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• Middlesex
  ...stretches from one side of the county to the other. This does however just link town to town without always erasing the distinctiveness of each Middlesex t ...bank of the [[River Thames]], bounded on three sides by rivers, namely the Thames to the south, the [[River Colne, Hertfordshire|Colne]] to the west (or leas
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• Orkney
  The navy base was run down after the war, eventually closing in 1957. The problem of a declining popul Ferries serve both to link Orkney to Great Britain, and also to link together the various islands of Orkney. Ferry services operate between Orkn
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• Surrey
  Surrey's northern border is the [[River Thames]], across which lies [[Middlesex]] for the most part and [[Buckinghamshire] ...rth of the Downs the land is mostly flat, forming part of the basin of the Thames. The geology of this area is dominated by London Clay in the east, Bagshot
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• Abingdon
  |picture caption=The River [[Thames]] at Abingdon<br>looking towards St Helen's parish church '''Abingdon''' (or '''Abingdon-on-Thames''') is a market town in [[Berkshire]], of which it is the [[county town]].
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• English Channel
  ...yards of water a second. The flood carved a large bedrock-floored valley down the length of the Channel, leaving behind streamlined islands and longitudi ...nse of low-lying tundra, through which passed a mighty river: the [[River Thames]] with the Rhine as a tributary, flowing together towards the Atlantic to t
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• Birmingham
  ..., Birmingham |isbn=0-9506998-0-2}}</ref> Much of this would have been laid down during the permian and triassic eras.<ref name=JPS>{{cite web |url=http://w ...lvation from revolution".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Briggs|first=Asa|author-link=Asa Briggs|title=Thomas Attwood and the Economic Background of the Birmingh
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• Carterton
  ...and four miles south-west of [[Witney]]. The town lies on the edge of the Thames Valley and is close to the [[Cotswolds]] area of outstanding natural beauty ...r. The Royal Air Force is still one of the main employers in the area. The link with the air base also means that the population of Carterton continually f
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• Bermondsey
  ...he very north-east of [[Surrey]] standing on the south bank of the river [[Thames]] at the end of [[Tower Bridge]]. It is deep within the metropolitan conur ...bbon (the modern Bermondsey Street), leading from the southern bank of the Thames, at Tooley Street, up to the abbey close.
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• Chertsey
  |picture caption=The Thames at Chertsey Lock ...[[River Thames]]. The [[River Bourne, Chertsey|River Bourne]] enters the Thames here. The town is part of the London commuter belt, and is served by Cherts
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• Basildon
  ...h of the county town, [[Chelmsford]] and in the strip of towns along the [[Thames]] estuary reaching out beyond the metropolis. Nearby towns within this area ...n' is believed to come from the Old English ''Beorhtles dun'' ("Beorhtel's down"). In historical documents, this name had various forms over the centuries
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• Cirencester
  The town stands on the [[River Churn]], a tributary of the [[River Thames]]. It is home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural co ...he town and joins the Thames near [[Cricklade]] a little to the south. The Thames itself rises just a few miles west of Cirencester.
