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  • The '''County of Antrim''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on [[Northern Ireland|Ulster's]] north-eastern c ...also famed for natural treasures; the [[Glens of Antrim]] in the northeast of the county offer isolated rugged landscapes, while the [[Giant's Causeway]]
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  • ...Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the [[River Tweed]]. It is part of the "[[Middle Shires]]". ...rmuir reaches 1,746 feet in Berwickshire, at Meikel Says Law on the border of East Lothian.
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  • ...on the west coast of Wales, bounded on the west by [[Cardigan Bay]], part of the [[Irish Sea]], but away from the county's narrow coastal plain Cardigan ==The lie of the land==
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  • ...rd into the [[Pennines]]. The southern part of the county is in the plain of the [[River Trent]] and its northern and western parts in the [[Peak Distri ...ial region and encompasses suburbs and outgrowth of the [[Yorkshire]] city of [[Sheffield]].
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  • ...mfries''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the north shore of the [[Solway Firth]]. Its [[county town]] is [[Dumfries]]. ...[Selkirkshire]] to the north; and [[Roxburghshire]] to the east. The coast of the [[Solway Firth]] forms its southern edge.
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  • ...of Durham''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the north of England. It is the only English county whose common name is prefixed with "County", ...to the north by the River Tyne and the Derwent and from the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]] by the River Tees from its source to its mouth.
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  • ...[[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the south coast of the [[Firth of Forth]] and the [[North Sea]]. ...erwickshire]]. The shire has a detached part in Midlothian in the vicinity of [[Fala]].
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  • ...n the west, the [[Cotswold Hills]] in he east and the flat, fertile valley of the lower [[River Severn]] which lies between them. ...ower reaches of the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]] through the middle of [[Bristol]], and its old course, the Floating Harbour.
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  • ...al county and one of the most sparsely populated with a population density of 212 a square mile; indeed it is said that outside [[Hereford]] and [[Leomin ...ins and the Midland plains and is itself a rich mixture of both. The land of Herefordshire is predominantly agricultural and the county is well known fo
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  • |flag=County Flag of Hertfordshire.svg ...s an inland [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]], considered to be one of the [[Home Counties]]. Five counties surround it: [[Middlesex]] to the sou
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  • [[File:Cinque Ports map.svg|right|thumb|300px|Location of the Cinque Ports and their limbs]] ...ses, but is now entirely ceremonial. The ports all lie at the eastern end of the [[English Channel]], where the crossing to the continent is narrowest.
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  • |picture=Craig of Garvock - geograph.org.uk - 197897.jpg |picture caption=Craig of Garvock in the Howe O' the Mearns
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  • ...[[Solway Firth]]. With neighbouring [[Wigtownshire]] it forms the region of [[Galloway]]. ...its coast at the south. To Kirkcudbrightshire belong the wee islands too of [[Hestan Island|Hestan]] and [[Little Ross]].
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  • ...nating presence is [[Edinburgh]], from which it takes its alternative name of Edinburghshire. The county lies along the southern shore of the Firth of Forth between, as the name suggests, East Lothian and West Lothian. Midloth
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  • ...orthampton]] and [[Peterborough]]. In all, Northamptonshire has a mixture of the urban and the rural. ...ipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/ Northamptonshire Genealogy: Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]. Retrieved 15 August 2009.</ref>
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  • |flag=Flag of Northumberland.svg ...er Tyne|Tyne]], with [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and its lands stretching north of the Tweed.
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  • ...he land, its outlet to the sea is the [[River Tay|Firth of Tay]], and most of the towns lie near that river. The shire however extends far into the mount ...xtends from [[Strathmore, Perthshire|Strathmore]] in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, [[Rannoch Moor]] and [[Ben Lui]] in the west, and
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  • ...Rutland''' is a small landlocked [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] of the Midlands, bounded on the west and north by [[Leicestershire]], northeas ...|first=C Wilfrid |authorlink=Wilfrid Scott-Giles |title=Civic Heraldry of England and Wales, 2nd edition |year=1953 |publisher=J M Dent & Sons |location=Lond
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  • ...to the south. It takes its name from its [[county town]], the royal burgh of [[Selkirk]]. ...alleys. The chief landowner (once holding third of the shire) is the Duke of Buccleuch.
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  • ...e United Kingdom|shire]] in the south-east of [[Great Britain]]. It is one of the "Home Counties". ...green areas but otherwise it is a vast, continuous urban sprawl, a mixture of poor neighbourhoods and wealthy.
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  • ...ire]]. This was the first of a series of castles built during King Edward I's campaign to conquer [[Wales]]. The site was chosen for its strategic position in the northeast of Wales. The castle was only one day's march from [[Chester]], supplies could
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  • ...nd with it facing the wild [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It is part of the Province of [[Connaught]]. ...ntral Statistics Office | accessdate=26 April 2013}}</ref> The boundaries of the county, which was formed in 1585, reflect the Mac William Íochtar lord
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  • |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...town in [[Berkshire]], of which it is the [[county town]]. Abingdon is one of several places that claim to be Britain's oldest continuously-occupied town
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  • ...Water]], one of the largest man-made lakes in Europe. It is in the [[Vale of Catmose]] and the town itself is built on an incline, and varies from 325ft ...e-I listed building).<ref>{{cite web | title=Market Cross | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=186496 | ac
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  • |LG district=City of Aberdeen ...rdeenshire]] and Scotland's third most populous city. It is a major centre of the North Sea oil industry.
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  • ...with buildings around a courtyard whose exterior wall was the curtain wall of the inner bailey. ...he historic fort of [[Old Oswestry]].<ref name=gallery>[http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castlexq.htm Castle Photo Gallery: Whittington Castle] - Castle
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  • ...[Menai Strait]], the tidal waterway separating [[Anglesey]] from the coast of mainland [[Great Britain]]. ...ed Wales, commissioned the building of Beaumaris Castle as part of a chain of fortifications around the North Wales coast (others include [[Conwy]], [[Ca
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  • ...he United Kingdom, with a city population of 153,302. The urban population of 306,844 ranks 23rd in the UK. ...rom the inner-city, mostly near the main roads, giving the suburban sprawl of the city an irregular shape. The urban area is continuing to expand rapidly
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  • ...[[Aberdeen]]. The ancient parish together with that of the nearby village of [[St Vigeans]] form a combined civil parish. ...A new harbour was built in 1839 and by the 1900s, Arbroath had become one of the larger fishing ports in Scotland.
