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CONSETT

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 977 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONSETT  , an

urban
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district in the north-western
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parliamentary division of Durham, England, 20 M . S.E. of Newcastle-upon-
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Tyne by a branch of the North Eastern railway . Pop . (1901) 9694 . It is the centre of a populous
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industrial district, At Shotley
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Bridge (where there is a small
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spa) a colony of German metal-workers, making swords and knives, was established in the 17th century; but this industry has now been replaced by paper mills . There are extensive collieries and ironworks in the district .

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