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  • ...ire]]. This was the first of a series of castles built during King Edward I's campaign to conquer [[Wales]]. The site was chosen for its strategic position in the northeast of Wales. The castle was only one day's march from [[Chester]], supplies could
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  • ...nd with it facing the wild [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It is part of the Province of [[Connaught]]. ...ntral Statistics Office | accessdate=26 April 2013}}</ref> The boundaries of the county, which was formed in 1585, reflect the Mac William Íochtar lord
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  • |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...town in [[Berkshire]], of which it is the [[county town]]. Abingdon is one of several places that claim to be Britain's oldest continuously-occupied town
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  • ...Water]], one of the largest man-made lakes in Europe. It is in the [[Vale of Catmose]] and the town itself is built on an incline, and varies from 325ft ...e-I listed building).<ref>{{cite web | title=Market Cross | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=186496 | ac
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  • |LG district=City of Aberdeen ...rdeenshire]] and Scotland's third most populous city. It is a major centre of the North Sea oil industry.
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  • ...with buildings around a courtyard whose exterior wall was the curtain wall of the inner bailey. ...he historic fort of [[Old Oswestry]].<ref name=gallery>[http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castlexq.htm Castle Photo Gallery: Whittington Castle] - Castle
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  • ...[Menai Strait]], the tidal waterway separating [[Anglesey]] from the coast of mainland [[Great Britain]]. ...ed Wales, commissioned the building of Beaumaris Castle as part of a chain of fortifications around the North Wales coast (others include [[Conwy]], [[Ca
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  • ...he United Kingdom, with a city population of 153,302. The urban population of 306,844 ranks 23rd in the UK. ...rom the inner-city, mostly near the main roads, giving the suburban sprawl of the city an irregular shape. The urban area is continuing to expand rapidly
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  • ...[[Aberdeen]]. The ancient parish together with that of the nearby village of [[St Vigeans]] form a combined civil parish. ...A new harbour was built in 1839 and by the 1900s, Arbroath had become one of the larger fishing ports in Scotland.
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  • ...ost part of [[Cambridgeshire]], taking its name from the city or bishopric of [[Ely]]. ...its flatness; vast horizons look out over rich agricultural land, a legacy of the fens, now drained by the many drainage systems cut across the landscape
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  • | LG district=City of Westminster | constituency=Cities of London and Westminster
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  • | picture = Montage of Manchester 2012.jpg ...urrounding suburbs and contiguous towns, Manchester has highest population of any urban area in the United Kingdom after [[London]].
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  • ...is a suburban town in eastern [[Berkshire]]. It is best known as the site of [[Windsor Castle]]. ...n]] in [[Buckinghamshire]]. Windsor and the surrounding areas contain some of the most expensive and desirable housing in the United Kingdom.
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  • ...British Army regiment, and is also noted as the location where Edward I of England invaded Scotland in 1296. ...were conducted, and [[The Hirsel]], which is the family seat of the Earls of Home.
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  • ...rwickshire]], 27 miles south-east of [[Edinburgh]]. It stands on the edge of the [[Lammermuir Hills]], on the Southern Upland Way. ...ereditary baillies.<ref>Mackie, J.D., CBE., MC., LL.D., editor, ''Calendar of the State Papers relating to Scotland 1547-1603'', Edinburgh, 1969, vol. XI
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  • ...west through the town. The heart of the town stands all on the north side of the river, the newer residential areas up the hills to its south. ...dford Square, was formerly the local residence of the Dukes of Bedford and of their local agent. Tavistock’s most famous son is Sir Francis Drake,<ref>
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  • ...nshire]] is a historic royal borough on the [[Menai Strait]], at the mouth of the River Seiont. ...at stone castle built by King Edward I of England stands on the shore, one of the most complete mediæval castles in Britain. Castle Square is the town'
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  • '''Henley-on-Thames''' is a prosperous town on the north bank of the [[River Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]]. It lies some 10 miles downstream ...n market days. The town has attracted a wealthier class of individual and of visitors, reflected in the boutiques along the high street.
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  • ...la]] in [[Caernarfonshire]]. It is a mainly Welsh-speaking town, some 81% of the population speaking Welsh. The town's name means ''saltwater basin''. ...0708319536}}</ref> and a market is still held each Wednesday in the centre of the town on the 'Maes' (=''field'' in English).
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  • ...hich the county takes its name. Buckingham was considered the county town of Buckinghamshire having been declared so in the year 888 by Alfred the Great ...and Saturday, and an additional farmers' market held on the first Tuesday of each month. The market place has several 18th century buildings giving cha
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