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BEDWORTH, manufacturing town, Warwickshire, England; on the Nuneaton-Coventry branch of the London Midland and Scottish railway, 3-im. S. of Nuneaton. Population of parish (1931) 12,058. A tramway connects with Coventry, and the Cov entry canal passes through. Coal and ironstone are mined ; there are iron-works, and bricks, hats, ribbons and tape and silk are made. Similar industries are carried on in the populous district (including the villages of Exhall and Foleshill) which extends southward towards Coventry.