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• Scarborough
  ...The park still features a mock maritime battle (based on the Battle of the River Plate) re-enacted on the boating lake with large model boats and fireworks ...an ornamental lake known as Scarborough Mere. During the 20th century, the Mere was a popular park, with rowing boats, canoes and a miniature pirate ship &
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• Cheshire
  |picture=Big Mere and church at Marbury - geograph.org.uk - 205379.jpg |picture caption=Big Mere, Marbury
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• Blackpool
  ...he [[Fylde]] peninsula, which is between the [[River Ribble|Ribble]] and [[River Wyre|Wyre]] estuaries, washed by the [[Irish Sea]]. Blackpool is the heart ...eck. The name coming from "le pull" which was a stream that drained Marton Mere and Marton Moss into the sea close to what is now Manchester Square. The st
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• Essex
  ...mbridgeshire]] and [[Suffolk]] to the north, and [[Kent]] lying over the [[River Thames]] and its great estuary to the south. ...great contrast between town and country. From the county border on the [[River Lea]] out to [[Romford]], townscape stretches almost unbroken until curbed
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• Inverness-shire
  The county's islands are too many to list in a mere summary, but major islands are: ...g comparatively small and fertile tracts in the north on both sides of the river Ness, in several of the glens and on the shores of some of the sea lochs, t
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• Kincardineshire
  ...es from the Grampians to the picturesque and finely-wooded valley of the [[River Dee, Aberdeenshire|Dee]], and in the south it falls to the [[Howe o' the Me ...e, Aberdeenshire|River Dee]] for most of its northern border, although the river sweeps into Kincardineshire at [[Banchory]]. The summit of [[Mount Battock]
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• Wiltshire
  ...shire Council|accessdate=13 December 2010}}</ref> itself named after the [[River Wylye]], one of eight rivers which drain the county. ...re clay valleys and river-cut valleys. The largest of these vales is the [[River Avon, Somerset|Avon Vale]]. The Avon cuts diagonally through the north of t
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• Wicken Fen
  ...ted National Nature Reserve of 660 acres also includes the area around the Mere, to the south of Wicken Lode. These areas contain original peat fen with co ...idleway path across White Fen were opened. Upgrades to the crossing of the River Cam at Bottisham Lock and the bridge over Burwell Lode are planned as well
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• Whittlesey
  ...e Old English ''ieg'' (island or dry land in the fen) and ''ea'', meaning "river". ...borough]] and the town of [[March]]. It is bordered to the north by the [[River Nene]] and to the south by Whittlesey Dyke. Anciently it was connected to [
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• Littleport
  ...iles north of [[Ely]]. It lies on the Bedford Level South section of the [[River Great Ouse]], close to [[Burnt Fen]] and [[Mare Fen]]. ..., both of which were killed in the struggle. The local men threw into the mere the body of the friar but buried with honour the dog, which was said to hau
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• Todmorden
  ...ncashire is marked by the original course of the [[River Calder, Yorkshire|River Calder]] and its tributary, the Walsden Water, which run through the centre ...ople still lived in the uplands, Todmorden itself could be considered as a mere village. During the years 1800–1845 great changes took place in the comm
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• London
  ...largest city of [[England]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. Standing on the [[River Thames]] in south-east England, it has been a major settlement for two mill ===The River Thames===
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• Stoke-upon-Trent
  Stoke was located where the young River Trent meets the Fowlea Brook. The later Roman road through Stoke remained t ...000 bottle kilns in the heyday of the pottery industry, today reduced to a mere 46.
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• Ramsey, Huntingdonshire
  ...ge, lying on the south bank of the Forty Foot Drain near the loop of the [[River Nene]] Old Course, on the B1096 toward Benwick. ...ting of fisheries and fishing rights around Ramsey Mere and [[Whittlesey]] Mere, suggesting the importance of fisheries. Rents were often paid in eels.