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  • ...ost part of [[Cambridgeshire]], taking its name from the city or bishopric of [[Ely]]. ...its flatness; vast horizons look out over rich agricultural land, a legacy of the fens, now drained by the many drainage systems cut across the landscape
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  • | LG district=City of Westminster | constituency=Cities of London and Westminster
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  • | picture = Montage of Manchester 2012.jpg ...urrounding suburbs and contiguous towns, Manchester has highest population of any urban area in the United Kingdom after [[London]].
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  • ...is a suburban town in eastern [[Berkshire]]. It is best known as the site of [[Windsor Castle]]. ...n]] in [[Buckinghamshire]]. Windsor and the surrounding areas contain some of the most expensive and desirable housing in the United Kingdom.
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  • ...British Army regiment, and is also noted as the location where Edward I of England invaded Scotland in 1296. ...were conducted, and [[The Hirsel]], which is the family seat of the Earls of Home.
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  • ...rwickshire]], 27 miles south-east of [[Edinburgh]]. It stands on the edge of the [[Lammermuir Hills]], on the Southern Upland Way. ...ereditary baillies.<ref>Mackie, J.D., CBE., MC., LL.D., editor, ''Calendar of the State Papers relating to Scotland 1547-1603'', Edinburgh, 1969, vol. XI
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  • ...west through the town. The heart of the town stands all on the north side of the river, the newer residential areas up the hills to its south. ...dford Square, was formerly the local residence of the Dukes of Bedford and of their local agent. Tavistock’s most famous son is Sir Francis Drake,<ref>
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  • ...nshire]] is a historic royal borough on the [[Menai Strait]], at the mouth of the River Seiont. ...at stone castle built by King Edward I of England stands on the shore, one of the most complete mediæval castles in Britain. Castle Square is the town'
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  • '''Henley-on-Thames''' is a prosperous town on the north bank of the [[River Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]]. It lies some 10 miles downstream ...n market days. The town has attracted a wealthier class of individual and of visitors, reflected in the boutiques along the high street.
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  • ...la]] in [[Caernarfonshire]]. It is a mainly Welsh-speaking town, some 81% of the population speaking Welsh. The town's name means ''saltwater basin''. ...0708319536}}</ref> and a market is still held each Wednesday in the centre of the town on the 'Maes' (=''field'' in English).
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  • ...hich the county takes its name. Buckingham was considered the county town of Buckinghamshire having been declared so in the year 888 by Alfred the Great ...and Saturday, and an additional farmers' market held on the first Tuesday of each month. The market place has several 18th century buildings giving cha
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  • ...the meeting of the [[River Wye]] and the River Irfon, in the upper reaches of the [[Wye Valley]]. ...axons to Britain, owned land in nearby Builth Road on the Radnorshire side of the river Wye; the site previously having been known as Cwrt Llechrhyd.
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  • ...re]]. It often described as "the town of books" because of the vast number of second-hand bookshops found there. ...ich lies on the other side of the Dulas Brook in Herefordshire, forms part of the town area.
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  • ...[[Cheddar]], 7 miles west of the city of [[Wells]] and 7 miles north-west of [[Glastonbury]]. ...s most famous for the Treaty of Wedmore of 878 which settled a division of England between Wessex and the invading Danes.
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  • | picture caption=Kirkcaldy from the Firth of Forth ...cities of [[Dundee]] and [[Edinburgh]]. It also forms a parish by the name of Kirkcaldy and Dysart.
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  • '''Stonehaven''' is a town on the coast of [[Kincardineshire]], of which it is the county town. ...t the south by Downie Point. The town lies on the boundary of the parishes of [[Fetteresso]] to the north and [[Dunnottar]] to the south, here marked by
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  • ...by that time had a castle on top of the present day Lady Hill to the west of the city. ...tre is on the south bank of the Lossie. The town now straddles both sides of the River with its suburbs, Bishopmill to the north and New Elgin to the so
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  • ...[Jedburgh Abbey]]. Other notable buildings in the town include Mary, Queen of Scots' House and Jedburgh Castle Gaol, now a museum. ...lant's Rideout. Bands of pipes and drums add local colour, and delicacies of the town include ''Jethart Snails'' and ''Jethart Pears''. Another annual e
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  • ...Royal Burghs in Scotland. It stands on the [[Ettrick Water]], a tributary of the [[River Tweed]]. ...me to Scotland's oldest horse racing track, the Gala Rig, on the outskirts of the town.
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  • ...a small market town in [[Oxfordshire]], eight miles northwest of the City of [[Oxford]]. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population at 3,100. ...rthplace in 1874 of Winston Churchill (who is buried in the nearby village of [[Bladon]]).
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  • ...lies approximately 16 miles north of [[Wolverhampton]] and 18 miles south of [[Stoke-on-Trent]]. Stafford is part of the ancient Pyrehill hundred.
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  • ...unwich''' (pronounced {{IPA|ˈdʌnɨtʃ}}) is a small village on the coast of [[Suffolk]] which was once a major town and seaport. ...s of the River Blyth and the River Dunwich. However, the harbour and most of the town has since been lost to coastal erosion.
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  • ...road from [[London]] to [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. It is reputed to have one of the widest high-streets in Britain: second only to [[Stockton-on-Tees]]. ...the rebuilding the High Street became what is claimed to be the widest in England after Stockton's. This allows ample space for a local market which is held
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  • |picture=England mai 2007 040.jpg ...suburbs to the north; North Wembley and Wembley Park, the latter the home of Wembley Stadium and the Arena.
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  • ...[[Devon]] situated six miles north of [[Tavistock]] on the western fringe of [[Dartmoor]]. ...ch courses through a deep, narrow gorge. The gorge is crossed by a bridge of single span; and at a little distance a tributary stream forms a cascade in
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  • ...semination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=793775&c=Newton+Abbot&d=16&e=15&g=437376&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779|title=Parish Headcounts|publisher=T ...7 November in honour of Saint Leonard, but now celebrated at the beginning of September.<ref>[http://www.newtonabbot24.co.uk/cheese-onion-fayre-i715.html
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  • |ownership=The Honourable Society<br />of the Inner Temple ...elf governed by the Parliament of the inn and an executive council made up of the elected Benchers.
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  • ...le of the place (eye-zul) has no relation to any 'isle' and is an instance of a counterintuitive place name. However in this instance it can be argued th ...ff Thomas Brigge or Berigge, clerk, on a plea of debt, with Richard Beaupe of Thistelworth, Middx</ref>
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  • ...oristic poet Alexander Pope. Among these is the Neo-Gothic prototype home of Horace Walpole which has given its name to a whole district, Strawberry Hil ...signed with 12 crosses. The signatories included Swaefred of Essex, Cenred of Mercia and Earl Paeogthath.
