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Bromwich, West, parl. and mun. bor., and par., Staffordshire, 4½ miles NW. of Birmingham by rail, 5719 ac., pop. 56,295; 3 Banks, 2 newspapers; has coal and iron mines, and hardware mfrs. West Bromwich was made a mun. bor. in 1882, and a parl. bor. in 1885; it returns 1 member to Parliament.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parliamentary and municipal borough, and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | West Bromwich Parish Staffordshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BROMWICH | BROMWICH WEST | WEST BROMWICH |
| Place: | West Bromwich |
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