2) Crewe. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Crewe, (kroo) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 59,097), Cheshire, W central England. It is an important railroad junction with large locomotive and car works, including Rolls-Royce...

3) Burnett, Frances Eliza Hodgson. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Frances Eliza Hodgson, 1849-1924, American author, b. Manchester, England. In 1865 she went to Knoxville, Tenn. with her family. She is famous for her children's...

4) Bamburgh. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Bernicia and for a time of Northumbria. In the 6th cent. a castle was erected above a tall cliff on the site of a Roman fort. Restored in the 18th cent., it is still...

5) Spark, Dame Muriel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Dame Muriel, 1918-, Scottish novelist. Her witty novels expose the petty foibles of her characters with merciless satire. Spark's Roman Catholicism (she converted...

6) Cheshire, county, England. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The county seat is Chester. The terrain is generally low, flat, and fertile. Its chief rivers are the Mersey and the Dee, which separates Cheshire from Wales. The...

7) Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Rosebery was undersecretary for home affairs (1881-83), entered the cabinet as lord privy seal (1885), and served (1886, 1892-94) as foreign secretary. His imperialist...