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Chadderton

(Encyclopedia) Chadderton, town, Oldham metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Cottons and electrical and…

Beeston

(Encyclopedia) Beeston, town, Nottinghamshire, central England. Large pharmaceutical plants and factories there produce boilers, telecommunication…

Scawfell

(Encyclopedia) Scawfell: see Scafell, mts., England.

Sabrina

(Encyclopedia) Sabrina: see Severn, river, England.

Aurigny

(Encyclopedia) Aurigny: see Alderney, island, England.

Riduna

(Encyclopedia) Riduna: see Alderney, island, England.

Redruth

(Encyclopedia) Redruth, England: see Camborne-Redruth.

Romney

(Encyclopedia) Romney, England: see New Romney.

Gadsden, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Gadsden, ChristopherGadsden, Christophergădzˈdən [key], 1724–1805, American Revolutionary leader, b. Charleston, S.C., educated in England. He returned to Charleston (1746) and became…

Glover, Jose

(Encyclopedia) Glover, JoseGlover, Joseglŭvˈər [key], d. 1638, English nonconformist minister, generally considered the father of printing in the English colonies of North America. He visited New…