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NEWBURY, or Knowbury, a coal-field in the S of Salop; in Titterstone-Clee-Hill, 4¼ miles E of Ludlow. It is ½ a mile long; and has several strata of ironstone, clay, and limestone, overlaid with basalt.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a coal-field" (ADL Feature Type: "mine sites") |
| Administrative units: | Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | KNOWBURY | NEWBURY | NEWBURY OR KNOWBURY |
| Place: | Knowbury |
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