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Bedworth
England, United Kingdom
Bedworth, town, Nuneaton and Bedworth borough, administrative and historic county of Warwickshire, central England. It is situated just to the north of Coventry. Bedworth and neighbouring Nuneaton have merged.
Coal mining, from two local pits, was important until it ceased at the end of the 20th century. Today the economy pivots on light engineering and the manufacturing of tapes, ribbons, and trimmings. Corley Hall, to the west of Bedworth, is reputed to be the model for Hall Farm in the novel Adam Bede by George Eliot. Pop. (2001) 32,268; (2011) 30,648.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.
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