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Uttoxeter, market town and par., Staffordshire, 13 miles NE. of Stafford and 135 miles NW. of London by rail, 8973 ac., pop. 4981; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 news-papers. Market-day, Wednesday. Uttoxeter, known to the Saxons as Uttocceaster, is an ancient but clean and well-built town, situated on a gentle eminence above the vale of the Dove. It contains several good streets, with a central market-place, town hall, free grammar school, and church with ancient tower and spire. The industries comprise iron-founding and nail and implement making, tanning and rope-spinning, and malting and brewing.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "market town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Uttoxeter AP/CP Staffordshire AncC |
Place: | Uttoxeter |
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