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• Cheshire
  ...a. The [[county town]], after which it takes its name, is the ancient City of [[Chester]]. ==The lie of the land==
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• Derbyshire
  ...its northern and western parts in the [[Peak District]] and its tributary hills. ...ial region and encompasses suburbs and outgrowth of the [[Yorkshire]] city of [[Sheffield]].
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• Shropshire
  ...and's most rural and sparsely populated counties with a population density of 337 a square mile according to the 2001 census. ...es; [[Bridgnorth]] above the [[River Severn|Severn]] guards the south-east of the county and [[Ludlow]] above the [[River Teme]] to the south. In norther
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• Staffordshire
  |name=Staffordshire |map image=Staffordshire Brit Isles Sect 5.svg
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• Warwickshire
  |flag=Flag of Warwickshire.svg ...k''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the Midlands. Parts of the county are heavily urbanised, and in particular [[Birmingham]] and its
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• Worcestershire
  |picture=Great Malvern from the Hills - geograph.org.uk - 180560.jpg |picture caption=Great Malvern from the Hills
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• Birmingham
  |county 3=Staffordshire ...portion accounts for 468,812; the Worcestershire portion, 435,033; and the Staffordshire portion 168,484.
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• Macclesfield
  ...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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• Burton upon Trent
  |county=Staffordshire |LG district=East Staffordshire
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• Land's End to John o' Groats
  ...nd to John o' Groats''' is the traversal of the whole length of the island of [[Great Britain]] between two extremities; in the southwest and northeast. ...stern) point of Great Britain, situated in western [[Cornwall]] at the end of the [[Penwith|Penwith peninsula]].
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• Pennines
  [[File:Clougha heather.jpg|thumb|300px|The Forest of Bowland, Yorkshire]] The '''Pennines''' are a mountain range reaching from the [[Peak District]] of [[Derbyshire]] northward to the Tyne Gap in [[Northumberland]], beyond whic
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• River Severn
  ...reat Britain]], at about 220 miles. It rises on [[Plynlimon]] in the heart of the Cambrian Mountains and flows in a vast arc out to carve a broad estuary ...t [[Apperley]], Gloucestershire, the Severn is the greatest river in terms of water flow in the United Kingdom.
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• County top
  ...ge or watershed. A few are on the border of the county and may be the top of two counties. ...the lowest [[Bush Ground]] in [[Huntingdonshire]], a county not known for hills.
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• Munro
  ...Munro, 4th Baronet (1856–1919), who produced the first list of such hills, known as ''Munros Tables'', in 1891. A '''Munro top''' is a summit over 3, As of the 2014, revision of the tables, published by the Scottish Mountaineering Club, there are 282 Mu
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• Kidderminster
  ...-west of [[Birmingham]] city centre. The 2001 census gave it a population of 55,182. The [[River Stour, Worcestershire|River Stour]] and the [[Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal]] both pass through Kidderminster town centre.
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• Stourbridge
  ...it has been for centuries, though much of the population today is made up of commuters to [[Birmingham]] and the Black Country. ...close by to the west. The [[Clent Hills]], [[Kinver Edge]] and large areas of farmland lie to the south and west.
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• Beacon Hill
  ...ges in Britain. Many are so called because they were historically the site of a warning beacon, or are villages named form such a hill. ...en most famously the beacons were lit across England to warn of the coming of the Spanish Armada.
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• Clee Hills
  ...:Under Clee Hill - geograph.org.uk - 965104.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The Clee Hills]] ...ills in [[Shropshire]] rising north of [[Ludlow]]. The range has two main hills punctuating their north and south peaks respectively:
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• Rowley Regis
  |county=Staffordshire ...f the Black Country conurbation. It encompasses the wards of [[Blackheath, Staffordshire|Blackheath]], [[Cradley Heath]] and [[Old Hill]], and Rowley Village.<ref>{
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• Netherton, Black Country
  ...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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• Sedgley
  |county=Staffordshire ...g the A459 road between [[Wolverhampton]] and [[Dudley]], at the very edge of the conurbation, with farmland lying alongside its western streets.
