1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ATHERSTONE. a market-town in the Nuncaton parliamentary division of Warwickshire, England, io2§ m. N.W. from London by the London & North-Western railway. Pop. (1001) 5248. It lies in the upper valley of the Anker, under well-wooded hills to the west, and is on the Roman Watling Street, and the Coventry canal. The once monastic church of St Mary is rebuilt , excepting the central tower and part of the chancel. The chief industry is hat-making. On the high ground to the west lie ruins of the Cistercian abbey of Mere…
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