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Halesowen |
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Halesowen (hālz`ōwən), city (1991 pop. 57,533), Dudley metropolitan district, central England. Listed in the Domesday Book Domesday Book (d ..... Click the link for more information. as Hala, Halesowen manufactures machine tools, electronic equipment, and bricks. The city also has steel and iron plants. Halesowen was the birthplace of the printer William Caslon Caslon, William (kăz`lən), 1692–1766, English type designer, b. Worcestershire. ..... Click the link for more information. and the poet William Shenstone Shenstone, William, 1714–63, English poet and landscape gardener. The Schoolmistress (1742), his best-known poem, was written in imitation of Spenser. His home, "Leasowes," in Shropshire, was a notable example of 18th-century landscaping. ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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