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• Town and village flags of the United Kingdom
  ...onshire has two motifs (a flower and a plum) but between them a great deal of symbolism, for the flower is not only a cantling reference to the village n ...of local flags. A few city flags are included which are in truth banners of the city councils' arms, but town and village flags can be a world away fro
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• River Stour, Worcestershire
  ...miles in length. It has played a considerable part in the economic history of the [[Black Country]] through which it flows. [[File:Stour Worcestershire.png|right|thumb|480px|Sketch map of the course of the River Stour]]
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• Cheadle
  |county=Staffordshire |LG district=Staffordshire Moorlands
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• Hednesford
  |county=Staffordshire ...[[Staffordshire]]. It adjoins [[Cannock Chase]] to the north, and the town of [[Cannock]] to the south.
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• Monarch's Way
  ...e=2008-08-30}}</ref> In doing so it shows off an eclectic mixture of some of the finest lowland scenery in southern [[Great Britain]]. ...ked. The waymark shows a picture of the ship ''The Surprise'', the Prince of Wales crown and the Royal Oak tree at Boscobel House.
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• Peak District
  ..., though it is conventional to assign all beyond that county border to the Staffordshire Moorlands. ...chly grazed in the south, the hills beginning at the very edge of the city of [[Derby]], and becoming higher and more forbidding to the north. The High
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• Staffordshire Moorlands
  ...m, might be considered a part of the [[Peak District]], though the part in Staffordshire is known as the Moorlands. ...e beyond is [[Cheeks Hill]], on the border with [[Derbyshire]] on which is Staffordshire's highest point, at 1,705 feet.
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• Kinver Edge
  |county 1=Staffordshire |picture=View of Kinver from Rock Houses.JPG
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• Shropshire Hills
  The '''Shropshire Hills''' are a group of hills which lie wholly within the county after which they are named, and this col ...erge into the hills of Herefordshire in the south, but the southern bounds of the distinctive range may be reckoned at the [[River Teme|Teme Valley]] to
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• Isle of Purbeck
  ...the sea-coast towards the west until it again reaches the aforesaid place of Flouresberi''".</ref> The most southerly point is [[St Alban's Head]] (arch In terms of natural landscape areas, the southern part of the Isle of Purbeck and the coastal strip as far as [[Ringstead Bay]] in the west, have
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• M5 motorway
  ...[[Midlands]], linking into a smaller hub of routes around the conurbation of Birmingham and the Black Country. ...south through the [[Black Country]], the [[Midlands]] and on to end south of [[Exeter]] in [[Devon]].
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• Ryknild Street
  Four Roman roads having the King's protection are named in the Laws of Edward the Confessor; [[Watling Street]], [[Ermine Street]], the [[Fosse Wa ...hilde Weg'' or ''Icenilde Weg'' appear to designate roads from the borders of Norfolk through Cambridgeshire, Bucks, Berks, Hants, and Wilts into Dorset;
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• Hwicce
  ...cce kingdom (estimate).svg|right|thumb|300px|Approx. extent of the Kingdom of the Hwicce]] ...rshire]] and parts of [[Warwickshire]] and [[Oxfordshire]]. The [[Diocese of Worcester]] originated as the Hwicce territory.
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• Staffordshire Way
  ...e:Staffordshire Way - geograph.org.uk - 55905.jpg|right|thumb|300px|On the Staffordshire Way]] {{county|Staffordshire}}
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• Delamere Forest
  ...aking it the largest area of woodland in the county. It contains a mixture of deciduous and evergreen trees.<ref name=FC_info>[http://www.forestry.gov.uk ...ient ordnances were abolished. In 1924 the woodland came under the control of the Forestry Commission.
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• Chatsworth House
  |owner=Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement ...akewell]] and 9 miles west of [[Chesterfield]]. It is the seat of the Duke of Devonshire and has been home to the Cavendish family since 1549.