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• Basingstoke
  ...f several other earthworks around Basingstoke including a long barrow near Down Grange.<ref name="hampshiretreasures">{{cite web | last=| first=| authorlin [[File:Basingstoke station.jpg|thumb|right|The station, from Alençon Link]]
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• Wallingford
  ...n [[Berkshire]], sitting on the banks of the [[River Thames]] in the upper Thames Valley. The town is on the south bank side of the [[River Thames]], which flows gracefully past, southward toward the [[Goring Gap]], bridge
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• East Hendred
  ...itself into a joining of three brooks whose waters flow on north to the [[Thames]]. ...k=William Henry Page |editor2-last=Ditchfield |editor2-first=P.H. |editor2-link=Peter Ditchfield |series=Victoria County History |title=A History of the Co
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• West Hendred
  ...gh the spring line and meadows to the former marshland of the plain of the Thames in the north. The parish is about 2,000 acres in area and six miles long, b ...k=William Henry Page |editor2-last=Ditchfield |editor2-first=P.H. |editor2-link=Peter Ditchfield |series=Victoria County History |title=A History of the Co
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• Rochester
  ...Castle rises above the High Street on the river at the west, while further down is the Cathedral. Many other important historic buildings are found around ...importance through its position near the confluence of the [[River Thames|Thames]] and the [[River Medway|Medway]]. Its castle was built to guard the river
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• Maidstone
  ...uns through the centre of the town, linking Maidstone to Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river was a source and route for much of the tow ...l. In 1905, a railway was authorised under the 1896 Light Railways Act to link Maidstone with Sutton Valence and Headcorn, linking with the Kent & East Su
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• Ireland
  ...book|last=Arnold|first=Bruce|title=Irish Art: A Concise History|publisher=Thames & Hudson|year=1977|location=London|page=180|isbn=0-500-20148-X}} *{{Cite book|last=O'Rahilly |first=T. F.|author-link=T. F. O'Rahilly|year=1947|title=Early Irish History and Mythology|place=US
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• Farnham
  ...lton]], merges with the South Branch at [[Tilford]], and joins the [[River Thames]] at [[Weybridge]]. The mainly east-west alignment of the ridges and valley ...British Army”. Both events had a significant effect on Farnham. The fast link with London meant city businessmen could think of having a house in the cou
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• Leicester
  ...uvorum'', from the local ''Corietauvi'' tribe. The name of Leicester comes down to us from the Old English ''Ligoraceastre'' or ''Lægreceastre'', which ma ...n was short lived. The English Bishop of Leicester fled to [[Dorchester-on-Thames]] and Leicester was not to become a bishopric again until the 20th century.
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• Appleford-on-Thames
  |name=Appleford-on-Thames ...pretty village in northern [[Berkshire]], on the south bank of the [[River Thames]] about two miles north of [[Didcot]].
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• Boars Hill
  ...o the city of Oxford, southwards to the Downs and westwards to the upper [[Thames]] valley. At that time many houses were built on Boars Hill, and the new r ...house, 'Youlbury', notable for its Minoan decoration, has since been burnt down (as were those of Margaret Woods, Robert Bridges and Gilbert Murray).
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• Kennington, Berkshire
  ...h of [[Oxford]]. The village occupies a narrow stretch of land between the Thames and the A34 dual carriageway. ...k=William Henry Page |editor2-last=Ditchfield |editor2-first=P.H. |editor2-link=Peter Ditchfield |series=[[Victoria County History]] |title=A History of th
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• Longworth
  ...Ock]] in the south. Harrowdown Hill, in the north of the parish near the Thames, is a lonely walk amongst the trees. ...ays been a pub. As it is on the main route out of the village to the River Thames it was popular in the 19th century as a resting stop for horse, cart and dr
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• Silchester
  ...g to maintain their existing centres at [[Winchester]] and [[Dorchester on Thames]]. There was a gap of perhaps a century before the twin Saxon towns of [[Ol *{{cite book |editor1-last=Page |editor1-first=W.H. |editor1-link=William Henry Page |series=[[Victoria County History]] |title=A History of
