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  • The '''River Don''' may be: *[[River Don, Aberdeenshire]]
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  • [[File:Blonk Street Bridge.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Don and the Block Street Bridge, Sheffield]] ...f the fine Yorkshire countryside, and in its lower stretches an industrial river; one that has supplied power and water to industry and been punished and po
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  • [[File:River Don - geograph.org.uk - 772094.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The River Don at Cockden Bridge]] ...hire Calder]], which the Brun enters barely two miles after swallowing the Don.
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  • [[File:River Don near Alford.jpg|right|thumb|300px|River Don and Castle Forbes near Alford]] ...which city it gives a name, and therefore the county has its name from the river.
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  • ...Don, Boldon Colliery - geograph.org.uk - 327879.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Don by Boldon Colliery]] ...County Durham|Boldon]] and northwards by [[Hebburn]] to enter the tidal [[River Tyne]] at [[Jarrow]].
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  • ...ents to the lower river. Locks and lock cuts were built, and, by 1751, the river was navigable to [[Tinsley, Sheffield|Tinsley]]. ...created in 1889 and eventually succeeded in buying back the canals and the Don Navigation in 1895, but plans for expansion were hampered by a lack of capi
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  • ...ish Isles]]. The Dee valley has sandy soil, the [[River Don, Aberdeenshire|Don]] valley loamy. # [[Formartine]], between the lower Don and Ythan, has a sandy coast, which is succeeded inland by a clayey, fertil
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  • ...ong the western slopes of the [[Pennines|Pennine Hills]] to again meet the River Tees. It is bordered by the counties of [[County Durham|Durham]], [[Lincoln ...the [[River Ure]], which joins the Swale east of [[Boroughbridge]]. The [[River Nidd]] rises on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and flows alo
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  • ...the rivers [[River Dee, Aberdeenshire|Dee]] and [[River Don, Aberdeenshire|Don]]. ..., a fishing and trading settlement, where the Denburn waterway entered the river Dee estuary. The earliest charter was granted by William I in 1179 and conf
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  • ...ts, these streets have become less busy. The part of the town south of the Don is actually called '''Port Elphinstone''' it is however common to hear the ...Inbhir Uraidh'' meaning "Mouth of the Ury" after the river which joins the Don just south of the town.
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  • ...al]]. To the east of Cwmbran the land is less hilly, forming part of the [[River Usk|Vale of Usk]]. *{{cite book | author=Village Publishing| title='The trains don't stop here anymore....' - A pictorial history of Cwmbrân from the 1930s t
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  • ...h]], where the [[River Brit]] is joined by the [[Asker River|Asker]] and [[River Simene|Simene]]. It stands on the world heritage "Jurassic Coast" and Chesi West Bay is at the mouth of the River Brit. Today it has a fairly small harbour, two piers and two beaches. The e
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  • |picture caption=Llandudno Bay and the Little Orme ...veral neighbouring townships of the parish of Llanrhos including [[Craig-y-Don]], [[Llanrhos]], and Penrhyn Bay, and the small town and marina of [[Deganw
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  • ...[Mousehole]] from which paths lead up and over the hills. [[Madron]], the little village from whose parish Penzance grew, is two miles to the north. ...years after the Spanish Armada of 1588 was defeated, a Spanish fleet under Don Carlos de Amesquita landed troops in [[Cornwall]]. Amesquita's force seized
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  • |picture caption=The River Medway in Maidstone ..., linking Maidstone to Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river was a source and route for much of the town's trade. Maidstone was the cent
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  • There are many geographical and historical attractions nearby such as the [[River Findhorn]], and there are many historical artefacts and monuments within th ...ults Online"] ''SCROl.gov.uk''</ref> Sitting between the floodplain of the River Findhorn and the wooded slopes of Cluny and Sanquhar Hills, Forres is well
