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PENKRIDGE

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 99 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PENKRIDGE , a See also:

town in the western See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Staffordshire, See also:England; 134 M. N.W. from See also:London by the London & See also:North-Western railway, on the small See also:river Penk. Pop. (1901), 2347. See also:Trade is chiefly agricultural and there are See also:stone-quarries in the vicinity. The See also:church of St See also:Michael and All Angels, formerly collegiate and dedicated to St See also:Mary, is a See also:fine See also:building principally Perpendicular, but with earlier portions. The See also:Roman Watling See also:Street passes from See also:east to See also:west 3 M. See also:south of Penkridge. In the neighbourhood is Pillaton See also:Hall, retaining a picturesque See also:chapel of the 15th See also:century.

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