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  • '''Edmonton''' is a town in eastern [[Middlesex]], close to the border with [[Essex]]. It is thoroughly ...ine Street]], running north to south. Fore Street (part of that road) run in a continuous theme to Tottenham High Road to the south. Fore Street is the
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  • ...associations to which all barristers in England and Wales must belong and in which they are called to the Bar. It is governed by '''The Honourable Socie ...he Knights Templar, who held the estate until their abolition in 1312, and in that time lawyers gathered here.
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  • ...]. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in in the metropolitan conurbation.<ref name=london_plan_f08>{{cite web|url=http: ...all formed part of the chapelry of Norwood in the ancient parish of Hayes, in the [[Elthorne Hundred|Elthorne]] hundred of [[Middlesex]].<ref name="Young
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  • ...ed by early settlers. An archaeological excavation by the Museum of London in the 1990s found evidence of flint items shaped by Mesolithic hunters, as we ...e of the south-east was coordinated during the Battle of Britain. Situated in RAF Uxbridge, the No. 11 Group Operations Room within the bunker played a c
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  • '''Edinburgh''', in the heart of [[Midlothian]], is the capital city of [[Scotland]], and the s ...grand Georgian New Town, all together making Edinburgh a city magnificent in its bearing.
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  • ...rope and beyond fall within the Church of England's [[Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe]]. Church of England doctrine can be summarised in its canon law as follows:
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  • '''Bodmin''' is a major town in [[Cornwall]] found in the centre of the county southwest of [[Bodmin Moor]]. Bodmin, the county Bodmin lies in the centre of Cornwall, south-west of the granite massif of [[Bodmin Moor]]
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  • ...opulation of 21,635.<ref>{{cite web| title =Key Statistics for urban areas in England and Wales | publisher =National Office of Statistics| url =http://w Falmouth is the end point of the A39 road which begins some 200 miles away in [[Bath, Somerset]].
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  • ...t towns of the county. Chester received letters patent creating it a city in 1541. ...e of the three main Roman army bases, Deva later became a major settlement in the Roman province of Britannia.
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  • '''Peterborough''' is a cathedral city in [[Northamptonshire]]. The city stands on the banks of the [[River Nene]], ...ref> Peterborough lies in what was an important area of ceramic production in the Roman period, providing Nene Valley Ware that was traded as far away as
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  • '''St Helena''' is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the [[British overseas territory]] ...elena has a population of 4,255. It rises sheer out of the ocean, a cleft in the cliffs giving a place for its chief town (and the territory’s capital
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  • '''Annan''' is a town and royal burgh in [[Dumfriesshire]], close to the mouth of the [[River Annan]]. ...the Town Hall, built in 1878. Annan also has a Historic Resources Centre. In Port Street, some of the windows remain blocked up, a legacy of the window
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  • '''Gateshead''' is a town in [[County Durham]]. It lies on the southern bank of the [[River Tyne]] oppos ...wcastle]] and across to [[Sunderland]] and the [[North Sea]] from lookouts in Windmill Hills and Windy Nook respectively <ref>http://www.publicartonline.
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  • ...n''' is a town in [[County Durham]]. It stands in the south of the county in the [[Tees Valley]], and is often slated as 'the gateway to the Tees Valley ...the [[Pennines]], the Yorkshire Dales and [[Cleveland Hills]]; the [[North York Moors]] are also within easy reach of the town. Both the [[River Tees]] and
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  • ...ey branch of the Waterloo to Reading Line. Egham today is somewhat hemmed in by the M3 to the north and the M25 to the west. ==Churches==
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  • '''Bournemouth''' is a large coastal resort town in [[Hampshire]], with suburbs spilling over into [[Dorset]]. It stands on the ...n [[Dorset]] has spread to meet Bournemouth at the border. 24 Herbert Road in Bournemouth forms the westernmost point of Hampshire.
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  • ...unty capital. In the days of the Quarter Sessions, the sessions were held in both Appleby and Kendal. ...cross the Shap Fells. A total resident population of 27,505 was recorrded in 2001, making it Westmorland's largest town.
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  • ...sh. Saddleworth's villages lie scattered across beautiful landscape, some in the upper dale of the [[River Tame, Lancashire|River Tame]] and others high ...they border, but all with their charm. The villages of the Tame dale have in past days been industrial centres, which were served by the [[Huddersfield
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  • '''Oldham''' is a large town in south east [[Lancashire]]. It lies at the edge of the [[Pennines]] on eleva ...to fall into decline during the mid-20th century, and its last mill closed in 1998.
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  • ...h century parish church of All Saints houses the tomb of the first Duke of York. ...the fifth son of King Edward III and the first Duke of York, still rests in the memorial chapel.<ref name="Munby"/><ref name="KL Hist">Kings Langley Lo
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