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SPON-LANE, a place, with an extensive glass factory, on the S border of Stafford; adjacent to the Birmingham and Wolverhampton railway, 4½ miles WNW of Birmingham. It has a r. station with telegraph.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a place, with an extensive glass factory" (ADL Feature Type: "industrial sites") |
| Administrative units: | Staffordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Spon Lane |
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