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• Aberdeenshire
  ...[[Alvah]], it also forms a detached part of Aberdeenshire's ancient parish of [[King Edward]]. ...t is mountainous, especially [[Braemar]], which contains the greatest mass of elevated land in the [[British Isles]]. The Dee valley has sandy soil, the
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• Midlothian
  ...nating presence is [[Edinburgh]], from which it takes its alternative name of Edinburghshire. The county lies along the southern shore of the Firth of Forth between, as the name suggests, East Lothian and West Lothian. Midloth
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• Orkney
  ...s north of the coast of [[Caithness]]. Orkney has approximately 70 islands of which 20 are inhabited.<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 336-403.</ref><ref>Wic ...largest island, known as the [[Mainland, Orkney|Mainland]] and has an area of 202 square miles making it the tenth-largest island in the [[British Isles]
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• Renfrewshire
  ...a small but populous [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the banks of the [[River Clyde]]. Its [[county town]] is [[Renfrew]], though Renfrew is ...mall detached portion of the parish of Renfrew stands on the northern bank of the Clyde, surrounded on the landward side by [[Dumbartonshire]].
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• Stirlingshire
  ...Campsie Fells]] to [[Loch Lomond]] and to within four miles of the [[Firth of Clyde]]. ...tic and indeed bloody episodes of British history, in those long ages when war was known in these lands.
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• Terminology of the British Isles
  ...ften used loosely. The purpose of this article is to explain the meanings of and relationships among those terms. ...'''British Isles''' is an archipelago consisting of the two large islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and many smaller surrounding islands.
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• Aberdeen
  |LG district=City of Aberdeen ...rdeenshire]] and Scotland's third most populous city. It is a major centre of the North Sea oil industry.
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• Dundee
  ...d the largest town of [[Angus]], standing on the north bank of the [[Firth of Tay]]. It is the fourth-largest city in [[Scotland]]. ...along with its other major industries gave Dundee its epithet as the city of "jam, jute and journalism".
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• Irvine, Ayrshire
  ...gh Constable of Scotland, Hugh de Morville. It also served as the capital of [[Cunninghame]]. The poet [[Robert Burns]] lived here for a time, after wh ...nninghame and Largs. The dispute was resolved by Robert II's Royal Charter of 8 April 1372 conferring Royal Burgh status on Irvine.
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• Kirkcaldy
  | picture caption=Kirkcaldy from the Firth of Forth ...cities of [[Dundee]] and [[Edinburgh]]. It also forms a parish by the name of Kirkcaldy and Dysart.
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• Stirling
  ...g standing in a narrow neck of passable land joining the Lowlands to the [[Scottish Highlands|Highlands]]. Stirling itself stands on the south bank of the Forth, which forms Stirlingshire’s northern boundary for all but a fe
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• Leith
  | picture caption=Harbour in the Water of Leith ...h at the mouth of the [[Water of Leith]] on the south shore of the [[Firth of Forth]].
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• Whitehaven
  ...land is outside the [[Lake District]] National Park, its towns the product of the Industrial Revolution, and Whitehaven is no exception. Its former weal A planned town at first, Whitehaven is the most complete example of planned Georgian architecture in Europe and recently it has been pursuing g
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• Londonderry
  ...second-biggest city in [[Northern Ireland]]. The city stands at the mouth of the [[River Foyle]] as the rivermouth becomes [[Lough Foyle]]. ...s/urban_rural/ur_gaz.pdf |title=Statistical Classification and Delineation of Settlements - February 2005 |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2010-06-20}}</re
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• Bangor, County Down
  ...le place to live], UTV News, 3 August 2007</ref> Bangor was granted [[List of cities in the United Kingdom|city status]] by Letters Patent on 2 December ...oad and a direct railway line. Bangor is 13½&nbsp;miles east of the heart of Belfast and thirty minutes by train or bus with George Best Belfast City Ai
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• Annan
  ...nnan''' is a town and royal burgh in [[Dumfriesshire]], close to the mouth of the [[River Annan]]. ...es Centre. In Port Street, some of the windows remain blocked up, a legacy of the window tax.
