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LEAMINGTON , a municipal See also: borough and See also: health resort of See also: Warwickshire, See also: England, on the See also: river Learn near its junction with the See also: Avon, 98 m
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N.W. from See also: London, served by the See also: Great Western and London & See also: North Western See also: railways
.
Pop
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(19o1) 26,888
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The See also: parliamentary boroughs of Leamington and See also: Warwick were joined into one constituency in 1885, re-turning one member
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The centres of the towns are 2 M. apart, Warwick lying to the west, but they are See also: united by the intermediate parish of New Milverton
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There are three saline springs, and the See also: principal See also: pump-rooms, See also: baths and pleasant gardens lie on the right See also: bank of the river
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The chief public
buildings are the See also: town See also: hall (1884), containing a
See also: free library and school of See also: art; and the Theatre Royal and See also: assembly See also: room
.
The parish See also: church of All
See also: Saints is modernized, and the other churches are entirely See also: modern
.
The S
.
Warwickshire hospital and Midland Counties Home for incurables are here
.
Leamington High School is an important school for girls
.
There is a municipal technical school . See also: Industries include iron foundries and brick-See also: works
.
The town lies in a well-wooded and picturesque country, within a few See also: miles of such interesting towns as Warwick, See also: Kenilworth, See also: Coventry and Stratford-on-Avon
.
It is a favourite hunting centre, and, as a health resort, attracts not only visitors but residents
.
The town is governed by a mayor, 8 aldermen, and 24 councillors
.
See also: Area, 2817 acres
.
Leamington was a See also: village of no importance until about 1786, when baths were first erected, though the springs were noticed by See also: Camden, writing about 1586
.
The population in 1811 was only 543, The town was incorporated in 1875
.
The name in former use was Leamington Priors, in distinction from Leamington Hastings, a village on the upper Learn
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By royal licence granted in 1838 it was called Royal Leamington See also: Spa
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