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5 days ago · Manchester - Textiles, Manufacturing, Trade: There has long been a contrast between the economies of the core city (Manchester itself, together with the industrial areas of Salford and Stretford) and the textile towns that form the northern and eastern margins of the urban cluster.
5 days ago · Lying beside beautiful countryside at the western edge of the Black Country, it is an industrial town internationally renowned for its crystal and glass ware. There are some notable historic buildings, including the 17th century Talbot Inn in the High Street, and the nearby 17th century mansion Pedmore Hall.
3 days ago · Stoke-on-Trent is between Manchester, Wolverhampton and Birmingham and adjoins the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme to the west. It lies on the upper valley of the River Trent at the south-west foothills of the Pennines, near the uplands of the Peak District to the north-east and the lowlands of the Midlands and Cheshire Plain to the south and west ...
2 days ago · Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately 100 miles (160 km) from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. It is just west of the traditional centre point of England at Meriden , [16] and is the most inland major city in the country, [17] and lying north of the Cotswolds and east of the Shropshire Hills .
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2 days ago · The Cape Hill, Windmill Lane, and Shireland Road areas to the south-west of this industrialized part of the town developed largely as a district of workers' houses, with factories on the eastern boundary and a new commercial centre along the Birmingham-Dudley road and part of Waterloo Road.
4 days ago · Rugby is situated on the eastern edge of Warwickshire, near to the borders with Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. It is the most easterly town within the West Midlands region, with the nearby county borders also marking the regional boundary with the East Midlands.
4 days ago · The First World War forced the British motor industry to find its supplies at home, and as production increased the castings and forgings industry as a whole was by 1922 concentrated in the west midlands, particularly in Coventry, Birmingham, and Walsall.
