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Halesowen , city (1991 pop. 57,533), Dudley metropolitan district, central England. Listed in the Domesday Book 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 and the poet William Shenstone .

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Halesowen Dudley. Hala 1086 (DB), Hales Ouweyn 1276. ‘Nooks or corners of land’. OE halh in a plural form, with manorial affix from the Welsh prince called Owen who held the manor in the early 13th cent.

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	CRICKET: Halesowen perfect timing; PREMIER DIVISION.(Sport) Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 9/16/2002; 700+ words ; ...work harder for it than expected but Halesowen were duly crowned champions of the Banks...then again, the whole key to this Halesowen title triumph has been keeping it late...maintain his run right until the end but Halesowen still won all his five matches at the...
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