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• Caer Caradoc
  |range=Shropshire Hills ...ast, and [[Lord Hereford's Knob]] in the [[Black Mountains]] and the peaks of the [[Brecon Beacons]], to the south.
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• Haughmond Abbey
  |picture caption=Remains of Haughmond Abbey ...srepair and the church was largely destroyed, although the remains of some of the domestic buildings remain impressive.
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• Wanlockhead
  ...rn Uplands]] chain. It stands one mile south of [[Leadhills]] at the head of the Mennock Pass. ...de a claim to be the highest village in [[Great Britain]], though [[Flash, Staffordshire]] beat it by a short head after an [[Ordnance Survey]] measurement. Remote
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• The Roaches
  |county=Staffordshire |range=Staffordshire Moorlands
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• Beeston Castle
  |picture caption=The modern bridge to the gateway of the inner ward ...s kept in good repair until the 16th century, when it was considered to be of no further military use, although it was pressed into service again in 1643
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• River Rea
  ...on its way to join the [[River Tame, Staffordshire|River Tame]]. The name of the river derives from a root found in many Indo-European languages and mea The Rea rises in the [[Waseley Hills]] (in the Waseley Hill Country Park) in [[Worcestershire]] – its source i
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• List of golf courses in the United Kingdom
  ...:Royal & Ancient Clubhouse.jpg|thumb|350px|The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews]] ...r the county in which the clubhouse is situated. Courses in detached parts of counties are listed under the county in which they are locally situate and
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• Skerries
  ...treets - Strand Street and Church Street and between the surrounding hills of North Fingal and low-lying beaches. Red Island, Mill Hill, Hillside, The pu ...ghthouse. On Shenick Island can be found a Martello tower, one of a number of defensive towers erected during the Napoleonic era along the Irish coast by
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• M54 motorway
  {{county|Staffordshire}} ...is two-lane dual carriageway for the majority of its length, with sections of three-lane.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/c
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• Stourport Ring
  ...the [[Black Country]]. The ring is formed from the [[River Severn]], the [[Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal]], the [[Stourbridge Canal]], the [[Dudley Canal]] ...work, these being the [[Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal|Netherton]] and Wast Hills Tunnels.
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• Kings Norton Junction
  ...thumb|Modern reproduction of the scale of toll fees, displayed on the wall of the toll house]] '''Kings Norton Junction''' is the name of the canal junction where the [[Stratford-upon-Avon Canal]] terminates and m
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• West Coast Main Line
  ...[[United Kingdom]]. It is Britain's most important rail backbone in terms of population served. The route links [[London]] to [[Glasgow]] and [[Edinburg ...w, with many more smaller commuter stations, as well as providing a number of links to more rural towns. In 2008 the WCML handled 75&nbsp;million passeng
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• Ilam
  |county=Staffordshire |LG district=Staffordshire Moorlands
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• Ellastone
  |county=Staffordshire |LG district=East Staffordshire
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• Tutbury
  |county=Staffordshire |LG district=East Staffordshire
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• Snitterfield
  ...]], 6½ miles from Warwick and 17 miles from [[Coventry]]. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,226.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ww ...ar the Sherborne Brook which runs through the village. The earliest record of Snitterfield is on a map dated 1630 by John Speed and as late as 1814, Snit
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• Clifton Suspension Bridge
  ...tributed to by Sarah Guppy. It is a Grade-I listed building and forms part of the B3129 road. ...abutment. Roller-mounted "saddles" at the top of each tower allow movement of the three independent wrought iron chains on each side when loads pass over
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• Mow Cop
  |constituency=Congleton, Staffordshire Moorlands ...village fringes the [[Cheshire Plain]] to the west and the hills of the [[Staffordshire Moorlands]] to the east.
