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  • ...let a little to the north of [[Wootton, Berkshire|Wootton]] and within its civil parish. ...e web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62737|title=Parishes: Cumnor |author=William Page and P.H. Ditchfield (eds) |publisher=Institute
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  • '''Nottingham''' is a city in [[Nottinghamshire]], of which it is the [[county town]]. It is one of the ...ttingham has a population of 667,000 and is the seventh-largest urban area in the [[United Kingdom]], ranking between those of [[Liverpool]] and [[Sheffi
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  • ...y map at 1 inch to the mile scale from a New Popular Edition map published in 1946]] ...]], producing a wide variety of maps for government and private purposes. In Northern Ireland, the same task is undertaken by the [[Ordnance Survey of N
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  • ...a liberty belonging to the Archbishop of York, which liberty was abolished in 1572. ...ea using the suffix "shire" which is not a county, of which there are many in Northumberland and Yorkshire, each arising as a liberty within the county.
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  • '''Putney''' is a town in northern [[Surrey]], sitting on the [[River Thames]] and all absorbed withi ...ece | work=The Times | location=London | title=Its so wonderful to be here in Exeter Or is this Clapham | first=Valerie | last=Elliot | date=6 June 2005
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  • '''Wimbledon''' is a distinctive town in [[Surrey]] within the metropolitan conurbation but bounded by the great gre ...is known too for Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas of common land in the conurbation.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=52
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  • ...runs through the southern part of the town, but both the ancient and civil parishes extend into both counties. The town centre lies at the base of a gentle dip in the chalk hills of the Newmarket Ridge; running through the town is the Sto
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  • '''Warminster''' is a town in western [[Wiltshire]], by-passed by the [[A36 road|A36]], and near [[Frome] ...ever, the only evidence for the possible existence of a Saxon monastery is in the place-name.<ref name=daniell/> It has also been suggested that "Were" m
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  • '''Beverley''' is a historic market town in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding]] of [[Yorkshire]], standing bet ...erley Minster, which was once the church of one of the largest monasteries in the kingdom, and the town is also beautified along New Walk by buildings bu
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  • ...' is an affluent market town in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]]. It lies in the [[Vale of Mowbray]] and at the northern end of the [[Vale of York]], as ...tlefield">{{cite book |last=Clark |first=David |title=Battlefield Walks in Yorkshire |page=18 |publisher=Sigma Leisure |year=1999 |isbn=978-18505877
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  • ...ing the main part of the [[Bailiwick of Guernsey]], a [[Crown dependency]] in the [[English Channel]], off the coast of Normandy. ...thern plateau, and the ''Bas Pas'', a low-lying and sandy northern region. In general terms, the ''Haut Pas'' is the more rural of the two, and the ''Bas
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  • ...illiage de Guernesey}}) is a [[Crown dependency|British Crown dependency]] in the [[English Channel]] off the coast of Normandy. The islands of the Bail The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all ten parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also several other islands. Of these, [[Ald
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  • ...ighbouring [[Cambridgeshire]]; its twin village, [[Little Gransden]], lies in that county. ...shop of Winchester. It is now a residential village set in a wooded hollow in the south-east corner of the county.
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  • ...astle.homeip.net/northampton/Books/beauties/beauties.htm ''The Beauties of England and Wales''] J. Harris, London, 1818</ref> ...ed beyond it into Huntingdonshire, and though the city dominates the area, in fact the greater part of the acreage of the Soke is farmland with many deli
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  • ...' is a large village and parish in south-east [[Montgomeryshire]] situated in a protrusion of that county into [[Shropshire]]. It is overlooked by Roundt ...rishes of [[Hyssington]], [[Snead]], [[Lydham]] and [[Mainstone]] that lie in Montgomeryshire. Recently the detached part around Weston Madoc was transfe
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  • |church=Church of England The '''Diocese of Chichester''' is a [[Church of England]] diocese based in [[Chichester]], covering [[Sussex]]. It is part of the [[Province of Canter
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  • ...some 2 miles north of [[Oldham]] and 3½ miles southeast of [[Rochdale]], in the foothills of the southern [[Pennines]]. It stands on the [[River Beal] ...was the original name for the locality, while Shaw was originally a hamlet in the township of Crompton. Shaw later grew to dominate the locality, winnin
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  • '''Cricklade''' is a town on the south bank of the [[River Thames]] in [[Wiltshire]], midway between [[Swindon]] and [[Cirencester]]. [[Cricklade ...Cross once stood. There are two replicas of the cross in Cricklade; one is in the churchyard of St Sampson's, the other at St Mary's, and there is local
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  • ...6&e=62&g=6436842&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1443965559682&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=4 October 2015}}</ref> ...' or 'next-Wingham' distinguishes the area from [[Preston-next-Faversham]] in [[Faversham Hundred]].
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  • ...dgeshire]], [[Norfolk]], [[Lincolnshire]] and the [[Soke of Peterborough]] in [[Northamptonshire]]. It is a low-lying area, much of it below sea level, ...which leave many square miles under water are frequent in parts, not least in the Bedford Levels.
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