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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  CHESTER	Cheshire	CHESTER , a city and two sub-districts in Great Boughton district, Cheshire; and a diocese in Cheshire and part of	Imperial
  DENBIGHSHIRE, or Denbigh	Denbighshire	Acton, Kinmel, Ruthin Castle, Llanerch, Dyffryn-Aled, Capel-Voelas, Llanrhiadr, Llandisilio, Gwersylt, Bathafern, Chirk Castle, Gresford, Erddig, Llanbedr, Glanywern, and Gallt-Faenon. Real property in 1815, £221, 783; in 1843, £371, 349; in 1851, £431, 504; in 1860, £532, 929, -of which £82, 377 were in mines, £13, 577 in quarries, £21, 810 in iron	Imperial
  DRUM, or DRUMMONAHAN	Mayo	iron ore but none has been worked. Great tracts of valuable grazing land might be obtained by draining the neighbouring bogs, and deepening the channel of the river. Ballinafad, the seat of Maurice Blake, Esq., is situated in a large and richly planted demesne; and Bridge-mount, the residence of Joseph Acton	Lewis:Ireland
  GLOUCESTER and BRISTOL	Gloucestershire Somerset Wiltshire	Iron-Acton, Siston, Little Sodbury, Tormarton, Tortworth, Weston-Birt, Wickwar, and Yate; the vicarages of Great Badminton, Bitton, Hawkesbury, Marshfield	Imperial
  HAMMERSMITH	Middlesex	Acton road, Shepherd's Bush, was built in 1850. St. John's church, in Bradmore, was built in 1859, at a cost of £6, 000; is in the decorated English style; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with provision for tower and spire. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, Methodists, and Roman Catholics. The Roman Catholic chapel on Brook green, was founded in 1851; has a tower and spire 170 feet high; and is connected with a training college for 70 students. Another R. Catholic chapel was erected in 1866. A Benedictine convent, with about 42 inmates	Imperial
  Iron Acton	Gloucestershire	Iron Acton , par. and vil. with ry. sta., Gloucestershire, 2 miles NW. of Yate Junction and 5½ miles SE. of Thornbury	Bartholomew
  IRON-ACTON	Gloucestershire	ACTON , a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester. The village stands 1½ mile NW of Yate r. station, and 3½ NW by W of Chipping-Sodbury; and has a post office under Bristol, and fairs on 25 April and 13 Sept. The parish contains also the hamlets of Latteridge and Acton-Ilgar. Acres, 2, 927. Real property, £6, 335. Pop., 1, 234. Houses, 303. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Walter Long, Esq. Coal, limestone, and iron	Imperial
  KENSINGTON	Middlesex	KENSINGTON , a metropolitan suburb, a parish, a sub-district, a district, and a division in Middlesex. The suburb lies on	Imperial
  Latteridge	Gloucestershire	Latteridge , hamlet, Iron Acton par., Gloucestershire, 5 miles NW. of Chipping Sodbury.	Bartholomew
  LONDON	London London	LONDON , the metropolis of England. The centre of it is London city or London proper; the centre of that is	Imperial
  NEWRY	Armagh Down	iron swivel bridge is about to be thrown across the canal, which, when completed, will open a communication from the Monaghan road to the very centre of the town. The assembly, news, and coffee rooms were built by subscription in 1794; the assembly-rooms are spacious and elegant; the news-room is well furnished with newspapers and periodical publications, and is open on the most liberal terms to strangers: the offices of the Commissioners of Police and of the Savings' Bank are in this building. Two newspapers are published here, each twice in the week. A barrack affords accommodation	Lewis:Ireland
  RUNCORN	Cheshire	iron-founding, rope-making, soap-making, tanning, and school-slate manufacturing arecarried on. The town includes all R. township and part of Halton township. Pop. in 1851, 8,049; in 1861, 10.434. Houses, 2,092. The township comprises 1,000 acres of land, and 490 ofwater. Real property, £28, 423; of which £1,015 are inquarries, and £1, 490 in gas-works. Pop. in 1851, 8, 688; in 1861, 10,063. Houses, 2,008. The parish contains also the townships of Halton, Norton, Stockham, Sutton, Aston-by-Sutton, Aston-Grange, Clifton, Walton-Inferior, Walton-Superior, Acton	Imperial
  SHREWSBURY	Shropshire	SHREWSBURY , a town, five parishes, and a district, in Salop. The town stands on the river Severn, at the terminus	Imperial
  SHROPSHIRE, or Salop	Shropshire	iron-works, £299 in canals, £27,554 in railways, and £2,921 in gasworks. Pop. in 1801, 169,248; in 1821, 198,311; in 1841, 225,820; in 1861, 240,959. Inhabited houses, 48,391; uninhabited, 1,631; building, 197. Pop. of the registration county in 1851, 249,504; in 1861, 260,409. Inhabited houses, 52,379; uninhabited, 1,771; building, 203. The territory now forming Shropshire was inhabited by the ancient British Cornavii and Ordovices; was partitioned by the Romans into part of their Flavia Cæsariensis and part of their Britannia Secunda; be- came	Imperial
  SODBURY (Chipping)	Gloucestershire	Iron-Acton; and comprises 62,356 acres. Poor rates in 1863, £8,087. Pop. in 1851, 18,256; in 1861, 18,763. Houses	Imperial

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