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BANBRIDGE

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 307 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BANBRIDGE , a See also:

town of Co. Down, See also:Ireland, in the See also:west See also:parliamentary See also:division, on the See also:Bann, 23 M. S.W. of See also:Belfast on a See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Northern railway, See also:standing on an See also:eminence. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 5oo6. To mitigate a steep ascent, a central See also:carriage-way, 200 yds, See also:long, is cut along the See also:main See also:street to a See also:depth of 15 ft., the opposite terraces being connected by a See also:bridge. Banbridge is an entirely See also:modern town. It is the See also:principal seat of the See also:linen See also:trade in the See also:county, and has extensive See also:cloth and See also:thread factories, bleachfields and chemical See also:works. A. memorial in See also:Church Square commemorates the See also:Franklin expedition to the See also:discovery of the See also:North-West Passage, and in particular See also:Captain See also:Francis See also:Crozier, who was See also:born at Banbridge in 1796 and served on the expedition.

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