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• Orkney
  ...as an area of 202 square miles making it the tenth-largest island in the [[British Isles]]. The largest town and the islands’ capital is [[Kirkwall]] on Mai ...islands a remarkable record of past ages. The islands have been inhabited for at least 8,500 years, as Mesolithic and Neolithic folk have left their mark
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• Somerset
  ...onal work in the wetlands is the cultivation of withies, or willow shoots, for basket weaving and fencing. ...monplace across the county. Consequent upon the apples, Somerset is known for the brewing of strong cider.
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• Wiltshire
  ...eets. Important country houses dot the landscape and many [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] properties. ...m.php?id=246|title=Wiltshire Community History: Wilton|publisher=Wiltshire Council|accessdate=13 December 2010}}</ref> itself named after the [[River Wylye]],
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• County Kilkenny
  | title = The geography of British history ...ith Laois. It is generally accompanied by culm, which was used extensively for burning lime.
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• Aberdeen
  ...erdeen's seaport. In consequence, Aberdeen has become a major world centre for engineering expertise. ...ith it was the nearby [[Forest of Stocket]], whose income formed the basis for the city's Common Good Fund, which still benefits Aberdonians.<ref name="ke
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• Arbroath
  ...m |title=A glimpse of old Arbroath |accessdate=2007-01-06 |publisher=Angus Council }}</ref> There is evidence for settlement of the area now occupied by the town that dates back to the Iron
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• Carrickfergus
  | LG district=Carrickfergus Borough Council ...y' well into the 17th century. Carrickfergus and the surrounding area was, for a time, administered separately from the rest of County Antrim as a county
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• Chepstow
  ...notable for its castle, the oldest surviving stone castle in Britain, and for Chepstow Racecourse which hosts the Welsh Grand National. The majority of ...ing market place. The Welsh name for the town, ''Cas-gwent'' (being short for ''Castell Gwent''), means "castle of Gwent", the name [[Gwent]] itself deri
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• Manchester
  ...– The State of the City|accessdate=2007-09-11|publisher=Manchester City Council|year=2007}}</ref> ...Latin ''castra''.<ref name="Place names">{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/Subjects_and_Titles__2
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• National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
  ...ot operate in [[Scotland]], where there is an independent [[National Trust for Scotland]]. ...gest membership organisation in the United Kingdom, and one of the largest British charities by both income and assets.
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• Caerleon
  ...ortress of the legion"; the Romans themselves called it ''Isca'', a native British name referring apparently to the [[River Usk]]. ...s late as 380 AD.<ref>[http://www.caerleon.net/history/dig/2008/index.html Archaeology at Caerleon 2008]</ref> Roman remains have also been discovered at The Mynd
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• Oxford
  Noted for its dreaming spires, the city attracts vast numbers of tourists who visit t ...d indeed the largest town on the Thames above [[Middlesex]]. Though famed for scholarship, it is a town of industry too.
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• Liverpool
  ...orth – Contents, Introduction, Tables KS01 – KS08 |publisher = Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ ...mat=PDF|title=Report on the Nominations from the United Kingdom and Norway for the European Capital of Culture 2008|accessdate=2008-07-11}}</ref>
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• Exeter
  ...o a wide flood plain and estuary. The Cathedral atop the ridge is visible for many miles around. ...History of the City of Exeter'', it is noted that the most likely reasons for the original settling of what would become modern Exeter was the "fertility
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• Brentford
  ...o Members of Parliament took place in Brentford from 1701.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22575 'Ealing and Brentford: Growth of Bren ...pronounced today), becoming ''Brentford'' by 1016. The root ''Bregent'', for the river is of unknown origin; some have suggested an origin in the name o
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• Ealing
  The Saxon name for Ealing was recorded around 700 as ''Gillingas'', the name of a small local ...o mean 'sons of Gilla'<ref>Room, Adrian: "Dictionary of Place-Names in the British Isles", Bloomsbury, 1988</ref> but such an origin or founding myth is dispu
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• Manhood
  ...r, its southern headland being [[Selsey Bill]].<ref>Peninsular Partnersip. Archaeology in the peninsula.</ref> ...The Domesday Hundreds of Sussex. pp.209-220. - notes and statistics given for the individual Sussex hundreds of Domesday Book.</ref> The area of each hun
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• Runcorn
  ...original village has grown to include what were outlying villages. Except for chemicals, all the old industries have disappeared, and there has been dive ...|title=Runcorn New Town |accessdate=28 June 2007 |publisher=Halton Borough Council}}</ref> The Central Expressway runs through the centre of the town in a nor
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• Stockport
  ...ntury was a small town entirely on the south bank of the Mersey, and known for the cultivation of hemp and rope manufacture and in the 18th century the to ...come from the banks of the Mersey at Daw Bank; these were possibly buried for safekeeping at the side of a road.<ref name=Arr18>{{Harvnb|Arrowsmith|1997|
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• Derby
  ...ine Georgian and Victorian town centre with vast swathes of industrial and council-built neighbourhoods, affluent neighbourhoods and poor neighbourhoods with ...r the road, a move still criticised today. Thus the 2nd edition of Pevsner for Derbyshire wrote:- '...the character and cohesion of the centre has been c
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• Holywood
  ...Hollywood". Holywood today is a popular residential area and is well known for its fashionable shops, boutiques, arts and crafts. ...st=O'Sullivan, Aidan & Breen, Colin| year=2007 |title=Maritime Ireland. An Archaeology of Coastal Communities | publisher=Tempus | location=Stroud | page=211 |isb
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• Bermondsey
  ...glish Place-Names'', 4th edn., Oxford University Press, 1960, pp. 39, 161 (for "eg").</ref> Though Bermondsey's earliest written appearance is in the [[Do ..., 'a new and handsome church', 5 ploughs, 20 acres of meadow, and woodland for 5 pigs. It rendered £15 in total. It also included interests in London, in
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• River Wye
  ...most of its length marks several county boundaries. The Wye is important for nature conservation and recreation. ...in. In its upper reaches the Wye is a mountain river and cuts a green dale for many miles between high peaks, marking the long border between [[Brecknocks
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• Bridgwater
  ...cole |first=Clare|accessdate=2 February 2010 |format=|work=Somerset County Council }}</ref> The town is in a level and well-wooded area, on the edge of the [[ ...l contingency plan |accessdate=13 November 2008 |work=|publisher=Sedgemoor Council |date=}}</ref>
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• Oldham
  ...{{cite book|title=Official Handbook of Oldham|author=Oldham County Borough Council|year=1973|publisher=|isbn=}}</ref> At its zenith, it was the most productiv ...volution"/> Today Oldham is a predominantly residential town, and a centre for further education and the performing arts. It is, however, still distinguis
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• Barry
  [[File:Barry Council Office and Library.JPG|thumb|right|Barry Council Office and Library in the town centre]] ...ouses and open storage, the docks are well equipped to handle bulk cargoes for which the batteries of high capacity grab cranes are invaluable. Two roll o
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• Bristol
  ...and 24 miles east of [[Cardiff]]. With an estimated population of 433,100 for the city's civic area in 2009 and over a million in the surrounding urban z ...ted independence of the county authorities in 1373. From the 13th century, for half a millennium, it ranked amongst the top three English cities after Lon
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• Royston, Hertfordshire
  ...3 |title=History of Royston |accessdate=2008-06-10 |publisher=Royston Town council |date=}}</ref> A large boulder of red millstone grit, bearing a square sock Ralph de Rochester founded the Augustinian priory which came out of a chapel for three canons, later expanded to seven or more regular canons. Royston also
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• Southampton
  |author =Southampton City Council ...n", from which its citizens are known as "Sotonians". Southampton is noted for its association with the ''Titanic'',<ref>{{cite web
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• Wantage
  ...le and proximity to the Downs, Wantage tends to be the main touring centre for the area and is home to the Vale and Downland Museum. There is a large mark ...ved in founding the British Red Cross Society. In Wantage, in 1877 he paid for a marble statue of King Alfred by Count Gleichen to be erected in the marke
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• Dover
  ...[[English Channel]]. Dover has since ancient days been the major conduit for traffic across the narrow seas betwixt Britain and Europe. ...: archaeological finds have revealed that the area has always been a focus for peoples entering and leaving Britain. The town has been inhabited since the
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• Farnham
  ...e Centre is nearby at [[Tilford]], and the town is a suitable touring base for Winchester, the Mid-Hants Railway and canal trips on the Basingstoke Canal ...e=fpc>[http://www.frensham-pc.gov.uk/history/ Our History] Frensham Parish Council website</ref> The first known settlement in the area was in the Mesolithic
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• Milford Haven
  ...he construction of an oil refinery built by the Esso Company, to logistics for fuel oil and liquid gas. By 2010 the town's port has become the fourth larg ...s an eighteenth century creation, the name of Milford Haven has been famed for a thousand years as a commercial and military harbour which played its part
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• Bolton
  ...e largest and most productive centres of cotton spinning in the world. The British cotton industry declined sharply after the First World War, and by the 1980 The moors around Bolton have been inhabited for many thousands of years. A stone circle stands on Cheetham Close above [[E
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• Melton Mowbray
  Promoted as the "Rural Capital of Food", Melton Mowbray is perhaps best known for its culinary specialities, being the home of the Melton Mowbray pork pie an The name ''Melton'' comes from the early English ''Middeltun'', used for a town surrounded by small hamlets, a name also found in towns named ''Milt
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• Lincoln
  ...tly named street ''Steep Hill'' connects the two (although it is too steep for vehicular traffic, which must take a more circuitous route). ...rks out Lincoln from other comparable cities, if there are any to compare, for the chief historical buildings are not gathered in the centre but apart fro
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• Charney Bassett
  |website=[http://www.charneybassettpc.org.uk Charney Bassett Parish Council] ...aning of Charney is "Cearn island". This ''Cearn'' was an alternative name for the [[River Ock]], that runs close by and which supplies the mill stream.
