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• Alnwick
  | picture caption = The town of Alnwick, nestling behind Alnwick Castle ...t town in northern [[Northumberland]] of some 8,000 people, 32 miles south of [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and 5 miles inland from the [[North Sea]] at [[Alnmo
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• Diocese of London
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• Brecknockshire
  ...'Brecon''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the mountains of Mid-Wales. ...h.org.uk - 232881.jpg|250px|thumb|Brecon County signpost to the south-west of Builth Wells]]
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• Cumberland
  ...ountains of the [[Lake District]] to the coast, stretching along the coast of the [[Solway Firth]] and the [[Irish Sea]]. ...[[Helvellyn]], and the summits of several, including Helvellyn, form part of the county boundary with Westmorland.
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• Devon
  |flag=Flag of Devon.svg ...] and [[Somerset]]. The centre of Devonshire has rolling hills, the south of the county dominated by [[Dartmoor]].
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• County Durham
  ...of Durham''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the north of England. It is the only English county whose common name is prefixed with "County", ...to the north by the River Tyne and the Derwent and from the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]] by the River Tees from its source to its mouth.
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• East Lothian
  ...[[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the south coast of the [[Firth of Forth]] and the [[North Sea]]. ...erwickshire]]. The shire has a detached part in Midlothian in the vicinity of [[Fala]].
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• Gloucestershire
  ...n the west, the [[Cotswold Hills]] in he east and the flat, fertile valley of the lower [[River Severn]] which lies between them. ...ower reaches of the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]] through the middle of [[Bristol]], and its old course, the Floating Harbour.
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• Herefordshire
  ...al county and one of the most sparsely populated with a population density of 212 a square mile; indeed it is said that outside [[Hereford]] and [[Leomin ...ins and the Midland plains and is itself a rich mixture of both. The land of Herefordshire is predominantly agricultural and the county is well known fo
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• Hertfordshire
  |flag=County Flag of Hertfordshire.svg ...s an inland [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]], considered to be one of the [[Home Counties]]. Five counties surround it: [[Middlesex]] to the sou
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• Kent
  ...towns of Kent are within the [[London]] suburbs. Kent is considered is one of the [[home counties]]. ...Garden of England" for the richness of its agriculture, and the abundance of orchards and hop gardens.
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• Northamptonshire
  ...orthampton]] and [[Peterborough]]. In all, Northamptonshire has a mixture of the urban and the rural. ...ipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/ Northamptonshire Genealogy: Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]. Retrieved 15 August 2009.</ref>
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• Northumberland
  |flag=Flag of Northumberland.svg ...er Tyne|Tyne]], with [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and its lands stretching north of the Tweed.
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• Orkney
  ...s north of the coast of [[Caithness]]. Orkney has approximately 70 islands of which 20 are inhabited.<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 336-403.</ref><ref>Wic ...largest island, known as the [[Mainland, Orkney|Mainland]] and has an area of 202 square miles making it the tenth-largest island in the [[British Isles]
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• Pembrokeshire
  ...maritime [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] at the south-western tip of [[Wales]]. Pembrokeshire is washed on three sides by the ocean, and the sea The local economy is fundamentally of farming and tourism, but international trade and heavy industry are here to
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• Shropshire
  ...and's most rural and sparsely populated counties with a population density of 337 a square mile according to the 2001 census. ...es; [[Bridgnorth]] above the [[River Severn|Severn]] guards the south-east of the county and [[Ludlow]] above the [[River Teme]] to the south. In norther
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• Surrey
  ...e United Kingdom|shire]] in the south-east of [[Great Britain]]. It is one of the "Home Counties". ...green areas but otherwise it is a vast, continuous urban sprawl, a mixture of poor neighbourhoods and wealthy.
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• Flint Castle
  ...ire]]. This was the first of a series of castles built during King Edward I's campaign to conquer [[Wales]]. The site was chosen for its strategic position in the northeast of Wales. The castle was only one day's march from [[Chester]], supplies could
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• County Dublin
  ...], at the heart of the county, is [[Dublin]], the capital and largest town of the Irish Republic. ...g John in the century after the Norman invasion of Ireland. The population of the county is 1,270,603 according to the 2011 census, making it the most po
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• County Kilkenny
  ...Clonageera, Course, Durrow Townparks, Glebe and Knockanoran in the parish of Durrow: {{wmap|52.841599|-7.402759|zoom=14|base=outline_detached}}</ref> ...ird largest of Leinster's 12 counties in size and seventh largest in terms of population.
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• Abingdon
  |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...town in [[Berkshire]], of which it is the [[county town]]. Abingdon is one of several places that claim to be Britain's oldest continuously-occupied town
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• Aberdeen
  |LG district=City of Aberdeen ...rdeenshire]] and Scotland's third most populous city. It is a major centre of the North Sea oil industry.
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• Whittington Castle
  ...with buildings around a courtyard whose exterior wall was the curtain wall of the inner bailey. ...he historic fort of [[Old Oswestry]].<ref name=gallery>[http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castlexq.htm Castle Photo Gallery: Whittington Castle] - Castle
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• Isle of Ely
  ...ost part of [[Cambridgeshire]], taking its name from the city or bishopric of [[Ely]]. ...its flatness; vast horizons look out over rich agricultural land, a legacy of the fens, now drained by the many drainage systems cut across the landscape
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• Reading
  ...[[River Thames]], where the [[River Kennet]] enters it, some 40 miles west of [[London]]. Reading is well connected, by the [[M4 motorway]] and the [[Gre Reading was an important national centre in the mediæval period, the site of a monastery with strong royal connections. Today it remains a commercial ce
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• Windsor
  ...is a suburban town in eastern [[Berkshire]]. It is best known as the site of [[Windsor Castle]]. ...n]] in [[Buckinghamshire]]. Windsor and the surrounding areas contain some of the most expensive and desirable housing in the United Kingdom.
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• Tavistock
  ...west through the town. The heart of the town stands all on the north side of the river, the newer residential areas up the hills to its south. ...dford Square, was formerly the local residence of the Dukes of Bedford and of their local agent. Tavistock’s most famous son is Sir Francis Drake,<ref>
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• Henley-on-Thames
  '''Henley-on-Thames''' is a prosperous town on the north bank of the [[River Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]]. It lies some 10 miles downstream ...n market days. The town has attracted a wealthier class of individual and of visitors, reflected in the boutiques along the high street.
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• Buckingham
  ...hich the county takes its name. Buckingham was considered the county town of Buckinghamshire having been declared so in the year 888 by Alfred the Great ...and Saturday, and an additional farmers' market held on the first Tuesday of each month. The market place has several 18th century buildings giving cha
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• Slough
  | picture= Aerial View of Slough Trading Estate.JPG '''Slough''' is a town in the south of [[Buckinghamshire]]. It is a modern industrial town, ruthlessly developed s
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• Hay-on-Wye
  ...re]]. It often described as "the town of books" because of the vast number of second-hand bookshops found there. ...ich lies on the other side of the Dulas Brook in Herefordshire, forms part of the town area.
