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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 916 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HANDSWORTH . (I) An See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district in the Handsworth See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire, See also:

England, suburban to See also:

BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham on the See also:

north-See also:

west . Pop . (1891), 32,756; (1901) 52,021 . (See BIRMINGHAM.) (2) An urban district in the Hallamshire parliamentary division of See also:

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, 4 M . S.E.of See also:

Sheffield . Pop . (19or), 13,404 . In this neighbourhood are extensive collieries and quarries .

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