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Encyclopedia Britannica



SMETHWICK

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 253 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SIV-SOU
SMETHWICK , a municipal and county
borough
  in the Hands-worth parliamentary division of Staffordshire, England, 3 M. W. of
Birmingham
  on the
Great
  Western and the London & North Western railways. Pop. (1891) 36,106; (1901) 54,539. There are large glass, chemical and
machine
  works; nuts and bolts are made, and lighthouse fittings are a specialty. Adjoining Smethwick on the E. is the
district
  of Soho, famous as the
scene
  of the engineering experiments of James
Watt
  during his partnership with
Matthew
  Boulton (c. 1770). The town of Smethwick is a modern growth about an ancient
village
 , the name of which appears in Domesday. The
borough
 , incorporated in 1899 (county borough, 1907), is under a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. Area, 1929 acres.


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