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  • [[File:River Dee near Braemar, Aberdeenshire.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The River Dee near Braemar]] The '''River Dee''' ({{lang|gd|Uisge Dè}}) is a lengthy river which flows mainly through [[Aberdeenshire]], rising high in the [[Cairngor
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  • ...Fells form the watershed between [[Coniston Water]] in the east and the [[River Duddon|Duddon]] valley to the west. The range begins in the north at [[Wryn ...n outlet to the south through a field of boulders.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543-904
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  • ...lls]] of northern [[Lancashire]]. It stands between [[Coniston]] and the [[River Duddon|Duddon Valley]]. [[File:Geograph-1553126-by-Andy-Stephenson.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Little Langdale Tarn and Swirl How]]
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  • ...of Ill Crag. Here the main crags are on the Eskdale side, Ill Crag having little footing in Wasdale. ...bsp;feet, a quarter of a mile south of the summit.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543-904
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  • ...rs.<ref name="wainwright"/><ref name="richards"/> The main summit stands a little to the south of the saddle, all around being a sea of stones. An easy ridge ...ge and a dwelling two miles from the nearest road.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543-904
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  • ...ath Mountains|Am Monadh Liath]] – "the grey hills'' - to the west of the River Spey. ...n Feshie. The western-boundary runs down Glen Feshie (northward) and the [[River Spey]] to [[Aviemore]]. The northern-boundary runs roughly eastward from Av
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  • ...hed philologist, writes that the name is &ldquo;probably the Pass of Druie river, from root ''dru'', flow, as in Gaulish Druentia&rdquo;<ref name=gordon48>S ...of hills which stand round the head waters of the two rivers [the Dee and Don] was thus less of a protection than a source of danger, and it was over pat
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  • ...ectors. The south eastern sector, between the Glenderaterra Beck and the [[River Caldew]], contains Blencathra and its satellites.<ref name="wainwright">Alf ...y to about 25 feet and plants and fish are scarce.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543-904
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  • ...tween [[Great Malvern]] and the village of [[Colwall]], and overlook the [[River Severn]] valley to the east, with the [[Cotswolds]] beyond. The highest poi ...Malvern Hills panorama.jpg|left|thumb|800px|View of the Malvern Hills with Little Malvern Priory in the midst]]
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  • [[File:Ouse_York.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The River Ouse in York]] [[File:River Ouse in York.JPG|right|thumb|200px|The Ouse in York, from Skeldergate Bridg
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  • ...is a city in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. Its name derives from the [[River Sheaf]], which runs through the city. The core of the city is in [[Yorkshi ...y|Loxley]], the [[Porter Brook]], the [[River Rivelin|Rivelin]], and the [[River Sheaf|Sheaf]]. There are more than 200 parks, woodlands and gardens in Shef
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  • [[File:Staveley river rother 631556 c80561d2.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Rother at Staveley, Derbys The '''River Rother''' is a river 27 miles long in [[Derbyshire]] and [[Yorkshire]]. The town of [[Rotherham
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  • .... A river of the [[Peak District]], it is ultimately a tributary of the [[River Goyt]], which it meets at [[Marple, Cheshire]]. [[File:Marple River Goyt 0297.JPG|right|thumb|200px|The Etherow enters the Goyt]]
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  • ...woodland found on the steepest west-facing chalk slopes overlooking the [[River Mole]]. ...ands at the south eastern corner of the Mole Gap, the valley carved by the River Mole through the North Downs.<ref name=Bannister_p2>{{harvnb|Bannister|1999
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  • ...the 1st century&nbsp;AD at a crossing of the [[River Don, Yorkshire|River Don]]. Under Antoninus Pius the ''Notitia Dignitatum'' called this fort ''Danum ...e that is now St George's Minster next to the [[River Don, Yorkshire|River Don]].
