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• Somerset
  ...Phoenix House Ltd.</ref> At the same site during the reign of King Charles I, river tolls were levied on boats to pay for the maintenance of the bridge. ...ic hunters lived here.<ref name="Dunning">{{cite book |last=Dunning |first=Robert |authorlink=|coauthors=|title=A History of Somerset |year=1983 |publisher=P
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• Stirlingshire
  ...betwixt Avon and Carron, and Ine and Nuna his kinsman fought with Geraint King of the Welsh")</ref> though of the purpose of the battle and of rest of the ...rs in a charter of 1150 under the name ''Striuelinschire''.<ref>Charter by King David granting the church of Clackmannan, etc., to the Abbey of Stirling</r
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• Surrey
  ...ca of the Atrebates appealed for Roman help against the Catuvellauni under King Togodumnus who had subdued the Atrebates, which appeal led to the Roman inv ...uth Saxon control around 722, but by 784-5 it had passed into the hands of King Offa of Mercia. Mercian rule continued until 825.
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• County Clare
  ...ter and spawned Brian Boru during this period, perhaps the most noted High King of Ireland. From 1118 onwards the Kingdom of Thomond was in place as its ow ...Catholic Encyclopedia | volume = I | location = New York | publisher = Robert Appleton Company | date = March 1, 1907 | url = http://www.newadvent.org/
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• Aberdeen
  ...een was founded in 1495, which makes it one of the oldest in Britain. The Robert Gordon University was awarded university status in 1992 too. The traditiona ...d by William I in 1179 and confirmed the corporate rights granted by David I.
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• Newport, Monmouthshire
  ...tle and river crossing downstream and the first Norman Lord of Newport was Robert Fitzhamon. The settlement of 'Newport' is first mentioned as Novo Burgus established by Robert, Earl of Gloucester in 1126. The name was derived from the original Latin n
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• Dundee
  ...of Dundee's history of scientific activities and of the RRS ''Discovery'', Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic exploration vessel, which was built in Dundee and ...aning 'fire' or from ''"Tay"''.<ref>{{ cite book | last = Taylor | first = I | title = Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and
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• Belfast
  ...ian strife in the city until the "Troubles" of the late 1960s onwards.<ref>Robert Lynch, The Northern IRA and the Early Years of Partition, p227</ref> ...s "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?".<ref>King James Bible, Psalm 116 Verse 12</ref> It is also translated as "In return f
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• Ballymena
  ...iven to the Adair family by [[Charles I King of Great Britain|King Charles I]] in 1626, who granted the town the right to hold two annual fairs and a fr In 1576, [[Elizabeth I Queen of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] granted land, including the town of Ballymena, to Sir Thomas Smith, who b
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• Ayr
  ...ettlements include [[Alloway]], known for its associations with the poet [[Robert Burns]]. ...y British poet Taliesin, who wrote of a victory at ''Aeron'' by his patron King Urien of Rheged.
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• Irvine, Ayrshire
  ...e Morville. It also served as the capital of [[Cunninghame]]. The poet [[Robert Burns]] lived here for a time, after whom Burns Street and Burns Crescent a ...rade in the Baronies of Cunninghame and Largs. The dispute was resolved by Robert II's Royal Charter of 8 April 1372 conferring Royal Burgh status on Irvine.
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• Troon
  ...e Fullarton's of Angus had been required by [[Robert I Kin of Scots|Robert I]] to supply him with wild-fowl at his castle of Forfar.<ref name="millar80" ...ulture in the County of Ayr'' and was one of the few on record to praise [[Robert Burns]]'s skills as a farmer, commenting favourably on a method of dishorni
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• Abergavenny
  ...e priory's endowment went towards the foundation of a free grammar school, King Henry VIII Grammar School, the site itself passing to the Gunter family. ...g the Civil War, prior to the siege of Raglan Castle in 1645, King Charles I visited Abergavenny and presided in person over the trial of Sir Trevor Wil
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• Youghal
  ...The first record of the walls is a charter of 1275, granted by King Edward I, for their repair and extension. * Sir Robert Tynte (d 1663) b [[Kilcredan]] graveyard, near [[Ladysbridge]], Co Cork of
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• Stanley, Falkland Islands
  King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is the Islands' main hospital, with doctors' p ...one J W Whitington is recorded as saying, "Of all the miserable bog holes, I believe that Mr Moody has selected one of the worst for the site of his tow
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• Manchester
  ...brary in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Nicholls2004P20">{{cite book |first=Robert |last=Nicholls |title=Curiosities of Greater Manchester |publisher=Sutton P ...issemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276778&c=Manchester&d=13&e=13&g=351271&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1198673035015&enc=1&dsFamilyId=1812|title=Manchest
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• Duns
  ...is a town in [[Berwickshire]]. It was created a burgh of barony in 1490 by King James IV, and is Berwickshire's [[county town]]. ...ilt in 1320 by the Earl of Moray who had been granted the estate by Robert I.
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• Lauder
  ...there was a new erection of it by the English in the reign of King Edward I of England. ...f> Following she and her husband's deaths in feuds in 1547 it reverted to Robert Lauder whose wife was Alison Cranstoun. A Cranstoun relation later sold it
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• Luton
  In 1121 Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester started work on St Mary's Church in the centre of t In return for his military services, King John granted Falkes de Breauté the manor of Luton, where he built a castle
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• Tavistock
  In 1105 Tavistock received a royal charter from King Henry I granting the right to hold a market each Friday, which market has survived ...ter demolished and nothing of it survives. A new church was built by Abbot Robert Champeaux and dedicated in 1318, though few remains of that building surviv
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