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• Kirkcaldy
  | picture caption=Kirkcaldy from the Firth of Forth ...cities of [[Dundee]] and [[Edinburgh]]. It also forms a parish by the name of Kirkcaldy and Dysart.
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• Elgin
  ...by that time had a castle on top of the present day Lady Hill to the west of the city. ...tre is on the south bank of the Lossie. The town now straddles both sides of the River with its suburbs, Bishopmill to the north and New Elgin to the so
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• Southwell
  ...est known as the site of Southwell Minster, the cathedral of the [[Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham]], which covers Nottinghamshire. Its population is The town stands on the [[River Greet]], some 14 miles northeast of [[Nottingham]].
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• New Radnor
  ...</ref> The rest of the stonework must have been utilised as a ready supply of cut stone and was depleted by the local people for their homes and farms an ...l of Cornwall in 1233. Beyond this is a large bailey with the foundations of a rectangular building within it.
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• Jedburgh
  ...[Jedburgh Abbey]]. Other notable buildings in the town include Mary, Queen of Scots' House and Jedburgh Castle Gaol, now a museum. ...lant's Rideout. Bands of pipes and drums add local colour, and delicacies of the town include ''Jethart Snails'' and ''Jethart Pears''. Another annual e
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• Selkirk
  ...Royal Burghs in Scotland. It stands on the [[Ettrick Water]], a tributary of the [[River Tweed]]. ...me to Scotland's oldest horse racing track, the Gala Rig, on the outskirts of the town.
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• Woodstock
  ...a small market town in [[Oxfordshire]], eight miles northwest of the City of [[Oxford]]. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population at 3,100. ...rthplace in 1874 of Winston Churchill (who is buried in the nearby village of [[Bladon]]).
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• Stafford
  ...lies approximately 16 miles north of [[Wolverhampton]] and 18 miles south of [[Stoke-on-Trent]]. Stafford is part of the ancient Pyrehill hundred.
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• Dunwich
  ...unwich''' (pronounced {{IPA|ˈdʌnɨtʃ}}) is a small village on the coast of [[Suffolk]] which was once a major town and seaport. ...s of the River Blyth and the River Dunwich. However, the harbour and most of the town has since been lost to coastal erosion.
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• Marlborough
  ...road from [[London]] to [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. It is reputed to have one of the widest high-streets in Britain: second only to [[Stockton-on-Tees]]. ...the rebuilding the High Street became what is claimed to be the widest in England after Stockton's. This allows ample space for a local market which is held
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• Liverpool
  ...''' is a major city in southern Lancashire. It stands on the eastern side of the [[Mersey]] Estuary. ...at the centre of the wider "Liverpool Urban Area", which has a population of 816,216.<ref>{{cite web |title= Key Statistics for urban areas in the North
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• Esher
  Moore Place, on the outskirts of Esher is now a bar and restaurant. The Moore Place Estate remains a privat Esher lies within the hundred of Elmbridge. The local newspaper is the Esher News and Mail.<ref>[http://www.
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• Exeter
  ...e later redevelopment, it retains a wealth of historic buildings from many of its ages. ...miles from the sea and was formerly a seaport. It remains the chief town of East Devon and a major regional centre.
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• Plymouth
  |picture caption =View of Plymouth Hoe Waterfront ...the site a major naval port, Devonport, since the days of Queen Elizabeth I.
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• Lydford
  ...[[Devon]] situated six miles north of [[Tavistock]] on the western fringe of [[Dartmoor]]. ...ch courses through a deep, narrow gorge. The gorge is crossed by a bridge of single span; and at a little distance a tributary stream forms a cascade in
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• Inner Temple
  |ownership=The Honourable Society<br />of the Inner Temple ...elf governed by the Parliament of the inn and an executive council made up of the elected Benchers.
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• Isleworth
  ...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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• Twickenham
  ...oristic poet Alexander Pope. Among these is the Neo-Gothic prototype home of Horace Walpole which has given its name to a whole district, Strawberry Hil ...signed with 12 crosses. The signatories included Swaefred of Essex, Cenred of Mercia and Earl Paeogthath.
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• Ramsey, Huntingdonshire
  ...Ives, Huntingdonshire|St Ives]]. The High Street is a busy, narrow street of shops, but the town opens out in Great Whyte, a very broad street reaching ...]] and [[Huntingdonshire]]. The remains of the Abbey are now home to part of the town's secondary school, Abbey College.
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• Wolverhampton
  ...It lies north-west of its larger near-neighbour [[Birmingham]] at the edge of the large conurbation formed by the two cities, the [[Black Country]] towns ...try coalfields and it is now often counted in with the Black Country towns of Staffordshire.
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• Lichfield
  |picture caption=City of Lichfield ...ffordshire]]. It lies in the midst of rural Staffordshire, 16 miles north of [[Birmingham]].
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• Aberystwyth
  ...istics, 10 July 2009]</ref> but there is no reliable measure of the number of those students whose family residence is outside Aberystwyth. ...The town takes its name from the Ystwyth, though since the reconstruction of the harbour, the Ystwyth only skirts the town and leaves the Rheidol alone
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• Manhood
  ...ndred of Manhood''' in the [[Rape of Chichester]] is the southernmost part of [[Sussex]] forming a peninsula into the English channel. It is bordered by ...map of 1587, ''Manhode'' on a map of 1663 and ''Manhope'' on Mordens map of 1695.<ref name="allen11">Heron-Allen. Selsey. p.11.</ref>
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• Laugharne
  ...in 1953, and is thought to have been an inspiration for the fictional town of Llareggub in ''Under Milk Wood''. ...taken from the name of Owen Laugharne of St Brides, a twelfth century lord of the castle.
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• Truro
  ...ude the Royal Cornwall Museum, the Hall for Cornwall and Cornwall's Courts of Justice. Truro initially grew as an important centre of trade from its port, and then as a [[stannary town]] for the mining industr
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• Falmouth
  ...atistics for urban areas in England and Wales | publisher =National Office of Statistics| url =http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_ua_ew The name Falmouth comes from the river Fal but the origin of the river's name is unknown.
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• Penzance
  ...ination, with beaches and within easy reach of the Lands End and the sites of the wild [[Penwith]] peninsula. Penzance is also the port for sailing to the [[Isles of Scilly]], and outside the town is also the heliport for Scilly.
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• Gibraltar
  |arms=Coat of arms of Gibraltar1.svg |flag=Flag of Gibraltar.svg
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• Carlisle
  ...[[Dumfriesshire]]. It is the largest town in Cumberland, with a population of 71,773 and forms the chief commercial centre for many miles around. ...ntres. Carlisle Cathedral is the seat of the [[Diocese of Carlisle|Bishop of Carlisle]].
