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Bible Encyclopedias
Rugeley
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a market town in the Lichfield parliamentary division of Staffordshire, England, in the Trent valley. Pop. of urban district (1901), 4447. The London & North-Western railway has stations on the main line (Trent Valley, 1242 m. N.W. from London), and at the town, on a branch line to Walsall. The Grand Trunk canal here follows the Trent. To the S.W. lie the hills of Cannock Chase. The church of St Augustine is modern; of the parish church of the 14th century only the tower and chancel remain. The municipal offices, market hall and assembly-room are contained in one building (1879). A grammar school was founded in 1611. There are ironfoundries, corn-mills and tanneries; and the parish includes several collieries.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Rugeley'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/r/rugeley.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Rugeley'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/r/rugeley.html. 1910.
