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Henley-On-Thames

a municipal borough of Oxfordshire, at the base of the Chiltern Hills, and on the left bank of the Thames; 36 miles W. of London.

The five-arch bridge was built in 1786 at a cost of $50,000. Malting is a principal branch of industry; there are also breweries, and a con considerable trade in corn, flour, and timber. The principal amateur regatta of England has been held here every summer since 1839.

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