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• St Austell
  ...south coast some ten miles south of [[Bodmin]] and 30 miles west of the [[River Tamar]]. The china clay industry now employs only just over 2,000 people, a mere fraction of the workforce in the early 20th century, but the industry still
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• Peterborough
  ...edral city in [[Northamptonshire]]. The city stands on the banks of the [[River Nene]], which enters the [[North Sea]] some 30 miles to the north-east. Pet ...lages whose names they have adopted and which have spread south across the River Nene into [[Huntingdonshire]]. The town has thus served to take London ove
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• Moffat
  ...fat''' is a town and burgh in [[Annandale]] in [[Dumfriesshire]], on the [[River Annan]], with a population of around 2,500. It developed as a spa town. ...is the Moffat House Hotel, designed by John Adam. The nearby Star Hotel, a mere 20&nbsp;feet wide, boasted a record in the Guinness Book of Records as the
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• Hartlepool
  ...s a town and port in [[County Durham]] standing on the north bank of the [[River Tees]]. ...obody dies but of drowning or old-age: nobody poor but from drunkenness or mere laziness.}}
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• Balham
  '''Balham''' is a town in [[Surrey]] which has long since been become a mere neighbourhood deep within the greater conurbation stretching out from [[Lon ...am''. Bal refers to 'rounded enclosure' and ham to a homestead, village or river enclosure. It was held by Geoffrey Orlateile. Its ''Domesday'' Assets were:
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• Windermere
  ...t has been better known as a holiday destination and the boats seen on the mere are more likely to be for leisure than labour. The water bobs with private ...late as "Vinandr's lake", from the Old Norse name ''Vinandr'' and English "mere".<ref>http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sw.rae/tarns.htm
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• Newport, Shropshire
  ...nts of Edgmond and Plesc which is located near to where the Old Quarry and Mere Park garden centre. The first market charter was granted by Henry I and ove ...d]] route between [[Colchester]] to [[Chester]] and partly due to the rich river fisheries (which are mentioned in the Domesday Survey).
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• Hereford
  ...dral city and the [[county town]] of [[Herefordshire]]. It stands on the [[River Wye]], about 16 miles east of the border with [[Monmouthshire]]. With a pop ...ford" ("army ford"), and the ford certainly refers to a crossing of the [[River Wye]]. The Welsh name ''Henffordd'', means "old road", and may refer to th
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• Rochester
  Rochester is at the lowest bridging point of the [[River Medway]] about 30 miles from [[London]]. The city is marked by two grand ed ...fine historical buildings. The Castle rises above the High Street on the river at the west, while further down is the Cathedral. Many other important his
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• Bala Lake
  ...' ({{lang|cy|Llyn Tegid}}) is a large lake in the mountain valley of the [[River Dee]] in [[Merionethshire]], its north-eastern shore lapping at the town of The waters of the lake are famously deep and clear. The River Dee enters the lake at its south-western end, runs through the lake and flo
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• Bolton
  ...ate=2009-12-06}}</ref> The earliest mills were situated by the streams and river as seen today at Barrow Bridge, but steam power led to the construction of The streams draining the surrounding moors into the River Croal also provided the water necessary for the bleach works that were a fe
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• King's Lynn
  ...hat it is derived from the River [[Great Ouse]], which once formed a broad mere here as it prepared to enter [[the Wash]], suggesting the Welsh word ''Llyn ...d as a settlement on a constricted site to the south of the mouth of the [[River Great Ouse]]. Development began in the early 10th century, but was not rec
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• Putney
  '''Putney''' is a town in northern [[Surrey]], sitting on the [[River Thames]] and all absorbed within the metropolitan conurbation. ===River crossing===
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• Glastonbury
  ...Somerset Levels]], 23 miles south of [[Bristol]]. A mile away across the [[River Brue]] is the village of [[Street, Somerset|Street]]. At the edge of the t ...Glastonbury Lake Village has been dscovered close to the old course of the River Brue 2 miles west of Glastonbury.
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• Hastings
  ...of seaside holidays during the Victorian era. In 1801 its population was a mere 3,175; by 1831 it had reached over ten thousand; by 1891 it was almost sixt ...sing to 500 feet above sea level at "The Ridge" before falling back in the river valley further to the north.