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  • ...wns spreading from [[Manchester]]. It stands on flat ground south of the [[River Mersey]] about 8 miles southwest of Manchester city centre, and 3 miles sou ...f Altrincham's industrialisation. The canal was connected in 1776 to the [[River Mersey]], providing the town not only with a water route to Manchester, but
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  • ...'Upper Horse'', Canvey is an alluvial island formed from the silt in the [[River Thames]] and material entering the estuary on the tides of the [[North Sea] The Normans changed little. Canvey recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] was a land of sheep farming past
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  • ...]], in the [[West Derby Hundred]]. It stands lies on high-ground on the [[River Tawd]], six miles west of [[Wigan]], and 13 miles north-east of [[Liverpool The [[River Tawd]] flows through Skelmersdale into a country park. The main country par
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  • ...sisting of just a few houses at the T-junction of lanes beside the [[River Don]]. This is the floodplain of the Don where the river is canalised and embanked, the land flat and level with no discernable hill
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  • ..., Yorkshire|River Don]], where the Don meets the [[River Rother, Yorkshire|River Rother]], between [[Sheffield]] and [[Doncaster]]. Beyond the town centre and away from the Don Valley, the Rotherham district is largely rural, containing a mixture of fa
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  • ...n Fells]] occupy a triangular sector of the Lake District, bordered by the River Cocker to the north-east and [[Wasdale]] to the south-east. Westwards the h ...above Wasdale are unremittingly steep, 2,000 feet of grass and scree with little to break the monotony. The only stream on these slopes is Ill Gill, falling
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  • ...ch here forms the border with [[Nottinghamshire]] to the west. A lane runs don to the riverbank at a point called Trent Port. ...er fort at [[Torksey]], the point just before the Roman road crossed the [[River Trent]]. The modern A156 road crosses the ancient [[Roman road]] (now the A
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  • Budleigh stands at the mouth of the [[River Otter]], where the estuary forms an area of reed bed and grazing marsh, an ...er one of his failed get-rich-quick schemes, Mr E Blackadder exclaimed "I don't believe it! Goodbye Millionaire's Row. Hello Room 12 of the Budleigh Salt
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  • ...tty market town tumbling down the hill to the head of the estuary of the [[River Dart]] in eastern [[Devon]]. It is about 22 miles south of the city of [[Ex ...is tidal and forms a winding estuary down to the sea at [[Dartmouth]]. The river continues to be tidal for about a mile above the town, the tidal limt being
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  • ...ron. [{{IPA|fɔɪ}}]) is a small town and cargo port at the mouth of the [[River Fowey]] in south [[Cornwall]]. Both vehicle and foot ferry services cross the river, to Bodinnick and to Polruan (on foot only). A ship to shore water taxi se
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  • ...hard Cementarius, who built the [[Brig o' Balgownie]], the first Bridge of Don, in Old Aberdeen. It is believed to be one of the three oldest tower house ...untains]]; the situation of the Elsick Mounth terminating at a ford to the River Dee is thought to have been instrumental in the strategic siting of Drum Ca
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  • ...ort on the north coast of [[Cornwall]], standing on the west bank of the [[River Camel]] estuary approximately five miles northwest of [[Wadebridge]], ten m ...is one of three said to have been founded by the saint, the others being [[Little Petherick]] and [[Bodmin]]. It is quite large and mostly of 13th and 14th c
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  • Bakewell is on the [[River Wye, Derbyshire|River Wye]], about 30 miles north of the [[county town]], [[Derby]], and thirteen ...eloped as a trading centre. The Grade I listed five-arched bridge over the River Wye at Bakewell was constructed in the 13th century, and is one of the few
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  • ...10>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8468126.stm 'Don't bomb' idea for Cape Wrath firing range], BBC news website, 2010-01-10. Re ...e.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/291045/details/kervaig+river+road+bridge/ Kearvaig River road bridge], Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of S
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  • ...y of the Langstrath Beck, making for Stonethwaite.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543904- ...ic crags, finally reaching the summit by way of a rocky route known as the River of Boulders, running parallel to the Great Slab. Finally on the north-east
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  • ...h through the town of [[Kendal]], and is reputed to be the fastest flowing river in England. ...bsp;feet is the deepest tarn in the Lake District.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543904-
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  • ...rightlingsea is a port and stands at the mouth of the [[River Colne, Essex|River Colne]], on Brightlingsea Creek. It has an estimated population of 8500. Brightlingsea sits on a promontory surrounded by the [[River Colne, Essex|River Colne]] and its associated marshes and creeks (it was an island until the 1
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  • ...owner]] Estate in the 1970s points to a settled landscape. Adjacent to the River Alver which passes the southern and western edges of [[Rowner]] can be foun ...es the village of Alverstoke. To the west of which is Browndown, where the River Alver flows into Stokes Bay. Further west from Browndown point is the town
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  • The '''River Brun''' is a river in the [[Pennines]] in eastern [[Lancashire]]. ...at Foxstones Bridge near the village of [[Hurstwood]]. From here, the new river runs northwest towards the town of [[Burnley]].
