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Dunstable
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Dunstable (dŭn`stəbəl), town (1991 pop. 30,912), Bedfordshire, SE England. Located at the meeting point of the ancient Icknield Street Icknield Street (ĭk`nēld)
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 and Watling Street Watling Street (wŏt`lĭng), important ancient road in England, built by the Romans in the course of their military occupation.
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, Dunstable is a developing residential and industrial district, with printing and cement plants and extensive automobile works. There are interesting traces of Stone and Bronze Age civilizations, including the Maiden Bower and Five Knolls earthworks; one of the Knolls, excavated in 1926, contained remains and ornaments of a woman of c.2000 B.C. The Priory Church includes part of an Augustinian priory founded with the town in 1131. Whipsnade Zoo is nearby. Dunstable has a College of Further Education.
Dunstable1
John. died 1453, English composer, esp of motets and mass settings, noted for his innovations in harmony and rhythm

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an industrial town in SE central England, in Bedfordshire. Pop.: 50 775 (2001)


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