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• Shrivenham
  ...he award of civilian qualifications. [[Cranfield University]] has a strong link with the Defence Academy, being the academic provider at the Defence Colleg ...[[Semington]] on the [[Kennet and Avon Canal]] to Abingdon on the [[River Thames]] was built between 1796 and 1810. In 1805 it reached Shrivenham where a wh
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• West Challow
  ...ow in 1807<ref>Dalby, 2000, page 23</ref> and was completed to the [[River Thames]] at [[Abingdon]] in 1810.<ref>Dalby, 2000, page 24</ref> The Wilts & Berks ...k=William Henry Page |editor2-last=Ditchfield |editor2-first=P.H. |editor2-link=Peter Ditchfield |series=[[Victoria County History]] |title=A History of th
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• Southwark
  ...rk''' is a town in the very northernmost part of [[Surrey]] on the [[River Thames]] immediately opposite the [[City of London]]. It forms one of the oldest Bankside, the area along the Thames, was once where Shakespeare's theatres sat and today it home to its success
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• River Colne, Hertfordshire
  [[File:RiverColneStaines01.JPG|right|thumb|200px|The Colne as it joins the Thames at Staines]] ...then between [[Buckinghamshire]] and Middlesex before entering the [[River Thames]] near [[Staines]]. At its latter end, the boundary is marked by a distrib
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• River Avon, Warwickshire
  ...nto the Lower Avon, below [[Evesham]], and the Upper Avon, from its source down to Evesham. ...izabeth the Queen Mother. Plans to extend the navigable river to provide a link with the [[Grand Union Canal]] at either Warwick or Leamington Spa have met
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• Grand Union Canal
  The '''Grand Union Canal''', stretching from [[Birmingham]] to the [[River Thames]], is part of the British canal system. At 286.3 miles, it is by far the l ===Thames to the Chilterns===
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• Channel Tunnel
  Ideas for a cross-Channel fixed link appeared as early as 1802,<ref name="Whiteside p17" /><ref>{{cite news | ur ...d 1a.png|left|thumb|200px|Thomé de Gamond's 1856 plan for a cross-Channel link, with a port/airshaft on the Varne sandbank mid-Channel]]
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• Gravesend
  ...te [[Tilbury]] in [[Essex]]. It is the largest town of this stretch of the Thames bank and because of its geographical position Gravesend has always had an i ...service at Gravesend station itself and the fact that it lies within the "Thames Gateway", add to the town's importance.
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• Great Ouse
  ...bought by the ''Ouse River Canal and Steam Navigation Ltd'', who wanted to link Bedford to the [[Grand Union Canal#History|Grand Junction Canal]], but they
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• River Medway
  ...county and some of its famous towns and creating a broad mouth into the [[Thames Estuary]] which has served the Royal Navy and industry for centuries. ...ef> It has a drainage basin of 930 square miles; the largest south of the Thames Basin. The river is fed by innumerable streams and tributaries<ref>[http://
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• Swanscombe
  Nearby digs on land for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link]] revealed a c. 400,000-year-old site with human tools and the remains of a ...e Thames corridor it would appear that Essex, on the northern shore of the Thames, sustained a greater influx of Vikings than did Kent, there being considera
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• Kemble
  ...nd is the settlement closest to [[Thames Head]], the source of the [[River Thames]]. ...rtant for passengers travelling from Cirencester. The station has a direct link to Swindon and London Paddington in one direction, and to Gloucester and Ch
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• Somerford Keynes
  ...}}) is a small village in [[Wiltshire]], close to the [[River Thames]] and Thames Path a couple of miles from its source. It is close to the boundary with [[ ...as a flourishing history group, details of which are given in the external link below.
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• Sheppey
  |group=Thames Estuary ...sle of Sheppey''' is an island off the northern coast of [[Kent]] in the [[Thames Estuary]]. It has an area of 36 square miles.
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• New River
  ...shire]], taking its water from the River Lea there. Today it runs 20 miles down to [[Stoke Newington]]. Among the places through which it flows (from north ...es Water in 1973. The northern part of the New River is still an important link in the supply of water to London.
