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• Leicestershire
  |picture=Vale of Belvoir - geograph.org.uk - 104224.jpg |picture caption=Farmland in the Vale of Belvoir
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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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• Richmond, Yorkshire
  ...Swale]] in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]]. The town stands on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. ...thfasts'' (a story inspired by the [[#The Legend of the Drummer-boy|legend of the drummer-boy]]).
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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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• Hinckley
  |LG district=Hinckley and Bosworth |constituency=Bosworth
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• Montgomery
  ...It has a bustling small commercial centre and attracts increasing numbers of tourists. It is best known for its castle, Montgomery Castle, begun in 1223 ...wn", after a later lord: Baldwin de Bollers, who built a castle at the top of Hen Domen or Castle Hill in 1223-4.
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• Longworth
  |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...hire]] found some 7 miles west of [[Abingdon]] and a similar distance east of [[Faringdon]].
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• Stoke d'Abernon
  ...bham]] and [[Leatherhead]], where the [[North Downs]] rise from the valley of the [[River Mole]]. ...orth for the line to be effectively routed to it when laid down at the end of the 19th century.
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• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  [[File:Peterborough.Chronicle.firstpage.jpg|right|thumb|230px|The first page of the ''Peterborough Chronicle'']] ...es until the last Chronicle was discontinued at the beginning of the reign of King Henry II.
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• Ysbyty Ifan
  ...gh Street, the church and the heart of the village are on the eastern bank of the river Denbighshire, but several streets are to the west, in Caernarfons Ysbyty Ifan had a population of 221 people at the 2001 Census and is almost wholly Welsh-speaking.
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• England
  ...g of England.svg|right|thumb|180px|Saint George's Cross, the national flag of England]] ...Wight]] in [[Hampshire]] and the only substantial archipelago the [[Isles of Scilly]] in [[Cornwall]].
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• Chipping Barnet
  ...Street, but Barnet has spawned its own conurbation, which has become part of the larger metropolitan conurbation spread out from [[London]]. Around the ...centre of which is the High Street; attractive if heavy with traffic much of the time.
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• Kimberley, Nottinghamshire
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• Bury
  ...e industrialised towns close in with the contiguous townscape of the south of the county. ...t-south-west of [[Rochdale]], and eight miles north-north-west of the city of [[Manchester]]. It is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages.
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• Ickenham
  ...allowed to breathe again. It has farmland to the west and the open space of Northolt Airfield to the east. Narrow green gaps separate Ickenham from [[ The heart of Ickenham is the original village, its high street somewhat brought up since
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• Atherstone
  ...It is found near the northernmost tip of the county, close to the borders of [[Staffordshire]] and [[Leicestershire]]. Here the [[River Anker]] forms th ...is on the opposite bank of the river in Leicestershire, whilst the village of [[Mancetter]] is contiguous with Atherstone to the southeast.
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• Brunanburh
  ...from all over the [[British Isles]] and in a Norse Saga, but the location of the battlefield is unknown. ...Conn) King of the [[Scotland|Scots]] and Eugenius I (Owen, or Eogan) King of [[Strathclyde]]. By this victory Athelstan cemented his rule in [[Northumbr
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• Ormskirk
  ...f [[St Helens]], 9 miles southeast of [[Southport]] and 15 miles southwest of [[Preston]]. ...thorne: (150+ works) Incl: The Scarlet Letter, Twice Told Tales, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Bo
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• Market Bosworth
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• Towcester
  ...] and is the site of the Roman town of ''Lactodorum'', and a fortification of the tenth century also. Today it is more famous for horse racing. ...e Pickwick Papers'', the "Saracen's Head Inn" in Towcester features as one of Mr Pickwick's stopping places along the road.
