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Gloucestershire
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A west midland county of England, which touches Warwick in the centre of the country, and extends SW. to the estuary of the Severn; it presents three natural and well-defined districts known as the Hill, formed by the Cotswold Hills in the E.; the Vale, through which the Severn runs, in the centre; the Forest of Dean (the largest in England) in the W.; coal is wrought in two large fields, but agricultural and dairy-farming are the main industries; antiquities abound; the principal rivers are the Wye, Severn, Lower and Upper Avon, and Thames; Bristol ( q. v .) is the largest town.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Gloucestershire'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/gloucestershire.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Gloucestershire'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/gloucestershire.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.