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SWADLINCOTE

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 177 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SWADLINCOTE , a See also:

town in the See also:southern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Derbyshire, See also:England, 15 M. S.S.W. of See also:Derby, and 4 m. S.E. of See also:Burton-upon-See also:Trent, on the Midland railway. Pop. (1901), See also:urban See also:district of Swadlincote district, 18,014 This includes the See also:civil parishes of Swadlincote, See also:Church Gres-ley and See also:Stanton and Newhall, which together See also:form a large See also:industrial township, mainly devoted to the manufacture of earthenware and fireclay goods. There are collieries in the neighbourhood.

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