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CHARNWOOD FOREST

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 948 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARNWOOD

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FOREST  , an upland
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tract in the N.-W. of
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Leicestershire,
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England . It is undulating, rocky; picturesque, and in
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great
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part barren, though there are some extensive tracts of woodland; its
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elevation is generally 600 ft. and upwards, the
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area exceeding this height being about 61oo acres . The loftiest point, Bardon
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Hill, is 912 ft . On its western flank lies a coalfield, with
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Coalville and other
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mining towns, and
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granite and
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hone-stones are worked .

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