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• Brampton, Cumberland
  |LG district=City of Carlisle ...r Gelt. The town lies some 9 miles east of [[Carlisle]] and 2 miles south of [[Hadrian's Wall]]. It is a popular base for exploring the country round H
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• Northampton
  ...e [[county town]]. The town stands on the [[River Nene]] and is a mixture of old and new; the town is an ancient borough and the town centre has many hi [[File:Holy Sepulchre, Northampton.jpg|thumb|upright|Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]
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• Peterborough
  ...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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• United Kingdom
  [[File:Europe location UK.png|right|thumb|300px|The location of the United Kingdom]] [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|right|thumb|200px|The flag of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the Union Jack]]
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• Isle of Wight
  |name=Isle of Wight |picture=Isle of Wight coastline.jpg
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• Ruthin
  ...07 |publisher=BBC Online}}</ref> Ruthin also has villages on the outskirts of the town such as [[Pwllglas]] and [[Rhewl]]. ...</ref> and from which the castle was built in 1277-1284. The original name of Rhuthin was 'Castell Coch yng Ngwern-fôr' (red castle in sea-swamps).
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• Poole
  ...vide shelter to many large ships and which is also blessed by a scattering of attractive islands. ...d War the town was one of the main departing points for the D-Day landings of the Normandy Invasion.
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• Wimborne Minster
  ...r, Dorset|Stour]] and [[River Allen, Dorset|Allen]] meet, five miles north of [[Poole]]. ...d in the Town Centre but moved out several years ago to a site on the edge of town to accommodate its size.<ref>[http://www.ruraldorset.com/days/details.
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• Walsall
  ...It is found in the [[Black Country]], northwest of [[Birmingham]] and east of [[Wolverhampton]], and within the conurbation which joins these and the Bla ...rs".) In the nineteenth century, Walsall became known for the manufacture of horse-brasses.
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• Durham
  |constituency=City of Durham ...Durham]], of which it is the county town. The city centre stands in a loop of the [[River Wear]], dominated by the vast Cathedral, atop a precipitous cli
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• Warwick
  ...rwickshire|River Avon]], 11 miles south of [[Coventry]] and 2½ miles west of [[Leamington Spa]], with which town it has grown together. The centre of Warwick stands on a hill which drops sharply down to the river. The Castle
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• Winchester
  ...]]. It stands at the western end of the [[South Downs]], along the course of the [[River Itchen]]. ...of Wessex and of the Kingdom of England. It developed from the Roman town of ''Venta Belgarum''.
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• Chertsey
  ...ter belt, and is served by Chertsey railway station on the Chertsey branch of the Waterloo to Reading Line. Egham today is somewhat hemmed in by the M3 *[[Church of England]]:
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• Chelmsford
  ...in 2012 to become a city, in celebration of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee of that year. ...ly train journey to Liverpool Street Station in London to work in the City of London financial sector, though Chelmsford is in itself a modern, well plac
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• Brentwood
  ...ntryside and woodland; some penetrating to within only a few hundred yards of the town centre. ...maps. The suggestion was that men settled here in the part of the Forest of Essex (later [[Epping Forest]]) that would have covered the area, where the
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• Dulwich
  ...llage, lying in a valley between the neighbouring and contiguous districts of [[Camberwell]], [[Crystal Palace]], [[Denmark Hill]], [[Forest Hill, Surrey The name of Dulwich has been spelt in various ways in history; ''Dilwihs'', ''Dylways''
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• Colchester
  ...ter claims to be the oldest town in Britain. It was for a time the capital of Roman Britain and also claims to have the United Kingdom's oldest recorded ...n'', to the Romans as ''Camulodunum'' or ''Colonia Victricensis'' ("Colony of the victors") and to the early English as ''Colneceaster''.
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• Newport, Shropshire
  ...miles north of [[Telford]] though a separate town, and some 12 miles west of [[Stafford]]. The 2001 census recorded 10,814 people living in the town's p ...art-of-england-in-bloom-success/ Shropshire villages are proud of Heart of England in Bloom success « Shropshire Star]</ref>
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• Bridgwater
  ...on the west the [[Quantock Hills]]. The town The town stands on the banks of the [[River Parrett]], 10 miles above its mouth at [[Highbridge]], which ri ...ton]] by the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal. It stands between two junctions of the M5 motorway. Bridgwater railway station is on the main railway line be
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• Shoreditch
  ...x]] deep within the metropolitan conurbation, a little north of the [[City of London]]. Shoreditch is entirely contiguous with its surrounding towns. ...a monument to civic pride and permanence built by the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch created in 1899 and gone by 1965. The Hall has been restored an
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• Newcastle upon Tyne
  ...n streading across much of south-eastern Northumberland and the north-east of [[County Durham]]. ...o the castle built in 1080, by Robert II, Duke of Normandy, the eldest son of William the Conqueror. The city grew as an important centre for the wool tr
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• Cardiff
  ...cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the Welsh Assembly. ...etropolitan area has a population of nearly 1.1 million, more than a third of the total Welsh population. Cardiff is a significant tourism centre and the
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• Great Britain
  |picture=Satellite image of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in April 2002.jpg ...ains 83 of the UK's 92 [[Counties of the United Kingdom|counties]] &mdash; of the remaining nine, three are formed from the surrounding archipelagoes, na
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• Hatfield, Hertfordshire
  ...s old origins but is also a new town and bears the development of that age of post-war enthusiasm. ...Sir Robert Cecil, the First Earl of Salisbury, in the reign of King James I.
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• Gloucester
  |picture caption=Skyline of Gloucester from Painswick Beacon ...oucestershire]] of which it is the [[county town]]. It stands on the banks of the [[River Severn]], some 32 mles above [[Bristol]].
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• Bristol
  |picture=Bristol city centre from bottom of park street arp.jpg ...ghth most populous city and by far the most populous city in south-western England.
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• Royston, Hertfordshire
  ...to [[Cambridgeshire]]. It is found in the midst of rural life, at the edge of the Hertfordshire Chalk Downs as they suddenly drop to the Cambridgeshire p ...e crossroads. The A1198, known as the Old North Road follows the alignment of Ermine Street northwards.
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• Tewkesbury
  ...the rivers and is dominated by its main church, Tewkesbury Abbey, a relic of the town's past as a monastic centre. ...healings_chaceley/ThumbnailFrame.htm End of an Era - Healings Mill (photos of barges leaving Tewkesbury)]</ref>
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• Cirencester
  '''Cirencester''' is a market town in eastern [[Gloucestershire]] of ancient roots. ...ds on the [[River Churn]], a tributary of the [[River Thames]]. It is home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural college in the Engl
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• Carisbrooke
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• Andover
  ...ciond World War and redeveloped after it, leaving little to be found there of any great charm. ...web |url=http://www.localhistories.org/andover.html |title=A Brief History of Andover, Hampshire |author=Tim Lambert |accessdate=7 March 2010}}</ref>
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• Christchurch
  '''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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• Portsmouth
  '''Portsmouth''' in [[Hampshire]] is the home of the Royal Navy, for which it is the greatest and most famous port. Portsmo The city stands on its own island, [[Portsea Island]], on the south coast of [[Great Britain]], facing the [[English Channel]] with a capacious, shelter
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• Hereford
  ...bout 16 miles east of the border with [[Monmouthshire]]. With a population of 55,700 people, it is the largest town in the county. ...sence in the city. The current cathedral was built from 1079, in the time of William the Conqueror. The first cathedral was founded in the eighth centu
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• Wantage
  |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...[[Didcot]]. It lies within, and lends its name to, the [[Wantage Hundred]] of the county.
