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HINCKLEY

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 476 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HINCKLEY  , a See also:

market See also:town in the See also:Bosworth See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Leicestershire, See also:England, 142 m . S.W. from See also:Leicester on the See also:Nuneaton-Leicester See also:branch of the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway, and near the See also:Ashby-de-la-See also:Zouch See also:canal . Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 11,304 . The town is well situated on a considerable See also:eminence . Among the See also:principal buildings are the See also:church of St See also:Mary, a Decorated and Perpendicular structure, with lofty See also:tower and See also:spire; the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:academy named St See also:Peter's Priory, and a See also:grammar school . The ditch of a See also:castle erected by See also:Hugh de Grentismenil in the See also:time of See also:William See also:Rufus is still to be traced . Hinckley is the centre of a See also:stocking-See also:weaving district, and its speciality is circular See also:hose . It also possesses a See also:boot-making See also:industry, See also:brick and See also:tile See also:works, and See also:lime works . There are See also:mineral springs in the neighbourhood .

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