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• Dublin
  The common name used for the city in modern Irish is ''Baile Átha Cliath'' (meaning "town of the hu ...eir town ''Dyfelin'' or ''Dyfelinnin'' (which is the modern Icelandic name for Dublin). In Irish, ''Dubh'' is correctly pronounced as ''Du'''v''''' or ''
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• Royal Military Canal
  ...l Military Canal''' runs parallel to the coasts of [[Kent]] and [[Sussex]] for 28 miles, between [[Seabrook, Kent|Seabrook]] near [[Folkestone]] in Kent a ...ost of £234,000;{{sfn |Hadfield |1969 |pp=38-42}} it was hoped that tolls for use of the waterway and road would help to defray the cost. In addition to
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• Norwich
  ...rivers, tidal into the city itself, have for endless ages provided a route for the Norwich merchants to the coast and thus to the world. ...imestone. A Saxon settlement and two churches were demolished to make room for the buildings. The building was finished in 1145 and had the fine Norman to
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• Silchester
  |website=[http://www.silchester-pc.gov.uk/ Silchester Parish Council] ...remains include what is considered the best-preserved Roman wall in the [[British Isles]].
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• Blackburn
  {{Hatnote|This article is about the town in Lancashire, for other places, see [[Blackburn (disambiguation)]]}} ...as been suggested by others that ''black'' may be from an Old English work for bleach rather than from ''blæc'' (black, dark or ink).<ref>Miller (1992),
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• Turks and Caicos Islands
  ...aicos Islands]] and the smaller [[Turks Islands]]. The territory is known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre. ...h, 17th and 18th centuries, the islands passed from Spanish, to French, to British control, but none of the three powers established any settlement at that st
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• Bath
  ...d communication technologies and creative industries, providing employment for the population of Bath and the surrounding area. ...appearing in the Laud Chronicle, one version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, for 972.<ref>{{ASC|972|Laud}} ''Her wæs Eadgar eþeling gehalgod to cyninge on
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• Glastonbury
  ...reet, Somerset|Street]]. At the edge of the town and dominating landscape for many miles around is [[Glastonbury Tor]]; a solitary hill rising straight f ...It is also a large centre for religious tourism and neo-pagan pilgrimage. For the latter there are countless unusual shops and visitor attractions in the
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• Lowestoft
  ...e development of the town, along with nearby [[Great Yarmouth]], as a base for the industry. This role has since declined and the town has begun to develo ...lers in the past and are now the site of an annual race which raises money for charity.<ref name="edplow" /><ref name="scoresrace">[http://www.each.org.uk
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• Cheddar Gorge
  ...=10398 | title=Somerset Historic Environment Record | work=Somerset County Council | month=January | year=1983 | accessdate=2007-08-12}}</ref> The caves, prod ...px?id=1843 | title=Access Q&A: Cheddar Gorge | work=British Mountaineering Council | year=1999 | accessdate=2007-08-12}}</ref>
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• Salisbury
  ...ning. The Romans called it ''Sorviodunum'' (in which 'dun' is the British for "hill" or "hill-fort") ...of Sheffield, 1984. Length: 313 pages</ref> which name is derived from the British original; the English ''burg'' replacing the Welsh ''dun'', and this was co
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• River Mole
  ...[Surrey]], skirting Gatwick Airport and through Surrey from north to south for the rest of its course of 50 miles to the [[River Thames|Thames]] at [[East ...between [[Brockham]] and [[Fetcham]] with an appropriate licence from the British Canoe Union.
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• St Michael's Mount
  ...ymouth]].<ref>Cunliffe, Barry: ''Ictis – Is it here?'' Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Vol2, March 1983</ref> ...St Michael's Mount, ebbed at the same rate, and continued to rise and fall for five hours. The 19th-century French writer Arnold Boscowitz claimed that "g
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• Kingston upon Hull
  |work=Hedon Town Council: Working for You |publisher=Hedon Town Council}}</ref> military supply port,<ref name="hcc_history_of_hull">{{cite web
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• City of London
  ...], lying at the heart of the vast conurbation which has borrowed its name, for it is the City of London itself, the square mile, that is the true owner of ...time immemorial.<ref name="beckett">{{cite book | title=City status in the British Isles, 1830–2002 | series=Historical urban studies | author=Beckett, J V
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• Bailiwick of Jersey
  The '''Bailiwick of Jersey''' is a British [[Crown dependency]]; one of the two bailiwicks of the [[Channel Islands]]. ...was lost to invaders in 1940: Jersey and Guernsey were taken and occupied for five hard years by the Germans after the fall of France.
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• Jersey
  Jersey is an island which attracts many visitors for its fair beaches, little villages and air of peaceful contentment. It is a ...ear and reindeer. The common belief is that Stone Age men killed mammoths for meat by driving them over the cliff here, though this assumption has been r
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• Stonehenge
  ...ristopher Young, Amanda Chadburn, Isabelle Bedu|page=18}}</ref> The reason for its construction in the distant past is unknown and will presumably never b ...itial ditch and bank were first dug. Such deposits continued at Stonehenge for at least another 500 years.
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• Islip, Oxfordshire
  ..., and the village changed hands several times during the Civil War, prized for its position 5 miles from King Charles's capital at Oxford. ...k=A Church Near You |title=Benefice of the Ray Valley |author=Archbishops' Council |publisher=[[Church of England]] |accessdate=}}</ref>
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• Box Hill
  ...et above sea level at Betchworth Clumps and is a popular day out in season for the folk of Surrey. From the west, the hill presents a broad greensward wa ...Proposed Improvements |author=|date=|work=|publisher=Mole Valley District Council |accessdate=3 April 2011}}</ref>
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• Letchworth
  ...and developed, and although Letchworth was the first garden city, the town council decided to adopt the name "Letchworth Garden City" only in 2003, its centen ...open countryside (which would contribute significantly to food production for the population), and not, as is commonly cited, to a principle that every h
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• Erith
  ...ntish places, unsympathetically modernised and characterized by flats and council blocks, with fewer houses, and shops and other commercial properties inters Archaeology has show that once Erith was an area of dense forest of oak, yew and alder,
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• Magor
  In 1994 the remains of a 13th-century boat, used for trading along and across the Severn estuary, and perhaps with [[Ireland]], |publisher=Council for British Archaeology
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• Isle of Portland
  ...or one of the [[British Sea Areas]]. Portland stone, famous for its use in British and world architecture, including St Paul's Cathedral, continues to be quar ...he harbour is now a civilian port and popular recreation area. It was used for sailing events at the 2012 Olympic Games.