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• Bedale
  ...ngshire (so named from Hang Bank in [[Finghall]] and (so they say) because of the many gallows used to execute marauding Scots); it was split again and B ...Swale]], which forms one of the [[Yorkshire Dales]], with its predominance of agriculture and its related small traditional trades, although tourism is i
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• Radyr
  ...lamorgan]] that forms a suburb of [[Cardiff]], about four miles north-west of Cardiff city centre. ...ry and formed part of the Lordship or cantref of Miskin under the Lordship of Glamorgan created by the Norman King, William Rufus, in 1093.<ref name=TC&G
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• Kenilworth Castle
  |ownership=Town of [[Kenilworth]] ...lace of the later middle ages, significant for its scale, form and quality of workmanship".<ref name=Emery2000P402/>
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• Fotheringhay
  ...than the motte on which it was built, which mound provides excellent views of the [[River Nene]]. The [[Nene Way]] long distance footpath runs through th ...other place in Britain, except the Capital, by the aggravated misfortunes of Royalty."<ref name=bonney>{{cite book|title=Historic Notices in Reference t
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• Horseheath
  '''Horseheath''' is a village in the very south-eastern corner of [[Cambridgeshire]], standing between [[Linton, Cambridgeshire]] and [[Haver '''Cardinal's Geen''' is a tiny hamlet of Horseheath, on a loop of lane south of the village.
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• Appleby Magna
  ...it is so intermingled that the houses... cannot be distinguished which be of eyther shire”''. ...6, with Appleby being the largest settlement. Historically Appleby was one of the largest and wealthiest parishes in Leicestershire, as the large church
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• Sandal Castle
  ...s become an outer suburb of the City of [[Wakefield]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. The castle overlooks the [[River Calder, Yorkshire|River Cald Sandal was the site of royal intrigue and as such it has a place in one of [[William Shakespeare]]'s plays: in ''Henry VI Part III'', Act 1, Scene 2
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• River Soar
  [[File:River Soar in Leicester.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A canalised section of the Soar in Leicester]] ...River Trent]] and is the principal river of [[Leicestershire]]. The source of the river is midway between [[Hinckley]] and [[Lutterworth]], it then flows
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• Dale, Pembrokeshire
  ...keshire]], located on the [[Dale Peninsula]] which forms the northern side of the entrance to Milford Haven estuary. The village has 205 inhabitants acco ...<ref>Charles, B. G., ''The Placenames of Pembrokeshire'', National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, p 583</ref>
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• Rudyard Lake
  ...1800s the lake was a popular destination for daytrippers taking advantage of easy access using the newly constructed North Staffordshire Railway. The la ...ake.com/rudyard_in_history.htm Rudyard Lake official website – a history of Rudyard] Accessed 16 July 2012</ref>
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• Aberglasney
  ...rdens''' are to be found in the valley of the [[River Towy]] in the parish of [[Llangathen]], [[Carmarthenshire]]. ...of Hywel Dda. After the triumphant return of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth, then owner William ap Thomas who was knighted by the king for his service,
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• Penrith Castle
  |picture caption=Exterior of Penrith Castle and remains of moat, 2008 ...l castle in [[Penrith]], in [[Cumberland]]. It is a few miles to the west of the [[Lake District]] National Park.
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• Wigmore
  ...hite villages". It is reached along the A4110 road, about eight miles west of [[Ludlow]]. ...[http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/htt/106.aspx]; "Wigmore" ''A Dictionary of British Place-Names''. A. D. Mills. Oxford University Press, 2003. Oxford R
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• Thirlwall Castle
  ...of [[Greenhead, Northumberland|Greenhead]] and approximately 20 miles west of [[Hexham]]. It was built in the 12th century, and later strengthened using ...d as in the ownership of Robert Thirlwall and in a 'measurable good' state of repair.
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• Minster Lovell Hall
  ...r Lovell was one of the earliest estates held by the Lovell family and one of their main residences it was at least the second building occupying this si ...t the south-west corner seems to be a later addition to the house, as part of the adjoining west wing had to be rebuilt.<ref>Taylor, (1947), p. 7.</ref>
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• Carew Castle
  |picture caption=Castle's north face, beside an inlet of the Carew River ...ne. Although originally a Norman stronghold the castle maintains a mixture of architectural styles as modifications were made to the structure over succe
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• York Castle
  |picture caption=Clifford's Tower, the keep of York Castle |battles=Siege of York in 1644
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• Sudeley Castle
  |picture=Aerial photo of Sudeley Castle.jpg ...structure was built in the 15th&nbsp;century and may have been on the site of a 12th-century castle.