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  • ...s, as well as various animal bones and traces of charcoal from the remains of campfires.<ref name="Cotton p.8"/> ...l centre, and is the location of Brunel University and the Uxbridge campus of Buckinghamshire New University.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bucks.ac.uk/abou
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  • ...It lies north-west of its larger near-neighbour [[Birmingham]] at the edge of the large conurbation formed by the two cities, the [[Black Country]] towns ...try coalfields and it is now often counted in with the Black Country towns of Staffordshire.
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  • |picture caption=City of Lichfield ...ffordshire]]. It lies in the midst of rural Staffordshire, 16 miles north of [[Birmingham]].
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  • ...istics, 10 July 2009]</ref> but there is no reliable measure of the number of those students whose family residence is outside Aberystwyth. ...The town takes its name from the Ystwyth, though since the reconstruction of the harbour, the Ystwyth only skirts the town and leaves the Rheidol alone
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  • ...Wales, Trinity Saint David, formerly the Lampeter campus of the University of Wales, and in a normal year it adds a further 1,000 people to the town's po ...e the foundations for C R Cockerell's college building and still form part of the university campus.
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  • ...ndred of Manhood''' in the [[Rape of Chichester]] is the southernmost part of [[Sussex]] forming a peninsula into the English channel. It is bordered by ...map of 1587, ''Manhode'' on a map of 1663 and ''Manhope'' on Mordens map of 1695.<ref name="allen11">Heron-Allen. Selsey. p.11.</ref>
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  • ...pretty market town in southern [[Warwickshire]], world-famous as the home of the playwright and poet [[William Shakespeare]]. ...Shakespeare Company resides in Stratford's Royal Shakespeare Theatre, one of Britain's most important cultural venues.
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  • ...mination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122645&c=Deddington&d=16&e=62&g=6458544&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1441259521578&enc=1 |title=Area: Deddington ( ....{{sfn|Crossley|1983|pp=81–120}} One of the Hundred Rolls of King Edward I from 1275–76 records Deddington as a borough.{{sfn|Colvin|1963|p=}} It ha
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  • ...market town in [[Cheshire]] with a population of some 50,688 souls. A man of Macclesfield is sometimes referred to as a "Maxonian". ...ht be from one of the old treacle mine" stories which abound in many parts of the land.
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  • |constituency= City of Chester ...Peninsula. Chester is home to some 77,040 and is one of the largest towns of the county. Chester received letters patent creating it a city in 1541.
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  • ...[[Dumfriesshire]]. It is the largest town in Cumberland, with a population of 71,773 and forms the chief commercial centre for many miles around. ...ntres. Carlisle Cathedral is the seat of the [[Diocese of Carlisle|Bishop of Carlisle]].
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  • |LG district=City of Carlisle ...r Gelt. The town lies some 9 miles east of [[Carlisle]] and 2 miles south of [[Hadrian's Wall]]. It is a popular base for exploring the country round H
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  • ...An industrial town, Workington and its district have long been a producer of coal, steel and high grade iron ore. ==The name of the town==
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  • ...e [[county town]]. The town stands on the [[River Nene]] and is a mixture of old and new; the town is an ancient borough and the town centre has many hi [[File:Holy Sepulchre, Northampton.jpg|thumb|upright|Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]
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  • ...f [[Stow-on-the-Wold]] (the latter in Gloucestershire) and five miles west of [[Chipping Norton]] (in Oxfordshire). The village of Daylesford lies nearby to the west, [[Adlestrop]] to the north, [[Cornwell,
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  • ...07 |publisher=BBC Online}}</ref> Ruthin also has villages on the outskirts of the town such as [[Pwllglas]] and [[Rhewl]]. ...</ref> and from which the castle was built in 1277-1284. The original name of Rhuthin was 'Castell Coch yng Ngwern-fôr' (red castle in sea-swamps).
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  • ...[[Furness]] area. It lies close to the [[Lake District]], and just north of [[Morecambe Bay]]. .... At its head is the war memorial to local soldiers who died in World War I.
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  • ...It is found in the [[Black Country]], northwest of [[Birmingham]] and east of [[Wolverhampton]], and within the conurbation which joins these and the Bla ...rs".) In the nineteenth century, Walsall became known for the manufacture of horse-brasses.
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  • ...rwickshire|River Avon]], 11 miles south of [[Coventry]] and 2½ miles west of [[Leamington Spa]], with which town it has grown together. The centre of Warwick stands on a hill which drops sharply down to the river. The Castle
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  • ...]]. It stands at the western end of the [[South Downs]], along the course of the [[River Itchen]]. ...of Wessex and of the Kingdom of England. It developed from the Roman town of ''Venta Belgarum''.
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  • ...arried out at the orders of King William I. It is also known as "The Book of Winchester". ...rfolk]] and [[Suffolk]], while Great Domesday covers the rest of England. England's two major cities, [[Winchester]] and [[London]] are omitted. Little Dome
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  • ...is completely contiguous with the towns around it. Immediately to the west of Bermondsey lies [[Southwark]] and to the east is [[Rotherhithe]]. To the s ...'s kingdom and the origins of Surrey', in Bassett, S. (ed.), ''The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms'', Leicester University Press, 1989.</ref>
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  • ...[Milford, Surrey|Milford]] and [[Petworth]]. Chiddingfold Forest is a Site of Special Scientific Interest nearby. The name of Chiddingfold (found earlier as "Chadynge's fold" and "Chiddingefoulde") is
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  • ...n in [[Pembrokeshire]], the county's most populous town, with a population of 13,367 in 2001. ...The Welsh language name is said by BG Charles to be "merely a corruption of the English name", and as such has no meaning in Welsh. Another notion is t
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  • ...in 2012 to become a city, in celebration of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee of that year. ...ly train journey to Liverpool Street Station in London to work in the City of London financial sector, though Chelmsford is in itself a modern, well plac
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  • ...ntryside and woodland; some penetrating to within only a few hundred yards of the town centre. ...maps. The suggestion was that men settled here in the part of the Forest of Essex (later [[Epping Forest]]) that would have covered the area, where the
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  • ...llage, lying in a valley between the neighbouring and contiguous districts of [[Camberwell]], [[Crystal Palace]], [[Denmark Hill]], [[Forest Hill, Surrey The name of Dulwich has been spelt in various ways in history; ''Dilwihs'', ''Dylways''
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  • ...ter claims to be the oldest town in Britain. It was for a time the capital of Roman Britain and also claims to have the United Kingdom's oldest recorded ...n'', to the Romans as ''Camulodunum'' or ''Colonia Victricensis'' ("Colony of the victors") and to the early English as ''Colneceaster''.