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• Sutton Coldfield
  The Manor of Sutton Coldfield was held by the Crown for some time and it was granted the style of "Royal Town" by Henry VIII in 152 ...minar2/Mike_Hodder.doc |work=West Midlands Regional Research Framework for Archaeology, Seminar 2 |publisher=University of Birmingham |accessdate=13 September 201
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• Doncaster
  ...y history as a centre of industry and innovation, it is perhaps best known for its racecourse. In 1248 a charter was granted for Doncaster Market to be held around the Church of St Mary Magdalene, which i
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• Altrincham
  ...boracum''). As it shows signs of having been repaired, the road was in use for a considerable period of time.<ref>Nevell (1997), p.&nbsp;18.</ref> ...d by Dunham Castle&nbsp;– because its good access to roads was important for trade.<ref>Bayliss (1992), p.&nbsp;18.</ref>
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• Ingleby Barwick
  ...It has since then been gaining the attributes of a town, including a town council. ...between Tesco and Barley Field primary school. The building of a play area for children under 14 years started in January 2009. Despite construction work
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• Isle of May
  ...of May| publisher=Adrian Winter| accessdate=4 October 2008}}</ref> usually for a week at a time. The only way to get there is by ferry, the journey takin ...rted, and also that they had plundered in Máeyar. Swein and Margad stayed for a while with the King of Scots, and were well treated. King David sent men
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• Leigh, Lancashire
  Originally an agricultural area noted for dairy farming, domestic spinning and weaving led to a considerable silk and ...land, and the produce of its dairies, the Leigh cheese, was formerly noted for its excellence.<ref name=vch/>
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• Wigan
  ...e County Borough of Wigan: Official Handbook'', 1972 (Wigan County Borough Council)</ref> Coal mining ceased during the latter part of the 20th century. ...ygayn'' in 1240, and ''Wygan'' in numerous historical documents.<ref name="British history">Farrer / Brownbill (1911) pp=68–78}}</ref>
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• Rum
  ...ilt by the Bulloughs in 1900. Rùm was purchased by the Nature Conservancy Council in 1957. ...tage, a public body that now manages the island, and there have been calls for a greater diversity of housing provision. A Caledonian MacBrayne ferry link
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• Ashton-under-Lyne
  ...tructed canals and railways. Ashton-under-Lyne's transport network allowed for an economic boom in cotton spinning, weaving, and coal mining, which led to ...England">Lewis (1848) pp.&nbsp;90–96.</ref> it possibly derives from the British language ''lemo'' meaning elm or may refer to Ashton being "under the line"
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• Canvey Island
  |website=[http://www.canveyisland-tc.gov.uk Parish council] Canvey is mainly noted for the petrochemical industry based here. The island was the site of the first
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• Flat Holm
  ...anatorium for cholera patients was built in 1896 as the isolation hospital for the port of Cardiff. Guglielmo Marconi transmitted the first wireless signa The island is now managed by Cardiff Council's Flat Holm Project Team and designated as a Local Nature Reserve, Site of
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• Bury
  ...Metrolink]] tram system, which terminates in the town. The market is known for its supply of a local traditional dish - black pudding, served hot or cold ...ury Museum has a Roman Urn containing a number of small bronze coins dated for AD 253-282 and found north of what is now the town centre.<ref name="J Dobb
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• Ickenham
  ...s; 4 smallholders with 20 acres; 3 cottages. Meadow for 4 ploughs; pasture for the village livestock; woodland, 200 pigs. Total value £4; when acquired t ...pottery fragments. Research suggest that the area may have been abandoned for a period following the departure of the Romans from Britain around AD 410.<
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• Sale
  ...ttractions are the Sale Water Park, which contains an artificial lake used for water-sports, and the Waterside Arts Centre. Sale Sharks rugby union club w ...on upon Mersey]]. In this period, its fertile fields and meadows were used for crops and cattle farming.
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• Pershore
  ...nks of the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]]. The town is best known for Pershore Abbey, Pershore College (now a campus of Warwickshire College), an ...is far smaller than the original building, which was partially dismantled for its materials after the abbey was dissolved during the reign of Henry VIII.
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• Manhood Peninsula
  ...ern headland is [[Selsey Bill]].<ref name="penpart">Peninsular Partnersip. Archaeology in the peninsula.</ref> ...[[Diocese of Chichester|Bishop of Chichester]] sat as a peer in the king's council.<ref name="horsfield32">Horsfield.History of the County of Sussex. pp.32-33
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• Salford
  ...] at Salford Quays became the headquarters of several departments of the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] and much of the BBC's programming is made there. ...ame="Sealhford">{{citation |publisher=University of Nottingham's Institute for Name-Studies |title=Salford |url=http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/ke
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• Sandbach
  ...Foden's Band, the ancient Saxon [[Sandbach Crosses]], and more prosaically for Sandbach services on the [[M6 motorway]]. Sanbec: Bigot de Loges. 1 hide and 1½ virgates pay tax. Land for 2 ploughs. 1 Frenchman has ½ plough, 3 slaves. 2 villagers have ½ plough.
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• Cockermouth
  ..., to protect the river crossing, which had become located on a major route for troops heading towards [[Hadrian's Wall]].<ref name="Bradbury">{{Cite book| ...still largely preserved to this day, resulting in the British Council for Archaeology in 1965 noting it being worthy of special care in preservation and developm
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• Glossop
  ...rkshire]]. Glossop's transport links to Manchester make it a popular town for commuters to [[Manchester]] and its surrounding towns. ...Beowulf in Kent's landscape', ''British Archaeology'', Council for British Archaeology, York, Issue 39 .</ref> ''Glott'' may be the name of a chieftain otherwise
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• Wareham
  ...Dec 2010|first=Lilian|last=Ladle|first2=Ann|last2=Woodward|journal=British Archaeology|issue=115}}</ref> ...//www.wareham-tc.gov.uk/WTC_pages/wtc_history.htm | publisher=Wareham Town Council | accessdate=14 November 2010}}</ref> The Burghal Hidage lists the town as
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• Chesil Beach
  ...Beach, Dorset, and the Associated Area" ''Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers'', No. 58 (March 1973) pp. 99-111.</ref> The beach provides shelter from the prevailing winds and waves for the town of [[Weymouth]] and the village of [[Chiswell]], which would other
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• Cape Wrath
  ...the mainland by the [[Kyle of Durness]], which severs any road connection, for the Kyle must be crossed by ferry. The cape consists of 107 square miles o ...nd is used as a military training area, including use as live firing range for heavy munitions. Areas of the cape are also designated as a Site of Special
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• Porthcurno
  ...tre; an open-air amphitheatre cut into the rock of the cliff which is used for productions each year. ...f early commercial port activity from the remains of man-made stone tracks for horse-drawn vehicles which may have provided access to the beach, visible o
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• Boho
  ...est daylight shaft in Ireland at [[Noon's Hole]], as well as popular caves for local outdoor adventure centre groups at the [[Boho Caves]] and the nearby ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=50th Annual Meeting of British Association for the Advancement of Science |author=Murray, J |page=236 |year=1880 |publish
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• Ring of Gullion
  ...llion''' is a unique geological formation, unparalleled elsewhere in the [[British Isles]]; a vast ring dyke containing several rugged hills in a ring forming ...ar in Ulster. It is also and area of much ancient history, told out in the archaeology found here and the legends attached to the landscape.
