A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Dunstable, mun. bor., market town, and par., with ry. sta., at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, in co. and 18 miles S. of Bedford, and 33 miles NW. of London -- par. and bor., 453 ac., pop. 4627; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. Dunstable was probably a Roman station. It had a palace and an Augustinian priory built by Henry I. The church of the priory is now used as the parish church (restored in 1865). Straw-plaiting and the making of straw hats and bonnets are the principal industries.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "municipal borough, market town, and parish, with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Dunstable AP/CP Dunstable Borough Bedfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Dunstable |
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