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• Wallingford
  ...gford''' is a beautiful market town in [[Berkshire]], sitting on the banks of the [[River Thames]] in the upper Thames Valley. ...dge]]. The southern end of the town adjoins [[Winterbrook]], in the parish of [[Cholsey]].
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• West Hendred
  ...This is an example of a downland linear parish encompassing a wide variety of land types - chalk downland, greensand on the spring line and clay to the n The [[Great Western Main Line]] crosses the northern part of the parish. Two ancient roads, the [[Icknield Way]] and [[Ridgeway]] cross
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• Whitchurch, Hampshire
  ...f wildlife in and near the river, parts of the town are designated as Site of Special Scientific Interest. ...d a modest country river, driving the mill which was a key to the fortunes of Whitchurch in past days.
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• Lavenham
  ...d-style charm. It is an epitome of the pretty Suffolk villages so beloved of artists, its streets lined with ancient half-timbered and thatched.houses, ...les/2006/04/18/lavenham_feature.shtml |title=Lavenham: The man-made wonder of Suffolk |first=Corinne |last=Roper |publisher=BBC Suffolk |accessdate=2008-
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• Ewhurst, Surrey
  '''Ewhurst Green''' is a hamlet lying just to the south of Ewhurst, separated these days by barely a field or two. ...of the parish, apart from Ewhurst village itself, is classified as an Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV).<ref>[http://www.waverley.gov.uk/downloads/dow
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• Canterbury
  |picture=City of Canterbury budget 2010−2011 023.jpg ...lies on the [[River Stour, Kent|River Stour]]. It has been the chief seat of English Christianity since Augustine's mission in 597.
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• Eastbourne
  ...primarily known as a seaside resort, its long beaches lapped by the waters of the [[English Channel]]. ...de resort and still is today. It had an estimated population of 97,992 as of 2009.
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• Deptford
  ...conurbation. It is named after a ford of the [[River Ravensbourne]]. Part of the town spills over too into [[Surrey]]. ...|url=http://wwp.greenwich2000.com/info/local/deptford.htm |title=Greenwich England: Deptford |publisher=Wwp.greenwich2000.com |date=2010-01-05 |accessdate=201
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• Harlech
  ...castle. Houses have since grown up the hillside and since the accretional of land beneath, the town has developed housing on the flat low town. The hig ...on the railway, on the Cambrian Coast Line. It has a population of 1,952, of whom 59% speak Welsh. It falls within the [[Snowdonia]] National Park.
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• Farnham
  ...] and much favoured by them so that today the town has many fine buildings of historical interest. ...shot]] in [[Hampshire]] is 4 miles northeast. Winchester, from which much of the town's ancient prosperity came, is 28 miles away to the southwest.
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• Godalming
  ...lt on the banks of the [[River Wey]] and is a prosperous if far-flung part of the [[London commuter belt]]. ...ing Hundred. The estate of ''æt Godelmingum'' is mentioned in the will of King Alfred the Great, its name apparently from ''Godhelmingas'' meaning "Godhel
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• Guildford
  ...ep and the main roads still cross the Wey on two bridges in the narrow gap of the Downs. ...gation and [[Basingstoke Canal]], Guildford was in the centre of a network of communication by road and by water that aided its prosperity.
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• Milford Haven
  ...jor commercial port town in [[Pembrokeshire]]. It stands on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, a natural harbour used as a port since the Midd ...in the United Kingdom's energy sector with several oil refineries and one of the biggest LNG terminals in the world.
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• Lancaster
  |picture=City of Lancaster (2).jpg |picture caption=Skyline of Lancaster from Lancaster Castle
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• Littleworth, Berkshire
  |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...most two miles northeast of [[Faringdon]]. The parish includes the hamlets of '''Thrupp''' and '''Wadley'''.
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• Bolton
  ...rthwest of the city of [[Manchester]]. The town of Bolton has a population of 139,403,<ref name=TownsTablePop>{{cite web |url=http://www.lovemytown.co.uk ...sult Bolton was stormed by 3,000&nbsp;Royalist troops led by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in 1644. In what became known as the Bolton Massacre, 1,600&nbsp;
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• British Isles
  ...reland satellite image bright.png|300px|thumb|right|A satellite photograph of the British Isles, the island on the right being Great Britain and the smal ...h and east of the islands lies continental Europe, 21 miles from the coast of [[Kent]] at the nearest point. To the north is open sea until the Faroe Isl
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• Leicester
  '''Leicester''' is a city in the heart of [[Leicestershire]], of which it is the [[county town]]. It is major Midlands city, rooted in anci ...River Soar]], and on the coal fields of Leicestershire. It is at the edge of the National Forest.
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• Lincoln
  ...n]] of [[Lincolnshire]]. It is a picturesque cathedral city at the centre of Lincolnshire and an ancient city, old when the Romans came and yet preservi Lincoln stands at the gap of the [[Lincoln Edge]], where the [[River Witham]] breaks through it. The Edg
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• Stamford
  ...lanes tumble to the meadows and the river is bridged here by a fine bridge of Barnack stone. The town is best known for its mediæval core of streets, lined with 17th-18th century stone buildings, older timber framed
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• Buckland, Berkshire
  |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...land''' is a village in north-western [[Berkshire]], four miles north-east of [[Faringdon]]. It is an estate village,<ref name=VIV>{{cite web |title=Visi
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• Dublin
  ...e days of King Henry II, and before then as the heart of the Norse Kingdom of Dublin, leaving the city with a vast historical heritage. ==Name of the city==
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• Kew
  ...Gardens, known as Kew Gardens and now a World Heritage Site. Other points of interest include Kew Palace and The National Archives (previously known as "Kew Village" refers to the parades of shops adjoining Kew Gardens station. It contains a small supermarket, a who
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• Leatherhead
  ...e]] in the early mediæval period. Later the Swan Hotel provided 300 years of service to horse-drawn coaches. In the late 20th century the M25 motorway w ==Name of the town==
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• Launceston
  ...upon a lofty motte at the peak of the town that once served as the centre of administration for the county. ...s a market town and the main shopping centre for the adjoining rural areas of west Devon and east Cornwall.
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• Garford
  |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...he parish is bounded by the [[River Ock]] to the north, by two tributaries of the Ock to the south (Childrey Brook and Nor Brook), and by field boundarie
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• Ulster
  ...ely accurate as there are three counties in Ulster which are not part of N.I. ...is able to claim to have given birth to both and to have been born itself of both.