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  • ...ford''' is a town in [[Lancashire]], spread out on the plain between the [[River Mersey]] and the [[Manchester Ship Canal]], four miles to the south-west of ...is Old English; ''stræt ford''; “street ford”, on a ford across the [[River Mersey]]. The principal road through Stretford, the A56 Chester Road, follo
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  • ...the major body of High Furness and stand between Coniston Water and the [[River Duddon]] valley to the west. The range begins at [[Wrynose Pass]] and runs ...of this ridge, which continues as Wet Side Edge, falling to the floor of [[Little Langdale]]. A western outlier branching off the main ridge between Great Ca
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  • The Coniston Fells form the watershed between [[Coniston Water]] and the [[River Duddon]] valley to the west. The range begins in the north at [[Wrynose Pas ...flows some distance downriver to an off-take weir.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543904-
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  • The Coniston Fells form the watershed between Coniston Water and the [[River Duddon|Duddon Valley]] to the west. The range begins in the north at [[Wryn ...flows some distance downriver to an off-take weir.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543904-
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  • ...of the group. It is quite a large fell and forms the eastern wall of the [[River Duddon|Duddon Valley]] for several miles, west of the watershed with [[Coni ...flows some distance downriver to an off-take weir.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543904-
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  • ...the north-west of [[Coniston]] village; its north-east slopes descend to [[Little Langdale]]. ...n and other local villages as far east as Sawrey.<ref name="blair"> Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543904-
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  • ...el, and the [[River Don, Yorkshire|River Don]]. The Don flowed into the [[River Trent]] just north of Crowle and was a busy route for shipping, including i ...eet was left as wasteland. The surrounding marshland seems to have dried a little during the warm period around AD 1000.
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  • The '''River Don''' may be: *[[River Don, Aberdeenshire]]
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  • [[File:Blonk Street Bridge.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Don and the Block Street Bridge, Sheffield]] ...f the fine Yorkshire countryside, and in its lower stretches an industrial river; one that has supplied power and water to industry and been punished and po
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  • [[File:River Don - geograph.org.uk - 772094.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The River Don at Cockden Bridge]] ...hire Calder]], which the Brun enters barely two miles after swallowing the Don.
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  • ...] and [[Yorkshire]]. It is the only part of [[Lincolnshire]] west of the [[River Trent]]. ...e the [[River Idle]] separates the Isle from [[Nottinghamshire]] and the [[River Trent]] separates the Isle from the rest of Lincolnshire.
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  • ...of the town is exactly as it appears; the “new bridge” over the [[Ebbw River]]. ...lies, was the name of land around the "new bridge" built across the [[Ebbw River]] towards the end of the 18th century. Newbridge was then a predominantly a
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  • ...s Road and Chelsea Harbour. Its eastern boundary was once defined by the [[River Westbourne]], which is now in a pipe above Sloane Square tube station. The </ref>) originates from the Old English term for "landing place [on the river] for chalk or limestone" (''Cealc-hyð'': chalk-wharf, in Anglo-Saxon). The
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  • ...1747. It is situated on the banks of the [[River Don, Aberdeenshire|River Don]].
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  • ...le of the line out of Porthmadog runs along the Cob, the dyke across the [[River Glaslyn]] which created the [[Traeth Mawr]] and the town of Porthmadog. In 1921, the Aluminium Corporation at [[Dolgarrog]] in the [[River Conwy|Conwy Valley]] bought a controlling interest for £40,000 and began t
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  • |constituency=Don Valley ...where the western branch of the Roman road [[Ermine Street]] crosses the [[River Idle]] and meets the [[Great North Road]]. It is close by the boundary wit
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  • |constituency=Don Valley ...] and [[Rotherham]]. It stands alongside the [[River Don, Yorkshire|River Don]].
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  • ...|River Don]] enters it, some miles above the point at which the Ouse and [[River Trent|Trent]] combine to form the [[Humber]]. According to the 2011 UK cens ...eld could be transported to "Goole" at the new mouth of the Don (or "Dutch River") for transfer to seagoing vessels.
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  • ...ed into hard rock layers. Geological forces lifted and tilted the strata a little towards the south-east, producing many small fractures, or faults. ...the picture is a 20th-century replica; the original carving can be seen a little further away.
