RUGELEY
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V23,
Page 822
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
RUGELEY
, a market town in the Lichfield parliamentary division of Staffordshire, England, in the Trent valley
.
Pop. of urban district (1901), 4447
.
The London & North-Western railway has stations on the main line (Trent Valley, 1241 M
.
N.W. from London), and at the town, on a branch line to Walsall
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The Grand Trunk canal here follows the Trent
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To the S.W. lie the hills of Cannock Chase
.
The See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
of St Augustine is modern; of the parish church of the 14th century only the tower and chancel remainr The municipal offices, market See also: - HALL
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
and assembly- room are contained in one building (1879)
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A grammar school was founded in 1611
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There are ironfoundries, corn- mills and tanneries; and the parish includes several collieries
.
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