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ROWLEY REGIS

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 788 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROWLEY REGIS , an See also:urban See also:district in the Kingswinford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Staffordshire, See also:England, on the See also:Stourbridge See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway, 7 M. W. of See also:Birmingham, Pop. (1901) 34,670. It Iies in a hilly district See also:rich in See also:coal and See also:iron, while a hard basaltic intrusion known as Rowley rag is largely quarried. The See also:town is a See also:modern growth out of a See also:village surrounding the See also:church of St See also:Giles, which See also:dates from the 13th See also:century, though rebuilt in 1840. Iron manufactures are extensive; there are also See also:brick and See also:tile See also:works and breweries.

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