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• Coggeshall
  ...apel Inn became a legally licensed premises in 1554) have been established for hundreds of years. A market has been run every week on Market Hill since 12 Coggeshall has been called ''Sunnydon'', referenced in 1224 as an alias for the town.<ref>Beaumont pp. 11–13</ref>
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• Severn Estuary
  ...on the coast of Canada, which has left it under threat of being harnessed for the development of tidal energy. Definitions of the limits of the Severn Estuary vary, for there is seamless transition from the River Severn, to its estuary and on t
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• Eccles
  ...ref> Several pre-English place-names remain in Lancashire, though usually for rivers and hills. Tge root ‘’ecles’’ survives in a number of villa ...n Chat Moss, the first around 500&nbsp;BC and the second during the Romano-British period.<ref>{{Harvnb|Johnston|1967|pp=7–8.}}</ref>
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• Eccles on Sea
  ...site, as ''ecclesia'' and derivatives from it are usages are of the native British tongue (''eglwys'' in Welsh), unknown in Old English other than in inherite ...y, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk'', 1883, the inhabitants petitioned for a reduction in their taxes when only 14 houses and 300 acres remained follo
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• Heywood, Lancashire
  ...domestic system.<ref name="RMBC30">{{Harvnb|Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council|(N.D.)|p=30.}}</ref> In the Industrial Revolution, Heywood was utterly tra ...ity to junction 19 of the [[M62 motorway]], which provides transport links for large distribution parks in the south of the town. The major landmark is th
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• Horwich
  ...ting chase. Streams flowing from the moors were harnessed to provide power for bleachworks and other industry at the start of the Industrial Revolution. T ...In 1221 was recorded as ''Horewic''.<ref>{{citation |title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Ma
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• Barrow Island
  ...hire Dock Hall. Its distinct identity as a place and its name remains as a council ward, the population of which was 2,616 at the 2011 Census. ...island also forms a major part of the Port of Barrow, owned by Associated British Ports. A large portion of The Waterfront Barrow-in-Furness is planned to be
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• Holbeach
  ...ges is quite commonplace in the Fens.) Holbeach itself is the main centre for the fenland around it. ...eappraisal of Holbeach Conservation Area |publisher=South Holland District Council |page=1 |accessdate=31 May 2013}}</ref>
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• Wainfleet All Saints
  ...=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=23 August 2015|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> ...he Excavation of Salterns at Wainfleet St Mary, Lincolnshire] ; p. 138; ''Archaeology Data Service''; retrieved 30 April 2011</ref> The town stands on or near th
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• Newgrange
  ...e north of the [[River Boyne]].<ref>O'Kelly, Michael J. 1982. ''Newgrange: Archaeology, Art and Legend''. London: Thames and Hudson. Page 13.</ref> It is known in ...thic period around 3200 BC,<ref>{{cite book|last=Grant|first=Jim|title=The archaeology coursebook|year=2008|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-46286-0|url=
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• Govan
  ...dle Ages, Govan was the site of a ferry which linked the area with Partick for seasonal cattle drovers. In the 18th and 19th centuries, textile mills and Recent studies of the archaeology of old Govan have revealed the presence of an ancient church. Two associate
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• Much Wenlock
  ...an Games here before creating the modern Olympic Games: the Olympic mascot for ''London 2012'' was named "Wenlock" after the town. ...Olympic Games. In 1890 it was the turn of the Raven Hotel to be the venue for the annual post Wenlock Olympian Games' dinner, and Baron Pierre de Coubert
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• Crewkerne
  ...centuries the main industry was cloth making, including webbing, and sails for the Royal Navy. ...p://www.crewkernetown.org/files/982/bincombe1.pdf|publisher=Crewkerne Town Council|accessdate=22 May 2010}}</ref>
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• Watchet
  ...l ships plying trade across the river, from 1564 onwards the port was used for import of salt and wine from France.<ref name="somharbours"/> ...643 during the Civil War, a Royalist ship was sent to Watchet to reinforce for the siege of Dunster Castle. Parliamentarian Captain Popham ordered his mou
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• River Parrett
  ...[River Cary]] by way of the [[King's Sedgemoor Drain]]. The river is tidal for 27 miles of its 37-mle length, as far up as [[Oath, Somerset|Oath]]. In thi ...n of the name Parrett is unclear, but several derivations from the ancient British languagehas been suggested.
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• Mildenhall, Suffolk
  |website=[http://www.mildenhall.suffolk.gov.uk/ Town Council] ==Archaeology==
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• Newhaven
  |website=[http://www.newhaventowncouncil.gov.uk/ Newhaven Town Council] ...Sussex|River Ouse]], on the [[English Channel]] coast, and is a ferry port for services to France.
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• Amesbury
  ...n in [[Wiltshire]], at the edge of [[Salisbury Plain]]. It is most famous for [[Stonehenge]], which stands a few miles to the north and which is within i ...perhaps after a sub-Roman local lord – a connection with the historical British war leader Ambrosius Aurelianus may have no basis beyond supposition based
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• Silbury Hill
  ...ations for the BBC TV programme dealing with the new 1968/1969 excavations for BBC2 TV programmes about the hill.</ref> ...p;years ago and that it took 18&nbsp;million man-hours, or 500 men working for 15&nbsp;years (Atkinson 1974:128) to deposit and shape 325,000 cu. yds of e
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• Pocklington
  It is now considered to be a commuter town for [[York]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] and [[Leeds]]. ...e open-top trailers to York, where it is used by firms such as Nestlé and British Sugar. Recent job cuts<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/engl
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• Wookey Hole
  ...n=1-874336-03-2}}</ref> although it is also a possible alteration from the British language word ''ogo'' (cave, similar to the Modern Welsh ''ogof'').<ref>{{c ...awing was exhibited at the Royal Academy, and is now at Royal Institute of British Architects.<ref>{{NHLE|1345154|Glencot and terraces at rear}}</ref>
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• Wessex
  ...not for all of its history, as [[Dorchester on Thames]] belonged to Wessex for much of its history. ...h continuity of town life can be traced long after the Saxons arrived. The British origin of many of the early kings' names may hint at this also. Bede state
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• Fleam Dyke
  ...generally assumed to have been dug in the Anglo-Saxon period as a defence for the Kingdom of [[East Anglia]]. The [[Flendish Hundred]] is named after it. |title=Archaeology of Cambridgeshire
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• Kilkenny
  ...Francis Abbey, Grace's Castle, and St John's Priory. Kilkenny is regarded for its culture with craft and design workshops, the Watergate Theatre, public {{cquote|Ceall-Cainnigh was for the most part burned.<ref>"Annals of the Four Masters'', 1085 [http://www.u
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• Trim
  ...s a town in [[Meath]], standing on the [[River Boyne]]. The town is noted for [[Trim Castle]] - the largest Cambro-Norman castle in Ireland. It was once ...r Augustinian rule. In the Middle Ages the abbey church was the sanctuary for "Our Lady of Trim", a wooden statue reported to work miracles, which statue
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• Baker's Island
  ...y of Langstone Harbour Hampshire |year=2000 |publisher=Council for British Archaeology |location=York |isbn=1-902771-14-1 |pages=100–104 |chapter=Baker's Island ...h the other islands in Langstone Harbour was acquired by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds who turned it into a bird sanctuary.<ref name=Tweed
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• Long Island, Hampshire
  ...and Seascape Character Assessment February 2007 |publisher=Havant Borough Council |accessdate=15 March 2011|format=PDF}}</ref> It is 800 yards long and up to ...y of Langstone Harbour Hampshire |year=2000 |publisher=Council for British Archaeology |location=York |isbn=1-902771-14-1 |pages=97–100 |chapter=Long Island }}<
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• North Binness Island
  ...rbour Hampshire'', Chapter: A brief historical survey (Council for British Archaeology, 2000) ISBN 1-902771-14-1</ref> ...pshire Assessment of the Archaeological Resource] - (2008, Cornwall County Council) pages 127–128 (PDF)</ref>
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• South Binness Island
  ...and Seascape Character Assessment February 2007 |publisher=Havant Borough Council |accessdate=15 March 2011|format=PDF}}</ref> It is 660 yards long and up to ...y of Langstone Harbour Hampshire |year=2000 |publisher=Council for British Archaeology |location=York |isbn=1-902771-14-1 |pages=104–5 |chapter=South Binness Is
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• Portsmouth Harbour
  ...the Civil War |last=Webb |first=John |year=1977 |publisher=Portsmouth City Council |isbn=0-901559-33-4 |page=14}}</ref> There is a passenger ferry to [[Gosport]]. It is also a major area for leisure sailing. Recently, a large area of the former naval dockyard has be
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• Outer Hebrides
  ...The largest island, [[Lewis with Harris]], is the largest island of the [[British Isles]] after [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]] themselves. ...ers form a majority. The island names however are mainly Norse in origin, for this was the heartland of the Kingdom of the Isles.
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• Wilcote
  ==Archaeology== ...ossley|1983|pp=296–297}} The site was then abandoned and left unoccupied for about two centuries.{{sfn|Crossley|1983|pp=296–297}}
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• Offa's Dyke
  [[File:British isles 802.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The British isles in AD 802, showing Offa's Dyke between the Mercian and Welsh kingdoms ...sts coming to the Dyke have had Asser in their hand, and have been looking for an earthwork 'from sea to sea'. Sir Cyril Fox completed the first major sur
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• Conwy Castle
  ...town of Conway, and the combined defences cost around £15,000, a huge sum for the period. It was one of his castles of the [[Iron Ring]] holding down [[S ...acted as a temporary haven for Richard II in 1399 and was seized and held for several months by forces loyal to Owain Glyndŵr in 1401.