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• Radley
  |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...ish forms part of the county's [[Hormer]] hundred, and includes the hamlet of Lower Radley on the [[River Thames]].
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• Sunningwell
  |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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• Sutton Courtenay
  |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...River Thames]], two miles south of [[Abingdon]] and three miles north-west of [[Didcot]].
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• Norwich
  ...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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• West Dereham
  |post town=King's Lynn |LG district=King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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• Great Yarmouth
  |picture=Aerial View of Great Yarmouth.jpg ...the [[River Yare]], 20 miles east of [[Norwich]] and 100 miles north-west of the Dutch coast. The town has a popular beach and two piers.
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• Hunstanton
  |picture=View of Hunstanton Front From The Beach.jpg |LG district=King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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• Wymondham
  ...first laid down by the Romans, though Wymondham is a somewhat more recent of foundation; nor more than 15 centuries old or so. ...engineering and all the enterprise of small-town Norfolk, it is a mixture of the calm and the industrious. It is also where the Norfolk Constabulary ha
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• Berwick-upon-Tweed
  ...ppertaining to Berwick beyond the town itself are known as the [[Liberties of Berwick]]. The town had a population of 11,665 at the time of the 2001 census.
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• Middle Shires
  ...which were under the jurisdiction of the Lord Wardens of the marches until King James's time. ...even after the Union of the Crowns in King James's person until the union of the two kingdoms themselves on 1 May 1707.
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• Lambourn
  '''Lambourn''' is a large village in western [[Berkshire]], on the dip slope of the [[Berkshire Downs|Lambourn Downs]]. It is most noted for its associati ...f [[Swindon]], seven miles south-west of [[Wantage]] and seven miles north of [[Hungerford]].
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• Newark-on-Trent
  ...[Nottinghamshire]]. It stands on the [[River Trent]], the A1 (on the route of the old Great North Road), and the [[East Coast Main Line]] railway. It ha ...s, and had to be relieved by Prince Rupert in a battle known as the Relief of Newark.
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• Retford
  .... The Chesterfield Canal runs through the centre of the town. The village of [[Ordsall, Nottinghamshire|Ordsall]] is attached to the town, divided from ...ned by Charter Trustees. The borough's arms are rather unusual and consist of two rampant choughs.
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• Ordnance Survey
  ...scale 1:250&nbsp;000) with The Wash and the North Sea, within the counties of Lincoln, Cambridge and Norfolk]] [[File:Grays Thurrockmap 1946.jpg|thumb|Part of an Ordnance Survey map at 1 inch to the mile scale from a New Popular Editi
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• Scotland
  ...f Scotland.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Saint Andrew's Saltire, the national flag of Scotland]] ...are the [[Hebrides]] spread out from the west coast and the Northern Isles of [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]].
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• St Kilda
  ...Kilda 20090611 Hirta - Village Bay overview.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Overview of Village Bay, Hirta]] ...westernmost, outermost of the [[Outer Hebrides]], and belong to the parish of [[Harris]], [[Inverness-shire]].
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• Putney
  In a 2005 New Economics Foundation survey of 27 London high streets, Putney's was deemed the fifth most "cloned", offeri ...ttp://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf | author=Mayor of London | publisher=Greater London Authority | title=London Plan (Consolidat
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• Roxburgh
  ...et at [[Kelso]]. The name belongs both to a destroyed town at the meeting of the rivers and to a small village a little upstream, as well as a wider par ...trategic importance though was too great and the constant fratricidal wars of the Middle Ages raged through Roxburgh until it was destroyed in 1460. The
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• Reigate
  ...n commuter belt]]. It forms a continuous urban area with the adjacent town of [[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]]. It is within the Reigate Hundred, to which it ...]] a mile north of the town (756 feet) and [[Reigate Hill]] 2½ miles east of that Colley Hill (723 feet).
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• Rotherhithe
  |picture caption=The tower of St Mary's Church, Rotherhithe ...[[Isle of Dogs]] on the north bank ([[Middlesex]]). It is considered part of the [[London Docklands|Docklands]] area. To the west is [[Bermondsey]] and
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• Shrewsbury
  |picture=Old Shrewsbruy Market Hall -England.jpg ...hill in a bend of the [[River Severn]] in the midst of its county, a town of some 70,000 inhabitants,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com
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• Bridgnorth
  ...nd Low Town at its foot and across the bridge on the river. The population of the town as a whole was 11,891 at the 2001 census. ...idgnorth alone stands on a natural fortification, and there is no evidence of anything but a ford at Quatford.
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• Oswestry
  ...r [[Telford]] and [[Shrewsbury]]. The 2001 Census recorded the population of the civil parish as 15,613, the urban area as 16,660. ...glish is the dominant language today, there are still Welsh-speaking parts of the town.
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• Taunton
  |picture caption=The tower of St James rises over the County Ground ...an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. The town has over 1,000 years of Christian and military history. It has various transport links which suppor
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• Bath
  ...Bath built on the gushing hot water springs which are its origin and that of its name. ...insignia.htm |title=Civic Insignia |accessdate=10 December 2007 |work=City of Bath }}</ref>
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• Glastonbury
  |picture=glastonbury (part of) from the tor arp.jpg ...ch stands a ruined mediæval chapel. At the foot of the Tor are the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, around which the town grew from the Early Middle Ages to
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• Falkirk
  |picture caption=Sights of Falkirk ...f Scotland; 23 miles north-west of [[Edinburgh]] and 20½ miles north-east of [[Glasgow]].
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• Thames Ditton
  ...and main road. Nevertheless, Thames Ditton manages to retain the character of a village, albeit a distinctly suburban one. ...ial housing, office and retail shops in about equal proportion. The growth of supermarket shopping has devastated a formerly thriving small retail sector
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• Weybridge
  ...008 it was calculated that of the ten most expensive streets in South East England (outside the conurbation), six were in Weybridge.<ref>[http://property.time ...it, referring to the monument to the Duchess of York erected at the bottom of the hill in 1820.
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• Wimbledon
  ...] within the metropolitan conurbation but bounded by the great green space of [[Wimbledon Common]] which, along with the village's own qualities, preserv ...c., of London and its suburbs, described and illustrated, for the guidance of strangers|author=Edward Kemp|page=29 |publisher=John Weale, 1851 |accessdat
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• Ipswich
  ...ary of the [[River Orwell]]. A little downstream is the complementary port of [[Felixstowe]]. Inland are [[Needham Market]] and [[Stowmarket]] in Suffol ...have a common origin with the River Gipping which is the non-tidal section of the River Orwell.
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• Bury St Edmunds
  ...of shopping streets. The cathedral is the episcopal seat of the [[Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]]. ...ltural and retail centre for western Suffolk. Tourism is also a major part of the economy.