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• Rapes of Sussex
  ...lso the precincts of a court for the rape, but any such explanation can be mere speculation. ...]. The Rape of Arundel consisted of the entire area of Sussex west of the River Adur, corresponding to the boundaries of both the western division of the c
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• River Dee
  The '''River Dee''' ({{lang|cy|Afon Dyfrdwy}}) is a river that flows from [[Merionethshire]] to [[Cheshire]], 70 miles long from its ...nerally eastward. By the time it reaches [[Chester]] it is a large, tidal river and very soon opens up into a broad estuary between [[Flintshire]] and the
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• Evesham
  ...am]], an area comprising the flood plain of the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]], and which was once a major centre for market gardening. ...ly a Saxon name... The form Eoves, though current for many centuries, is a mere blunder.<ref name=knapp>{{cite book |last=Knapp |first=O.G.|title=Evesham a
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• River Kennet
  ...y of the [[River Thames]]. The lower reaches of the river are navigable to river craft and are known as the Kennet Navigation, which, together with the Avon The River Kennet has been designated a "Site of Special Scientific Interest" from nea
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• Holderness
  ...shire Wolds]] to the north and west, the [[North Sea]] to the east and the River [[Humber]] to the south. ...ffected by the erosion are located on the north side of the estuary of the River Humber. The area stretches from Flamborough Head (high chalk cliffs, just
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• Middlesbrough
  ...in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], standing on the south bank of the [[River Tees]]. To the northeast of Middlesbrough lies the [[River Tees|Tees Estuary]], approximately six miles away. A few miles to the south
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• Isles of Scilly
  The islands which may be distinguished from mere rocks number about 40, and the group has a total area of 4,041 acres, but o ...ys) on the southern Cornish coast, for example the [[River Fal]] and the [[River Tamar|Tamar Estuary]].
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• Holme, Huntingdonshire
  ...a pumping station and up into Bevill's Leam. The drainage turned both the mere and the Holme Fen into usable farmland, but subsidence followed; a process ...e is 600 acres in extent, at the south-western edge of what was Whittlesey Mere. Holme Fen has also been designated a "Site of Special Scientific Interest"
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• Holme Fen
  ...a pumping station and up into Bevill's Leam. The drainage turned both the mere and the Holme Fen into usable farmland, but subsidence followed. ...of the East Anglian fens at the south-western edge of what was Whittlesey Mere. The Fen occupies a crescent-shaped site approximately a mile and a half lo
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• The Dingle, Anglesey
  ...Cefni in the Dingle - geograph.org.uk - 1738438.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The River Cefni in the Dingle]] ...d just to the north of [[Llangefni]], in the midst of [[Anglesey]]. The [[River Cefni]] flows through it.
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• River Churn
  [[File:River Churn near Baunton - geograph.org.uk - 696881.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Chu ...Churn''' is one of the [[Cotswolds|Cotswold]] rivers that feed the young [[River Thames]]. The Churn rises at Seven Springs (on the A436 road) near [[Chelte
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• Diocese of St Davids
  ...[[Dyfed]], St David's eventually comprised all the country south of the [[River Dovey]] and west of the English marches, with the exception of the greater ...iming that the See of St David's was by right that of an Archbishop, not a mere Bishop. His insistence on this was what prevented him from becoming accept
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• Upton, Slough
  ...villages that developed into the town, and indeed Slough itself was once a mere hamlet of the parish of [[Upton-cum-Chalvey]]. The village stands in the s Upton takes its name from its position at the top of the slope from the river terrace.