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  • ...miles north of [[Telford]] though a separate town, and some 12 miles west of [[Stafford]]. The 2001 census recorded 10,814 people living in the town's p ...art-of-england-in-bloom-success/ Shropshire villages are proud of Heart of England in Bloom success « Shropshire Star]</ref>
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  • ...on the west the [[Quantock Hills]]. The town The town stands on the banks of the [[River Parrett]], 10 miles above its mouth at [[Highbridge]], which ri ...ton]] by the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal. It stands between two junctions of the M5 motorway. Bridgwater railway station is on the main railway line be
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  • ...x]] deep within the metropolitan conurbation, a little north of the [[City of London]]. Shoreditch is entirely contiguous with its surrounding towns. ...a monument to civic pride and permanence built by the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch created in 1899 and gone by 1965. The Hall has been restored an
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  • ...n streading across much of south-eastern Northumberland and the north-east of [[County Durham]]. ...o the castle built in 1080, by Robert II, Duke of Normandy, the eldest son of William the Conqueror. The city grew as an important centre for the wool tr
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  • ...cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the Welsh Assembly. ...etropolitan area has a population of nearly 1.1 million, more than a third of the total Welsh population. Cardiff is a significant tourism centre and the
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  • |picture=Satellite image of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in April 2002.jpg ...ains 83 of the UK's 92 [[Counties of the United Kingdom|counties]] &mdash; of the remaining nine, three are formed from the surrounding archipelagoes, na
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  • [[File:Lands end map1946.png|thumb|A 1946 map of Land's End]] ...the westernmost point of southern [[Great Britain]] and famed as the start of the great journey from [[Land's End to John o' Groats]].
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  • ...h-western [[Hertfordshire]], built beside and within a great, green common of meadow and woodland. ...bone and on the [[London Underground#Metropolitan Line|Metropolitan Line]] of the London Underground network.
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  • ...lfth century parish church of All Saints houses the tomb of the first Duke of York. ...and 2 miles north of [[Watford]], as yet escaping the unwanted attentions of each.
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  • |picture caption=Skyline of Gloucester from Painswick Beacon ...oucestershire]] of which it is the [[county town]]. It stands on the banks of the [[River Severn]], some 32 mles above [[Bristol]].
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  • |picture=Bristol city centre from bottom of park street arp.jpg ...ghth most populous city and by far the most populous city in south-western England.
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  • ...the rivers and is dominated by its main church, Tewkesbury Abbey, a relic of the town's past as a monastic centre. ...healings_chaceley/ThumbnailFrame.htm End of an Era - Healings Mill (photos of barges leaving Tewkesbury)]</ref>
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  • '''Christchurch''' is a town in [[Hampshire]] on the south coast of [[Great Britain]]. The town adjoins [[Bournemouth]] in the west and the [[N ...ally named Twynham but became known as Christchurch following the building of the priory in 1094.
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  • '''Portsmouth''' in [[Hampshire]] is the home of the Royal Navy, for which it is the greatest and most famous port. Portsmo The city stands on its own island, [[Portsea Island]], on the south coast of [[Great Britain]], facing the [[English Channel]] with a capacious, shelter
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  • ...bout 16 miles east of the border with [[Monmouthshire]]. With a population of 55,700 people, it is the largest town in the county. ...sence in the city. The current cathedral was built from 1079, in the time of William the Conqueror. The first cathedral was founded in the eighth centu
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  • ...the banks of the [[River Teme]]. The great bulk of Knighton and the heart of the town are in Radnorshire but it has spilled across into Shropshire, in w ...youth. The name implies that the town was founded as the result of a grant of land from a thane to his retainer.
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  • |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...[[Didcot]]. It lies within, and lends its name to, the [[Wantage Hundred]] of the county.
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  • |picture=Aerial view from Paramotor of Uffington White Horse - geograph.org.uk - 305467.jpg |picture caption=The White Horse of Uffington
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  • ...f wildlife in and near the river, parts of the town are designated as Site of Special Scientific Interest. ...d a modest country river, driving the mill which was a key to the fortunes of Whitchurch in past days.
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  • ...primarily known as a seaside resort, its long beaches lapped by the waters of the [[English Channel]]. ...de resort and still is today. It had an estimated population of 97,992 as of 2009.
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  • ...castle. Houses have since grown up the hillside and since the accretional of land beneath, the town has developed housing on the flat low town. The hig ...on the railway, on the Cambrian Coast Line. It has a population of 1,952, of whom 59% speak Welsh. It falls within the [[Snowdonia]] National Park.
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  • |picture=Snowdon and its acolytes from the slopes of Moel Eilio - geograph.org.uk - 1730676.jpg ...the great massif called [[Snowdonia]], which forms the major part in turn of the Snowdonia National Park.
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  • ...] and much favoured by them so that today the town has many fine buildings of historical interest. ...shot]] in [[Hampshire]] is 4 miles northeast. Winchester, from which much of the town's ancient prosperity came, is 28 miles away to the southwest.
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  • ...lt on the banks of the [[River Wey]] and is a prosperous if far-flung part of the [[London commuter belt]]. ...alming Hundred. The estate of ''æt Godelmingum'' is mentioned in the will of King Alfred the Great, its name apparently from ''Godhelmingas'' meaning "G
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  • ...ep and the main roads still cross the Wey on two bridges in the narrow gap of the Downs. ...gation and [[Basingstoke Canal]], Guildford was in the centre of a network of communication by road and by water that aided its prosperity.
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  • This is a '''list of crossings of the [[River Severn]]''', including bridges, tunnels, ferries and fords, in ...dge is the Second Severn Crossing, opened thirty years later by the Prince of Wales.
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  • ...lf has a population of some 114,300, while the wider area has a population of 132,000. ...ovided evidence of ancient Roman activity in the area, largely in the form of a Roman road which led to a camp at [[Walton-le-Dale]]. The English establi
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  • ...rthwest of the city of [[Manchester]]. The town of Bolton has a population of 139,403,<ref name=TownsTablePop>{{cite web |url=http://www.lovemytown.co.uk ...sult Bolton was stormed by 3,000&nbsp;Royalist troops led by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in 1644. In what became known as the Bolton Massacre, 1,600&nbsp;
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  • ...the [[River Witham]]. Grantham stands on the Witham downstream of the city of [[Lincoln]] 26 miles to the north. ...s in the low lands of Lincolnshire, west of the [[Lincoln Edge]], so rises of ground are known. The old Great North Road cuts through the town but the A1
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  • ...[http://www.orieldavies.org Oriel Davies Gallery], a major public gallery of Wales, which shows national and international contemporary art and craft. ...was built within a narrow valley, restricting development north and south of the town. Newtown is surrounded by small villages often referenced as the N
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  • |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...]] in the [[Ock Hundred]] of the county. It forms a township of the parish of Appleton-with-Eaton.
