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| 08='''Dubbyhole''' is a townland in [[Couty Londonderry]].
| 09='''Abingdon''' (or Abingdon-on-Thames) is a market town in [[Berkshire]], of which county it is the county town. Abingdon is one of several places that claim to be Britain's oldest continuously-occupied town, with people having lived there for at least 6,000 years.
Abingdon lies 5½ miles south of Oxford and five miles north of Didcot, in the flat valley of the Thames and is situated on the west (right) bank of that river, where the river Ock flows in from the Vale of White Horse. ''([[Abingdon|Read more]])''
| 10='''Caerleon''' is a village in [[Monmouthshire]]. It is best known as the site of a Roman town and fortress, ''Venta Silurium'', whose remains have been excavated and are now in the care of CADW.
| 11= '''Richmond''' is a town in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]]. The town was named after the Norman Conquest when it and the surounding lands were granted by William the Conqueror to a Breton nobleman. It became the centre of a Liberty known as "Richmondshire".
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St Peter Port, Guernsey, from the south
St Peter Port
St Peter Port is the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and that island's main port. The population in 2001 was 16,488. In Guernésiais the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port: the "port" distinguishes this parish from St Peter's (Saint Pierre Du Bois).
St Peter Port is a small town consisting mostly of steep narrow streets and steps on the overlooking slopes. It is known that a trading post and town has existed here since before Roman times, the pre-Christian name of which has not survived into the modern era.
People from St Peter Port were nicknamed "les Villais" (the townspeople) or "cllichards" in Guernésiais. (Read more)
