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Midsomer Norton

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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An urban district in the northern parliamentary division of Somersetshire, England, i 2 z m. S.S.W. of Bath. on the Somerset & Dorset and the Great Western railways. Pop. (1901), 5809. The town is pleasantly situated in a hilly district, between two branches of the small river Somer. The church of St John the Baptist, principally Perpendicular, - has in its tower three bells presented by Charles Both this town and the adjacent urban district of Radstock (pop. 3355) have a considerable trade in coal, which is mined in the vicinity. The coalfield extends northwestward towards Bristol, and is of great importance to the manufactures of that city.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Midsomer Norton'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/midsomer-norton.html. 1910.
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