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  • |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of London arms.svg
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  • |flag=Flag of Middlesex.svg ...ost populous, almost entirely forming part of the metropolitan conurbation of [[London]].
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  • |flag=County Flag of Wiltshire.svg |county town=[[Salisbury]]
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  • ...[[Aberdeen]]. The ancient parish together with that of the nearby village of [[St Vigeans]] form a combined civil parish. ...A new harbour was built in 1839 and by the 1900s, Arbroath had become one of the larger fishing ports in Scotland.
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  • ...t is seven miles east of [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] and 3½ miles west of [[Bracknell]]. ...t industry, brick-making, has given way to software development (like much of eastern Berkshire), light engineering and service industries. In 2007 Hali
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  • ...le of the place (eye-zul) has no relation to any 'isle' and is an instance of a counterintuitive place name. However in this instance it can be argued th ...ff Thomas Brigge or Berigge, clerk, on a plea of debt, with Richard Beaupe of Thistelworth, Middx</ref>
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  • ...s, as well as various animal bones and traces of charcoal from the remains of campfires.<ref name="Cotton p.8"/> ...l centre, and is the location of Brunel University and the Uxbridge campus of Buckinghamshire New University.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bucks.ac.uk/abou
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  • ...h is the heart of the [[Soke of Peterborough]], the north-easternmost part of Northamptonshire. ...n centre has been greatly redeveloped and is surrounded but a great number of twentieth-century residential neighbourhoods, many entirely replacing older
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  • ...iver Yeo and the A30 road, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, 6 miles east of [[Yeovil]]. Much of the town, including many mediæval and Georgian buildings, is built from di
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  • |post town=Salisbury ...shire]] and [[Wiltshire]]. The village has formed part of the civil parish of [[Landford]] since 2017.
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  • ...n in [[Pembrokeshire]], the county's most populous town, with a population of 13,367 in 2001. ...The Welsh language name is said by BG Charles to be "merely a corruption of the English name", and as such has no meaning in Welsh. Another notion is t
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  • ...Henry VIII in 1539. The Old Town still remains and is the prettiest part of town. The biggest change for the town was after Second World War when Heme ...d Hemel Hempstead "The most attractive town in Herts".<ref>''The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire'' by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner</ref> This however was bef
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  • ...s old origins but is also a new town and bears the development of that age of post-war enthusiasm. ...ce the days of Sir Robert Cecil, the First Earl of Salisbury, in the reign of King James I.
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  • '''Christchurch''' is a town in [[Hampshire]] on the south coast of [[Great Britain]]. The town adjoins [[Bournemouth]] in the west and the [[N ...ally named Twynham but became known as Christchurch following the building of the priory in 1094.
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  • ...lt on the banks of the [[River Wey]] and is a prosperous if far-flung part of the [[London commuter belt]]. ...alming Hundred. The estate of ''æt Godelmingum'' is mentioned in the will of King Alfred the Great, its name apparently from ''Godhelmingas'' meaning "G
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  • |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...on]]. The parish includes the village of [[Bayworth]] and the eastern part of [[Boars Hill]].
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  • ...1th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom. ...ers the [[Norfolk Broads]], all at sea level. Norwich is thus at the edge of those flat lands for which Norfolk is rightly famous and the rivers, tidal
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  • ...to the north. It is 18 miles north of [[Brighton]] and 32 miles north-east of the [[county town]], [[Chichester]]. Crawley is a New Town, designated in Crawley is within the Rape of Lewes.
