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Coalville

(Encyclopedia)Coalville, town, Leicestershire, central England. Coalville is a modern town in the center of the Leicestershire coal field. Mining is prevalent, and ot...

(Encyclopedia)Truro tro͝orˈō [key], town (1991 pop. 11,683), central N.S., Canada, near the head of Cobequid Bay, an arm of the Bay of Fundy. It is a railroad and industrial center, with lumber mills, printing p...

Bushey

(Encyclopedia)Bushey, town, Hertfordshire, SE England. Bushey is a residential town just N of Greater London. The local church contains windows by William Morris. ...

Hertford

(Encyclopedia)Hertford, town, E central England, on the Lea River. Hertford is an agricultural market with light industries, including brewing, flour milling, and the...

Ellsworth, Oliver

(Encyclopedia)Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745–1807, American political leader, 3d chief justice of the United States (1796–1800), b. Windsor, Conn. A Hartford lawyer, he was (1778–83) a member of the Continental Cong...

Tewkesbury

(Encyclopedia)Tewkesbury tyo͞oksˈbərē [key], town (1991 pop. 9,454), Gloucestershire, W central England, on the Avon River near its junction with the Severn. Once noted for mustard production, its main industri...

City of Cape Town

(Encyclopedia)City of Cape Town, metropolitan municipality, South Africa: see Cape Town, City of. ...

Bedlingtonshire

(Encyclopedia)Bedlingtonshire, town, Northumberland, NE England. A coal mining region in the 19th cent., its present economy depends upon a variety of light manufacturing. ...

Houghton-le-Spring

(Encyclopedia)Houghton-le-Spring hōˈtən-lə-sprĭng, houˈ– [key], town, Sunderland metropolit...

Beeston

(Encyclopedia)Beeston, town, Nottinghamshire, central England. Large pharmaceutical plants and factories there produce boilers, telecommunication equipment, fluoresce...