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.
Minchinhampton, town and par., Gloucestershire, near the Thames and Severn Canal, 3½ miles SE. of Stroud, 4791 ac., pop. 4561; P.O., T.O.; woollen cloth mfr. is carried on to some extent, and there are maltings and breweries. Minchinhampton is believed by many to be the site of the battle of Ethandune, in 879. James Bradley (1692-1762), the astronomer, is buried in the churchyard. On Minchinhampton Common the quarries of oolitic and shelly limestone, with their fossil testacea, are interesting to geologists.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Minchinhampton CP/AP Gloucestershire AncC |
| Place: | Minchinhampton |
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