BROWNHILLS
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V04,
Page 668
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
BROWNHILLS
, an See also:urban See also:district in the See also:Lichfield See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Staffordshire, See also:England, 6 m
.
W. of Lichfield, on See also:branch lines of the See also:London & See also:North-Western and Midland See also:railways, and near the Essington See also:Canal
.
Pop
.
(1891) 11,82o; (1901) 15,252
.
There are extensive See also:coal-mines in the district,
forming See also:part of the See also:Cannock See also:Chase See also:deposit
.
The See also:town lies on the See also:Roman Watling See also:Street, and remains of earthworks are seen at See also:Knave's See also:Castle, on the Street, and at Castle Old Fort, 2 M
.
S.E
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Ogley See also:Hay, the See also:parish of which partly covers Brownhills, is a large adjoining See also:village; there are also See also:Great Wyrley and See also:Norton-under-Cannock or Norton Canes to the N.W. and N., with collieries, and at See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church See also:Bridge are See also:brick, See also:tile, and edge-See also:tool See also:works
.
Wyrley See also:Grove is a picturesque See also:mansion of the 17th See also:century
.
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