Broseley, a small town of Shropshire, on the Severn, 15 miles SE. of Shrewsbury, famous for its manufacture of excellent clay tobacco-pipes. Its 'churchwardens,' or long clay pipes, are in request all over England. Pop. of parish 4033.
Broseley
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 482
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