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• Stonehenge
  ...hnson, Anthony, ''Solving Stonehenge: The New Key to an Ancient Enigma''. (Thames & Hudson, 2008) ISBN 978-0-500-05155-9</ref> Importantly Wood's plan was ma ...e team leader Professor Vince Gaffney, this discovery may provide a direct link between the rituals and astronomical events to activities within the Cursus
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• Berkhamsted
  ...gs]] and slain King Harold II, encircled London finally crossing the River Thames at Wallingford. At Berkhamsted he was met by a delegation of the English es ...of Normandy led the Norman invading army to circle [[London]] crossing the Thames at [[Wallingford]] and making for Berkhamsted. Here he accepted the surrend
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• Counter's Creek
  ...|right|thumb|300px|Lots Road power station where Counter's Creek joins the Thames as Chelsea Creek]] ...at rises in [[Kensal Green]], west London and flows south into the [[River Thames]] on the Tideway at Sands End, [[Chelsea]]. Two small tributaries that rise
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• Longford River
  ...Bushy Park]] and Hampton Court Palace, where it reaches the [[River Thames|Thames]] on the reach above [[Teddington Lock]]. The Longford River was created fo ...d running through [[Bushy Park]] to [[Hampton Court]]. One outlet into the Thames is under the Water Gallery opposite the confluence of the [[River Mole]], a
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• Caen Hill
  ...completed. Whilst the locks were under construction a tramroad provided a link between the canal at Foxhangers to Devizes, the remains of which can be see ...book |last=Pearson |first=Michael |authorlink= |title=Kennet & Avon Middle Thames:Pearson's Canal Companion |year=2003 |publisher=Central Waterways Supplies|
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• Greenwich Park
  ...the Greenwich World Heritage Site. It commands fine views over the [[River Thames]], the [[Isle of Dogs]] and the [[City of London]]. The park is open from 0 ...ilway was later extended beneath the ground through a cut-and-cover tunnel link between Greenwich and Maze Hill which opened in 1878 (the tunnel alignment
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• Tilbury
  ...t Queen Elizabeth I addressed her army in a stirring speech which has come down to us through the centuries. .../en/heritage_details.aspx?guid=5A43CD04-12FB-4054-8BB9-2C4402BC6A94 London Thames Gateway Forum]</ref>
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• Team GB
  ...he details are provided by the British Olympic Association, and it gives a link to each athlete's details on the Team GB website. Since the medallists inc ...| {{Medal|S}} || [[Ballymoney]] || [[County Antrim|Antrim]] || [[Henley-on-Thames]] || [[Oxfordshire]]
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• Chilterns
  ...line from southwest to northeast from the [[River Thames]] at [[Goring-on-Thames]] to the [[Dunstable Downs]], in the counties of [[Oxfordshire|Oxford]], [[ At Goring, the Thames bursts through the hills, in what is known as the Goring Gap. South of the
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• National Museum of Rural Life
  ...of Caldwell. Muir tried to take back the lands by force and after burning down Kittochside the case came to be adjudicated at the Privy Council of James V ...to crush whin or gorse in a shallow trough, the stone being dragged up and down by a horse, making the spiny and tough branches of the plant suitable for u
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• Kennet and Avon Canal
  ...net_and_Avon_Canal map]); thus the Kennet and Avon is a canal provides the link in an inland navigation route from the [[Bristol Channel]] in the west to t ...from Newbury to [[Reading]] the Kennet is itself canalised to the [[River Thames]].
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• Billericay
  ...of them may have spent the night in Billericay before crossing the [[River Thames]] at [[Tilbury]]. Which may account for the large number of inns in the tow ...ng the First World War, one of the giant German Zeppelin airships was shot down during an aerial battle over Billericay. During its fiery demise, it narro
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• Maldon
  ...r estuary]] in [[Essex]]. A pretty town and ancient, its high street runs down the hill to the town's key on the Blackwater, where Maldon's second heart l ...rrow river slicing through the black mud. By the key are found the famous Thames sailing barges, their red sails once a familiar sight from here to London.
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• Sapperton Valley
  [[File:Towpath, Thames and Severn canal, near Frampton Mansell - geograph.org.uk - 1133865.jpg|rig ...g ribbon of canal bank, water meadows and woodland by the disused former [[Thames and Severn Canal]]. The [[River Frome, Stroud|River Frome]] runs in paralle
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• Bradford-on-Avon
  ...e canal provides a link through to the Avon at Bath in the west, and the [[Thames]] at [[Reading]] in the east.
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• Floating Harbour
  ...book |last=Pearson |first=Michael |authorlink=|title=Kennet & Avon Middle Thames:Pearson's Canal Companion |year=2003 |publisher=Central Waterways Supplies| ...f the harbour. The Feeder Canal between Temple Meads and Netham provided a link to the tidal river so that boats could continue upstream to Bath. However,
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• Brunanburh
  [[File:Thames Scramasax.jpg|right|thumb|600px|Early English seax]] ...tymologically the same as ''Brunanburh''. No archaeology has been found to link it with the period though.
