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<p> A west midland county of England, which touches [[Warwick]] in the centre of the country, and extends SW. to the estuary of the Severn; it presents three natural and well-defined districts known as the Hill, formed by the Cotswold Hills in the E.; the Vale, through which the [[Severn]] runs, in the centre; the [[Forest]] of Dean (the largest in England) in the W.; coal is wrought in two large fields, but agricultural and dairy-farming are the main industries; antiquities abound; the principal rivers are the Wye, Severn, Lower and Upper Avon, and Thames; [[Bristol]] ( <i> q. v </i> .) is the largest town. </p> | Gloucestershire <ref name="term_73873" /> | ||
==References == | <p> A west midland county of England, which touches [[Warwick]] in the centre of the country, and extends SW. to the estuary of the Severn; it presents three natural and well-defined districts known as the Hill, formed by the Cotswold [[Hills]] in the E.; the Vale, through which the [[Severn]] runs, in the centre; the [[Forest]] of Dean (the largest in England) in the W.; coal is wrought in two large fields, but agricultural and dairy-farming are the main industries; antiquities abound; the principal rivers are the Wye, Severn, Lower and Upper Avon, and Thames; [[Bristol]] ( <i> q. v </i> .) is the largest town. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_73873"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/gloucestershire Gloucestershire from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_73873"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/gloucestershire Gloucestershire from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:25, 15 October 2021
Gloucestershire [1]
A west midland county of England, which touches Warwick in the centre of the country, and extends SW. to the estuary of the Severn; it presents three natural and well-defined districts known as the Hill, formed by the Cotswold Hills in the E.; the Vale, through which the Severn runs, in the centre; the Forest of Dean (the largest in England) in the W.; coal is wrought in two large fields, but agricultural and dairy-farming are the main industries; antiquities abound; the principal rivers are the Wye, Severn, Lower and Upper Avon, and Thames; Bristol ( q. v .) is the largest town.
