , an See also:

urban See also:district in the Oldbury See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Worcestershire, See also:England, 5 M. W. of See also:Birmingham, on the See also:Great Western and See also:London & See also:North-Western See also:railways and the Birmingham See also:canal. Pop. (Igor) 25,191. See also:Coal, See also:iron and See also:limestone abound in the neighbourhood, and the See also:town possesses See also:alkali and chemical See also:works, railway-See also:carriage works, iron, edge-See also:tool, See also:nail and See also:steel works, maltings, See also:corn-See also:mill's, and See also:brick and See also:tile kilns. The urban district includes the townships of See also:Langley and Warley.

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