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• Dumfries
  ...tp://qosfc.com/new_newsview.aspx?newsid=277 "Eva Mendes - the latest Queen of the South" 7th November 2010]</ref> ==Name of the town==
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• Isle of Arran
  |name=Isle of Arran |map=Isle of Arran locator.png
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• Cookstown
  ...fourth largest town in the county. At the 2001 census it had a population of nearly 11,000. ...e linen industry West of the [[River Bann]], and until 1956, the processes of flax spinning, weaving, bleaching and beetling were carried out in the town
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• British Isles
  ...reland satellite image bright.png|300px|thumb|right|A satellite photograph of the British Isles, the island on the right being Great Britain and the smal ...h and east of the islands lies continental Europe, 21 miles from the coast of [[Kent]] at the nearest point. To the north is open sea until the Faroe Isl
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• Berwick-upon-Tweed
  ...ppertaining to Berwick beyond the town itself are known as the [[Liberties of Berwick]]. The town had a population of 11,665 at the time of the 2001 census.
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• Scotland
  ...f Scotland.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Saint Andrew's Saltire, the national flag of Scotland]] ...are the [[Hebrides]] spread out from the west coast and the Northern Isles of [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]].
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• Tain
  ...nd may be derived from the name for the nearby River Tain, which itself is of unknown origin and may be Norse. ...thac's town' after Saint Duthus or Duthlac.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesP-Z.pdf| title=Placenames|
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• Roxburgh
  |LG district=Scottish Borders ...et at [[Kelso]]. The name belongs both to a destroyed town at the meeting of the rivers and to a small village a little upstream, as well as a wider par
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• Kingston upon Hull
  ...ually referred to as '''Hull''', is a major port city in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]]. It stands on the [[Humber]], where the [[River Hull]] enters i Renamed ''Kings town upon Hull'' by King Edward I in 1299, the town and city of Hull has served as market town,<ref name="hedon_tc_history">{{cite web
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• Church in Wales
  [[File:Map of Church in Wales.svg|right|thumb|250px|Map of the Dioceses in the Church in Wales]] ...; the current archbishop is Barry Morgan, the [[Diocese of Llandaff|Bishop of Llandaff]].
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• Doncaster
  ...very edge of [[Yorkshire]] and its suburbs reaching out toward the [[Isle of Axholme]] in [[Lincolnshire]]. ...knamed "Donny", and for all its variety and its lively history as a centre of industry and innovation, it is perhaps best known for its racecourse.
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• Northern Ireland
  ...ng of six [[Counties of the United Kingdom|counties]], namely the counties of: ...the low-lying lands of the [[River Bann]] and [[Lough Neagh]] in the heart of the land, to dramatic mountain scenery and noble, ocean-girt sea cliffs.
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• Gigha
  |picture=Eilean Garbh, Isle of Gigha.jpg ...t coast of the [[Kintyre]] peninsula of [[Argyllshire]], with a population of about 110. The climate is mild with higher than average sunshine hours and
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• Loch Leven Castle
  |picture caption=Keep and west wall of the castle ...e in style and was possibly built around 1300. During the wars of Scottish independence which rent the island between 1296 and 1357, the castle was attached, taken
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• Darvel
  ...vel''' or '''Dervel''' is a small town in [[Ayrshire]], at the eastern end of the [[Loudoun|Irvine Valley]]. It is sometimes referred to as ''The Lang T [[File:Darvel1832.JPG|thumb|200px|left|1832 map of Darvel, by John Thomson]]
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• Diocese of Durham
  |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Durham arms.svg
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• Northumbria
  [[File:Kingdom of Northumbria in AD 802.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Northumbria, estimated. in 800] ...sh kingdoms, its kings ruling as overlords of all the English kingdoms and of all North Britain.
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• Galloway Hills
  ...ght|thumb|350px|Over the Silver Flowe from the Dungeon Hills on the Rhinns of Kells in winter]] ...f them. The Galloway Forest Park is here, an area of some 300 square miles of largely uninhabited wild land, managed by the [[Forestry Commission]].
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• Royal Commissions on Ancient and Historical Monuments
  ...ng and maintaining records of monuments and historical sites. The merging of each commission into other government bodies operating in the same area has ...aritime sites and underwater constructions), as well as historical aspects of the landscape. The information is then made available to academia and to t
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• Dunnottar Castle
  ...about 2 miles south of [[Stonehaven]]. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th and 16th centuries, but the site is believed to have been fortifie ...s. Dunnottar is best known as the place where the Honours of Scotland, the Scottish crown jewels, were hidden from Oliver Cromwell's invading army in the 17th
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• Edinburgh Castle
  |picture caption=Edinburgh Castle at the head of the Old Town |battles=Anglo-Scottish Wars (1296–1357);<br/>Lang Siege (1571–1573);<br/>sieges in 1640, 1650,
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• Scone
  | picture caption=Scone mercat cross, today almost all that is left of the old village ...of Mansfield. Hence the modern village of Scone, and the mediæval village of Old Scone, can often be distinguished.