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• Donington le Heath Manor House
  '''Donington le Heath Manor House''' is a rare surviving example of a manor house built around seven hundred years ago in [[Donington le Heath] The house was once owned by a relative of one of the Gunpowder plotters, and is now managed by the council and opened as a m
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• Leicester Cathedral
  |full name=Cathedral Church of St Martin at Leicester |church=Church of England
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• Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal
  ...] at [[Bedworth]] in [[Warwickshire]]. It was opened in 1804, and a number of tramways were constructed at its northern end, to service collieries. The c ...]], was progressively closed in 1944, 1957 and 1966, leaving just 22 miles of navigable canal.
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• Helmsley Castle
  ...mediæval castle in the market town of [[Helmsley]] in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]]. It is within the [[North York Moors]] National Park. ...The only change made to the castle during this time was the construction of the chapel in the courtyard.
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• Middleham Castle
  ...Warwick, known to history as "the Kingmaker", a leading figure in the Wars of the Roses. ...ddleham their main home. Their son Edward Prince of Wales, known as Edward of Middleham, Prince was born at the castle and later died there.
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• St John's Abbey, Colchester
  |picture caption=Gatehouse of St. John's Abbey ...1095.<ref name=Crummy1997>Crummy, Philip (1997) City of Victory; the story of Colchester - Britain's first Roman town. Published by Colchester Archaeolog
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• Barwell
  |LG district=Hinckley and Bosworth ...ll''' is a large village in [[Leicestershire]], with a recorded population of 9,022 at the 2011 census.
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• River Sence
  ...th-west. It is part of the wider [[River Trent]] basin, which covers much of the [[Midlands]]. ...Ordnance Maps 1:25 000 (2000) label only the “Tweed River” south-west of Stapleton and the 1:50 000 (1990) map gives it no name. The lower reaches f
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• Fenny Drayton
  |LG district=Hinckley and Bosworth ...remains on 21 March 2015 started along the Fenn Lanes near to the village of Fenny Drayton.
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• Nico Ditch
  ...rvive, the ditch is four to five yards wide and up to five feet deep. Part of the earthwork is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. ...now beneath the [[Audenshaw Reservoirs]], which were built towards the end of the 19th century.<ref>Nevell (1992), p.&nbsp;81.</ref> The ditch may have e
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• Cheadle, Cheshire
  ...chester]]’s orbital route. The [[River Mersey]], which marks the border of [[Lancashire]], is half a mile to the north. The village sits on the [[Cheshire Plain]] in the final meander of the Ladybrook (Micklebrook) before its waters enter the [[River Mersey]] to
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• Radcliffe, Lancashire
  ...half miles south-west of [[Bury]] and six and a half miles north-northwest of [[Manchester]]. It has grown contiguous with [[Whitefield, Lancashire|Whit ...entred on the Church of St Mary and the manorial [[Radcliffe Tower]], both of which are today Grade I listed buildings.
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• Whitefield, Lancashire
  ...es south-southeast of [[Bury]], and five miles north-northwest of the city of [[Manchester]]. [[Prestwich]] and the [[M60 motorway]] are just to the sout ...red]]. Pilkington and Whitefield have historic associations with the Earls of Derby.
