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RUGELEY

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 822 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RUGELEY , a See also:

market See also:town in the See also:Lichfield See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Staffordshire, See also:England, in the See also:Trent valley. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 4447. The See also:London & See also:North-Western railway has stations on the See also:main See also:line (Trent Valley, 1241 M. N.W. from London), and at the town, on a See also:branch line to See also:Walsall. The See also:Grand See also:Trunk See also:canal here follows the Trent. To the S.W. See also:lie the hills of See also:Cannock See also:Chase. The See also:church of St See also:Augustine is See also:modern; of the See also:parish church of the 14th See also:century only the See also:tower and See also:chancel remainr The municipal offices, market See also:hall and See also:assembly-See also:room are contained in one See also:building (1879). A See also:grammar school was founded in 1611. There are ironfoundries, See also:corn-See also:mills and tanneries; and the parish includes several collieries.

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