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• Colney Heath
  ...ey Heath has been the focus of growth since before the war. It was once a mere hamlet but was substantially developed; before 1947 it was part of the "St ...ver Colne near Colney Heath - geograph.org.uk - 184761.jpg|right|200px|The River Colne near Colney Heath]]
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• Longdendale
  ...green and pleasant, with the slopes alternately farmed and wooded and the river blue beneath, openining into the Longdendale Chain of man-made lakes. ...ottom of the dale are [[Hadfield]] and [[Hollingworth]] either side of the river, and further up on the A628 is [[Tintwistle]], the little "capital" of the
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• Finchampstead
  ...e, down to the ''Tally Ho'' public house on the [[River Blackwater, Surrey|River Blackwater]] which forms the southern border with [[Eversley]] and [[Hampsh ...hampstead, through California and then on, between King's Mere and Queen's Mere, to the border with [[Crowthorne, Berkshire|Crowthorne]], and eventually [[
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• Box Hill
  ...woodland found on the steepest west-facing chalk slopes overlooking the [[River Mole]]. ...ands at the south eastern corner of the Mole Gap, the valley carved by the River Mole through the North Downs.<ref name=Bannister_p2>{{harvnb|Bannister|1999
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• Aberdare
  ...Glamorgan]], lying within the [[Cynon Valley]] where the Rivers Dare and [[River Cynon|Cynon]] meet. The population at the 2001 was 31,705. From being a mere village in an agricultural district at the beginning of the 19th century, t
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• Southport
  ...ston]], standing on the [[Irish Sea]] coast, fringed to the north by the [[River Ribble|Ribble]] Estuary. ...ieved to be the northeast end of ''Otergimele'' blown sand gave way to the River Ribble Estuary where fishermen could thrive and farmers could plough the si
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• Curry Mallet
  ...ge in [[Somerset]]. It stands on the [[Fivehead River]] (also known as the River Ile), 7 miles east of [[Taunton]]. The village had a population of 302 in ...manor was held by Roger de Courselles, also the owner of [[Fisherton de la Mere|Fisherton]] in [[Wiltshire]], which was held under Curry. It later passed t
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• Marlow
  ...e north bank of the [[River Thames]], in southern [[Buckinghamshire]]. The river forms the shape and focus for the town and it has attracted a goodly number The river is always full of boats, and is lined with expensive houses on both banks,
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• River Yare
  [[File:River Yare - geograph.org.uk - 811580.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The River Yare]] ...Waveney]] it opens out into [[Breydon Water]] and soon after leaving that mere it reaches the [[North Sea]] at [[Great Yarmouth]].
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• Haslemere
  ...route now assumed the A3 which lies to the west. The south branch of the [[River Wey]] runs to the south. Haslemere is approximately 12 miles southwest of [ ...1 as a Godalming tithing. The name describes hazel trees standing beside a mere. The lake does not exist today, but there is a natural spring in West Stree
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• Aviemore
  ...ituate in [[Inverness-shire]]. The town stands on the north bank of the [[River Spey]], within the [[Cairngorms]] National Park in the [[Highlands]]. Aviemore lies on the Spey, high on the river before it opens into Strathspey. It is on the B9152 (the "old" A9 road sin
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• Canvey Island
  ...'Upper Horse'', Canvey is an alluvial island formed from the silt in the [[River Thames]] and material entering the estuary on the tides of the [[North Sea] ...n, & Johnson. (1773).</ref>), and that the similarity between the names is mere coincidence. Without any suitable island matching Ptolemy's ''Counus Island
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• Liphook
  ..., Chiltlee and Ludshott to Liphook, an area above the marshes around the [[River Wey]], to evade taxes of their local Lords. Local attractions include the Forest Mere health spa and Hollycombe Steam Collection. On 'the night the clocks go ba
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• Northwich
  ...eshire Plain]], at the meeting of the rivers [[River Weaver|Weaver]] and [[River Dane|Dane]]. It is one of the famed salt towns of Cheshire, the Wiches, alo ...example, to the north is [[Budworth Mere]] and to the northeast is [[Pick Mere]].