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  • |name=Salisbury |picture=Salisbury Cathedral.jpg
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  • ...hire]], found 13 miles east of [[Bath]]. In the 2001 census the population of the town was recorded as 28,065. ...r Avon, Somerset|River Avon]] and is believed to have existed as some form of settlement since before Roman times. It was a royal vill, and probably a ro
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  • ...[Wiltshire]], about 10 miles southeast of [[Chippenham]] and 11 miles east of [[Trowbridge]]. ...has nearly five hundred listed buildings, a large open Green at the heart of the town,<ref>[http://www.devizesheritage.org.uk/the_green_and_crammer_phot
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  • ...an be seen running through the middle of the town park. The Minster Church of St Denys sits on the River Were. ==Name of the town==
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  • |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Bristol arms.svg
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  • |church=Church of England |bishop=Martin Warner
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  • |arms=Coat of arms of the Diocese of Bangor.svg |bishop=Andrew John
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  • |arms=Coat of arms of the Diocese of Llandaff.svg |bishop=Barry Morgan
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  • |arms=Coat of arms of the Diocese of St Asaph.svg |bishop=Gregory Cameron
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  • |arms=Coat of arms of the Diocese of St Davids.svg |bishop=Wyn Evans
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  • |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Sodor and Man arms.svg
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  • ...]. It now forms part of the narrow conurbation stretching up the west side of the River Lea in south-eastern Hertfordshire ...ford]], five miles north of [[Waltham Cross]] and 11 miles south-west of [[Bishop's Stortford]]. At its height during the 18th century, more than 35 coaches
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  • ...ver Wey]] runs to the south. Haslemere is approximately 12 miles southwest of [[Guildford]]. ...o the north. The latter was the site of executions in past centuries. Many of those hanged there were highwaymen, because the roads around Haslemere, par
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  • |church=Church of England |picture=Hereford, cathedral church of St. Mary and St. Ethelbert - geograph.org.uk - 636844.jpg
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  • |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Lichfield arms.svg
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  • ...Archbishop of Canterbury, who as Primate of All England is the most senior of the Church’s clergy. ...land Islands]] is an extra-diocesan parish also overseen by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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  • .../doc/1O110-Yorkmetropolitandioceseof.html|title=York, metropolitan diocese of|last=Cannon|first=John|year=2002|work=The Oxford Companion to British Histo ...is York Minster, formally known as The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York.
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  • ...]] approximately a mile and a half south of [[Bridport]]. The area is part of the [[Jurassic Coast]], a World Heritage Site. ...r at West Bay is not a natural landscape feature and it has a long history of having been silted up, blocked by shingle and damaged by storms, and each t
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  • ...as ''Godhelmia'', mainly because of the predominance of north/south routes of communication through the area that have existed since ancient times. As re ...d sometime after 825 when [[Wessex]] annexed the "south eastern provinces" of Surrey, the Sussex, Kent and Essex.
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  • [[File:Tower of London, April 2006.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Tower of London]] ...y, the political and economic capitals of the kingdom are here and so much of Britain's history has happened in Middlesex.
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  • ..., and while the abbey was dissolved under King Henry VIII, a sizeable part of its structure survives. ...data/arch-906-1/dissemination/pdf/EUS_Texts/Malmesbury.pdf The Archaeology of Wiltshire"s Towns. An Extensive Urban Survey: MALMESBURY] (Wiltshire County
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  • ...aces of many ages in it back to a thousand years ago. It had a population of 9,326 at the 2001 census. The town's canal, historic buildings, shops, pubs
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  • ...[River Avon, Hampshire|River Avon]], close to the [[New Forest]] and north of [[Bournemouth]]. It has a history dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, and has ...expensive market town in Britain in July 2008 with average property prices of over £380,000.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews
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  • ...ome]]. The town is approximately 13 miles south of [[Bath]], 43 miles east of the [[county town]], [[Taunton]]. In the 2001 census, the population was gi ...from down the centre of Cheap Street (from a well at the top). Every one of the true townsfolk must have fallen in the Leet at some point in their live
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  • ...e=2008-08-30}}</ref> In doing so it shows off an eclectic mixture of some of the finest lowland scenery in southern [[Great Britain]]. ...ked. The waymark shows a picture of the ship ''The Surprise'', the Prince of Wales crown and the Royal Oak tree at Boscobel House.
