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Worcestershire
Worcestershire is an historic county of England. (For more information about the ancient counties of the UK, see the historic counties page and the place types page.)
From The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72):
An inland county; bounded, on the NW, by Salop; on the N, by Staffordshire; on the E, by Warwickshire; on the S, by Gloucestershire; on the W, by Herefordshire.
Coal and ironstone are worked by about 2,000 persons; limestone, flagstone, and freestone are extensively worked; fire bricks are made in the N; hardware manufacture employs about 8,000 persons...
There are salt-works, alkali-works, vitriol-works, vinegar-works, paper-mills, maltings, breweries, crate-works, tan-yards, and manufactories of combs, buttons, lanterns and other articles.
Also known as Worcester.
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| | Cemeteries | Cemeteries in Worcestershire include Abbey Cemetery, Beacon Hill Cemetery, Bromsgrove Cemetery, Dudley Cemetery, Gornal Wood Cemetery and Crematorium, Hawbush Cemetery, Kidderminster Cemetery, Lodge Hill Cemetery, Quinton Cemetery, Stourbridge Cemetery ... View cemeteries
| | Communities | Communities in Worcestershire include Abberley, Alvechurch, Areley Kings, Barnt Green, Bartley Green, Bewdley, Billesley, Blackheath, Bockleton, Bournville ... View communities
| | Family history & family records | Birth, marriage and death records - nationwide BritishIslesGenWeb Census records Family Records Centre Genuki - Worcestershire Genuki - England Birmingham & Midland Society General Register Office - UK Immigration records Military records Probate records - Guide to obtaining Wills - Search National Archives
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| | Parishes | Parishes in Worcestershire include Abberley, Abberton, Abbots Morton, Acton Beauchamp, Alderminster, Alfrick, Alvechurch, Areley Kings, Astley, Badsey ... View parishes
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