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• Exmoor
  Exmoor presents a contrast with the other two great moors of the region, for while Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor are of granite, the exposure of a vast grani ...rtin]]. Once crucial to coastal trade, the harbours are now primarily used for pleasure; individually owned sail boats and non-commercial fishing boats ar
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• Avebury Stone Circle
  Avebury is owned and run by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]. It has been ...he monuments are preserved as part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age landscape for the information they provide regarding prehistoric people's relationship wi
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• Barnack
  |website=[http://www.barnackparishcouncil.org/ Barnack Parish Council] ...e northeast of the county in cottages and churches and far further abroad, for Barnack is the source of Barnack rag, the distinctive orange building stone
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• Hundred
  Hundreds were originally formed for military and judicial purposes under the common law, which could have varyi ...y/research/projects/assembly/projectsummary | publisher = UCL Institute of Archaeology | title = Assembly | contribution = Summary | place = UK}}.</ref>
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• University of Cambridge
  ...'', a shortened form of ''Cantabrigiensis'' (from the Mediaeval Latin name for Cambridge; ''Cantabrigia''). |At [[Girton]]. Founded for ladies only; became mixed in 1976
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• Kempston
  ...rdshire]]. Kempston serves principally as a dormitory town for Bedford and for [[Milton Keynes]], which is about ten miles away. It is on the [[Great Ouse ...' may be from a personal name or it has been suggested as from the ancient British language word meaning 'bent' or 'curved', in reference to the river here.
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• Aldreth
  ...of [[Haddenham, Cambridgeshire|Haddenham]] and falls under the same parish council. The flat fenland countryside around the village, typical for this part of the region, lies about 16 feet above sea-level. The highest po
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• Cottenham
  ...brought against Hayward for referral to the coming assizes but, presumably for want of hard evidence, the bill was ignored by the Grand Jury. ===Archaeology===
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• Car Dyke
  ...urpose are a mystery, but it is generally accepted as being of Roman age. For many centuries, to have been taken as marking the western edge of the Fens. ..."Hatcher1984">{{cite book|last=Hatcher|first=John|title=The History of the British coal industry|edition=2002|volume=1|year=1984|publisher=Oxford University P
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• Union Canal
  ...reconnecting it to the [[Forth and Clyde Canal]]. It is now in popular use for leisure purposes. ...going to parliament. The first act of parliament ... is entitled, 'An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Canal from the Lothian Road, near the ci
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• Chester Amphitheatre
  ...was founded. The evidence recovered from excavation shows that it was used for cock fighting, bull baiting and combat sports, including classical boxing, ...andchester.gov.uk/residents/leisure,_parks_and_events/history_and_heritage/archaeology/chester_amphitheatre.aspx Amphitheatre project]</ref>
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• Rochester Castle
  ...the city and castle were besieged after Odo made Rochester a headquarters for the rebellion. After the garrison capitulated, this first castle was abando ...y forced the defenders' hand. The castle did not stay under John's control for long: in 1216 it was captured by the French Prince Louis, who was the new l
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• Goldcliff
  ...boards in which may be raised or lowered to keep water levels high enough for livestock to drink. The faster flowing Monksditch carries water from more d ...ast near Goldcliff has attracted considerable archaeological interest (see Archaeology below). Goldcliff has notable evidence of occupation by the Silures.<ref na
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• Whitson
  ...known as "Monksditch" or "Goldcliff Pill" (probably from the Welsh "pwll" for pool) passes through the village on its way to the sea.<ref>[http://www.geo ...n in Holland.<ref>[http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba11/ba11feat.html British Archaeology, No 11, February 1996: A land shaped by generations past]</ref>
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• Windsor Castle
  ...t is famed for its long association with the British royal family and also for its architecture. ...orgian taste".<ref name="Hugh Roberts p.79">Hugh Roberts, ''Options Report for Windsor Castle'', cited Nicolson, p.79.</ref> The castle includes the 15th-
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• Portaferry
  ...pulation of 2,467 people in the 2001. It has an aquarium and is well known for the annual Galway Hookers Regatta. It hosts its own small Marina, the Porta Commercial fishing for clams and king prawns and the farming of oysters and mussels takes place wi
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• Kourion
  Today the site lies within the British jurisdiction of the Western Sovereign Base Area but it is maintained and ad ...tor games, therefore in the city there is ''Palestra'' or a training place for gladiators. The whole city has beautiful floor mosaics, but the majority ar
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• Ryknild Street
  ...t on the Down a lane northwards from Springhill takes nearly the same line for a mile and a half to near the [[Evesham]] road 950 feet, from which a paris ...nfirms this as the Roman crossing point.<ref>"Warwickshire Time Trail" The Archaeology of Bidford on Avon Accessed 19 February 2011 [http://timetrail.warwickshire
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• Barry Island
  ...rry Island used to be home to a Butlins Holiday Camp, it is now known more for its beach and Barry Island Pleasure Park. ...rchaeology in Wales Volume 11 pp. 10–11| publisher = Council for British Archaeology | year = 1971}}</ref> and [[Neolithic]] or New Stone Age polished stone axe
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• Savernake Forest
  ...from happy with the state of the forest, finding ''"but 3 or 4 trees fit for his [the king's] use"''. The open spaces were found to be ''"infested with A second high point for the forest was under the wardenship of Charles Bruce and his nephew Thomas
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• Calleva Atrebatum
  The name 'Calleva' is from the ancient British language and is thought to derived from the words meaning "Great Wall", rec ...he site and archaeological excavations over the 20th century. Coins of the British Q series link Silchester with the seat of power of the Atrebates, and coins
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• Butser Hill
  ...lope'; ''ora'' is frequently used in Old English for a flat topped hill or for a steep slope,<ref name=Coates>Hampshire Place Names by Richard Coates Ensi The hill was bought by the council in 1966, and now is grazing land.<ref name=Reynolds19 /> Most of the park,
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• St Martha's Hill
  ...<ref name=wj>{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=Walter|title=Byways in British Archaeology|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, England|year=1912| ...se to the rank of Lieutenant-General. In 2007 a memorial service was held for him at the church, attended by the New Zealand High Commissioner.
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• Alderley Edge
  ...d]] and 15 miles south of [[Manchester]], and it serves as a commuter town for the latter. Famous for its affluence and expensive houses, Alderley Edge is part of Cheshire's 'Go
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• Carn Brea, Redruth
  The summit is about one mile southwest of [[Redruth]]. The parish named for the hill includes many hamlets and villages, including [[Bosleake]], [[Brea |journal=Cornish Archaeology
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• Studland
  ...and''' is a village on the [[Isle of Purbeck]] in [[Dorset]]. It is famous for its beaches and national nature reserve on [[Studland Bay]]. The Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck stationed a lifeboat at Studland in
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• Studland Bay
  ...the land is a national nature reserve and belongs to the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]. The beaches are popular for bathers.
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• Caerlaverock Castle
  ...chitecture in Scotland".<ref name=BOS140/> In 1640 the castle was besieged for the last time and was subsequently abandoned. Although demolished and rebui ...by several fortifications in the area: a Roman fort on Ward Law Hill and a British hill fort that was in use around 950.
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• Binchester Roman Fort
  .../usp.nsf/pws/Archaeology+-+Archaeology-Binchester+Roman+Fort Durham County Council: Binchester Roman Fort]</ref> The land was cleared of trees and brush and a ...axon cemetery had been founded, and the demolition of the fort's buildings for reclamation of the materials had started, some of which were eventually use
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• Hedingham Castle
  ...] in [[Essex]]. It is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle with a stone keep. For four centuries it was the primary seat of the de Vere family, Earls of Oxfo ...is open to the public.{{sfn|Essex County Council|6787}}{{sfn|Essex County Council|25226}}
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• Forest of Dean
  ...of the surviving ancient woodlands in Britain. A large area was reserved for royal hunting before 1066, and remained the largest crown forest in England ...within the [[St Briavels Hundred|Hundred of St Briavels]],<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/image.aspx?compid=23252&filename=fig04.gif&pubid=97 Map showi
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• Hereford Castle
  ...ger of Gloucester but a rebellion followed and Henry retook possession and for the rest of its history the castle remained royal. In 1216 John made Walter During the Second Barons' War the castle came for a time the headquarters of the baronial party headed by Simon de Montfort i
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• Navenby
  ...avenby has is a place of some 1,666 souls and serves as a commuter village for Lincoln. ...lincs.html|title=Lincolnshire/Navenby|accessdate=2008-12-30 |author=Centre for Metropolitan History: Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales t
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• Palace of Holyroodhouse
  ...he latter was dissolved at the Reformation. Today the palace is a setting for state occasions and official entertaining. ...Historic Apartments of Mary, Queen of Scots and the State Apartments, used for official and state entertaining, are open to the public throughout the year
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• Historic England
  ...ic body of the British Government (a "quango") sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked with protecting the historical envir ...the Ancient Monuments Board for England and the Historic Buildings Council for England and incorporated these functions in the new body. Another advisory
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• Nottingham Castle
  |ownership=Nottingham City Council For centuries the castle served as one of the most important in England for nobles and royalty alike. It was in a strategic position due to its locatio
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• Stanton Harcourt
  ==Archaeology== ...arch.<ref>{{harvnb|Buckingham|Roe|Scott|1996|p=}}</ref> Evidence was found for the co-existence of species of elephant and mammoth during interglacial con
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• Swalcliffe
  ...a village hall. There is also a boarding school, Swalcliffe Park School, for boys with special educational needs.<ref>[http://www.swalcliffepark.oxon.sc ...(now a bridleway). One authority asserts that there was a Roman or Romano-British village here.{{sfn|Aston|Bond|1976|p=45}}
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• Wheatley, Oxfordshire
  |website=[http://wheatleyparishcouncil.gov.uk/ Wheatley Parish Council] ...ver Thame]] below. The stream used to be in the open, with stepping stones for people to cross it, but it is now in a culvert that runs under the High Str
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• Oxford Castle
  |ownership=Oxfordshire County Council ...military value of the castle diminished and the site became used primarily for county administration and as a prison.