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• Northfleet
  '''Northfleet''' is a town in [[Kent]], on the coast of the [[Thames Estuary]], in the lathe of [[Aylesford]] and the [[Toltingtrough Hundred]] This has been the site of a settlement on the shore of the [[River Thames]] adjacent to [[Gravesend]] since Roman times. It is recorded as ''Fleote''
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• Basildon Park
  |website={{NT link}} .... It is found 2 miles south of Streatley in [[Berkshire]] and [[Goring-on-Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]]. The house and its magnificent garden are owned by the
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• Fulham
  ...] and [[Kensington]] to the north, [[Chelsea]] to the east and the [[River Thames]] to the west, south and south-east; across which lie [[Barnes]], [[Putney] In 879 Danish invaders, sailed up the [[Thames]] and wintered at Fulham and Hammersmith. Raphael Holinshed (died 1580) wro
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• Canning Town
  ...c1872, showing Victoria Docks, now Royal Victoria Dock, Bow Creek and the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company.]] ...e new road layouts for the upgraded A13 road and a feeder to the Limehouse Link tunnel, avoiding the [[Blackwall Tunnel]]. The abutments of the old iron br
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• Colnbrook
  ...: Volume 3.''] William Page (editor), 1925, pp. 246-249.</ref><ref>''Sweet Thames Run Softly'' - Robert Gibbings</ref><ref>[http://www.hornpipe.com/mystclas/ ...are plans to re-use the southern part of it for the Heathrow Airtrack rail link from Staines to Heathrow Airport.
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• Crossings of the River Thames
  ...ix public ferries, one cable car link, and at least one ford. The [[River Thames]] has so many bridges thrown across it because of its position in the busie ...ure can be seen, and mediæval stone structures such as [[Newbridge, River Thames|Newbridge]] and [[Abingdon Bridge]] are still in use.
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• River Parrett
  ...nder an 1845 Act of Parliament the Port of Bridgwater extends from [[Brean Down]] to [[Hinkley Point]] in [[Bridgwater Bay]], and includes parts of the Riv ...chapter=The late Saxon Landscape |isbn=978-0-86183-129-6 |ref=harv |editor-link=Michael Aston }}
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• Ruthwell
  ...al and the Rood'', 15.</ref> The usual account is that the cross was taken down in the church or churchyard soon after the 1642 order and broken up. It was *{{Citation |last=Browne |first=G. F. |author-link=|year=1908 |title=Alcuin of York |volume=|edition=|publisher=Society for Pr
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• Oxford Canal
  ...thamptonshire]] and into [[Warwickshire]]. Its course connects the [[River Thames]] at Oxford, to the [[Grand Union Canal]] at the villages of [[Braunston, N ...rporated into the development as Tooley's Historic Boatyard. Further south down the valley the canal approaches the small hamlet, Twyford Wharf, a basin is
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• Downhill Demesne
  |website={{NT link|Downhill Demesne and Hezlett House}} ...title=Irish Art and Architecture: From Prehistory to the Present|publisher=Thames and Hudson|year=1993|pages=139|isbn=0-500-27707-9|accessdate=14 April 2009}
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• Belton House
  |website={{NT link}} ...nate to survive after the War, when so many country houses were being torn down, but short of cash the house deteriorated until in 1961 the 6th Baron effec
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• Hardwick Hall
  ...dow than wall.' Nikolaus Pevsner, ''A History of Building Types''. London: Thames and Hudson, 1976, p. 324, note 80.</ref> The Hall's chimneys are built into ...Exhibition.<ref>Nikolaus Pevsner, ''A History of Building Types''. London: Thames and Hudson, 1976, p. 248.</ref>
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• Avebury Stone Circle
  ...ductive areas of the island: Orkney, eastern Scotland, Anglesey, the upper Thames, Wessex, Essex, Yorkshire and the river valleys of the Wash.<ref>[[#Par05|P ...he early 14th century, villagers began to demolish the monument by pulling down the large standing stones and burying them in ready-dug pits at the side, p