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• Northfield
  |picture caption=View of Bristol Road South (A38) at Northfield<br/>looking north towards [[Selly Oa '''Northfield''' is a town on the southern outskirts of metropolitan [[Birmingham]], within [[Worcestershire]].
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• Barr Beacon
  |county=Staffordshire '''Barr Beacon''' is a hill on the edge of [[Walsall]] in [[Staffordshire]], in amongst the [[Black Country]] conurbation. It gives its name to a nea
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• Blagdon
  ...ivedate=4 January 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> The village is about 12 miles east of [[Weston-super-Mare]]. ...end of the Roman occupation of Britain. Several Roman coins and fragments of Roman pottery have been found in the village. There were lead and silver wo
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• Seisdon
  |LG district=South Staffordshire |constituency=South Staffordshire
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• Clent
  ...and [[Black Country]] conurbation. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,600.<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFu ...g|thumb|250px|The four stones or "Ossian's Tomb" on the top of the [[Clent Hills]] were follies erected by George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton]]
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• Brown Edge
  |LG district=Staffordshire Moorlands ...about five miles north-east of [[Hanley, Staffordshire|Hanley]], the heart of [[Stoke-on-Trent]].
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• Worcestershire Way
  ...ley - geograph.org.uk - 253115.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Green Valley, Malvern Hills]] ...continuing south to Ankerdine Hill and the Suckley Hills. From the Suckely Hills the Worcestershire Way heads south-east finishing in [[Great Malvern]].<ref
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• Sabrina Way
  *[[Staffordshire]] ...[[River Severn]] along which the middle section runs, from the Latin name of that river.
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• Wentworth Castle
  ...rough]], near [[Barnsley]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]] of [[Yorkshire]]. It is now home to the Northern College for Residential and C ...1715. The name was changed in 1731. The original name survives in the form of '''Stainborough Castle''', a sham ruin constructed as a garden folly on the
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• Parkhouse Hill
  ...: the river, here nought but a young stream, runs along the southern slope of the hill, marking the county border. ...their geology and limestone flora.<ref>{{sssi|1002685|Chrome and Parkhouse Hills}}</ref>
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• Shallcross
  .... It stands between [[Whaley Bridge]] and [[Fernilee]], and 15 miles south of [[Manchester]]. ...ands of [[Axe Edge Moor]], which spreads across Derbyshire, Cheshire and [[Staffordshire]].
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• Waterhouses, Staffordshire
  |county=Staffordshire |picture=Waterhouses, Staffordshire - geograph.org.uk - 178972.jpg
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• River Hamps
  {{county|Staffordshire}} ...flows into the [[River Dove]] near [[Ilam, Staffordshire|Ilam]]. For much of its length the river flows through the [[Peak District]] National Park.
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• Onecote
  |county=Staffordshire |LG district=Staffordshire Moorlands
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• Macclesfield Forest
  ...The existing woodland is the last substantial remnant of the Royal Forest of Macclesfield, a once-extensive ancient hunting reserve. ...gsloe]] stand to the north-west and south-east, respectively; the moorland of High Moor lies to the south and the [[River Goyt|Goyt Valley]] lies to the
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• Gritstone Trail
  ..., just inside the [[Staffordshire]] border. The trail involves 5,910 feet of ascent<ref>{{cite web |url=https://beyondmarathon.com/gritstone-grind/faqs/ *[[Kidsgrove]] Station, Staffordshire: {{map|SJ837544}}
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• Rowley Hills
  .... Retrieved 20 January 2019.</ref> The hills are situated east of the town of [[Dudley]]. ...ngham]] and the Black Country. The height has also led to the construction of two radio transmission towers on the summit.
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• Hollington, Staffordshire
  |county=Staffordshire |picture=Hollington, War Memorial, Staffordshire.JPG
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• Yearsley
  ...orkshire|North Riding]] of [[Yorkshire]], sitting between the market towns of [[Easingwold]] and [[Helmsley]].. The parish population was less than 100 a ...y agricultural village with significant forestry on the moors to the north of the village.
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