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  • |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...land''' is a village in north-western [[Berkshire]], four miles north-east of [[Faringdon]]. It is an estate village,<ref name=VIV>{{cite web |title=Visi
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  • ...e days of King Henry II, and before then as the heart of the Norse Kingdom of Dublin, leaving the city with a vast historical heritage. ==Name of the city==
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  • |picture=A view of Lossiemouth - geograph.org.uk - 1377291.jpg ...area, the present day town was formed over the past 250 years and consists of four separate communities that eventually merged into one.
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  • ...he parish extends to some 20,133 acres, 899 of which lie on the right bank of the Spey in [[Banffshire]]. ...tury. Sir Norman Leslie, the castle's owner, was host to King Edward I of England when he stayed there on 29 July 1296 during his triumphal march through Sco
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  • |LG district=Vale of White Horse ..., to which it is linked by a quiet footpath, and some 2½ miles south-east of [[Faringdon]].
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  • ...1th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom. ...ers the [[Norfolk Broads]], all at sea level. Norwich is thus at the edge of those flat lands for which Norfolk is rightly famous and the rivers, tidal
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  • |picture=Aerial View of Great Yarmouth.jpg ...the [[River Yare]], 20 miles east of [[Norwich]] and 100 miles north-west of the Dutch coast. The town has a popular beach and two piers.
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  • ...ppertaining to Berwick beyond the town itself are known as the [[Liberties of Berwick]]. The town had a population of 11,665 at the time of the 2001 census.
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  • ...ibuted to the shires which were under the jurisdiction of the Lord Wardens of the marches until King James's time. ...even after the Union of the Crowns in King James's person until the union of the two kingdoms themselves on 1 May 1707.
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  • ...bourne flows and joins the [[River Kennet]] 4 miles south near the village of [[Ramsbury]]. ...ch overlooks the village green. It is a fine mediæval church and a Grade I listed building.<ref>{{NHLE|1034152}}</ref> The nave and aisles were built
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  • ...Thames]] and is directly across the river from the [[Oxfordshire]] village of [[Goring-on-Thames]]. ...y's ancient inn, The Bull has in its garden the rather unusual burial site of a monk and a nun executed in 1440 for 'misconduct'.
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  • ...' is an ancient market town in [[Northumberland]]. It stands to the south of the [[River Tyne]]. The centre of town is dominated by Hexham Abbey, whose stones incorporate an early Anglo-
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  • ...[Nottinghamshire]]. It stands on the [[River Trent]], the A1 (on the route of the old Great North Road), and the [[East Coast Main Line]] railway. It ha ...s, and had to be relieved by Prince Rupert in a battle known as the Relief of Newark.
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  • .... The Chesterfield Canal runs through the centre of the town. The village of [[Ordsall, Nottinghamshire|Ordsall]] is attached to the town, divided from ...ned by Charter Trustees. The borough's arms are rather unusual and consist of two rampant choughs.
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  • ...f a broad lower reach of the [[River Tay]], with an estimated a population of some 44,800. ...rehistoric times, on a natural mound raised slightly above the flood plain of the [[River Tay]], where the river could be crossed at low tide.
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  • '''Skye''' or the '''Isle of Skye''' is a mountainous isle in the [[Inner Hebrides]], belonging to [[Inv ...ut from a mountainous centre dominated by the [[Cuillin]] hills. The Isle of Skye is renowned for its spectacular scenery, vibrant culture and heritage,
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  • ...early link with the House of Stewart who became the Kings of Scotland and of Great Britain. ...e Prince of Wales) who holds lands in the area as part of the principality of Scotland.
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  • ...f Scotland.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Saint Andrew's Saltire, the national flag of Scotland]] ...are the [[Hebrides]] spread out from the west coast and the Northern Isles of [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]].
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  • ...of [[Jura]] and around 25 miles north of [[Rathlin Island]], off the coast of [[County Antrim|Antrim]], which can be seen on a clear day. ...leach'' (and the plural is ''Ìlich''). Gaelic is spoken by about a third of the population.
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  • ...Kilda 20090611 Hirta - Village Bay overview.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Overview of Village Bay, Hirta]] ...westernmost, outermost of the [[Outer Hebrides]], and belong to the parish of [[Harris]], [[Inverness-shire]].
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  • In a 2005 New Economics Foundation survey of 27 London high streets, Putney's was deemed the fifth most "cloned", offeri ...ttp://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf | author=Mayor of London | publisher=Greater London Authority | title=London Plan (Consolidat
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  • ...n commuter belt]]. It forms a continuous urban area with the adjacent town of [[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]]. It is within the Reigate Hundred, to which it ...]] a mile north of the town (756 feet) and [[Reigate Hill]] 2½ miles east of that Colley Hill (723 feet).
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  • |picture caption=The tower of St Mary's Church, Rotherhithe ...[[Isle of Dogs]] on the north bank ([[Middlesex]]). It is considered part of the [[London Docklands|Docklands]] area. To the west is [[Bermondsey]] and
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  • |picture=Old Shrewsbruy Market Hall -England.jpg ...hill in a bend of the [[River Severn]] in the midst of its county, a town of some 70,000 inhabitants,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com
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  • |picture caption=The tower of St James rises over the County Ground ...an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. The town has over 1,000 years of Christian and military history. It has various transport links which suppor
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  • |picture=Village of Catcott and part of church yard. From tower of St Peter's Church - geograph.org.uk - 124508.jpg ...Levels]], close to [[Edington, Somerset|Edington]] and 7 miles to the east of [[Bridgwater]].
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  • ...Bath built on the gushing hot water springs which are its origin and that of its name. ...insignia.htm |title=Civic Insignia |accessdate=10 December 2007 |work=City of Bath }}</ref>
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  • |picture=glastonbury (part of) from the tor arp.jpg ...ch stands a ruined mediæval chapel. At the foot of the Tor are the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, around which the town grew from the Early Middle Ages to
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  • |picture caption=Sights of Falkirk ...f Scotland; 23 miles north-west of [[Edinburgh]] and 20½ miles north-east of [[Glasgow]].