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• Great Bedwyn
  ...book |last=Pearson |first=Michael |authorlink=|title=Kennet & Avon Middle Thames:Pearson's Canal Companion |year=2003 |publisher=Central Waterways Supplies| ...now recognised that the location for that particular battle was at Marten Down in Dorset. Until more substantial evidence about the Crofton graves can be
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• Ebbsfleet River
  ...er8805.JPG|right|thumb|300px|The Ebbsfleet River just before it enters the Thames Estuary at Northfleet]] ...agniaci'' and the river was used to link [[Watling Street]] to the [[River Thames]]. In the fourteenth century it was a stopping place for pilgrims going to
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• Wilts and Berks Canal
  ...ennet and Avon Canal]] at [[Semington]], near [[Melksham]], to the [[River Thames]] at [[Abingdon]] in Berkshire, though today most of that length is empty a ...h Wilts Canal''' merged with the Wilts & Berks to become a branch to the [[Thames and Severn Canal]] at [[Latton, Wiltshire|Latton]] near [[Cricklade]]. Amon
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• Thames and Severn Canal
  ...[[Bristol]] to [[London]]. At its eastern end, it connects to the [[River Thames]] at Inglesham Lock near [[Lechlade]], while at its western end, it connect ...the Stroudwater Navigation, and from Wallbridge to Brimscombe Port on the Thames and Severn Canal. In 2010, British Waterways gave Inglesham Lock to the Tru
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• Stroudwater Canal
  ...r '''Stroudwater Navigation''' is a canal in [[Gloucestershire]], built to link [[Stroud]] to the [[Severn Estuary]]. It was authorised in 1776, although p ...rvnb |Priestley |1831 |pp=606–608}}</ref> Following the opening of the [[Thames and Severn Canal]] in 1789, it formed part of a through route from [[Bristo
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• Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal
  ...James Brindley's pupils, in 1777. The route was part of a grander plan to link [[Stourport on Severn]] and [[Leominster]] as well. ...of working on the Chester Canal and who had worked with Whitworth on the [[Thames and Severn Canal]], was to be the engineer. It appears that he re-surveyed
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• Wey and Arun Canal
  The first scheme to link the Wey and the Arun was proposed in 1641. Tributaries of both rivers were In 1810, the 3rd Earl of Egremont began to promote the idea of a canal to link the Rivers Wey and Arun, separated by only 15&nbsp;miles. Part of the justi
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• Inner Hebrides
  ...(2005) ''Before Scotland: The Story of Scotland Before History''. London. Thames & Hudson. * {{citation |last=Woolf |first=Alex |author-link=Alex Woolf |title=From Pictland to Alba, 789&ndash;1070 |year=2007 |series=
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• Twyford, Berkshire
  ...crossroads with the south to north road from [[Wokingham]] to [[Henley-on-Thames]]. ...les to the west, with [[Maidenhead]] 7½ miles to the east and [[Henley-on-Thames]] 5 miles to the north. London is 35 miles east.
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• M4 motorway
  ...over the River Severn, was constructed between 1965 and 1971; the missing link in Port Talbot was completed in 1993. A new Severn bridge was opened in 199 ...e opened. The [[Second Severn Crossing]] opened in 1996, together with new link motorways on either side of the estuary to divert the M4 over the new cross
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• Upnor Castle
  ...ed up the Thames to [[Gravesend]]. It turned towards [[Chatham]] and burnt down the fort at [[Sheerness]]. The chain was in place between [[Hoo Ness]] and *{{EH link}} - English Heritage
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• M3 motorway
  The '''M3''' is a motorway 58.6 miles long that runs from [[Sunbury-on-Thames]] in [[Middlesex]], to [[Southampton]] in [[Hampshire]]. ...to the short section southeast of Winchester that passes through [[Twyford Down]].