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• Cork
  |picture=Cork City Montage Quick Collage of CC Commons Cork Images.jpg |picture caption=Sights of Cork
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• Salisbury
  ...[[Old Sarum]], the original site of Salisbury win a hill-fort to the north of today's city. ...val architecture remains, and yet more from later ages adding to the charm of the city.
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• Worcester
  ...[[Diocese of Worcester]], one of the oldest bishoprics in the [[Church of England]] and in the Early Middle Ages, the richest. ...evern Valley, some 30 miles southwest of [[Birmingham]] and 29 miles north of [[Gloucester]].
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• Evesham
  ...am lies within the [[Vale of Evesham]], an area comprising the flood plain of the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]], and which was once a major cen The town centre stands within a loop of the Avon and is regularly subject to severe flooding: those in 2007 were th
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• Kidderminster
  ...-west of [[Birmingham]] city centre. The 2001 census gave it a population of 55,182. ...es), ''Kidereministre'' (13th&ndash;15th centuries) &ndash; until the name of the town was settled as Kidderminster by the 16th century.<ref name="britis
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• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  [[File:Peterborough.Chronicle.firstpage.jpg|right|thumb|230px|The first page of the ''Peterborough Chronicle'']] ...the last Chronicle was discontinued at the beginning of the reign of King Henry II.
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• Halesowen
  ...re. A busy, suburban town, it is contiguous with the conurbation of towns of the [[Black Country]]. ...[[Birmingham]], other areas of the Black County or nationwide. The centre of Birmingham is approximately 30 minutes away by car and reachable with the n
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• Aberdaron
  |picture=A view of Aberdaron from the beach - geograph.org.uk - 1214708.jpg ...n of 1,019 in 2001. Aberdaron is sometimes referred to as the "Land's End of Wales" ({{lang|cy|Pendraw'r Byd}}).
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• Criccieth
  ...[Cardigan Bay]]. It is a seaside resort but it is most famous as the site of Criccieth Castle, whose ruins stand prominently on the headland. ...nd 17 miles south of the county town, [[Caernarfon]]. It had a population of 1,826 at the 2001 census.
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• Wales
  [[File:Flag of Wales 2.svg|right|thumb|350px|The flag of Wales]] '''Wales''' ({{lang|cy|Cymru}}) is a mountainous land on the west of [[Great Britain]], with the [[Irish Sea]] to the west and north, the [[Celt
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• Malvern Hills
  ...ge of hills in [[Worcestershire]] and [[Herefordshire]], with a small area of northern [[Gloucestershire]] ...s, parts of thirteen counties, the [[Bristol Channel]], and the cathedrals of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford.
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• St Michael's Mount
  |picture=England-Saint-Michaels-Mount-1987-1.jpg .... The island is joined to the town of [[Marazion]] by a man-made causeway of granite setts, passable only at low tide.
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• York
  ...ing of Yorkshire|West]] Ridings of Yorkshire converge to meet at the walls of York. ...ttractions, of which [[York Minster]] is the most prominent, and a variety of cultural and sporting activities.
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• Mansion House, York
  |picture=City of York Mansion House - geograph.org.uk - 1515688.jpg |client=The Corporation of York
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• Beverley
  |LG district=East Riding of Yorkshire ...anding between the [[River Hull]] and the Westwood, eight miles north-west of [[Kingston upon Hull]].
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• Gwynedd
  [[File:Flag of Gwynedd.png|right|thumb|200px|Banner of the House of Aberffraw]] ...in", and in its last days the rulers of Gwynedd attained the title "Prince of Wales".
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• Holderness
  ...umber]]. It is the easternmost part of [[Yorkshire]]. It forms a wapentake of Yorkshire, its main towns including [[Withernsea]], [[Hornsea]] and [[Hedon ...rness is said to have more in common with the Netherlands than other parts of Yorkshire. To the north and west are the [[Yorkshire Wolds]].
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• Middlesbrough
  ...rial town in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], standing on the south bank of the [[River Tees]]. ...ry]], approximately six miles away. A few miles to the south lies the edge of the [[North York Moors]] National Park.
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• Northallerton
  ...of the [[Wapentake]] of [[Allertonshire]]. Northallerton had a population of 15,741 at the 2001 census. ...great battle; the Battle of the Standard, nearby in 1138, which saw losses of as many as 12,000 men.<ref name="battlefield">{{cite book |last=Clark |fi
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• Whitby
  ...and port town. It stands on the east coast of [[Yorkshire]] at the mouth of the [[River Esk, Yorkshire|River Esk]], and climbing up precipitous slopes ...itage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey, founded in the early days of Christianity amongst the English. The fishing port emerged during the Middl
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• Isles of Scilly
  ...st Cornwall with Scilly.png|right|thumb|250px|West Cornwall with the Isles of Scilly]] ...n the [[Atlantic Ocean]] 28 miles off the southwestern tip of the mainland of [[Great Britain]].
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• Tresco
  |group=Isles of Scilly '''Tresco''' is the second-largest island of the [[Isles of Scilly]], [[Cornwall]]. It is 734 acres in size, measuring about 2 miles lo
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• Guernsey
  |county=Bailiwick of Guernsey |map=Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey.svg
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• Ripon
  ...of the smallest cities in Britain; at the 2001 Census it had a population of 15,922. ...hides a more ancient foundation; its undercroft is from the earliest days of English Christianity. Also in the town centre is its other focus; the mark
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• City of London
  |name=City of London |picture caption=St Paul's and the City of London
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• Lundy
  ...ce between Devon and [[Glamorgan]]. It is within the [[Braunton Hundred]] of Devon. ...perties and a camp site for staying visitors, mostly also around the south of the island.
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• East Grinstead
  ...f [[Chichester]]. The civil parish covers 6,035 acres and had a population of 23,942 at the 2001 census. ...is located in [[the Weald]], and the [[Ashdown Forest]] lies to the south of the town. The town itself is not overall famed for its beauty, but it has
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• British Camp
  '''British Camp''' is an Iron Age hill fort located at the top of [[Herefordshire Beacon]] in the [[Malvern Hills]]. The hillfort is protecte ...extensive earthworks remain clearly visible today and determine the shape of the hill.
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• North Killingholme
  ...ong with its larger neighbour [[South Killingholme]], it makes up the area of [[Killingholme]]. ...thorpe]], slightly closer to the former. Next to the village is the hamlet of [[Garden Village, Lincolnshire|Garden Village]].
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• Deal
  ...aits of Dover]], eight miles north-east of [[Dover]] and eight miles south of [[Ramsgate]]. It is a former fishing, mining and garrison town. Closely associated with Deal are the villages of [[Kingsdown, Kent|Kingsdown]], [[Sholden]] and [[Walmer]]; Walmer may be wh
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• River Trent
  ...t of the Midlands, through [[Staffordshire]], [[Derbyshire]], the boundary of [[Leicestershire]], and through [[Nottinghamshire]] until it joins the [[Ri ...tidal bore, the "Trent Aegir". The area drained by the river includes most of the northern Midlands.
