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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Sawley.-- vil. with ry. sta., Derbyshire, and par. and township, partly also in Leicestershire - par. (containing Long Eaton), 3959 ac., pop. 7596; township (Sawley with Wilsthorpe), 1860 ac., pop. 1379; vil., on river Trent, 1 mile mile S. of Sawley sta., which is 7 miles SE. of Derby; P.O. Sawley is a prosperous place, and was once a market town; it has an ancient church and a national school, and partakes in the industrial prosperity of LONG EATON: which see.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Sawley AP Derbyshire AncC |
| Place: | Sawley |
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