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• University of Oxford
  ...ww.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/about/applying-for-the-rhodes-scholarship Applying for the Rhodes Scholarships – The Rhodes Trust]</ref> and the Clarendon Schol ...y notable alumni, including 27 Nobel laureates (60 total affiliations), 28 British Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom (including four of the last five, fro
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• Cheddar
  Apart from cheese and cider, Cheddar has been a centre for strawberry growing. The berry crop was formerly transported on the Cheddar ...| work=Somerset Historic Environment Record | publisher=[[Somerset County Council]] |date=January 1983 | accessdate=7 February 2011}}</ref> There is some evi
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• Charterhouse, Somerset
  ...eloped the mines, but long before that though the Romans were here, mining for lead and silver in the Mendips, and the remains oa a Roman town have been e ...al Survey of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty | work=Somerset County Council Archaeological Projects | url=http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/hes/down
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• Charterhouse Roman Town
  ...thorlink= |title=Mendip from the air |year=2007 |publisher=Somerset County Council |location=Taunton |isbn=978-0-86183-390-0 }}</ref> ...for its name, the 'Ub-' element might conceivably be from a pre-existing British name, hence 'Ueb-meadow'.<ref name="havinden">{{cite book|last=Havinden|fir
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• Glastonbury Tor
  The hill belongs today to the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]. ...cap of sandstone exposed. The slopes of the hill are terraced, apparanetly for mediæval farming, but the method by which they were formed remains unexpla
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• Glastonbury Abbey
  ...e the abbey though: in 1955 Ralegh Radford's excavations uncovered Romano-British pottery at the west end of the nave.<ref name="havinden">Havinden p.74</ref ..., he was replaced by the Anglo-Saxon Berhtwald, but British monks remained for many years.<ref name=Ashe279/>
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• Wells Cathedral
  .... 42 (Sterling Publishing Company 1996).</ref> and as "the most poetic" of British cathedrals. ...ls|Bishop's Palace]], the choristers' school, a grammar school, a hospital for travellers and a chapel. He also had a manor house built at [[Wookey]], nea
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• Bishop's Palace, Wells
  ...en the home of the [[Diocese of Bath and Wells|Bishops of Bath and Wells]] for 800 years. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. ...a residence by the current bishop, however much of the palace is now used for public functions and as a tourist attraction.
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• Cadbury Castle, Somerset
  ...ef View of Ecclesiastical History; and an Account of the Druidical, Belgic-British, Roman, Saxon, Danish, and Norman Antiquities, Now Extant'', Vol.&nbsp;II, ...s South East Somerset Archaeological and Historical Society and the Yeovil Archaeology and Local History Society, assisted by academics and archaeologists from th
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• Stirling Castle
  ...ecturally, in Britain. The castle sits atop Castle Hill guarding what was for many centuries the lowest crossing on the [[River Forth]]. ...possible identification. Nevertheless, there is no archaeological evidence for occupation of Castle Hill before the late Middle Ages.<ref>Gifford & Walker
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• Bawdsey
  ...anti-invasion landscapes of England, 1940 | publisher=Council for British Archaeology | year=2006 | page=105 | isbn=1-902771-53-2 }}</ref> Bawdsey Cliff is a Site of Special Scientific Interest notified for its geological importance. It is {{convert|23.3|ha|acres|0|x}} in size and
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• West Stow
  ...n western [[Suffolk]], a modest, pretty village on its own terms but famed for the West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village, a reconstructed early Saxon village buil ==Archaeology==
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• Ashdown Forest
  ...imal bedding. The forest continued to be used by the monarchy and nobility for hunting into Tudor times, including notably Henry VIII, who had a hunting l ...k to 50,000 years ago. There are important Bronze Age, Iron Age and Romano-British remains.
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• Brougham Castle
  ...and [[River Lowther|Lowther]], a place which had been chosen by the Romans for a fort called [[Brocavum]]. ...he Anglo-Scottish Wars in 1296, Brougham became an important military base for Robert Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford. He began refortifying the castle: t
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• Symonds Yat
  ...Symonds, a 17th-century sheriff of Herefordshire and "yat" as an old word for a gate or pass.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visitherefordshire.co.uk/about/he ...of the iron here and in the [[Forest of Dean]] made this a valuable prize for the conquerors.
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• Castlerigg Stone Circle
  ...st of [[Keswick]]. It is one of the largest of the stone circles of the [[British Isles]] and Brittany, which have been numbered at around 1,300 in all. ...he ‘official’ number of stones, as represented on the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] information
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• Meare Fish House
  ...322 and 1335 for the storage and processing of the fish and as a residence for the chief fisherman. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the building ...Exploitation of Wetland Resources in the Somerset Levels|journal=Mediæval Archaeology|publisher=Maney Publishing|volume=48|pages=91–130|url=http://www.ingentac
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• Colchester Castle
  |ownership=Colchester Council ...has been suggested that the keep was at one time four storeys high, though for a number of reasons, including the peaceful region of the castle and the la
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• Jaywick
  ...ssex|River Colne]]. The village was built in the 1930s as a holiday resort for Londoners on the [[North Sea]] coast, but over time has become one of the m ...properties gradually became permanently inhabited despite being unsuitable for this purpose. The local community resisted demolition of the worst estates,
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• Canterbury Cathedral
  ...d until the late fourteenth century, when they were demolished to make way for the present structures. ...gustine reused the ruins of a Roman church, which must have lain abandoned for almost two centuries by Augustine's time.
