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Halesowen

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

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

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Halesowen, England/UK Hala, Hales Ouweyn ‘Owen's Corners of Land’ from the plural of the Old English halh ‘corner, or nook, of land’ and the name of the Welsh Prince Owen, who became Lord of Hales in 1204 and occupied the manor.

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Halesowen

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

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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