A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Madeley.-- market town and par. (ry. stations Madeley Court and Madeley Market), Shropshire, on river Severn, 6 miles NE. of Much Wenlock and within the municipal limits of Wenlock, 3025 ac., pop. (including Ironbridge and the greater part of Coalbrookdale) 9212; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Friday. Madeley is a local government district. Productive mines of coal and ironstone are here. The ironworks are especially prosperous, and give employment to a large number of hands. Potters' clay exists in large beds. The church contains a monument to "Fletcher of Madeley" (died 1785), who was vicar.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Madeley AP/CP Shropshire AncC |
| Place: | Madeley |
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