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  • | picture caption = The town of Alnwick, nestling behind Alnwick Castle ...0 people, 32 miles south of [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and 5 miles inland from the [[North Sea]] at [[Alnmouth]].
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  • ...he valley of the river Spey into the Grampian and [[Cairngorm]] mountains. The highest mountains are [[Ben Macdhui]] (4,296 feet), shared with Aberdeenshi ...rm into the Spey) and the [[River Spey|Spey]] for the miles where it forms the border with [[Morayshire]].
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  • ...nties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the [[River Tweed]]. It is part of the "[[Middle Shires]]". ...rmuir reaches 1,746 feet in Berwickshire, at Meikel Says Law on the border of East Lothian.
    13 KB (1,937 words) - 17:05, 24 March 2021
  • |picture=Latheron, the old church - geograph.org.uk - 596902.jpg ...of [[Great Britain]], bounded to the north and the east by the sea and to the west by [[Sutherland]].
    13 KB (2,053 words) - 18:13, 8 February 2016
  • ...a. The [[county town]], after which it takes its name, is the ancient City of [[Chester]]. ==The lie of the land==
    18 KB (2,625 words) - 09:43, 6 June 2019
  • ...he United Kingdom|shire]] on the south coast of the [[Firth of Forth]] and the [[North Sea]]. ...erwickshire]]. The shire has a detached part in Midlothian in the vicinity of [[Fala]].
    13 KB (1,906 words) - 20:54, 6 December 2016
  • ...s. The hills are rugged green pasture, with deep river valleys along which the shire's villages are found. ...ture of both. The land of Herefordshire is predominantly agricultural and the county is well known for Hereford cattle and for its fruit and cider produc
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  • |picture=Craig of Garvock - geograph.org.uk - 197897.jpg |picture caption=Craig of Garvock in the Howe O' the Mearns
    11 KB (1,747 words) - 12:58, 4 November 2016
  • ...nating presence is [[Edinburgh]], from which it takes its alternative name of Edinburghshire. ...dominated by London, Edinburgh being a more restrained city and Midlothian the larger county.
    16 KB (2,425 words) - 22:30, 21 March 2017
  • ...town]] is [[Elgin]], which has also given the county its alternative name of Elginshire. ...y are inland, locally situate in Inverness-shire, and a corresponding part of Inverness-shire interposes itself between coast Moray and its larger detach
    14 KB (2,251 words) - 18:44, 5 January 2021
  • |flag=Flag of Northumberland.svg ...Tyne|Tyne]], with [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and its lands stretching north of the Tweed.
    22 KB (3,198 words) - 09:29, 2 March 2016
  • ...Campsie Fells]] to [[Loch Lomond]] and to within four miles of the [[Firth of Clyde]]. ...ced Stirlingshire in the heart of many dramatic and indeed bloody episodes of British history, in those long ages when war was known in these lands.
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  • ...s Office] Census 2011, "Population Classified by Area", Table 1 Population of each province, county and city with actual and percentage change, 2006 and ...tle-2012.JPG|250px|right|thumb|The [[River Shannon]] runs through the city of [[Limerick]], with King John's Castle.]]
    16 KB (2,356 words) - 16:24, 31 January 2018
  • |LG district=City of Aberdeen ...enshire]] and Scotland's third most populous city. It is a major centre of the North Sea oil industry.
    51 KB (7,818 words) - 20:24, 20 July 2017
  • ...d has a population of 5,708. The western boundary of the parish also forms the county border. Turriff is known locally as '''Turra''' in the Doric dialect of Scots. The name appears to be Scottish Gaelic in origin, from "''torr''" meaning a mou
    3 KB (473 words) - 16:06, 16 October 2015
  • ...n 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".
    17 KB (2,582 words) - 11:19, 18 July 2017
  • |picture caption=Chepstow Castle and 1816 road bridge across the Wye ...is 16 miles east of [[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]] and 124 miles west of [[London]].
    19 KB (3,086 words) - 09:14, 8 April 2017
  • ...tonehaven''' is a town on the coast of [[Kincardineshire]], of which it is the county town. ...inland from the sea coast. As late as the 16th century, old maps indicate the town was called '''Stonehyve''' or '''Stonehive'''.
    9 KB (1,419 words) - 18:28, 18 October 2017
  • ...y town. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around 16 miles east of [[Inverness]]. ...roviding information on the local area and incorporating the collection of the former Fishertown Museum.
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  • | picture caption = Richmond, seen from the castle ...ale]] in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]]. The town stands on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
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