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• Glastonbury Lake Village
  ...2007 |work=Somerset Historic Environment Record|publisher=Somerset County Council }}</ref> It was first constructed around 250 BC by laying down timber and c ...ar huts.{{sfn|Tratman|1970|pp=143-167}} Some of the clay spreads were used for barns or animal enclosures rather than houses.{{sfn|Minnitt|Coles|2006|p=13
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• Riccarton
  ...ffectively been absorbed into [[Kilmarnock]], partly through the growth of council housing estates at Shortlees, Witchknowe and Burnpark, and later by the imp Sandy McCrone was a blind fiddler who is remembered for having climbed to the top of the new church when the scaffolding was still
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• Gisborough Priory
  ...window forming a distinctive arch, a well-known landmark used as a symbol for Guisborough. It became part of the estate of the Chaloner family, who acqui ...en emulating his peers in Yorkshire, who had founded monastic institutions for their religious obligations.<ref name="Blakely122">{{harvnb|Blakely|2005|pa
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• Stanton Drew stone circles
  ...lt/files/sd_2010_report_low_res.pdf|publisher=Bath and North East Somerset Council|accessdate=21 August 2014|format=PDF|page=63}}</ref> It was made a schedule ...ngth, Grinsell suggesting that fragments have occasionally been broken off for mending the roads. Stukeley also referred to the presence of a second stone
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• Richborough
  ...rehistory to the early Middle Ages. The channel provided a sheltered route for ships from Europe into the [[Thames]] estuary and separated the [[Isle of T ...jor harbour was constructed at Richborough. Its purpose was to provide the British Expeditionary Force with its heavy equipment (tanks, guns, railway locomoti
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• Saxon Shore
  ...s, behaving much as the Vikings did in a later age. Historians supporting for the hypothesis of a shore inhabited by Saxons may argue that this is suppor ...across the Channel on the northern coasts of Gaul, which complemented the British forts, suggesting a unified defensive system.<ref name=Fields>{{cite book|l
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• Broadway, Worcestershire
  ...//www.broadwayvillage.org.uk/index.php?page=parish-council Broadway Parish Council] Retrieved 24 May 2015</ref> ...tswold limestone buildings, many dating from the 16th century. It is known for its association with the Arts and Crafts movement, and is situated in an ar
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• Bredon Hill
  ...52.059963|-2.064606|zoom=14}}. The tower was built in the mid-18th century for John Parsons, MP (1732&ndash;1805), squire of [[Kemerton Court]] and intend ...mit is called the ''Banbury Stone'', deriving from 'Baenintesburg', a name for the fort in the 8th century. It is known colloquially as the 'Elephant Sto
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• Dunster
  Iron Age hillforts testify to occupation of the area for thousands of years. The village grew up around [[Dunster Castle]] which was The village became a centre for wool and cloth production and trade, of which the Yarn Market, built by Geo
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• Pevensey Castle
  ...ates, although some historians have asserted that Anderita and the further British forts were built by Marcus Carausius, the usurper Emperor of Britain, to pr ...the end of the Roman occupation but was reoccupied in 1066 by the Normans, for whom it became a key strategic bulwark. A stone keep and fortification was
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• Aldbrough, East Riding
  :<small>''+VLF LET (?HET) AROERAN CYRICE FOR HANVM ⁊ FOR GVWARA SAVLA''</small> This is usually translated as "Ulf had this church built for his own sake and for Gunnvor's soul."<ref>R. I. Page. 1971. "How long did the Scandinavian langu
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• Durobrivae Catevvelorum
  ...be, in a region of villas and commercial potteries. The name is of the old British language, and essentially means "fort bridge".<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/ps ...wton.pdf Water Newton Huntingdonshire Draft Report.] Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved July 24, 2008.</ref>
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• Bedfont
  ...-river/ |title=8,500-4,000 BC Deep Forest and a River |publisher=Framework Archaeology |date=23 August 2006 |accessdate=16 Dec 2011}}</ref> ...est Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington. |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22238 |editor=Susan Reynolds |year=1962 |p
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• Otterburn Hall
  ...book|last=Bartholomew|first=John George|title=The survey gazetteer of the British Isles, topographical, statistical, and commercial: compiled from the 1901 c ...h Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland asked the hall's owner, Henry Ellison, for permission to erect a monument on the field to honour his ancestor who died
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• Thamesmead
  ...nned to have 60,000-100,000 residents, it is now estimated to be on target for a final population of around 50,000.<ref name = hidden/> ...canal>[http://www.glias.org.uk/news/142news.html Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society, notes from Bob Carr October 1992], accessed 27 May 2008</ref> A di
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• Welton, Yorkshire
  | title = Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics: Area: Welton CP (Parish) | publisher = Office for National Statistics
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• Nedd Fechan
  ...est Fawr]] section of the [[Brecon Beacons National Park]] and flows south for seven miles to join with the [[River Mellte]] at [[Pontneddfechan]], their ...er sandstone beds into contact with the more readily eroded mudstones.<ref>British Geological Survey 1:50,000 map sheet 231 'Merthyr Tydfil' & accompanying me
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• Druridge Bay
  ...f [[Druridge]], in the centre of the bay) is owned by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]. Areas withi ...cond World War, defences were constructed around Druridge Bay as a part of British anti-invasion preparations. The defences included scaffolding barriers and
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• Holy Jesus Hospital
  ...and a working office. The building is in the care of the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]. ...ustinian friary on the site from the thirteenth century, then an almshouse for housing retired freemen. Later a soup kitchen was built next to Almshouse
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• Reculver
  ...ection resumed in the Second World War, when the sea off Reculver was used for testing Barnes Wallis's bouncing bombs. ...scarce plants and insects are found there, the location is also important for migrating birds and is of significant geological interest.
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• Damerham
  ...is Glastoniensibus'', was a native of Damerham.<ref name="vch">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56887&strquery=damerham Victoria County Hi ...situated on a crest in an area of Celtic fields, is thought to be a Romano-British cattle enclosure.<ref name="hantstreas76">[http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshir
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• Otterburn Tower
  ..., a Jacobite rebel who was tried five times and finally executed at Tyburn for high treason on 13 July 1716. His initials are still carved over one of th ...uRvAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=6 July 2011|year=2004|publisher=Council for British Archaeology|isbn=978-1-902771-38-0}}</ref> a magistrate, landholder, and farmer of 1,27
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• Fort Cumberland
  ...nd training centre. Beginning in 1938, Fort Cumberland also provided space for the Inter-Service Training and Development Centre.<ref>Maund, 1949, p. 8</r ...ry were relocated to the fort, leading to the creation of a new Centre for Archaeology. Currently access is limited to pre-booked guided tours.
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• Medieval Merchant's House
  ...t was built in stone, but it featured a timber front, a fashionable design for the period.<ref>Coppack, p.4, 18.</ref> At least 60 other houses similar to ...by Thomas Fryke and John Barflet, the latter a descendent of John Fortin, for whom the house was originally built.<ref name=CoppackP20/>
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• Reculver Towers
  ...nland from the [[Isle of Thanet]]. In 669, the site of the fort was given for this purpose by King Ecgberht of Kent to a priest named Bassa, beginning a ...g into the nave. This expansion coincided with a long period of prosperity for the settlement of Reculver, but its decline led to the church's decay and,
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• Cow Tower, Norwich
  ...ison when required and was well furnished, probably using different floors for dining and sleeping. ...1st century, Cow Tower is managed by [[English Heritage]] and Norwich City Council; the tower is now only a shell, however, as the floors and the roof of the
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• Wade's Causeway
  ...rough Rigg}}</ref> This would extend the structure to the north and south for up to 25 miles. The structure has been the subject of folklore in the surrounding area for several hundred years and possibly more than a millennium. Its construction
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• Derwent Valley Mills
  ...system was born here in the 18th century to accommodate the new technology for spinning cotton developed by Richard Arkwright. With advancements in techno ...part of the site. A transport infrastructure was built to open new markets for the mills' produce.
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• Steep
  ...t_size=&placename=Steep&info2search4=archi_town_search&keywords=|publisher=Archaeology UK|accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref> A Roman earthworks ridge was also fo ...In Steep, hops were grown for use in local breweries, watercress produced for commercial use, and a condensed milk factory was in operation in Steep Mars
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• Church Crookham
  ...ost important of a number of fortified stop lines constructed as a part of British anti-invasion preparations of Second World War – and was at one of the mo ...f|page=3|title=ASU Building, QE Barracks, Church Crookham|publisher=Oxford Archaeology|access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref> It has since been replaced by housing (Cro
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• Chichester Castle
  ...940 |title=Castle |publisher=Chichester.gov.uk |author=Chichester District Council |accessdate=21 May 2009}}</ref> ...r and [[Oxford Castle]] were some of the earliest urban castles to be used for this purpose, but gradually most urban castles were also used in this way.<
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• St Paul's Cathedral
  ...dome, framed by the spires of Wren's City churches, dominated the skyline for 300 years.{{sfn|Betjeman|1970}} At 365 feet high, it was the tallest buildi ...encer, the launch of the Festival of Britain and the thanksgiving services for the Golden Jubilee, the 80th Birthday and the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Eliz
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• Winchester Cathedral
  ...north side of the quire beside the pulpit, facing west, where it remained for a century before returning to its present central position, now facing east ...e Cathedral |publisher=BBC |date=2008-09-22 |accessdate=2012-05-27}}</ref> For this he was awarded the MVO.<ref>Frederick Bussby 2005 'William Walker: Th
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• Thistleton
  ...tland Civil Parish Populations |accessdate=21 March 2009|publisher=Rutland Council |year= 2001}}</ref> ...n road and the skeleton of a child buried well away from the cemetery. The archaeology is ongoing as the mining continues.<ref>http://www.rutlandhistory.org/thist
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• Swansea Canal
  ...ted by the Swansea Canal Navigation Company between 1794 and 1798, running for 16½ miles from [[Swansea]] to [[Abercraf]]. It was steeply graded, and 36 .... The Swansea Canal Society, formed in 1981, is actively involved in plans for its restoration.
