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• Stamford
  ...nd Terrace) was blocked by two farm wagons, and I saw the bull come to the end of the street and return again. My mother told me not to put my head out of Seventeenth century historians described how the bull was chased and tormented for the day before being driven to the Bu
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• Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
  ...amilies and two mills in Brightwell and Sotwell, but where these stood and how they were powered is unknown. ...s Riggins leaves a legacy "for bread and ye schooling for ye poor of Slade End".
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• Barra
  Following on from the success, and subsequent end of BarraLive; In 2007, ''Fèis Bharraigh'' launched ''BarraFest - Live @ th ...owned for his "We're all doomed!" catchphrase. On one occasion, he relates how "a submarine was sunk in Castlebay and seven brave men were trapped. The wa
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• Isle of Man
  Scandinavian settlement of Mann began at the end of the 8th century. The Norse established Tynwald and introduced many land An old Irish story tells how [[Lough Neagh]] was formed when Ireland's legendary giant Fionn mac Cumhail
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• Loch Lomond
  ...on, at the upper end of the loch, to Balloch railway station, at the south end. The 16.5 mile long cycle path runs along the west bank. At the south end of the loch near Balloch is a large visitor and shopping complex named Loch
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• Sula Sgeir
  ...red in calm weather by inflatable boat). The small lighthouse on the south end at Sròn na Lice is regularly damaged by the huge seas which break right ov ...led through most of them in the year 1549.'' Miscellanea Scotica, 2.</ref> How long before 1549 the Nessmen sailed to Sula Sgeir to collect the young gann
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• Munro
  ...alified as a separate mountain, and much debate has since taken place over how distinct two hills must be if they are to be considered as two separate Mun ...n to have completed two continuous Munro rounds, having also walked Land's End to John O'Groats by way of every mainland 3,000-foot mountain between 18 Fe
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• Old Man of Coniston
  ...nt]] of Lancashire, albeit not without challenge from neighbouring [[Swirl How]]. ...hese two fells, and current books differ as to whether the height of Swirl How is 2,631 feet or 2,638 feet, following resurveying. If modern measurement h
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• Skiddaw
  ...ter Dash waterfall. Further ridges fan out east and west from the southern end of Skiddaw. To the south-east are [[Skiddaw Little Man]], [[Lonscale Fell]] ...y of [[Carlisle]]. Two smooth spurs on this eastern flank of Skiddaw, Sale How and Hare Crag, are listed in separate tops in some guidebooks.<ref name="bi
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• Royal Wootton Bassett
  ...uk/2010/feb/25/wootton-bassett-audrey-gillan |newspaper=The Guardian|title=How Wootton Bassett became the town that cried |first=Audrey |last=Gillan |date ...n Hall, which is an upper storey supported on 15 pillars, was built at the end of the 17th century, a gift from the Hyde family, Earls of Clarendon.<ref>{
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• Hexham
  ...sters, where canons studied and meditated, date from this period. The east end was rebuilt in 1860. The Abbey stands at the west end of the market place, which is home to the Shambles a Grade II* covered mark
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• Blyth
  A map of the town in 1860 shows a snapshot of Blyth's development from how it stood at the opening of the 19th century. The old part of the town is t ...ins of the railway coal staithes (which featured in the chase scene at the end of the 1971 film ''Get Carter'', starring Michael Caine).
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• Tenby
  ...ruin. By the end of the eighteenth century, the visiting John Wesley noted how: ''"Two-thirds of the old town is in ruins or has entirely vanished. Pigs r
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• Ordnance Survey
  ...se. Major-General Sir Henry James was by then Director General, and he saw how photography could be used to make maps of various scales cheaply and easily ...tion in an attempt to increase school children's awareness of maps. By the end of 2010 when the scheme closes, over 6.4 million maps will have been given
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• Kennington
  How long man has lived here we cannot tell, but the ancient road from London Br ...ven by the advantages of its location and good transport links to the West End and the [[City of London]]. In "London: A Social History",<ref>London: A So
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• Penge
  ...eet), Thick Wood (now Thicket) Road and Anerley Road. This all came to an end with the notorious Penge Murders of 1877.<ref>[http://www.museumoflondon.or *In How Not To Live Your Life Don refers to Penge as "Where the sun doesn't shine"
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• Rotherhithe
  ...] was extended to Rotherhithe in 1999 giving quick connections to the West End and to [[Canary Wharf]], and the London Overground in 2010, providing a qui ...various historic buildings including the Brunel Engine House at the south end of the [[Thames Tunnel]]. At its heart is the parish church, St Mary's.
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• Shrewsbury
  There is disagreement even locally about how the name of the town is to be pronounced; whether ''{{IPA|ˈʃroʊzbri}}'' ...itude of events, exhibitions and displays, with a fireworks display at the end of each day.
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• Glastonbury
  ...oil to support a walkway that mainly consisted of oaken planks laid end-to-end. Trace of an even earlier track has been found now; the ''Post Track'', dat ...the Levels and the heart of Somerset. From there it is easy to appreciate how Glastonbury was once an island and, in the winter, the surrounding moors ar
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• Bridge of Allan
  ...llfort nearby. The early village consisted of seven small clachans; Bridge End, Kierfield, Old Lecropt, Pathfoot, Logie, Corntown and the Milne of Airthre Major Alexander Henderson, the Laird of Westerton, drew up plans of how he wanted the village to be laid out in 1850. The plan envisaged spacious s
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