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• Edinburgh Castle
  ...ial of the soldiers' regimental mascots. Beside this, the Lang Stair leads down to the Argyle Battery, past a section of a mediæval bastion,<ref name=Salt ...me=Salter49/> The Forewall to the north was built between 1689 and 1695 to link the Half Moon to the Portcullis Tower, although part of the original wall o
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• Osborne House
  ...aly. It soon became obvious that it was too small for their needs. Pulling down the house and building a new residence was deemed to be the appropriate cou *{{EH link}} information at English Heritage
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• Pusey
  ...more closely by footpath than by road) and [[Southmoor]] to the east. The Thames is 2 miles to the north. *{{cite book |last1=Mills |first1=A.D. |last2=Room |first2=A. |author1-link=|title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names |year=2003 |publisher=Oxford Uni
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• Burghfield
  ...by rail to the [[Reading to Basingstoke Line]] and the embankment for this link was still visible in the 1960s.<ref>Ordnance survey map, 1:50,000 first ser ...ing Theale parish. In 1811 the Sheffield Mills were paper-mills, but burnt down in 1877. The mill was afterwards bought by James Dewe of Burghfield Mill, w
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• Runnymede
  '''Runnymede''' is a water-meadow alongside the [[River Thames]] in [[Surrey]], famous as the place where King John and the rebel barons s The meadow is on the south bank of the Thames, in the very north-west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with [[Buckingham
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• Calleva Atrebatum
  ...eological excavations over the 20th century. Coins of the British Q series link Silchester with the seat of power of the Atrebates, and coins stamped with ...g to maintain their existing centres at [[Winchester]] and [[Dorchester on Thames|Dorchester]]. There was a gap of perhaps a century before the twin Saxon to
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• Christmas Common
  ...stmas Common on its route between [[Bourton-on-the-Water]] and [[Henley-on-Thames]], and crosses the Icknield Way a mile downhill from the village.{{sfn|Thom *{{cite book |editor-last=Lobel |editor-first=Mary D |editor-link=Mary Lobel |series=[[Victoria County History]] |title=A History of the Coun
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• Bristol Cathedral
  The choir has broad arches with two wave mouldings carried down the piers which support the ribs of the vaulting. These may have been desig ...hedral.htm |title=Bristol Cathedral |accessdate=28 June 2007 |work=Bristol Link }}</ref>
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• Greys Court
  |website={{NT link}} ...[Chilterns|Chiltern Hills]] at [[Rotherfield Greys]], north of [[Henley-on-Thames]]. It is owned by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or N
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• Great Britain road numbering scheme
  ...cbrdministry" /> The exception is between Zones 1 and 2, where the [[River Thames]] defines the boundary.<ref name="ARoad">{{cite web|url= http://www.cbrd.co * Zone 1: North of the [[River Thames|Thames]], east of the A1 covering parts of [[Middlesex]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Ess
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• Nuffield
  |post town=Henley-on-Thames The road between [[Henley-on-Thames]] and [[Wallingford]] passes through the parish just north of Nuffield. It
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• Yeavering
  ...[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]] periods, humans living in Britain settled down in permanent communities and began farming to produce food. There is eviden ...been used on the walls, being plastered on to the timber. This too burned down at some point, following which a third version of Building A1 was erected,
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• Skara Brae
  ...e stumps of stone pillars that may have supported a canopy of fur; another link with recent Hebridean style.<ref>{{harvnb|Childe|Clarke|1983|p=9}}</ref> ...nk=| coauthors=| title=Scotland: Archaeology and Early History | publisher=Thames and Hudson | year=1981 | location=New York | pages=| isbn=0-500-27365-0 | r
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• Kidlington
  There was once a zoo in Kidlington where the Thames Valley Police headquarters is now. This short-lived attraction was in exist ...ish Council to name itself "Kidlington Town Council", the change was voted down in a ballot of the local electorate by 98%, and reversed.
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• Montacute House
  ...fame and notoriety were to be short-lived. Subsequent generations settled down in Somerset to live the lives of county gentry, representing Somerset in Pa ...nhull]] in powerful hot colours when the earlier tender colour scheme laid down by Vita Sackville-West proved insipid to modern taste.
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• Stirling Castle
  |website={{HES link}} ...al Register House |location=Edinburgh |year=1901 |pages=lxxxvi,379 |editor-link=james Balfour Paul}}</ref>
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• West Kennet Long Barrow
  *{{EH link|English Heritage}} * Dames, Michael 1977 ''The Avebury Cycle'' Thames & Hudson Ltd, London
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• Castlerigg Stone Circle
  ...in opinion as to the exact number of stones within Castlerigg are usually down to whether the observer counts these small packing stones, or not; some cou ...our knowledge and understanding of Castlerigg stone circle has been passed down to us by the work of 18th century antiquarians and 19th century amateurs. C
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