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Ellsworth, Oliver

(Encyclopedia)Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745–1807, American political leader, 3d chief justice of the United States (1796–1800), b. Windsor, Conn. A Hartford lawyer, he was (1778–83) a member of the Continental Cong...

Tewkesbury

(Encyclopedia)Tewkesbury tyo͞oksˈbərē [key], town (1991 pop. 9,454), Gloucestershire, W central England, on the Avon River near its junction with the Severn. Once noted for mustard production, its main industri...

Bedlingtonshire

(Encyclopedia)Bedlingtonshire, town, Northumberland, NE England. A coal mining region in the 19th cent., its present economy depends upon a variety of light manufacturing. ...

Houghton-le-Spring

(Encyclopedia)Houghton-le-Spring hōˈtən-lə-sprĭng, houˈ– [key], town, Sunderland metropolit...

Beeston

(Encyclopedia)Beeston, town, Nottinghamshire, central England. Large pharmaceutical plants and factories there produce boilers, telecommunication equipment, fluoresce...

Chadderton

(Encyclopedia)Chadderton, town, Oldham metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Cottons and electrical and aircraft equipment a...

Buxton

(Encyclopedia)Buxton, town, Derbyshire, central England, on the Wye River in Peak District National Park. It is c.1,000 ft (305 m) high; the “old town” is on a hi...

Accrington

(Encyclopedia)Accrington, town, Lancashire, NW England. The principal industry is cotton weaving. Textile printing and dyeing and the manufacture of machinery and bricks are also important. ...

Crosby

(Encyclopedia)Crosby, town, Sefton metropolitan district, NW England, on Liverpool Bay. Formed in 1937 from the urban districts of Great Crosby and Waterloo-with-Seaf...

Bromsgrove

(Encyclopedia)Bromsgrove brŏmzˈgrōv [key], town and district, Worcestershire, central England. An ancient ...