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  • ...ature Reserve at Roding Valley Meadows off Roding Lane which follows the [[River Roding]] up to [[Loughton]]. *Don Lewin, Entrepreneur – founder of Clinton Cards
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  • ...of [[Bradford]] at the meeting of the rivers [[River Aire|Aire]] and the [[River Worth|Worth]]. Keighley lies at the meeting of the rivers [[River Worth|Worth]] and [[River Aire|Aire]] in [[Airedale]], in the south [[Pennines]]. Its northern bounda
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  • ...ton with his Empress and gave his name (in a slightly altered form) to the Don Pedro colliery at Hopetown. ...oosehill Junction and Crofton Interchange were lifted the year after. Very little now remains of Normanton's railway and mining heritage.
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  • ...ntury, a spa town.<ref>[http://www.ossett.net/ossett_spa.html Ossett Spa - Little Harrogate] detailed local history web site</ref> Having been founded by a l ...attress making and horticultural industries and Wilson Briggs & Son by the River Calder off Healey Road deals with textile mill waste and remnant processing
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  • ==River Don== ...r Aire]]. The work was part of the drainage of [[Hatfield Chase]], and the river skirted the eastern edge of the village, to join the Aire at Turnbridge. A
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  • ...e>STAINFORTH, a township in Hatfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Don and the Keadby canal, 3½ miles WSW of Thorne. It contains the hamlet and r
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  • ...istrict]]. The town is lies in the steep-sided valley of the [[Little Don River]], below the Underbank Reservoir.
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  • |constituency=Don Valley Thorne lies east of the [[River Don, Yorkshire|River Don]], on the [[Stainforth and Keadby Canal]], and is at around 16 feet above s
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  • |constituency=Don Valley ...e boundary between Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, eventually meeting the [[River Trent]].
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  • [[File:WookeyHole.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The River Axe emerging from Wookey Hole]] ...s Hole]] and [[St Cuthbert's Swallet]]. After resurging, the waters of the River Axe are used in a handmade paper mill, the oldest extant in Britain, which
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  • [[File:Schiehallion 01.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Schiehallion viewed across the River Tummel]] File:Flickr - don macauley - On Schiehallion.jpg|On Schiehallion
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  • ...ook Multimedia |year=2008 |accessdate=1 July 2009}}</ref> flows into the [[River Weaver]]. ...77. They provided compensation water to ensure a continuous flow along the River Etherow which was essential for local industry, and provided pure water for
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  • Marr stretches from north of the [[River Don, Aberdeenshire|Don]] southward to the [[Mounth]]. It reaches into the [[Grampian Mountains]] a
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  • ...o the north of [[Aberdeen]], north of the [[River Don, Aberdeenshire|River Don]].<ref>{{cite book| author=Chalmers, George| year=1894| title=Caledonia: Or
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  • [[File:River Don near Alford.jpg|right|thumb|300px|River Don and Castle Forbes near Alford]] ...which city it gives a name, and therefore the county has its name from the river.
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  • ...Don, Boldon Colliery - geograph.org.uk - 327879.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Don by Boldon Colliery]] ...County Durham|Boldon]] and northwards by [[Hebburn]] to enter the tidal [[River Tyne]] at [[Jarrow]].
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  • ...rt|40|m|ft|0|x}} above the [[River Thames]], its grounds slope down to the river. The site has been home to an Earl, three Countesses, two Dukes, a Prince o ...ouse on the site was completed in 1851-52, and its exterior appearance has little changed since then. The 100-foot-tall clock tower, which is actually a wate
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  • ...o the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] at Leigh. It once connected with the [[River Mersey]] at Runcorn but has since been cut off by a slip road to the Silver ...al-age Britain, it required the construction of an aqueduct to cross the [[River Irwell]], one of the first of its kind. Its success helped inspire a perio
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  • ...ream in [[Aberdeen]] which flows into the [[River Don, Aberdeenshire|River Don]]. ...erdeen's outer subburns, at Bucksburn, where it soon pours itself into the Don, by an industrial area.
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  • ...South Wales Motorway, the majority, including a suspension bridge over the River Severn, was constructed between 1965 and 1971; the missing link in Port Tal The M4 runs close to the A4 from London to Bristol. After crossing the River Severn it follows the A48 through South Wales, using the Brynglas Tunnels a
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  • ...wever, a number of alternate sites have been suggested in and around the [[River Rivelin|Rivelin]] valley.<ref name="hunter">A discussion of possible locati ...ed that the district's original settlement was at Hallam Head, above the [[River Rivelin]], and that it had been destroyed during the Harrying of the North.
