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Solihull, market town and par. with ry. sta., Warwickshire, 6½ miles S.E. of Birmingham - par., 12,233 ac., pop. 5280; town, pop. 3034; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Wednesday. Solihull has an endowed grammar school, where William Shenstone (1714-63), the poet, was educated.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "market town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Solihull CP/AP Solihull Urban CP Warwickshire AncC |
Place: | Solihull |
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