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• Soke of Peterborough
  ...was once a Liberty under the control first of Peterborough Abbey and later of secular jurisdiction. ({{kml}}) ...astle.homeip.net/northampton/Books/beauties/beauties.htm ''The Beauties of England and Wales''] J. Harris, London, 1818</ref>
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• Channel Islands
  [[File:Channel Islands location.svg|right|thumb|250px|Location of the Channel Islands]] ...tion of about 158,000 between the eight inhabited isles and the total area of the islands is 75 square miles.
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• Gravesend
  ...has always had an important role to play in the history and communications of south-eastern Britain. ...ver. The opening of the Eurostar railway station at Ebbsfleet, the arrival of the High Speed service at Gravesend station itself and the fact that it lie
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• Tonbridge
  ...of [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]] and 12&nbsp;miles south west of [[Maidstone]]. ==Name of the town==
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• Royal Tunbridge Wells
  |picture caption=The Pantiles, the historic and tourist centre of the town ...t the northern edge of the [[the Weald|High Weald]], the sandstone geology of which is exemplified by the rock formations at the Wellington Rocks and Hig
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• Hythe, Kent
  ...is a small coastal market town on the south coast of [[Kent]], on the edge of [[Romney Marsh]]. Its name simply means "Haven" or "Landing Place". ...iling clubs. Lord Deedes was patron of Hythe Civic Society, and the hounds of The East Kent Hunt are kennelled in nearby Elham.
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• Diocese of Chichester
  |church=Church of England |suffragans=Bishops of Horsham, Lewes
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• Sittingbourne
  ...the Roman [[Watling Street]], The town is growing rapidly due to a number of large residential developments, and its train line links to London Victoria The town is off a creek in [[the Swale]], the channel separating the [[Isle of Sheppey]] from mainland Kent, which gives the town its name.
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• Romney Marsh
  '''Romney Marsh''' is a sparsely populated wetland area in the counties of [[Kent]] and [[Sussex]]. It covers about 100 square miles. William Camden wrote of the marsh:
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• Sandwich
  Sandwich is one of the [[Cinque Ports]], a sign of its mediæval importance and prosperity, and from those days it retains man ...reated. The town still does well for itself and it plays host to a number of educational and cultural events.
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• Rye
  |picture caption=Sights of Rye ...f the [[Cinque Ports]] confederation, standing at the head of an embayment of the [[English Channel]] and almost entirely surrounded by the sea.
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• Diocese of Rochester
  |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Rochester arms.svg
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• Sheppey
  ...f the northern coast of [[Kent]] in the [[Thames Estuary]]. It has an area of 36 square miles. ...p a considerable proportion of the island provide grazing for large flocks of sheep.
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• The Great Fen
  [[File:Fens-OMC.jpg|thumb|250px|Location of the Fens]] ...level, a naturally marshy region. Once the Great Fen was a vast landscape of marshes, bogs and reeds, with seasonal fields and small farms amidst the wa
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• Diocese of Bangor
  |arms=Coat of arms of the Diocese of Bangor.svg |website=[http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/bangor/bangor_english.php Diocese of Bangor]
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• Diocese of Llandaff
  |arms=Coat of arms of the Diocese of Llandaff.svg ...[[Glamorgan]], but once it stretched from the [[River Towy]] to the middle of the [[Wye Valley]].
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• Diocese of St Asaph
  |arms=Coat of arms of the Diocese of St Asaph.svg |website=[http://www.dioceseofstasaph.org.uk/ Diocese of St Asaph]
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• Diocese of St Davids
  |arms=Coat of arms of the Diocese of St Davids.svg |website=[http://stdavids.churchinwales.org.uk Diocese of St Davids]
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• Diocese of Sodor and Man
  |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Sodor and Man arms.svg
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• Ashridge
  ...tern Hills]], an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about two miles north of [[Berkhamsted]]. ...country. The estate is currently owned by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]].
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• England
  ...f England.svg|right|thumb|180px|Saint George's Cross, the national flag of England]] [[File:England hill regions.jpg|right|thumb|180px|England highlighted]]
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• Stonehenge
  ...Salisbury]]. It is the most famous stone circle in the world and the heart of a World Heritage Site. ...tones set within earthworks. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in Britain, including several hundred bu
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• Berkhamsted
  ...is in the west of the county in the old Dacorum Hundred between the towns of [[Tring]] and [[Hemel Hempstead]]. It was once a royal residence described ...iltern Hills]], in the wide valley of the [[River Bulbourne]], to the west of Hemel Hempstead.
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• Bow Back Rivers
  ...fth century, works were carried out to drain Stratford Marshes and several of the waterways were constructed to power watermills. [[Bow Creek]] provided ...ed by the River Lee (Flood Relief) Act, but by the 1960s, commercial usage of the waterways had largely ceased. Deteriorating infrastructure led to the r
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• Bow Creek
  ...[[Essex]] and [[Middlesex]]. It is 2¼ miles long and is considered part of the [[Bow Back Rivers]]. ...Marsh, but now occupied by gas works and trading estates. The river is one of the oldest navigations in the country, but the creek is tidal, providing in
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• Islip, Oxfordshire
  ...hire]]. It is about 2 miles east of [[Kidlington]] and about 5 miles north of [[Oxford]]. ...s several times during the Civil War, prized for its position 5 miles from King Charles's capital at Oxford.
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• Hatfield Broad Oak
  |picture=Hatfield Broad Oak - The Church of St Mary the Virgin - geograph.org.uk - 655238.jpg ...time: Local history overview]</ref>, and locally as "HBO". Near the church of St Mary the Virgin is former Benedictine priory Hatfield Regis Priory.
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• Finchampstead
  ..., and part of development grown out of the latter town is regarded as part of Finchampstead, with Wokingham. ...nchampstead Bridge is further east, just above Eversley Cross. To the east of the parish is [[Sandhurst, Berkshire|Sandhurst]] and, to the west, [[Swallo
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• Tilbury
  |picture caption=Port of Tilbury ...sex]]. Its name and fame are ancient, though the actual town of Tilbury is of relatively recent foundation.
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• Alton, Hampshire
  ...ton''' is a historic market town in [[Hampshire]]. It stands by the source of the [[River Wey]]'s North Branch and is reputed to be the highest town in H ...settlement known as ''Vindomis''. It was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 under the name ''Aoltone'', and is notable for having the most valuabl
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• Curry Mallet
  ...the River Ile), 7 miles east of [[Taunton]]. The village had a population of 302 in 2001. ...who inherited the manor by marriage c.1217 to Helewise Malet.<ref>Sanders, I.J. English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, pp.38-9</ref>
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• Sutton Coldfield
  ...by the Crown for some time and it was granted the style of "Royal Town" by Henry VIII in 1528. ==Name of the town==
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• Middleton, Lancashire
  ...[[Manchester]] city centre. It is a town now subsumed into the conurbation of the south Lancashire towns centred on Manchester. ...ring the 18th and 19th centuries it grew into a thriving and populous seat of textile manufacture, so much so that Middleton was granted borough status i
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• The Lizard
  ...xtreme points of the United Kingdom|most southerly point]] of the mainland of [[Great Britain]] is near Lizard Point at {{getmapecho|SW701115}}. .... It is juts into the Channel southwest of [[Falmouth]] and ten miles east of [[Penzance]].