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  • The River Ewe which enters Loch Ewe is just four miles long and fed by thirteen lochs ...sea-trout, which immigrated up the river running down to the sea. When the river got to the coast, it tumbled down a steep rocky bank, into which was built
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  • [[File:River Sheaf - Highfield 25-04-06.jpg|288px|thumb|right|The River Sheaf by Duchess Road at Highfield in Sheffield]] ...reet Bridge. This lower section of the River Sheaf together with the River Don, between the present Blonk Street and Lady's Bridges, formed two sides of t
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  • Abersychan was the birthplace of the politicians Roy Jenkins, Don Touhig and Paul Murphy, and of the rugby footballers Wilfred Hodder, Candy ...ith a successful tour to [[Cork]]. The village has superb views over the [[River Severn]] and [[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]] to the south.
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  • ...hor, writing about Deeside, puts the northern-edge of the Grampians at the River Dee when he writes: {{quote|... until comparatively recent times, Deeside was an isolated and little frequented region and the reason for this is the extensive mountain barrier
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  • ...ve. The name in the Welsh language is ''Aberogwr'' meaning "Mouth of the [[River Ogmore]]". It lies on the western limit of the Glamorgan Heritage Coast. ...and Horseshoe Bay which are fantastic for bathing. Further on below Brig Y Don hill there are the deeps with cave and secluded coves but you have to watch
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  • ...s from the Irish language; ''Béal an Dá Chab'' meaning "Mouth of the two river fords". ...ccount can also be found in ''Historicae Catolicae Iberniae Compenium'' by Don Philip O'Sullivan.
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  • ...re the [[Water of Nochty]] feeds into the [[River Don, Aberdeenshire|River Don]].
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  • ...g glaciers trapping water on a plateau over time. The [[River Llynfi (Wye)|River Llynfi]] provides the main input of water into the lake and continues as th ''O don Llyn Syfaddon vo''
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  • ...och Castle Colliery; a film was made about the disaster called ''The Brave Don't Cry'' and there is a memorial at the site of the disaster. ...e Robert Burns' "Sweet Afton" still flows gently, until it merges into the River Nith. Wallace seems to have known the surrounding area very well indeed; in
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  • ...ative Anglo-Saxons on the coast of Formby, so they sailed inland, up the [[River Alt]], and attacked from the rear.<ref>[http://www.southport.tv/page.php?id ...ton Coast Line, written by Philip H. Smith. ISBN 1-902700-03-1</ref> The [[River Alt]] runs into the [[Irish Sea]] just south of Formby at Hightown.
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  • ...ar sector of the Lake District, bordered by the [[River Cocker, Cumberland|River Cocker]] to the northeast and [[Wasdale]] to the south east. Westwards the ...trout and is a popular location for wild camping.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543904-
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  • ...hese combine some miles downstream to form the [[River Derwent, Cumberland|River Derwent]], flowing through Borrowdale to [[Derwentwater]] and [[Keswick]]. ...tts, small trout lurking in its 50&nbsp;ft depths.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543904-
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  • ...ern Fells occupy a triangular sector of the Lake District, bordered by the River Cocker to the north east and [[Wasdale]] to the south east. Westwards the h ...lace by grassy moraines is around 65&nbsp;ft deep.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ISBN 0-9543904-
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  • ...or '''Brig o' Dee''' is a road bridge over the [[River Dee, Aberdeenshire|River Dee]] in [[Aberdeen]], joining the two sides of the city, [[Aberdeenshire]] ...Smith also designed the [[Shakkin' Briggie]], and worked on the Bridge of Don with Thomas Telford and Wellington Bridge with Captain Samuel Brown.
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  • ...oke the World Steam Speed Record | publisher=Aurum Press Ltd | author=Hale,Don | date=25 May 2008 | isbn=978-1845133450}}</ref> British Railways closed Co ...mer toll road, and to the east of the [[River Glen, Lincolnshire|West Glen River]], near where the Glen flows through a small graben in the Jurassic limesto
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  • ...southwest) - a major river affording access to the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]], and thus the major city of York. *The [[River Witham]] - a waterway that afforded access to both the Rivers Trent (by way
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