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Encyclopedia Britannica



BROWNHILLS

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 668 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BRI-BUN
BROWNHILLS , an urban
district
  in the Lichfield parliamentary division of Staffordshire, England, 6 m. W. of Lichfield, on branch lines of the London & North-Western and Midland railways, and near the Essington Canal. Pop. (1891) 11,82o; (1901) 15,252. There are extensive coal-mines in the
district
 ,
forming part of the Cannock Chase deposit. The town lies on the Roman Watling
Street
 , and remains of earthworks are seen at
Knave
 's Castle, on the
Street
 , and at Castle Old Fort, 2 M. S.E. Ogley Hay, the parish of which partly covers Brownhills, is a large adjoining
village
 ; there are also
Great
  Wyrley and
Norton
 -under-Cannock or
Norton
  Canes to the N.W. and N., with collieries, and at
Church
 
Bridge
  are brick, tile, and edge-
tool
  works. Wyrley Grove is a picturesque
mansion
  of the 17th century.


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