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  • '''Wilton''' is most familiarly the town of that name [[Wilton|in Wiltshire]]. It may though be: *[[Wilton]], west of Salisbury
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  • [[File:Geograph-1941525-by-Trevor-Rickard.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Part of Wansdyke, Wiltshire]] [[File:Uffington-White-Horse-sat.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The White Horse of Uffington, Berkshire]]
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  • |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Durham arms.svg
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  • |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Worcester arms.svg
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  • |church=Church of England |picture=1095509-Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity (6).jpg
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  • |church=Church of England |picture=Cathedral of Exeter edit.jpg
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  • |church=Church of England |picture=Guildford & Cathedral of Surrey.JPG
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  • ...sed pasture land, heathland and forest in the heavily populated south-east of Great Britain. ...t of Verderers for the benefit not of hunting princes but of the commoners of the forest.
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  • [[File:Openstreetmap-ncn-20111013-hires.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Map of the National Cycle Network]] ...trans to encourage cycling throughout Britain, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring. In this effort, Sustrans were aided by a £42.5&nbsp;milli
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  • ...nd a mediæval cathedral city until the foundation of New Sarum, today's [[Salisbury]], in 1219. ...ds in the country. It is located on a hill about two miles north of modern Salisbury next to the A345 road.
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  • ...now become a suburb of [[Luton]] in Bedfordshire. It is in the northwest of the town. It is well connected to transport networks; by train from Leagrav ...h is St Lukes on Leagrave High Street, which was consecrated by the Bishop of Saint Albans in June 1956. and was designed by John Seely and Paul Paget.
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  • ...the Welsh language for "Church of the Monks". The village is on the banks of the [[River Vyrnwy]], and the [[Montgomery Canal]] crosses through it. ...n the two Shropshire bars of the Lion but not the Montgomeryshire bar. Two of the remaining open pubs in the village are entirely in Shropshire and the t
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  • ...Berkshire]], sitting on the banks of the [[River Thames]] a few miles east of [[Reading]]. The village was described by Jerome K Jerome in his book ''Thr ...er to the hamlet of [[Sonning Eye]] on the Oxfordshire bank. Just upstream of the bridge is [[Sonning Lock]].
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  • '''Theale''' is a large village in [[Berkshire]]. It has a high street of small businesses, large business parks beside its railway station and its o ...] which has within Theale large lakes following extraction of gravel - 11% of Theale's area is fresh water.
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  • ...s of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] owns the benefit of restrictive covenants over the land. This is one of the most significant buildings in the "Greater Maidenhead" area. Though so
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  • ...or "Black Mayor of Rhug" and later became part of the lands of the barons of Edeirnion who ruled from [[Gwerclas]] Castle. The name of the village is normally ''Y Rug'' in Welsh, though sometimes given the anti
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  • |picture caption=Exterior of Penrith Castle and remains of moat, 2008 ...l castle in [[Penrith]], in [[Cumberland]]. It is a few miles to the west of the [[Lake District]] National Park.
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  • ...athedral Church of Christ,<br/>Blessed Mary the Virgin<br/>and St Cuthbert of Durham |church=Church of England
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  • ...Lothian]], about five miles south-west of [[Haddington]] and 20 miles east of [[Edinburgh]]. [[West Saltoun]], a smaller place, stands about a mile to t ...inly agriculture parish of Saltoun. The two villages lie in the foothills of the [[Lammermuir|Lammermuir Hills]], and are separated from each other by a
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  • |full name=The Abbey Church of St Mary<br/>of Edwardstow |picture caption=Ruins of the church at Netley Abbey
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  • |full name=The Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin of Lincoln |church=Church of England
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  • |full name=Cathedral Church of St Andrew, Wells |church=Church of England
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  • |city=Salisbury ...lose surrounding [[Salisbury Cathedral]] in [[Salisbury]], the county town of [[Wiltshire]].
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  • ...pub, village hall and cricket team. The local community spirit is typical of a close-knit village community. Cherhill parish forms part of The Oldbury Benefice together with [[Compton Bassett]], [[Yatesbury]], [[He
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  • |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Portsmouth arms.svg
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  • |name=Salisbury Cathedral |full name=The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, Salisbury
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  • |fullname=The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin, of Worcester |church=Church of England
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  • |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Gloucester arms.svg
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  • |ownership=The Earl of Salisbury ...esses of Salisbury, and before then the Earls of Salisbury, since the days of King James I.
