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Hinckley

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a market town in the Bosworth parliamentary division of Leicestershire, England, 141m. S.W. from Leicester on the Nuneaton-Leicester branch of the London & NorthWestern railway, and near the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal. Pop. of urban district (1901), 11,304. The town is well situated on a considerable eminence. Among the principal buildings are the church of St Mary, a Decorated and Perpendicular structure, with lofty tower and spire; the Roman Catholic academy named St Peter's Priory, and a grammar school. The ditch of a castle erected by Hugh de Grentismenil in the time of William Rufus is still to be traced. Hinckley is the centre of a stockingweaving district, and its speciality is circular hose. It also possesses a boot-making industry, brick and tile works, and lime works. There are mineral springs in the neighbourhood.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Hinckley'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​h/hinckley.html. 1910.
 
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