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  • ...] within the metropolitan conurbation but bounded by the great green space of [[Wimbledon Common]] which, along with the village's own qualities, preserv ...s suburbs, described and illustrated, for the guidance of strangers|author=Edward Kemp|page=29 |publisher=John Weale, 1851 |accessdate=2011-02-20 }}</ref>
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  • ...of shopping streets. The cathedral is the episcopal seat of the [[Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]]. ...ltural and retail centre for western Suffolk. Tourism is also a major part of the economy.
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  • [[File:Sussex Hundreds.svg|right|thumb|450px|Map of the Rapes and Hundreds of Sussex]] ...n of its divisions. Neighbouring [[Kent]] has divisions known as [[Lathes of Kent|lathes]], likewise unique to their county.
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  • ...dinburgh]] and 30 miles east of [[Glasgow]]; neighbouring it are the towns of [[Broxburn, West Lothian|Broxburn]] to the north-east and [[Bathgate]] to t ...idge, Murieston, Adambrae, Deans, Deer Park and Eliburn. The core locality of Livingston is defined by the General Register Office for Scotland (GRO) as
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  • ...[[Old Sarum]], the original site of Salisbury win a hill-fort to the north of today's city. ...val architecture remains, and yet more from later ages adding to the charm of the city.
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  • ...[[Diocese of Worcester]], one of the oldest bishoprics in the [[Church of England]] and in the Early Middle Ages, the richest. ...evern Valley, some 30 miles southwest of [[Birmingham]] and 29 miles north of [[Gloucester]].
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  • ...am lies within the [[Vale of Evesham]], an area comprising the flood plain of the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]], and which was once a major cen The town centre stands within a loop of the Avon and is regularly subject to severe flooding: those in 2007 were th
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  • [[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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  • ...re. A busy, suburban town, it is contiguous with the conurbation of towns of the [[Black Country]]. ...[[Birmingham]], other areas of the Black County or nationwide. The centre of Birmingham is approximately 30 minutes away by car and reachable with the n
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  • ...shire]]. Under its historic name of '''Aber Garth Celyn''' it was the seat of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, known as Llywelyn the Last. ...five miles east of [[Bangor, Caernarfonshire|Bangor]] and eight miles west of [[Conwy]]. The road separates the village from the sea, though beyond the
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  • |picture=A view of Aberdaron from the beach - geograph.org.uk - 1214708.jpg ...n of 1,019 in 2001. Aberdaron is sometimes referred to as the "Land's End of Wales" ({{lang|cy|Pendraw'r Byd}}).
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  • ...[Cardigan Bay]]. It is a seaside resort but it is most famous as the site of Criccieth Castle, whose ruins stand prominently on the headland. ...nd 17 miles south of the county town, [[Caernarfon]]. It had a population of 1,826 at the 2001 census.
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  • |picture caption=Tu Hwnt i'r Bont ...f the [[River Conwy]] and on the A470 road. The town's name means "Church of Grwst", which is taken from the 5th century to 6th century Saint Grwst, aft
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  • [[File:Flag of Powys.svg|right|thumb|200px|Banner of the House of Mathrafal]] [[File:Medieval_Wales.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Mediaeval kingdoms of Wales]]
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  • [[File:Flag of Wales 2.svg|right|thumb|350px|The flag of Wales]] '''Wales''' ({{lang|cy|Cymru}}) is a mountainous land on the west of [[Great Britain]], with the [[Irish Sea]] to the west and north, the [[Celt
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  • ...ion of 2,619 at the 2001 census. Welsh is the first language of almost 80% of its inhabitants. The A497 road terminates in the town centre. ==Name of the village==
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  • ...main north-east to south-west ridge of the Carneddau, about three quarters of a mile from [[Carnedd Llewelyn]]. ...te book|last=Gillham|first=John|title=The Pictorial Guide to the Mountains of Snowdonia 1: The Northern Peaks|year=2010|publisher=Frances Lincoln|isbn=97
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  • ...ge of hills in [[Worcestershire]] and [[Herefordshire]], with a small area of northern [[Gloucestershire]] ...s, parts of thirteen counties, the [[Bristol Channel]], and the cathedrals of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford.
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  • |picture=England-Saint-Michaels-Mount-1987-1.jpg .... The island is joined to the town of [[Marazion]] by a man-made causeway of granite setts, passable only at low tide.
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  • ...ing of Yorkshire|West]] Ridings of Yorkshire converge to meet at the walls of York. ...ttractions, of which [[York Minster]] is the most prominent, and a variety of cultural and sporting activities.
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  • ...ually referred to as '''Hull''', is a major port city in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]]. It stands on the [[Humber]], where the [[River Hull]] enters i Renamed ''Kings town upon Hull'' by King Edward I in 1299, the town and city of Hull has served as market town,<ref name="hedon_tc_history">{{cite web
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  • |LG district=East Riding of Yorkshire ...anding between the [[River Hull]] and the Westwood, eight miles north-west of [[Kingston upon Hull]].
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  • [[File:Flag of Gwynedd.png|right|thumb|200px|Banner of the House of Aberffraw]] ...in", and in its last days the rulers of Gwynedd attained the title "Prince of Wales".
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  • ...umber]]. It is the easternmost part of [[Yorkshire]]. It forms a wapentake of Yorkshire, its main towns including [[Withernsea]], [[Hornsea]] and [[Hedon ...rness is said to have more in common with the Netherlands than other parts of Yorkshire. To the north and west are the [[Yorkshire Wolds]].
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  • |picture caption=Sights of Sheffield ...shire]], though in its growth it has spread across the Shirebrook and some of its southern suburbs are in [[Derbyshire]].
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  • ...of the smallest cities in Britain; at the 2001 Census it had a population of 15,922. ...hides a more ancient foundation; its undercroft is from the earliest days of English Christianity. Also in the town centre is its other focus; the mark
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  • ...Territory]]. It is a tropical, footprint-shaped coral atoll located south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean. ...m/im0125.html ''National Geographic'' profile</ref> topped by a long chain of coral reefs, atolls, and islands comprising the Laccadives, Maldives, and t
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  • ...ce between Devon and [[Glamorgan]]. It is within the [[Braunton Hundred]] of Devon. ...perties and a camp site for staying visitors, mostly also around the south of the island.
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  • '''Chatham''' is a maritime town in [[Kent]]; one of the Medway Towns. It stands on Kent's north coast. Chatham is most famous for the Chatham Dockyard, which was one of the Royal Navy's greatest in its day, though the dockyard has now long been
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  • ...t of the Midlands, through [[Staffordshire]], [[Derbyshire]], the boundary of [[Leicestershire]], and through [[Nottinghamshire]] until it joins the [[Ri ...tidal bore, the "Trent Aegir". The area drained by the river includes most of the northern Midlands.