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  • |full name=The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban |church=Church of England
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  • |picture=St David's Cathedral and Bishop's Palace - geograph.org.uk - 774149.jpg ...Cathedral''' is in [[St Davids]], a tiny city on the cliff-girt west coast of [[Pembrokeshire]].
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  • ...der, and became neither wealthy nor influential during its three centuries of monastic life; the inhabitants were devoted to scholarship, as shown by the ...n was home to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, who was a patron of William Shakespeare.
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  • |picture caption=The ruins of the castle ...rship, by the Wingfield Digby family, the old castle ruins are in the care of [[English Heritage]].
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  • ...Digby estate in its day. Today the house and park remain in the ownership of the Wingfield Digby family, who have held it for the past four hundred year [[File:Dorset sherborne old castle 01.jpg|thumb|The ruins of the old castle]]
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  • ...Pevensey (1147)<br />Third Siege of Pevensey (1264–65)<br />Fourth Siege of Pevensey (1399) ...t [[Pevensey]] in [[Sussex]]. The site is a Scheduled Monument in the care of [[English Heritage]] and is open to visitors.
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  • ...s of both Somerset and [[Devon]] proper. In the 2011 census the population of the civil parish was 687.<ref name=ons/> ...orncombe village consists of three roads which meet at a "T" in the middle of the village. These roads are Chard Street, Fore Street and High Street.
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  • ...:Royal & Ancient Clubhouse.jpg|thumb|350px|The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews]] ...r the county in which the clubhouse is situated. Courses in detached parts of counties are listed under the county in which they are locally situate and
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  • ...Domesday Book]] of 1086, Damerham was a major settlement in the possession of [[Glastonbury Abbey]]. ...ce Saxon times, Damerham is said to be the birthplace of Æthelflæd, wife of Edmund I.<ref name="hantstreas73"/>
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  • |LG district=Vale of Glamorgan |constituency=Vale of Glamorgan
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  • |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Peterborough arms.svg
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  • |full name=Cathedral Church of St Michael |church=Church of England
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  • |full name=Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity |church=Church of England
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  • |full name=Cathedral Church of Saint Peter |church=Church of England
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  • |full name=Cathedral Church of the<br/>Holy and Undivided Trinity |church=Church of England
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  • |full name=Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary |church=Church of England
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  • |church=Church of England |bishop=Christopher Lowson
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  • |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Oxford arms.svg
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  • |church=Church of England |bishop=Graham James
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  • |name=Salisbury |church=Church of England
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  • |post town= Salisbury ...rminster]]. It is in the [[Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs]] Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Hindon was once a market town but is now a vil
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  • |post town=Salisbury ...e]], about eight miles south-east of [[Warminster]] and 14 miles west of [[Salisbury]].
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  • |picture=Village green at Fonthill Bishop - geograph.org.uk - 360426.jpg |picture caption= Village green, Fonthill Bishop
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  • ...parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The parish forms part of the [[hundred]] of [[Horethorne Hundred|Horethorne]].<ref name=genuki>{{cite web|title=Somerse ...Domesday Book]]'' of 1086–7 as ''Cumbe'', when it was held by the church of St Edward, [[Shaftesbury]].<ref>{{cite book| last1 =Williams | first1 =Ann
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  • |picture caption= Montacute showing the tower of the Church of St Catherine ...agu, whose family originated from Montaigu-les-Bois, in the arrondissement of Coutances. Mortain held Montacute after 1066, Drogo was a close associate.
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  • |picture=Church of St. Mary, Boyton - geograph.org.uk - 1751156.jpg ...n miles north-west of [[Salisbury]]. The wider parish includes the village of '''Corton'''.
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  • ...e [[M5 motorway]], near [[Cullompton]]. It stands is on the upper reaches of the [[River Culm]], in the [[Bampton Hundred, Devon|Bampton Hundred]]. The 2001 census recorded the population of the parish as 2,631.
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  • |picture caption= The spire of Saint Mary's, Hemingbrough, is 191 ft tall<br />and was probably added in t ...ure. It is thought that from this village came Walter of Hemingbrough, one of Britain's early chroniclers. Writing in the 14th century, he gave us a hist
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