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BROMSGROVE
, a See also:market See also:town in the Eastern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Worcestershire, See also:England, 12 M
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N.N.E. of See also:Worcester, with a station 1 m. from the town on the See also:Bristol-See also:Birmingham See also:line of the Midland railway
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 8418
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It lies in a pleasant undulating district near the See also:foot of the Lickey Hills, to surmount which the railway towards Birmingham here ascends for 2 M. one of the steepest gradients in England over such a distance
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There remain several picturesque See also:half-timbered houses, dating from 1572 and later
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