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TRING

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 284 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TRING , a See also:

market See also:town in the See also:Watford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Hertfordshire, See also:England, 311 M. N.W. by W. from See also:London by the London and See also:North Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 4349• 'It lies on the western slope of the Chiltern Hills, See also:close to the entrance to a narrow valley which pierces them, and forms one of the highways through them to London, carrying the railway, the See also:Grand Junction See also:Canal, and a See also:main road. The See also:church of St See also:Peter and St See also:Paul shows See also:fine Perpendicular See also:work, especially in the ornate interior of the See also:nave. See also:Industries include See also:straw-plaiting and the See also:weaving of See also:canvas and See also:silk. The See also:Rothschild Museum, erected in 1889, contains an extensive natural See also:history collection. Living See also:wild animals are also kept in a neighbouring paddock and cages. The road which passes through Tring and along the See also:face of the hills represents the See also:ancient Icknield Way, and there may have been a Romano-See also:British See also:village on the site of Tring.

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