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  • ...is a limestone escarpment running north-south and rising to 200 feet in height, also sometimes called the Lincoln Cliff or Lincoln Heath. The gap f ...north and north-east. The downhill area comprises the city centre (located in the gap) and the suburbs to the south and south-west. The aptly named stree
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  • |name=Dublin |county=County Dublin
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  • '''Sutton Courtenay''' is a village in [[Berkshire]] on bank of the [[River Thames]], two miles south of [[Abingdo In the past, agriculture, a local paper mill and domestic service were the mai
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  • ...largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom. ...ery corner. Norwich today has more mediæval churches than any other city in Western Europe north of the Alps. A large portion of the city's heart is t
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  • ...the [[Republic of Ireland]] after [[Dublin]], and by far the largest city in the province of [[Munster]]. The name of Cork, in Irish ‘’Corcaigh’’, is from the Gaelic ''corcach'', meaning "swamp"
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  • ...he Roman fort of ''Canovium'', sited at [[Caerhun]]. The parish population in 2001 was 924. ...Conwy. The river Crafnant still provides power for the woollen mill, and in the past provided power for a number of other industries based along its ba
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  • ...e recognised amongst the Welsh as bearing the title "King of Britain", and in its last days the rulers of Gwynedd attained the title "Prince of Wales". ...lay at its heart, which made it difficult for foreign invaders to campaign in the country and impose their will effectively.
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  • |county=County Dublin ...] about 4 miles east-north-east of [[Skerries, Dublin|Skerries]], [[County Dublin]]. An alternative Irish name, ''Carraig Dhá Bheola'', meaning ''Two Lips R
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  • ...tion of Monifieth was estimated at 8,220, making it the sixth-largest town in Angus. ...c order until they were granted to the Tironensian monks of Arbroath Abbey in the early 13th century. Until the early 19th century, Monifieth remained a
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  • ...Douglas (except on Tynwald Day, when it instead meets on [[Tynwald Hill]] in [[St John's, Isle of Man|St John's]], a small village near the west coast o ...the Isle of Man, p. 48, in P.J. Davey (Ed.) Recent Archaeological Research in the Isle of Man. BAR Brit. Ser. 278, Archaeopress</ref> tells of an early p
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  • ...hes 735 feet above sea level at Betchworth Clumps and is a popular day out in season for the folk of Surrey. From the west, the hill presents a broad gr ...ster_p2>{{harvnb|Bannister|1999|p=2}}</ref> [[Box Hill School]] is located in the village of [[Mickleham, Surrey|Mickleham]] about a mile to the north an
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  • ...ts of that part of Ireland which was separated from the [[United Kingdom]] in 1922 to form the Irish Free State. ...nd was declared a republic, with the description ''Republic of Ireland''. In consequence, the state left the Commonwealth.
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  • ...the mountains extend into County Dublin, they are known locally as the '''Dublin Mountains'''. ...3,035 feet; one of only two "[[Furth Munro]]s" (mountains over 3,000 feet) in Ireland outside [[County Kerry]].
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  • '''Burnley''' is a large market town in [[Lancashire]] with a population of around 73,500. It is 21 miles north of The town began to develop in the early Middle Ages as a number of farming hamlets surrounded by manor ho
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  • '''Chorley''' is a market town in [[Lancashire]], one of the many towns in the county to be a busy hub of the Industrial Revolution, which given the t ...nts of the industrial past include Morrison's chimney and a few other mill buildings, and the streets of terraced houses for mill workers.
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  • '''Lytham St Annes''' is a seaside town in [[Lancashire]] created from the merging of older towns on the [[Fylde]] pen ...is popular with engineers and scientists from the nearby BAE Systems site in Warton, which provides some highly paid jobs that underpin the local econom
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  • ...the dissolution of empire and the growth of individual national identities in the Commonwealth, the Union Flag was considered to be the flag of the [[Com ...n Identity) on Commonwealth Day 10 March 2008</ref> It provides an element in the individual flags of the British overseas territories and of several Com
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  • '''Craigavon''' is a New Town in northern [[County Armagh]]. Building began in 1965 and the new town was named after the first Prime Minister of Northern |title=The 'lost' city of Craigavon to be unearthed in BBC documentary
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  • ...he city by both the [[M1 motorway (Northern Ireland)|M1 motorway]] and the Dublin–Belfast railway line. ...treets and rows of cottages. It is the site of a number of historic listed buildings including Brownlow House and the former town hall.
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  • ...own''' is a town in [[County Armagh]]. The town sits on the [[River Bann]] in the north of the county, about 23 miles south-west of [[Belfast]]. The name of the town is from the Gaelic ''Port a' Dúnáin'' meaning "port of the small stronghold".
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