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• Bury Castle, Lancashire
  |picture caption=Part of the inner wall of the moat of Bury Castle, with buttresses ...1485.<ref name=ps/><ref name=eduweb/><ref name=ared/> On top of this, all of Sir Thomas' lands were confiscated.<ref name=eduweb/>
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• Stoke Golding
  |LG district=Hinckley and Bosworth |constituency=Bosworth
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• Dadlington
  |LG district=Hinckley and Bosworth |constituency=Bosworth
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• Shenton
  ...View from Bosworth Road.jpg|thumb|250px|Shenton, Leicestershire. View from Bosworth Road]] .../appraisal_and_map</ref> It has been designated a conservation area.<ref>''Bosworth Battlefield: The Way Forward'', (Alison Farmer Associates, Cambridge 2013)
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• Sutton Cheney
  |LG district=Hinckley and Bosworth |constituency=Bosworth
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• Northfield
  |picture caption=View of Bristol Road South (A38) at Northfield<br/>looking north towards [[Selly Oa '''Northfield''' is a town on the southern outskirts of metropolitan [[Birmingham]], within [[Worcestershire]].
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• Thorpe Salvin
  ...f around 360 feet above sea level. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 476,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemin The rectangular-towered parish church of St Peter, a predominantly 12th-century structure with 15th-century addition
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• Barking Abbey
  ...d in [[Barking]], in Metropolitan [[Essex]]. It has been described as "one of the most important nunneries in the country".<ref name=BLB/> ...abbey's land, which was unable to be reclaimed. Despite this, at the time of the dissolution it was still the third wealthiest nunnery in England.<ref n
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• Sutton Place, Burpham
  ...he north-east of [[Burpham]] in south-western [[Surrey]], and to the south of [[Woking]]. ...f>Guinness Book of Records, 1966, p. 229</ref> who spent the last 17 years of his life there. Its current owner is the Russian billionaire Alisher Usmano
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• Hunsdon House
  ...House''' is a historic house in [[Hunsdon]], [[Hertfordshire]], north-west of [[Harlow]]. The house was originally built in the 15th century. In the reign of King Henry VIII, it was a royal estate and the King made the house very gra
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• Ashby St Ledgers
  ...s the county border in [[Warwickshire]]. The A5 road, following the course of the Roman [[Watling Street]] and forming the county border, passes about a The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 173.
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• Beoley
  ...burb of [[Church Hill, Worcestershire|Church Hill]] and the civil parishes of [[Alvechurch]], [[Tanworth-in-Arden]], [[Mappleborough Green]] and [[Wythal ...st Duke of Warwick in 1446, when it passed to his daughter Elizabeth, wife of George Nevill, 1st Baron Latimer.<ref name=Willis-Bund/> It is said to have
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• Stainsby
  ...rbyshire]]. It is near [[Chesterfield]] and [[Bolsover]], and the villages of [[Heath, Derbyshire|Heath]] and [[Doe Lea]]. The [[M1 motorway]] skirts pas ...or Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] property of [[Hardwick Hall]]. In the hall's estate is [[Stainsby Mill]], a fully worki
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• Swakeleys House
  |picture caption=View of the west side of Swakeleys House ...me to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Sports Association. Large sections of the grounds were sold off in 1922 and developed as suburban housing.
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• Mathafarn
  ...owing Henry's decisive victory at the Battle of Bosworth.<ref>{{Dictionary of Welsh Biography |title=DAFYDD LLWYD ap LLYWELYN ap GRUFFUDD |id=s-DAFY-APL- ...s support of the Monarchy.<ref>{{cite book |title=Caeheulon and the Parish of Penegoes |first=Wendy |last=Morgan |publisher=Coch-y-Bonddu Books |location
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• Rushton Hall
  ...Tresham, a veteran of the Battle of Agincourt and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster bought the estate. In the 20th century the house became a private ...acres are formal gardens. The [[River Ise]] flows from west to east south of the Hall.
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• Sibford Gower
  ...llage, [[Sibford Ferris]]. Sibford Gower civil parish includes the village of [[Burdrop]]: the church parish includes both Sibfords. Much of the village is a conservation area.
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• Somerton, Oxfordshire
  ...hire]], in the valley of the [[River Cherwell]] about six miles north-west of [[Bicester]]. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 305. ...the Conqueror's step-brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, held most of the manor of Somerton.<ref name=v>{{harvnb|Lobel|1959|pp=290–301}}</ref>
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