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  • ...of Church in Wales.svg|right|thumb|250px|Map of the Dioceses in the Church in Wales]] The '''Church in Wales''' is the Anglican church in [[Wales]].
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  • '''Knebworth''' is a village in northern [[Hertfordshire]], found immediately south of [[Stevenage]] but ha The civil parish of Knebworth covers an area between the villages of [[Datchworth]],
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  • '''Newton-le-Willows''' is a small market town in south [[Lancashire]], a town of two town centres, one Georgian and one Indu The town has been known by two names; Newton-le-Willows and Newton in Makerfield. The latter name was once most common but now barely heard, and
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  • ...ritain. The island is heavily inhabited, with a population of over 37,000 in 2001. ...hemical industry based here. The island was the site of the first delivery in the world of liquefied natural gas by container ship, and later became the
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  • '''Northwich''' is a town in [[Cheshire]], in the heart of the [[Cheshire Plain]], at the meeting of the rivers [[River W ...subsidence historically being a large problem. However, recent investment in mine stabilisation is set to change the town with the 'Northwich Vision' be
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  • ...gbroke''', now called '''Old Bolingbroke''', is a village near [[Spilsby]] in [[Lincolnshire]]. The village of [[New Bolingbroke]] lies six miles to the ...n a broad valley of the Lincolnshire Wolds, between two streams, that rise in the surrounding hills. These eventually become what is known to the south a
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  • ...m the City of [[Manchester]] to the east. Salford was granted city status in 1926. Salford also gives a name to the Salford Hundred or [[Salfordshire]] ...alford received a charter from Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, in about 1230, making Salford a free borough. During the early stages of its g
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  • ...st of that parish, which was an exclave of [[Shropshire]] loacally situate in Worcestershire, Cradley is firmly a Worcestershire town. The town is a heavily urbanised, industrialised place, in remarkable contrast to its namesake, [[Cradley, Herefordshire]] 30 miles so
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  • |church=Church of England ...d''' is a [[Church of England]] diocese in the [[Province of Canterbury]], England. The bishop's seat is Lichfield Cathedral: The Cathedral Church of Mary an
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  • '''Congleton''' is a town in [[Cheshire]] which stands on the banks of the [[River Dane]], to the west o Of origin unknown, the first recorded reference to the town's name was in 1282, when it is spelled ''Congelton''. The element "Congle" could relate t
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  • '''Middlewich''' is a market town in [[Cheshire]]. It is one of the fames salt towns of the county, known as the ...ve miles northwest and [[Nantwich]] to the south. Middlewich is therefore in the middle, and this seems likely to be the origin of its name.
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  • '''Crediton''' is a small town in [[Devon]], in the hills some 7 miles northwest of [[Exeter]], between the Rivers [[River This was in the Anglo-Saxon period an important ecclesiastical centre; a monastic centr
    10 KB (1,616 words) - 18:36, 25 January 2013
  • ...Peak District National Park". It had a total resident population of 32,428 in 2001 according to the census of that year. ...ing, Glossop rapidly expanded in the late 18th century when it specialised in the production and printing of calico, a coarse cotton. Under the benign pa
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  • ..., Polbathick, and Bethany but new ecclesiastical parishes were established in 1834 ([[Hessenford]]) and 1852 ([[Tideford]]). ...of the St Germans parish was made into [[Deviock]] parish. The area of the civil parish is 10,151 acres and it has a population of 1,427.
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  • [[File:Teeshanrd.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A road-sign in County Antrim noting the Teeshan townland]] ...9. ISBN 978-1-84528-375-9</ref> There are currently 61,402 named townlands in Ireland, covering the whole island,<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/ Placenames
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  • |picture=Rochford in 2006.jpg ...les from the county town, [[Chelmsford]]. According to the 2001 census the civil parish of Rochford, which includes the town proper, Stroud Green, and [[Sou
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  • Based upon its overall road length, the shortest street in Melksham is aptly called "Short Street", at the top of Melksham Forest. The Church of St Michael and All Angels was built in the 12th century.
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  • ...rthfleet''' is a town in [[Kent]], on the coast of the [[Thames Estuary]], in the lathe of [[Aylesford]] and the [[Toltingtrough Hundred]] of Kent. ...t was recorded as ''Norfluet'' in the [[Domesday Book]], and ''Northflet'' in 1201. By 1610 the name of Northfleet had become established.
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  • |picture=Carnagie Librarie in Crosby, Merseyside .jpg |picture caption=The Carnagie Librarie in Crosby
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  • '''Eccles''' is a town in southern [[Lancashire]], three miles west of [[Salford]] and four miles wes ...l until the Industrial Revolution, when a textile industry was established in the town. The arrival of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world's
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