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• Herodsfoot
  ...es north of [[Looe]] at the point where two tributaries of the [[West Looe River]] join. ...(1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 109</ref> The population of the village was a mere 116 when the Church was opened but ten years later had quadrupled and reach
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• Wednesbury
  ...the [[Black Country]], near the source of the [[River Tame, Staffordshire|River Tame]]. ...red to nearby towns including [[Tipton]] and [[West Bromwich]]. By 1930, a mere 206 families had been rehoused to the new council houses from slums. Howeve
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• Congleton
  '''Congleton''' is a town in [[Cheshire]] which stands on the banks of the [[River Dane]], to the west of the [[Macclesfield Canal]] and 21 miles south of Man ...e town's mill and wooden bridge.<ref name="Congleton Museum website"/> The river was diverted away from the town, and the town centre was rebuilt on higher
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• Kenilworth
  ...ributary of the [[River Sowe]], which joins the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]] about 2 miles east of the centre of the town. The 2001 Census record ...r-framed buildings inside the castle.{{sfn|Salzman|1951|pp=132–143}} The mere was drained in 1649 but "The Pleasance" earthworks survive and are a Schedu
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• East Pool Mine
  ...32,256 dividends were paid on the 128 shares that had cost their owners a mere £5 each.<ref name=m143>Morrison 1980, p.143</ref> ...lant located just over a mile to the east in the [[Red River, Cornwall|Red River]] valley at Tolvaddon,<ref>Morrison 1980, p.145–146</ref> and from 1903 u
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• Lake District
  ...er and Westmorland. Its northern and western edges are maked off by the [[River Eden, Cumberland|Eden Valley]] and the broad plains beside the [[Solway Fir ...Bowfell]] and [[Esk Pike]]. The core of the area is drained by the infant River Esk. Collectively these are some of the Lake District's most rugged hillsi
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• Bassenthwaite Lake
  ...Keswick]]. It is fed by, and drains into, the [[River Derwent, Cumberland|River Derwent]]. ...last glaciation. Bassenthwaite Lake is linked to [[Derwent Water]] by the River Derwent, which crosses the 3-mile alluvial plain between the two lakes. The
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• Buttermere
  ...situated towards the head of the valley of the [[River Cocker, Cumberland|River Cocker]] and is surrounded by fells, notably the [[High Stile]] range to th ...the dairy pastures, from the Old English "butere mere" (literally "butter mere").
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• Grasmere
  ...e [[River Rothay]], which forces a steep dale between the fells here. The river flows through the village before entering the lake, and then exits downstre ...orse; the accepted etymology is from the Old English ''Gærsmere'' ("Grass mere"), or the Old Norse ''gras'' meaning "grass". Another possibility is the N
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• Crinkle Crags
  ...been produced based upon topographical prominence and height, rather than mere visual appeal. Most relevant to Crinkle Crags are the lists of "Hewitts" an ...he ridge descends over Stonesty Pike and Little Stand (a Nuttall) to the [[River Duddon|Duddon Valley]] at [[Cockley Beck]]. Two further ridges branch out f
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• Braintree
  ...ord]] and 15 miles west of [[Colchester]] on the [[River Blackwater, Essex|River Blackwater]], A120 road and a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line. ...before running through the southern part of Braintree. The River Pant or [[River Blackwater, Essex|Blackwater]] runs roughly parallel to it, through the nor
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• Manningtree
  |picture caption=The River Stour at Manningtree '''Manningtree''' is a village in [[Essex]], on the [[River Stour, Essex|River Stour]] which divides Essex to the south from [[Suffolk]] to the north. IMa
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• Wilton House
  ...employ the Gothic style. He swept away the Holbein porch, reducing it to a mere garden ornament, replacing it with a new entrance and forecourt. The foreco ...parterre had been replaced by turf, the Palladian Bridge over the little [[River Nadder]] was designed by the 9th Earl, one of the "architect earls," with R
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• Basildon Park
  '''Basildon Park''' is a country house on the [[River Thames]] in [[Berkshire]], between the villages of [[Upper Basildon]] and [ ...bout mending the walls that had been damaged by bridging units used on the river and the huge holes left in the demolition area. The house was then requisit
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• St Helens