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  • ...was once a Liberty under the control first of Peterborough Abbey and later of secular jurisdiction. ({{kml}}) ...astle.homeip.net/northampton/Books/beauties/beauties.htm ''The Beauties of England and Wales''] J. Harris, London, 1818</ref>
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  • ...of [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]] and 12&nbsp;miles south west of [[Maidstone]]. ==Name of the town==
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  • |picture caption=The Pantiles, the historic and tourist centre of the town ...t the northern edge of the [[the Weald|High Weald]], the sandstone geology of which is exemplified by the rock formations at the Wellington Rocks and Hig
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  • ...is a small coastal market town on the south coast of [[Kent]], on the edge of [[Romney Marsh]]. Its name simply means "Haven" or "Landing Place". ...iling clubs. Lord Deedes was patron of Hythe Civic Society, and the hounds of The East Kent Hunt are kennelled in nearby Elham.
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  • ...dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123144&c=Elham&d=16&e=62&g=6438224&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1444039872271&enc=1|title=Parish population 2 ...2011 Census the population included the hamlet of [[Ottinge]] and village of [[Wingmore]].
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  • ...lose to but but escaping from the spread of the conurbation. It is on one of the principal commuter rail lines from the capital. ...shed. Sevenoaks became part of the modern communications network when one of the earlier turnpikes was opened in the 18th century; the railway was relat
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  • ...the Roman [[Watling Street]], The town is growing rapidly due to a number of large residential developments, and its train line links to London Victoria The town is off a creek in [[the Swale]], the channel separating the [[Isle of Sheppey]] from mainland Kent, which gives the town its name.
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  • Sandwich is one of the [[Cinque Ports]], a sign of its mediæval importance and prosperity, and from those days it retains man ...reated. The town still does well for itself and it plays host to a number of educational and cultural events.
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  • |picture caption=Sights of Rye ...f the [[Cinque Ports]] confederation, standing at the head of an embayment of the [[English Channel]] and almost entirely surrounded by the sea.
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  • ...th of [[Oldham]] and 3½ miles southeast of [[Rochdale]], in the foothills of the southern [[Pennines]]. It stands on the [[River Beal]]. ...who prefer "Shaw and Crompton" and those for "Crompton and Shaw"; a point of contention and confusion.<ref name="Traders69"/><ref name="Ancient Township
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  • ...f the northern coast of [[Kent]] in the [[Thames Estuary]]. It has an area of 36 square miles. ...p a considerable proportion of the island provide grazing for large flocks of sheep.
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  • ...ding on the south west coast of the Isle of [[Anglesey]], by the west bank of the [[River Ffraw]]. Aberffraw has a population of 599 of which 79.8% are able to speak Welsh (2001 Census).
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  • ...tip of the Isle of [[Anglesey]], about three miles east of the county town of [[Beaumaris]]. It is close to [[Llangoed]], sharing a community council wi ...visitors alike for its monuments, tranquillity, bracing air and fine views of [[Snowdonia]] to the south across the [[Menai Strait]].
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  • |arms=Coat of arms of the Diocese of Bangor.svg |website=[http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/bangor/bangor_english.php Diocese of Bangor]
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  • |arms=Coat of arms of the Diocese of Llandaff.svg ...[[Glamorgan]], but once it stretched from the [[River Towy]] to the middle of the [[Wye Valley]].
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  • |arms=Coat of arms of the Diocese of St Asaph.svg |website=[http://www.dioceseofstasaph.org.uk/ Diocese of St Asaph]
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  • |arms=Coat of arms of the Diocese of St Davids.svg |website=[http://stdavids.churchinwales.org.uk Diocese of St Davids]
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  • ...[Berkshire Downs]] 575 feet above sea level and about 5½ miles south-east of [[Wantage]]. The 2001 recorded a population of only 28 souls, and yet Catmore is a civil parish in its own right.
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  • ...tern Hills]], an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about two miles north of [[Berkhamsted]]. ...country. The estate is currently owned by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]].
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  • ...f England.svg|right|thumb|180px|Saint George's Cross, the national flag of England]] [[File:England hill regions.jpg|right|thumb|180px|England highlighted]]
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  • ...is in the west of the county in the old Dacorum Hundred between the towns of [[Tring]] and [[Hemel Hempstead]]. It was once a royal residence described ...iltern Hills]], in the wide valley of the [[River Bulbourne]], to the west of Hemel Hempstead.
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  • ...[[Essex]] and [[Middlesex]]. It is 2¼ miles long and is considered part of the [[Bow Back Rivers]]. ...Marsh, but now occupied by gas works and trading estates. The river is one of the oldest navigations in the country, but the creek is tidal, providing in
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  • ...hire]]. It is about 2 miles east of [[Kidlington]] and about 5 miles north of [[Oxford]]. ...a church here. The village is better known for the Battle of Islip Bridge of 1645, and the village changed hands several times during the Civil War, pri
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  • ...picnickers. Steep wooded slopes are to either side. The main escarpment of the North Downs is represented by the south slope, to which thick woodland ...ast. The most popular viewpoint is Salomon's Memorial overlooking the town of [[Dorking]].<ref name=MVDC_planning>{{cite web |url=http://www.mole-valley.
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  • ...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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  • ...menced in 1888. The name is derived from Lever Brothers most popular brand of cleaning agent, Sunlight soap. ...troduced welfare schemes, and provided for the education and entertainment of his workforce, encouraging recreation and organisations which promoted art,
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  • ...ton''' is a historic market town in [[Hampshire]]. It stands by the source of the [[River Wey]]'s North Branch and is reputed to be the highest town in H ...settlement known as ''Vindomis''. It was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 under the name ''Aoltone'', and is notable for having the most valuabl
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  • ...Coldfield was held by the Crown for some time and it was granted the style of "Royal Town" by Henry VIII in 1528. ==Name of the town==
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  • ...e of the larger towns of Cornwall, swollen by its connection with the City of Plymouth. ==Name of the town==
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  • ...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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  • ...ist">{{brithist|53354|Newcastle-under-Lyme: University of London & History of Parliament Trust}}</ref> ...om [[Hanley, Staffordshire]]. Newcastle-under-Lyme is about 17 miles north of the [[county town]], [[Stafford]].
