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- '''Durham''' is a city in [[County Durham]], of which it is the county town. The city centre stands in a loop of the [[River Wear]], do Durham is a university town, home to the [[University of Durham]], founded in 1832; t31 KB (4,924 words) - 10:38, 30 March 2016
- '''Belleek''' is a village on the western edge of [[Fermanagh]] and indeed it is the westernmost village in the [[United Kingdom]]. While the greater part o ...is also a noted location for angling and other recreational activities and is now linked to the [[River Shannon]] by canal.5 KB (768 words) - 20:19, 6 February 2011
- ...a population of 1,801 people in the 2001 Census. The most notable building is a ruined 18th-century church. *Nearby is Necarne Castle, which is now an equestrian school – Necarne Castle Equestrian School.3 KB (446 words) - 16:53, 13 December 2017
- ...he [[Garnock Valley]] approximately 20 miles south-west of [[Glasgow]]. It is situated on the crest of a hill and was known originally as the "''Hill o' ...e'' in Old Irish means ''Birch-tree'' (cognate to Latin ''betula''). There is reason to believe that the whole of the district was covered with woods. Th32 KB (5,182 words) - 10:58, 17 March 2017
- '''Warwick''' is a historic market town in [[Warwickshire]], of which it is the [[county town]]. Warwick stands on the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River ...h drops sharply down to the river. The Castle stands beside the river and is the main visitor attraction.10 KB (1,542 words) - 07:35, 29 January 2016
- ...]], 9 miles north of [[Coventry]] and 20 miles east of [[Birmingham]]. It is the largest town in northern Warwickshire and serves as a local centre for ...f her early life. In her novel ''Scenes of Clerical Life'' (1858), "Milby" is the thinly disguised market town of Nuneaton.12 KB (1,825 words) - 07:30, 29 January 2016
- ...es a broad green rising up to the Parish Church. Southward along the road is Wootton Hall, a large Palladian house and estate. ...arwick: Volume 3]</ref> The older part of the village straddling the A3400 is designated as a 'Conservation Area' because of its open, rural character an15 KB (2,422 words) - 21:09, 12 August 2014
- '''Winchester''' is the county town of [[Hampshire]]. It stands at the western end of the [[So Winchester is a historic cathedral city and the ancient capital of Wessex and of the King15 KB (2,351 words) - 12:42, 23 January 2020
- ...n [[Kent]] within the conurbation stretching out from [[London]]. The town is 2½ miles from the centre of [[Bromley]], the largest nearby town and a lit ...it is recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Wicheham''. Its name is of Anglo-Saxon origin.<ref name="westwickhamresidents">[http://www.westwick4 KB (562 words) - 14:05, 30 June 2018
- '''Hartlepool''' is a town and port in [[County Durham]] standing on the north bank of the [[Ri Hartlepool is famous for allegedly executing a monkey during the Napoleonic Wars.<ref>[ht21 KB (3,333 words) - 16:24, 7 September 2014
- ...n [[Surrey]], lying close to the boundary with [[Berkshire]]. This Bagshot is not to be confused with another in the latter county, near [[Hungerford]]. ...en seen in several original coaching inns which are still to be found here today, more than one would expect of such a modest village.6 KB (927 words) - 09:37, 24 July 2018
- ...''' is a town on [[Surrey]] on the south bank of the [[River Thames]]. It is within the metropolitan conurbation spread out from London (being less than Battersea is mentioned in Anglo-Saxon time as ''Badrices īeg'' = "Badric's Island" and9 KB (1,451 words) - 11:02, 25 January 2016
- '''Bletchingley''' (or '''Blechingley''') is a village in [[Surrey]] lying along the A25 road to the east of [[Redhill, In 1225 there is mention of Bletchingley as a borough, but it is not know when a borough charter was granted nor by whom.3 KB (420 words) - 18:26, 20 February 2011
- '''Brockham''' is a village in [[Surrey]]. It stands on the [[River Mole]] a mile and a half ...>Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names</ref>. Another common suggestion is that the name come from ''brocc'' meaning "badger".2 KB (397 words) - 18:33, 20 February 2011
- '''Sunderland''' is a city in [[County Durham]] standing at the mouth of the [[River Wear]] on ...area is sometimes colloquially known as a ''Mackem'', a nickname taken, it is said, from the shipbuilders' boast that "We mak 'em, they tak 'em".22 KB (3,454 words) - 14:30, 30 March 2016
- '''Washington''' is a town in the north of [[County Durham]], found equidistant from the centre ...r, which roughly means "estate of the kin of Hwæsa". The name ''Hwæsa'' is not otherwise known to history, nor can it be known whether this presumed p7 KB (1,146 words) - 12:36, 9 August 2019
- ...Crawley]] in [[Sussex]], and 28 miles south of central [[London]]. Gatwick is London's second largest international airport second busiest by total passe ...1, as the name of a manor on the site of today's airport. The name though is older, from the Old English words ''gat wic'', "goat farm".<ref>{{Cite web|5 KB (821 words) - 18:20, 29 July 2018
- ...rCommunity/Camberwell/ Community guide for Camberwell]</ref> Its character is as a built-up inner city district. ..."coomb"), "comb" or "honeycomb". An alternative theory is that Camberwell is from an unknown root meaning "Cripple Well", where those suffering from lep8 KB (1,162 words) - 11:08, 25 January 2016
- '''Capel''' is a village in southern [[Surrey]], found about six miles south of [[Dorking] ...an infant school, a garage, a cricket club and a tennis club. The village is served by Ockley railway station on the Mole Valley Line between [[Dorking]3 KB (411 words) - 14:11, 23 August 2015
- ...s found in the valley of the [[River Wandle]], one of the sources of which is Carshalton Ponds in the centre of the village.<ref>{{cite web|title=London Carshalton-on-the-Hill is the residential area on the high ground to the south of Carshalton Park aro11 KB (1,700 words) - 10:54, 25 January 2016
