| 08='''Dubbyhole''' is a townland in [[County 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 suburban village on the River Usk in [[Monmouthshire]]. It is by the northern outskirts of the city of [[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]].
Caerleon is of great archaeological importance; it is most famous as the site a Roman legionary fortress known as ''Isca Augusta'' and an Iron Age hill fort. Caerleon also has strong literary associations. Geoffrey of Monmouth portrayed Caerleon one of the most important cities in Britain in his ''Historia Regum Britanniæ'', and Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote the ''Idylls of the King'' while staying in Caerleon. ''([[Caerleon|Read more]])''
| 11=The '''River Swale''' rises above Great Shunner Fell in the Pennines close by the very edge of Yorkshire as it abuts [[Westmorland]] and flows south and east through the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], creating Swaledale, one of Yorkshire's famously beautiful dales.
The Swale joins the River Ure below Myton-on-Swale, that river becoming the River Ouse soon after and flowing south to York and eventually emptying into the Humber and the North Sea
The River Swale is reputed to be the fastest river in England, and the name ''Swale'' is derived from Old English meaning "swilling" or "fast flowing".
([[River Swale|Read more]])''
| 12='''Dunwich''' is a small village on the coast of Suffolk which was once a major town, a prosperous seaport and a centre of the wool trade with a natural harbour formed by the mouths of the River Blyth and the River Dunwich. However, the harbour and most of the town has since been lost to coastal erosion.
Dunwich remained a busy seaport until 1286, when a sea surge hit the East Anglian coast. Over the centuries, coastal erosion has eaten away at the town. Most of the buildings that were present in the 13th century have disappeared, including all eight churches and Dunwich is now a small coastal village, though it still claims its due status as a town. ([[Dunwich|Read more]])''
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Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire
Wimpole Hall
Wimpole Hall is a seventeenth century country house within the Parish of Wimpole in southern Cambridgeshire, about 8½ miles south-west of Cambridge. The house and its 3,000 acres of parkland and farmland are owned by the National Trust and are regularly open to the public.
Wimpole is the largest house in Cambridgeshire, built over several centuries. (Read more)