  The town stands 6 miles north of the [[River Mersey]], within the [[West Derby Hundred]]. ...[[Lathom]]<ref name="coalsalt"/> and the [[Cheshire]] Plain south of the [[River Mersey]].<ref name=windle/> The Chapel also sat directly between the port t
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• Diss
  ...valley of the [[River Waveney]], around a mere that covers six acres. The mere is up to 18 feet deep, although there is another 51 feet of mud. ...homesteads in Diss, with liberty of washing his wool and cloths in [[Diss Mere|Diss Meer]]. This came on the express condition that the gross dye should b
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• Great Shelford
  ...sitting approximately four miles south of [[Cambridge]]. It sits on the [[River Cam]]. Richard Tunwell (1645–1713) acquired land at Great Shelford, at first a mere acre of pasture, a copse and a close held copyhold from the Bury manor. Whe
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• Maxwelltown
  ...''' is a town of [[Kirkcudbrightshire]] standing on the west bank of the [[River Nith]], which forms the border with neighbouring [[Dumfriesshire]]. It sta Maxwelltown was until 1801 a mere hamlet known as Bridgend, in which year it was erected into a burgh of baro
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• Shepperton
  ...n town in south-western [[Middlesex]]. It runs down to the banks of the [[River Thames]] to the south and in the northwest it is bisected by the [[M3 motor ...Shepperton's relative closeness to London coupled with improvements to the river such as Shepperton Lock built in 1813 helped it to develop into a suburban
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• Ellesmere
  |picture=The Mere, Ellesmere.jpg ...ich its takes its name, though Ellesmere the lake is known locally as "The Mere". Several other prominent lakes lie across the landscape hereabouts, known
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• Framlingham Castle
  ...in The Mere,at dawn. - geograph.org.uk - 1293414.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The mere]] ..., were formed alongside the castle by damming a local stream. The southern mere, still visible today, had its origins in a smaller, natural lake; once damm
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• Clare, Suffolk
  ...h of the county. Clare is on the north bank of the [[River Stour, Suffolk|River Stour]] which divides Suffolk from [[Essex]]. It is a place with more hist ...iver Stour, which immediately from the verie spring head spreadeth a great Mere called Stourmmere, but soone after, drawing it selfe within the bankes, run
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• Monarch's Way
  ...War. From here the footpath follows the banks of the [[River Teme]] and [[River Severn]] across the battlefield to enter the 'Faithful City' of [[Worcester ...on]]. Reaching [[Madeley, Shropshire|Madeley]] it became apparent that the river crossings were well guarded and the King spent a night in the 'Royal Barn'
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• Tadcaster
  ...t town on the [[River Wharfe]] before it joins the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]] about 10 miles downstream. It lies partly within the [[Ainsty of Yo ...nt staging post on the road to ''Eboracum'' ([[York]]), and grew up at the river crossing.
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• Wessex
  ...n and eventually to include [[Cornwall]]. Its northern boundary was the [[River Thames]], though not for all of its history, as [[Dorchester on Thames]] be ...al evidence points instead to the main Saxon presence being in the upper [[River Thames|Thames]] valley and [[Cotswolds]] area, while [[Hampshire]] and [[Wi
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• Windsor Great Park
  ...ttle Bourne running to the [[River Thames|Thames]] near [[Datchet]]. The [[River Bourne, Surrey|Chertsey Bourne]] runs through a number of ponds to the sout ..., a region many times larger than the current Great Park. The castle was a mere fortress at this time and, when hunting, King Henry would have been residen
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• Nene Valley Railway
  ...stations at each terminus, there are currently three stops en route: Orton Mere, Ferry Meadows and [[Wansford]]. ...ansford are in the northernmost bulge of Huntingdonshire surrounded by the River Nene (the county's northern border), and east of Wansford the line crosses
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• Sgùrr nan Ceannaichean
  ...Gives translation and possible meaning</ref> albeit that this must remain mere speculation. ...at the west coast. However the eastern slopes form the head waters of the River Meig which takes water to the [[Cromarty Firth]] on the east coast.
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• Clent Hills
  ...t here with the invading Romans as some local histories assert, is perhaps mere speculation.<ref>J. Amphlett, ''History of Clent''</ref> ...walk, St Kenelm's Trail. One source of the [[River Stour, Worcestershire|River Stour]] is within the grounds of St Kenelms church.
