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STOURBRIDGE , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Droitwich See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Worcestershire, See also:England, 144 M. N.W. by W. of See also:London and to W. of See also:Birmingham by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 16,302. A See also:branch See also:canal connects with the Worcestershire and See also:Staffordshire See also:system. The town stands on an See also:eminence on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Stour. Among public buildings are a town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall (1887) and town offices, and a school of See also:science and See also:art. There is an endowed See also:grammar school founded by See also:Edward VI., and a bluecoat or See also:hospital school. Dr See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson received See also:part of his See also:education in this town (1726-1727). The See also:principal manufactures are in See also:iron, See also:leather and skins; there are See also:glue See also:works and See also:fire-See also:brick works. See also:Coal and fire-See also:clay are raised. The manufacture of See also:glass was established in 1556 by emigrants from See also:Hungary, the See also:place where they erected their factory being still known as Hungary See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill. See also:Annual fairs are held. The town was originally called Bedcote, a name retained by the See also:manor. The urban district includes the townships of Upper Swinford and See also:Wollaston.
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