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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 958 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STONE , a See also:

market See also:town in the western See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Staffordshire, See also:England, on the See also:river See also:Trent, 7 M. N. of See also:Stafford by the See also:North Staffordshire railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 5680. See also:Part of the walls and See also:crypt remain of an See also:abbey which See also:dates from the See also:foundation of a See also:college of canons in 67o. The See also:church of St See also:Michael dates from 1750, the abbey church having collapsed in the previous See also:year. Alleyne's See also:grammar school is a foundation of 1J58. The See also:chief See also:industry is shoemaking, but malting, See also:brewing and tanning are also carried on. At See also:Bury See also:Bank, on the hills to the north, an earthwork is traditionally considered to be the site of the See also:capital of the See also:Kingdom of See also:Mercia; there are other See also:works in the neighbourhood at Saxon See also:Low.

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