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• River Thurne
  ...h [[Potter Heigham]] (passing under its mediæval bridge) and enters the [[River Bure]] just south of [[Thurne]] dyke, near St Benet's Abbey. ...ss than 6.6 feet, and is the lowest bridge on the Broads. In addition, the river is still tidal here, and although the rise and fall is only about 6 inches,
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• Horsey Mere
  ...cross Horsey Mere - geograph.org.uk - 1103435.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Horsey Mere]] '''Horsey Mere''' is a modest lake in [[Norfolk]], amongst the [[Norfolk Broads]]; it is o
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• Lakes of the Lake District
  ...ed "Lake", namely [[Bassenthwaite Lake]], while the others bear the title "Mere" or "Water", while the little lakes high on fell slopes are known as tarns, | [[Tosh Tarn]] || {{map|NY127052}} || || Southeast of Wast Water near the River Irt
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• The Broads
  ...els, both man-made, natural and engineered, while at the edge of each main river is a swathe of land cut perpendicularly with channels known as dykes, a sys The Broads are popular for sailing and for mere pottering in boats.
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• Hoveton Little Broad
  ...rfolk Broads]] ({{map|TG331175}}). It lies in the middle reaches of the [[River Bure]] in [[Norfolk]] between [[Hoveton]] and [[Horning]]. Upriver a littl ...hamlet of Horning Upper Street. Inaccessible by road, it is linked to the river by Black Horse Dyke. Another dyke (a narrow waterway) leads from a corner o
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• Fritton Decoy
  ...f '''Browston Broad'''. It stretches from close to [[St Olaves]] on the [[River Waveney]], into which its waters drain, eastward to west of [[Hopton on Sea ...rse as a quiet rill for about a mile, until the Decoy swells into the wide mere; Briowston Broad. The broad water stretches for more than two miles in a we
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• Hickling Broad
  ...to the south to [[Heigham Sound]], which is joined by a dyke to the tidal river.
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• New Cut
  '''New Cut''' may be any number of canals and cut river channels, but in particular it may be the name of: **The {{map|TG434251|New Cut}} to [[Horsey Mere]]
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• Cambridgeshire lodes
  ...outhern part [[Great Fen]] in [[Cambridgeshire]] on the west side of the [[River Cam]], and in past ages they provided commercial routes from the great wate ...ffham Bulbeck, Reach, Burwell, Wicken and Monks Lodes all connect to the [[River Cam]], while Soham Lode, which is of much later origin, connects to the [[G
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• Soham Lode
  ...t halfway along it, and was once close to a large inland lake called Soham Mere, which was drained in the late 18th century.<ref name=blair95>{{harvnb |Bla
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• Loch Earn
  ...ch in the [[Highlands]], within [[Perthshire]]. It is the source of the [[River Earn]] which flows south to the feetile plains of Strathearn. ...History of Upper Strathearn”, Jamieson & Munro.</ref> though this may be mere romantic imagining.
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• Christchurch, Monmouthshire
  ...covers an extensive area including many eastern suburbs right up to the [[River Usk]] in the city centre and has a population of 53,890.<ref>[http://www.mo ...e fact that the previous evening had been Guy Fawkes Night was regarded as mere coincidence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newportpast.com/gallery/photos/
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• Silent Valley
  ...[[Kilkeel]] in [[County Down]]. It is part of the valley of the [[Kilkeel River]], beside [[Slieve Binnian]], whose slopes tower over the valley's eastern # The first stage was to divert water from the Kilkeel and Annalong river through pipes to a reservoir near [[Carryduff]]. These water pipes were cap
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• Llangorse Lake
  ...de the lake's original Welsh name, Llyn Syfaddon/Syfaddan, and Brycheiniog Mere. The name 'Llangorse Lake' is comparatively recent. ...g glaciers trapping water on a plateau over time. The [[River Llynfi (Wye)|River Llynfi]] provides the main input of water into the lake and continues as th
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• Thames Path
  ...Path''' is a National Trail, opened in 1996, following the length of the [[River Thames]] from its source near [[Kemble]] in [[Gloucestershire]] to the Tham ...ssible. The main reason for this is that towpath traffic used to cross the river at several points using ferries,<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway:
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• Morebattle
  ...miles south of [[Kelso]], beside the [[Kale Water]], a tributary of the [[River Teviot]]. The [[St Cuthbert's Way]] long-distance footpath passes through t The place-name comes from the Anglian ''mere-bōðl'' - "dwelling place by the lake" (Linton Loch).<ref>WFH Nicolaisen,
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• Newell Green
  ...and hamlets in the Parish of Warfield, a rural area: Warfield itself is a mere hamlet, smaller than Newell Green and to the north. To west and east are C ...nd there is a ford across the stream here. Eventually the Cut joins the [[River Thames]] at [[Bray, Berkshire|Bray]].