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• Otley
  ...s in [[Wharfdale]], on each bank of the [[River Wharfe]], to the northwest of [[Leeds]]. Above the town overlooking the dale is a ridge known as [[The C The main part, original part of the town is on the south bank of the river.
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• Ingleby Barwick
  |picture=Site of an old footpath, incorporated into the street layout - geograph.org.uk - 10 ...by the mayor of Langbaurgh. It has since then been gaining the attributes of a town, including a town council.
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• Bass Rock
  |group=Firth of Forth ...t has served as a fortress and a grim prison. It forms part of the parish of North Berwick.
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• Epping Forest
  ...nd in [[Essex]]. It is a former royal forest, and is managed by the [[City of London]] Corporation. ...publisher=City of London |accessdate=2010-03-13}}</ref> and contains areas of woodland, grassland, heath, rivers, bogs and ponds.
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• Inchcolm
  |group=Firth of Forth ...m the Gaelic "Innis Choluim", meaning Columba's Island, as it was the site of early heritages and later a monastery inspired by St Columba.
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• Isle of May
  |name=Isle of May |group=Firth of Forth
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• Leigh, Lancashire
  ...t of [[Chat Moss]], four miles southeast of [[Wigan]], and 12½ miles west of [[Manchester]]. ...f Leigh: Introduction, church and charities , from A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3 ([[Victoria County History]])}}</ref>
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• Rathlin Island
  |map caption=Rathlin between the coasts of Antrim and Argyll ...ly inhabited offshore island of Northern Ireland, with a rising population of now just over 100 people.
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• Newcastle-under-Lyme
  ...ist">{{brithist|53354|Newcastle-under-Lyme: University of London & History of Parliament Trust}}</ref> ...om [[Hanley, Staffordshire]]. Newcastle-under-Lyme is about 17 miles north of the [[county town]], [[Stafford]].
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• Stone, Kent
  ...lages lying along the [[Dartford]] to [[Gravesend]] road on the south bank of the [[River Thames]] in [[Kent]]. Stone Castle is now the regional office of a large cement manufacturer. The cement works which once stood here have no
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• Northwich
  ...Weaver|Weaver]] and [[River Dane|Dane]]. It is one of the famed salt towns of Cheshire, the Wiches, along with [[Nantwich]] and [[Middlewich]]. ...n the Cheshire Plain about 18 miles east of [[Chester]] and 15 miles south of [[Warrington]] in [[Lancashire]].
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• Manhood Peninsula
  ...the south coast to east and to west, the Manhood Peninsula remains a land of farmland and blessed calm. ...iar to Sussex).<ref>Salzman. The History of the County of Sussex. The Rape of Chichester. Introduction. pp. 1-2 .</ref>
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• Salford
  |picture caption=Skyline of Salford from Hartshead Pike ...undred or [[Salfordshire]], which encompasses Salford, Manchester and much of south-eastern Lancashire.
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• Town and village flags of the United Kingdom
  ...onshire has two motifs (a flower and a plum) but between them a great deal of symbolism, for the flower is not only a cantling reference to the village n ...of local flags. A few city flags are included which are in truth banners of the city councils' arms, but town and village flags can be a world away fro
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• Union Flag
  |Image=Flag of the United Kingdom.svg ...entities in the Commonwealth, the Union Flag was considered to be the flag of the [[Commonwealth]].
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• Huddersfield
  ...standing halfway between [[Leeds]] and [[Manchester]], and 10 miles south of [[Bradford]], the nearest city. ...strial Revolution, for being the birthplace of rugby league and birthplace of the British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson.
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• Diocese of Bath and Wells
  |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Bath and Wells arms.svg
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• Diocese of Hereford
  |church=Church of England |picture=Hereford, cathedral church of St. Mary and St. Ethelbert - geograph.org.uk - 636844.jpg
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• Diocese of Lichfield
  |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Lichfield arms.svg
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• Leeds Castle
  ...n islands in a lake formed by the [[River Len]] to the east of the village of [[Leeds, Kent|Leeds]]. ...[Windsor Castle]]. The activity at Leeds Castle during the reign of Edward I is a notable exception to this pattern.<ref>{{harvnb|Emery|2006|p=268}}</re
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• Caerphilly Castle
  |builder=Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester ...e''' is one of the finest of the mediæval castles. It dominates the town of [[Caerphilly]] in [[Glamorgan]].
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• Province of Canterbury
  ...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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• Province of York
  .../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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• Princes Risborough
  ...rp slope of the [[Chilterns]], where the land flattens out into the [[Vale of Aylesbury]], a place where the landscape changes dramatically from the roug Princes Risborough is one of a pair with neighbouring [[Monks Risborough]].
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• Congleton
  ...sfield Canal]] and 21 miles south of Manchester. The town had a population of 25,750 at the 2001 census. ...0>{{cite book|last=Ekwall|first=Eilert|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names|publisher=Oxford|year=1936|page=120|edition=Fourth, 198
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• Winsford
  ...eighteenth century, allowing freight to be conveyed northwards to the Port of [[Runcorn]] on the [[River Mersey]]. Winsford is split into two neighbourhoods: Over on the western side of the [[River Weaver]] and Wharton on the eastern side.
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• Millom
  ...o be from the Cumbrian dialect for "At the mills"<ref>Readers Digest Atlas of the British Isles, place name index.</ref> or Old Norse for "Between [river ...don]] and the [[Irish Sea]] and was begun in 1866 and subsumed the village of Holborn Hill.
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• Kenilworth
  ...st of the centre of the town. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 23,219. ...] on Coventry's southern outskirts, it has only a small student population of mostly postgraduate students, although many staff at the university choose
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• Southam
  ...e|River Itchen]] just outside the town. The town is about seven miles east of [[Leamington Spa]], about 10 miles from [[Rugby]] and [[Daventry]]. ...s a farmers' market on the second Saturday of each month. There is a range of shops in the town centre, including two supermarkets, a small independent s
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• Bradninch
  ...h of [[Cullompton]]. Much of the surrounding farmland belongs to the Duchy of Cornwall. ...postcodes in England and Wales which took into account 60 separate factors of interest to young families, Bradninch was found to be the fifteenth most fa
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• Brixham
  ...outheast coast of [[Devon]]. It is at the southern end of [[Tor Bay]] and of the little [[Torbay]] conurbation. Brixham stands across the bay from [[To ...e fishing and tourism. At the time of the 2001 Census it had a population of 17,457.
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