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• Appleford-on-Thames
  |name=Appleford-on-Thames ...pretty village in northern [[Berkshire]], on the south bank of the [[River Thames]] about two miles north of [[Didcot]].
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• Boars Hill
  ...o the city of Oxford, southwards to the Downs and westwards to the upper [[Thames]] valley. At that time many houses were built on Boars Hill, and the new r ...house, 'Youlbury', notable for its Minoan decoration, has since been burnt down (as were those of Margaret Woods, Robert Bridges and Gilbert Murray).
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• Kennington, Berkshire
  ...h of [[Oxford]]. The village occupies a narrow stretch of land between the Thames and the A34 dual carriageway. ...k=William Henry Page |editor2-last=Ditchfield |editor2-first=P.H. |editor2-link=Peter Ditchfield |series=[[Victoria County History]] |title=A History of th
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• Longworth
  ...Ock]] in the south. Harrowdown Hill, in the north of the parish near the Thames, is a lonely walk amongst the trees. ...ays been a pub. As it is on the main route out of the village to the River Thames it was popular in the 19th century as a resting stop for horse, cart and dr
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• Silchester
  ...g to maintain their existing centres at [[Winchester]] and [[Dorchester on Thames]]. There was a gap of perhaps a century before the twin Saxon towns of [[Ol *{{cite book |editor1-last=Page |editor1-first=W.H. |editor1-link=William Henry Page |series=[[Victoria County History]] |title=A History of
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• Shrivenham
  ...he award of civilian qualifications. [[Cranfield University]] has a strong link with the Defence Academy, being the academic provider at the Defence Colleg ...[[Semington]] on the [[Kennet and Avon Canal]] to Abingdon on the [[River Thames]] was built between 1796 and 1810. In 1805 it reached Shrivenham where a wh
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• West Challow
  ...ow in 1807<ref>Dalby, 2000, page 23</ref> and was completed to the [[River Thames]] at [[Abingdon]] in 1810.<ref>Dalby, 2000, page 24</ref> The Wilts & Berks ...k=William Henry Page |editor2-last=Ditchfield |editor2-first=P.H. |editor2-link=Peter Ditchfield |series=[[Victoria County History]] |title=A History of th
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• Southwark
  ...rk''' is a town in the very northernmost part of [[Surrey]] on the [[River Thames]] immediately opposite the [[City of London]]. It forms one of the oldest Bankside, the area along the Thames, was once where Shakespeare's theatres sat and today it home to its success
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• River Colne, Hertfordshire
  [[File:RiverColneStaines01.JPG|right|thumb|200px|The Colne as it joins the Thames at Staines]] ...then between [[Buckinghamshire]] and Middlesex before entering the [[River Thames]] near [[Staines]]. At its latter end, the boundary is marked by a distrib
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• River Avon, Warwickshire
  ...nto the Lower Avon, below [[Evesham]], and the Upper Avon, from its source down to Evesham. ...izabeth the Queen Mother. Plans to extend the navigable river to provide a link with the [[Grand Union Canal]] at either Warwick or Leamington Spa have met
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• Grand Union Canal
  The '''Grand Union Canal''', stretching from [[Birmingham]] to the [[River Thames]], is part of the British canal system. At 286.3 miles, it is by far the l ===Thames to the Chilterns===
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• Channel Tunnel
  Ideas for a cross-Channel fixed link appeared as early as 1802,<ref name="Whiteside p17" /><ref>{{cite news | ur ...d 1a.png|left|thumb|200px|Thomé de Gamond's 1856 plan for a cross-Channel link, with a port/airshaft on the Varne sandbank mid-Channel]]
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• Gravesend
  ...te [[Tilbury]] in [[Essex]]. It is the largest town of this stretch of the Thames bank and because of its geographical position Gravesend has always had an i ...service at Gravesend station itself and the fact that it lies within the "Thames Gateway", add to the town's importance.
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• Great Ouse
  ...bought by the ''Ouse River Canal and Steam Navigation Ltd'', who wanted to link Bedford to the [[Grand Union Canal#History|Grand Junction Canal]], but they
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• River Medway
  ...county and some of its famous towns and creating a broad mouth into the [[Thames Estuary]] which has served the Royal Navy and industry for centuries. ...ef> It has a drainage basin of 930 square miles; the largest south of the Thames Basin. The river is fed by innumerable streams and tributaries<ref>[http://
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• Swanscombe
  Nearby digs on land for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link]] revealed a c. 400,000-year-old site with human tools and the remains of a ...e Thames corridor it would appear that Essex, on the northern shore of the Thames, sustained a greater influx of Vikings than did Kent, there being considera
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• Kemble
  ...nd is the settlement closest to [[Thames Head]], the source of the [[River Thames]]. ...rtant for passengers travelling from Cirencester. The station has a direct link to Swindon and London Paddington in one direction, and to Gloucester and Ch
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• Somerford Keynes
  ...}}) is a small village in [[Wiltshire]], close to the [[River Thames]] and Thames Path a couple of miles from its source. It is close to the boundary with [[ ...as a flourishing history group, details of which are given in the external link below.
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• Sheppey
  |group=Thames Estuary ...sle of Sheppey''' is an island off the northern coast of [[Kent]] in the [[Thames Estuary]]. It has an area of 36 square miles.
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• New River
  ...shire]], taking its water from the River Lea there. Today it runs 20 miles down to [[Stoke Newington]]. Among the places through which it flows (from north ...es Water in 1973. The northern part of the New River is still an important link in the supply of water to London.
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