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• St Lythans
  ...rchased by Thomas Pryce. [[Worlton Manor]] was also prominent in this area for some time. .../> In 1939, the Dyffryn Estate was leased to the Glamorgan County Council for 999&nbsp;years.<ref name="Dyffryn">{{cite web|title=History of the Dyffryn
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• Stencoose
  The Haweis family owned a forty or fifty acre estate in the village for many years.<ref name=hitch>Hitchins, Fortescue and Drew, Samuel: ''[http:// ...AMAAJ |accessdate=8 October 2011 |year=1996 |publisher=Council for British Archaeology |page=465}}</ref>
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• King's Sutton
  ...itle=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=5 July 2016|publisher= Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> |website= [http://www.kingssutton.org/ King’s Sutton Parish Council]
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• Doom Bar
  ...ource of agricultural lime. The sand of the Camel Estuary has been sought for hundreds of years: an estimated 10 million tons of sand or more has been r ...nel moved away from the cliffs. Continued dredging has made it much safer for boats, but deaths have occurred on the bar as recently as 1997.
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• Milton Regis
  ...1|title=Ward population 2011|accessdate=21 September 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics| work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> The 1972 dig at Castle Rough also revealed sherds of Romano-British pottery in the disturbed layers.<ref name=kar031>KAR031</ref> The Romans n
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• Coldingham Priory
  ...he world by a deep trench and a high palisade. This religious house lasted for about 40 years and was a double monastery of both monks and nuns governed b The Priory became the caput for the Barony of Coldingham, the Prior being the feudal lord. On 2 January 139
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• Hindon, Wiltshire
  ...y.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcensus.php?item=Hindon|publisher=Wiltshire Council|accessdate=13 February 2015}}</ref> Hindon seems to be an example of a planned settlement, unlike most British villages which have evolved piecemeal over the millennia. If previous sett
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• Ilchester
  |census year=2011<ref name="popn">{{cite web|title=Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes&nbsp;— SUMMARY Profiles|url=http://www.somerset ...shcouncil.gov.uk/Core/IlchesterPC/Pages/Town_Trust_3.aspx Ilchester Parish Council] - Ilchester Town Trust</ref>
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• University of Edinburgh
  ...by King James VI of Scotland on 14 April 1582 after the petitioning of the Council.<ref name=charters/><ref>{{cite book|last=Grant|first=Alexander|title=The S ...y tunnel that the body of William Burke was taken after he had been hanged for murdering those whom he sold to the Dr Knox of the university.
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• Owslebury
  |website=[http://communities.hants.gov.uk/owslebury-index Owslebury Parish Council] ...01 |accessdate=2008-03-10 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref>
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• University of Durham
  ...d [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. It is the eighth-oldest in the [[British Isles]]. ...earch and provide lectures to students, while the colleges are responsible for the domestic arrangements and welfare of undergraduate students, graduate s
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• Abbotsbury
  ...ury (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|date=|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|accessdate=1 June 2 Abbotsbury is known for its [[Abbotsbury Swannery|swannery]], [[Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens|subt
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• Mellor hill fort
  ...llor hill fort''' is a prehistoric site in [[Derbyshire]], dating from the British Iron Age—about 800 BC to AD 100. Situated on a hill in [[Mellor, Derbyshi ...ed archaeologist Colin Haselgrove to describe the region as a "black hole" for the Iron Age.<ref>Hodgson & Brennand (2006), p.&nbsp;51.</ref>
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• Denton, Lancashire
  | title = See Ward Profiles for Denton North East, Denton West (Dane Bank) and Denton South | publisher = British History Online
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• Reddish
  ...eddishe (16th century).<ref name=vichist>Farrer and Brownbill, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=41435 pp.&nbsp;326–9].</ref><ref name=boo ...s interpretation as "popular fancy".<ref>Farrer and Brownbill, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=41420#n1 pp&nbsp;275–279, footnote 1.] "O
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• Chadderton
  ...on landowner.<ref>{{citation | author=University of Nottingham's Institute for Name-Studies| authorlink=University of Nottingham| title=Chadderton| publis ...rt, Rector of Prestwich, gave land to Richard, son of Gilbert, in exchange for an annual fee of one silver penny.<ref name=look3/> Following the Norman co
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• Shirehampton
  ...estate with the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]] forming a mild barrier for access to Somerset the community is still a convenient location from which ...looks across the Avon towards the rural [[Failand Hills]] of [[Somerset]]. For many centuries the only direct connection with [[Somerset]] was via a small
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• Middleton Cheney
  ...11 Census: Key Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=9 February 2015}}</ref> ==Archaeology and history==
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• Nether Heyford
  ...book | author=SNC| authorlink= | coauthors= | title=South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2009-2010| year=2009 | publisher= | location=Towcester | isbn= | * Alan Carr - Comedian and Entertainer. Played for Nether Heyford FC as a child
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• Radcliffe, Lancashire
  ...nder the area of mines opened in the Industrial Revolution, providing fuel for the cotton spinning and papermaking industries. By the mid-19th century, Ra ...lanningProjects/PastProjects/BAP.htm | publisher=Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | accessdate=9 February 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/2009010
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• Barby
  ...byandonleyparishcouncil.co.uk/BarbyOnley/Default.aspx Barby & Onley Parish Council] ...11 Census: Key Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref> Barby is located righ
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• Urmston
  ...y. The railway acted as a catalyst, transforming the town into a residence for the middle classes. Today, Urmston is a substantial town in a wider conurba ...Richard de Urmston, who was recorded in 1193–94 as giving 40 shillings "for having the king's good will".<ref>{{brithist|52999|Townships: Urmston}}</re
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• Great Chesterford
  ....uttlesford.gov.uk/ulhr/village+histories/great+chesterford.htm Uttlesford Council website]</ref> Rumour has it that silver bells which hung in the church tow ...ffron Walden]] and [[Cambridge]] museums. In the 1st century AD, a Romano-British civil settlement was established near the river, occupying an important sit
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• Alvescot
  ...site=[http://www.wospweb.com/site/ALVESCOT-PARISH-COUNCIL/ Alvescot Parish Council] ==Archaeology==
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• Thor's Cave
  The origin of the name is uncertain, possibly from the word "tor", for a craggy hill or rocky outcrop. Links with the Norse god Thor have been sug ...(Cave archaeology and palaeontology research archive) |publisher=Dept. of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org
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• Benson
  |website= [http://www.parish-council.com/Benson/ Benson Parish Council] ...11 Census: Key Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref> The village is abo
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• Hengistbury Head
  ...hsg>{{cite web|title=Archaeology|url=http://www.hengistburyhead.org/nature/archaeology.html|publisher=Hengistbury Head Supporters Group|accessdate=22 March 2013}} ...erves/HengistburyHeadLocalNatureReserve.aspx|publisher=Bournemouth Borough Council|accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref> The name "Hengistbury Head" refers to the
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• Ham, Surrey
  ...tle=Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density |publisher=Office for National Statistics| accessdate=22 December 2013}}</ref> ...t#Thames%20Young%20Mariners |title=Thames Young Mariners |publisher=Surrey Council |accessdate=25 December 2010}}</ref> The area along the riverside is preser
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• Nuneham Courtenay
  ...11 Census: Key Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref> ...he kiln were discovered in 1991 during excavations to lay a new water main for Thames Water. {{sfn|Booth|Boyle|Keevil|1993|p=87}}
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• Ulster Museum
  ...treasures from the Spanish Armada, local history, numismatics, industrial archaeology, botany, zoology and geology. ...Ulster. The extension was praised by David Evans in rather worrying terms, for the "almost barbaric power of its great cubic projections and cantilevers b
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• Woodcote
  ...eadcounts |author= |date= |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=21 March 2010}}</ref> ...Reading Museum (Ref 401-78).<ref>The Newsletter of the Council for British Archaeology, South Midlands Group (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxf
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• Great Urswick
  ...m Old English ''ur'' + ''sǣ'' .<ref>Mills, A.D. (2003), ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Oxford University Press, p477)</ref> However, an alternative ...ious site, incorporating a post-Roman, pre-Norman church forming the focus for a significant large early Christian monastic estate.
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• St Mary's Abbey, York
  ...apter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/vol3/pp283-296 |work=British History Online |access-date=2 November 2016}}</ref><ref name=cofy /> The fo ...rl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/city-of-york/pp357-365 |work=British History Online |access-date=2 November 2016}}</ref> The original boundary i
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• Nenagh
  ...The Silvermines have been intermittently mined for silver and base metals for over seven hundred years. Traces of 19th century mine workings remain.<ref ...st religious houses in Ireland.<ref name="Murphy2" /> The Abbey was in use for six hundred years; Fr. Patrick Harty, who died in 1817, was its last inhabi
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