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  • ...It is one of the half-conurbated towns of that valley, on the Surrey side of the river, opposite [[Aldershot]] in [[Hampshire]]. ...wly developed town stretching in a ribbon north of Ash along the east side of the valley. [[Ash Green]] is a village to the southeast.
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  • |picture caption=Church of St Leonard, Rodney Stoke ...toke''' is a small village in [[Somerset]], 5 miles north-west of the City of [[Wells]]. The village is on the A371 between [[Draycott, Somerset|Draycott
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  • ...the south coast to east and to west, the Manhood Peninsula remains a land of farmland and blessed calm. ...iar to Sussex).<ref>Salzman. The History of the County of Sussex. The Rape of Chichester. Introduction. pp. 1-2 .</ref>
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  • |picture caption=Skyline of Salford from Hartshead Pike ...undred or [[Salfordshire]], which encompasses Salford, Manchester and much of south-eastern Lancashire.
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  • ...serene and noble stream in whose waters are reflected some of the glories of the university's great colleges. It is known here also as the '''Granta''' The Cam is ultimately a tributary of the River [[Great Ouse]], which it meets in the [[Great Fen|Fenland]] below
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  • ...ndary and to the east is the River Lea. The high road has a goodly number of shops. Wormley had a population of 8,146 recorded at the 2001 census. The nearest rail station is Broxbourne
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  • ...esowen]], but unlike much of the rest of that parish, which was an exclave of [[Shropshire]] loacally situate in Worcestershire, Cradley is firmly a Worc ...their animals on that heath, subject to a small annual payment to the lord of the manor.
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  • ...in which [[Dudley]] also sits. Netherton is about a mile and a half south of Dudley. Despite the growth of neighbouring urban centres in the [[Black Country]] in the 20th century, Ne
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  • |picture=St Mark's Church of Ireland, Portadown - geograph - 494290.jpg ...n the [[River Bann]] in the north of the county, about 23 miles south-west of [[Belfast]].
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  • |church=Church of England |picture=Hereford, cathedral church of St. Mary and St. Ethelbert - geograph.org.uk - 636844.jpg
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  • |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Lichfield arms.svg
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  • ...Malet''') is a village in [[Buckinghamshire]], standing 5 miles northwest of [[Aylesbury]]. The village has two churches (Church of England and Baptist), a school and two public houses. The location means that while
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  • [[File:Map of River irwell.png|right|thumb|180px|Map of the river]] ...at Irwell Springs on Deerplay Moor, approximately a mile and a half north of [[Bacup]]. It forms the boundary between [[Manchester]] and [[Salford]] and
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  • ...n islands in a lake formed by the [[River Len]] to the east of the village of [[Leeds, Kent|Leeds]]. ...[Windsor Castle]]. The activity at Leeds Castle during the reign of Edward I is a notable exception to this pattern.<ref>{{harvnb|Emery|2006|p=268}}</re
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  • |builder=Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester ...e''' is one of the finest of the mediæval castles. It dominates the town of [[Caerphilly]] in [[Glamorgan]].
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  • ...Archbishop of Canterbury, who as Primate of All England is the most senior of the Church’s clergy. ...land Islands]] is an extra-diocesan parish also overseen by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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  • .../doc/1O110-Yorkmetropolitandioceseof.html|title=York, metropolitan diocese of|last=Cannon|first=John|year=2002|work=The Oxford Companion to British Histo ...is York Minster, formally known as The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York.
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  • ...rp slope of the [[Chilterns]], where the land flattens out into the [[Vale of Aylesbury]], a place where the landscape changes dramatically from the roug Princes Risborough is one of a pair with neighbouring [[Monks Risborough]].
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  • ...sfield Canal]] and 21 miles south of Manchester. The town had a population of 25,750 at the 2001 census. ...0>{{cite book|last=Ekwall|first=Eilert|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names|publisher=Oxford|year=1936|page=120|edition=Fourth, 198
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  • ...ich''' is a market town in [[Cheshire]]. It is one of the fames salt towns of the county, known as the "Cheshire wiches", along with [[Nantwich]] and [[N ...dlewich is therefore in the middle, and this seems likely to be the origin of its name.
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  • ...eighteenth century, allowing freight to be conveyed northwards to the Port of [[Runcorn]] on the [[River Mersey]]. Winsford is split into two neighbourhoods: Over on the western side of the [[River Weaver]] and Wharton on the eastern side.
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  • ...l town in [[Cumberland]] on the [[River Tyne|River South Tyne]]. It is one of the highest-elevation towns in the country, at about 1,000 feet above sea l ...at about 1,000 feet above sea level. It is within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, more than 15 miles from the nearest town, and i
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  • ...h of [[Cullompton]]. Much of the surrounding farmland belongs to the Duchy of Cornwall. ...postcodes in England and Wales which took into account 60 separate factors of interest to young families, Bradninch was found to be the fifteenth most fa
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  • ...NB>{{cite web| url=http://www.eastdevonaonb.org.uk/ |title=East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Website |accessdate=2012-08-27}}</ref> ...d bed and grazing marsh, an important haven for migratory birds and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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  • |picture=Church of The Holy Cross, Crediton.jpg |picture caption=Church of The Holy Cross, Crediton
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  • ...t and naval town in [[Devon]]. It stands on the south bank of the estuary of the [[River Dart]], which opens into the [[English Channel]] just below the All officers of the Royal Navy have been through Dartmouth, trained at the Britannia Naval
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  • ...le]], [[Alfington]], [[Tipton St John]] and [[Wiggaton]]) had a population of 7,692. The town was the birthplace of the Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, where his father, the Reverend J
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  • ...on the south coast. It faces onto [[Lyme Bay]], to the west of the mouth of the [[River Axe, Devon|River Axe]] with red cliffs to one side and white cl The parish church is St Gregory's and it stands on the edge of town, built long before the town grew with holidaymakers.
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  • ...[River Dart]] in eastern [[Devon]]. It is about 22 miles south of the city of [[Exeter]]. ...y. Indications of its former wealth and importance are given by the number of merchants' houses built in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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  • ...Arran]], an island of [[Buteshire]]. It was previously a seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, but is now owned by the [[National Trust for Scotland]]. ...f relative importance, on account of its strategic position on the [[Firth of Clyde]].
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  • ...lley in the hundred of [[Wivelshire|West Wivelshire]] and had a population of 8,656 at the 2001 census. [[Bodmin Moor]] is to the north-west of the town.
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  • ...[Helston]]. It extends over {{convert|50|ha|0|x}} and has a maximum depth of 20 feet. The surrounding Penrose Estate is a mixture of rich farmland and woodland around Loe Pool, through which there are many pa
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