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COALVILLE
, a See also:town in the See also:Loughborough See also:parliamentary
See also:division of See also:Leicestershire, See also:England, 112 M
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N.N.W. from See also:London
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (19o1) 15,281
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It is served by the Midland railway, and there is also a station (Coalville See also:East) on the See also:Nuneaton-Loughborough See also:branch of the London & See also:North-Western railway
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This is a town of See also:modern growth, a centre of the See also:coal-See also:mining district of north Leicestershire
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There are also See also:iron foundries and See also:brick-See also:works
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A mile north, of Coalville is Whitwick, with remains of a See also:castle of See also:Norman date, while to the north again are slight remains of the nunnery of Gracedieu, founded in 1240, where, after its See also:dissolution, See also:Francis See also:Beaumont, the poet-colleague of See also: |
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