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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Rugeley, market town and par. (ry. stations Rugeley Junction and Rugeley Town), in co. and 9½ miles SE. of Stafford, on river Trent - par., 8449 ac., pop. 7048; town, 600 ac., pop. 4249; P.O., T.O, 2 Banks, 1 news-paper. Market-day, Thursday. Rugeley has public buildings (commenced in 1878), with market hall, &c., and a free grammar school. The inhabitants find employment chiefly in the iron foundries, and in the extensive collieries in the neighbourhood.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Rugeley CP/AP Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Rugeley |
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