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• Lanercost Priory
  ...cost Priory''' is in [[Lanercost]] village in [[Cumberland]], within sight of [[Naworth Castle]], with which it long had close connections. It was disso ...e Augustinian Canons. It is now open to the public and in the guardianship of [[English Heritage]].
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• Dumbarton Castle
  ...ton]], county town of [[Dunbartonshire]], standing on a 240-foot high plug of volcanic basalt known as '''Dumbarton Rock'''. ...settlement is first recorded in a letter St Patrick wrote to King Ceretic of Alt Clut in the late 5th century.
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• Cardiff Castle
  |picture caption=The Norman keep of Cardiff Castle |events=Norman invasion, Despenser War<br>Glyndŵr Rising, Civil War
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• Bothwell Castle
  |picture caption=South-east tower of the castle |type=Castle of enceinte
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• Doune Castle
  |builder=Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany |height={{convert|29|m|ft|0|x}} to top of Lord's tower
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• Riccarton
  ...Blackie & Son. London. P. 74.</ref> The parish also contains the village of [[Hurlford]].<ref name="Adamson47">Adamson, Archibald R. (1875). Rambles Ro ...horn">Strawhorn, John & Boyd, William (1951) The Third Statistical Account of Scotland. Ayrshire. Pub. Oliver & Boyd. Edinburgh. P. 456.</ref>
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• Newcastle West
  ...when the area was thickly wooded. The crest of the town carries the image of a wild boar. Newcastle West is on the N21 road from Limerick to [[Tralee]], Newcastle West grew up around a castle, the ruins of which are located off the town square. The large castle ruins are well main
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• Victoria and Albert Museum
  ...rgest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5&nbsp;million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen ...nsington]], in an area that has become known as "[[Albertopolis]]" because of its association with Prince Albert, the [[Albert Memorial]] and the major c
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• Eilean Donan
  ...television dominates the island, which lies about a mile from the village of Dornie. Since the castle's restoration in the early 20th century, a footbri ...f name=gro>{{GRO10}}</ref> but there were no "usual residents" at the time of the 2011 census.<ref name=NRS/>
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• Beckley, Oxfordshire
  |picture caption= Parish church of the<br>Assumption of the Blesséd Virgin Mary ...amshire. For civil purposes Beckley village forms part of the civil parish of Beckley and Stowood. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 60
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• Stebbing
  ...the Hinckford hundred of northern [[Essex]]. The village is situated north of the ancient [[Roman road]] [[Stane Street (Colchester)|Stane Street]]. Its ...a mile north-west of the church is The Mount, the moated earthwork remains of the mediæval castle.
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• Holyrood Abbey
  |picture caption=The ruins of Holyrood Abbey ...urgh]], [[Midlothian]]. The abbey was founded in 1128 by King David I; one of that king's any monastic foundations.
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• Cairness House
  ...layfair's death in 1794. The park was laid out by Thomas White, a follower of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. ...the end of the C18" and that "its survival is the more precious as so many of Playfair's other designs were either not built or have been lost or altered
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• Glenties
  ...of two rivers. Glenties is the largest centre of population in the parish of Iniskeel. ...1609, which was granted to Scottish undertakers as part of the Plantation of Ulster.
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• Cupar Castle
  ...own as Castle Hill next to Castlehill Primary School in Cupar. No vestiges of the castle remain above ground. ...the Earls of Fife in the 11th century. King Alexander III's wife, Margaret of England, died at the castle on 26 February 1275.<ref>Ashley (2002), p.492.<
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• Heriot-Watt University
  ...established in 1821 as the '''School of Arts of Edinburgh,''' the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted university status by royal c ...of higher and lower status universities in the UK? | journal=Oxford Review of Education | pages=608–627| url=http://dro.dur.ac.uk/14978/1/14978.pdf|iss
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• Urris
  ...nd the hills, with just two entrances affording entrance to Urris; the Gap of Mamore, and Crossconnell. The wider parish comprises the townlands of [[Crossconnell]], [[Dunaff]], [[Kinnea]], Leenan, Letter, and Urrismenagh.
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