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STOURPORT

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 972 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STOURPORT , a See also:

market See also:town in the See also:Bewdley See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Worcestershire, See also:England, 141 in. N. by W. of See also:Worcester by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1g0r), 452g. It lies on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Severn, at the junction of the See also:Stour and the See also:Staffordshire and Worcestershire See also:canal. The town See also:grew up after the opening of the canal in 1768. Ironworks, See also:carpet-See also:weaving and tanneries occupy many hands. At Redstone, the site of a former important See also:ferry over the Severn, is a curious hermitage, excavated out of the red See also:sandstone bank.

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