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• Blenheim Palace
  ...onceived a typically grandiose plan: through the park trickled the small [[River Glyme]], and Vanbrugh envisaged this marshy brook traversed by the "finest ...canal-like streams trickling underneath it were completely absorbed by one river-like stretch. Brown's great achievement at this point was to actually flood
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• Morrone
  ...nt in [[Caithness]], or with the local [[Morven, Aberdeenshire|Morven]], a mere 18 miles to the north-east. ...both flowing into the Clunie Water to join the [[River Dee, Aberdeenshire|River Dee]] just north of Braemar. The northern and western slopes are drained by
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• Delamere Forest
  ...wich]] in the south, and from the [[River Gowy|Gowy]] in the west to the [[River Weaver|Weaver]] in the east.<ref name=Bevan_p4>Bevan, p. 4</ref><ref name=H [[File:Delamere Forest mere.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Typical wetland, near Hunger Hill]]
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• Llandaff
  The name of the town means "Church of the [[River Taff|Taff]], after the river flowing by it. ...ff met the Bristol Channel, and because of its pre-Christian location as a river crossing on a north south trade route. Evidence of Roman-British ritual bu
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• Mons Badonicus
  ...of the Virgin both on his shield and shoulder. Arthur charges, but kills a mere 470, ten more than the number of Britons ambushed by Hengist near Salisbury ...Trent|Trent]], then along the Trent to the Humber, then north along the [[River Derwent, Yorkshire|Derwent]] to the [[North Sea]]. The salients could then
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• Archenfield
  ...ns in the 8th century, it has stretched between the [[River Monnow]] and [[River Wye]]. Its origin is earlier though; Archenfield was once the larger Welsh ...ablishment of the Christian church in the area. Ergyng eventually became a mere cantref .<ref name=hereford>[http://www.hereford.uk.com/history/6thand7th.a
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• Fettercairn
  ...' Mount]] road (B974) from [[Deeside]]. The parish extends as far as the [[River North Esk]] which here forms the county border with [[Angus]]. ...es to the north-east. By the end of the 16th century it had declined to a mere hamlet, being represented now only by the ruins of the royal castle and an
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• Rollright Stones
  ...p of the [[Cotswold Hills]], just as the scarp forms a ridge between the [[River Stour, Warwickshire|Stour valley]] to the north and the Swere valley to the ...oubt that these great tombs, far more impressive than would be required of mere repositories for bones, were the centres of ritual activity in the early Ne
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• Bayston Hill
  ...ane'' took place around the nearby [[Bomere Pool]], that she called ''Sarn Mere''. ...ces at Longden, Lyth Hill, Bayston Hill, and Sharpstone Hill. North of the river Severn it does not outcrop again until it appears east of Shrewsbury as Hau
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• Aqualate Mere
  ...late Mere, Staffordshire - geograph-1883257.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Aqualate Mere]] '''Aqualate Mere''' in [[Staffordshire]] is the largest natural lake in the [[Midlands]]. I
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• Haughmond Abbey
  ...f dates suggests the account is not quite accurate (William FitzAlan was a mere youth in 1138,<ref name=eyton146>[https://archive.org/stream/archaeological ...ulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester, who donated the right to fish in the [[River Dee]] and to take 6,000 salt fish free of tolls.<ref name=eyton7-292>[https
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• Street, Somerset
  The [[River Brue]] marks the boundary with Glastonbury, to the north of Street. Before ...so at some time between 1230 and 1250, a new channel was dug to divert the river.
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• Southwark Cathedral
  ...hwark Cathedral''' ({{IPA|ˈsʌðɨk}}), stands on the south bank of the [[River Thames]] in [[Southwark]] in [[Surrey]], close to London Bridge. It is the ...minster was a collegiate church serving an area on the south side of the [[River Thames]]. In 1106, during the reign of King Henry I it became an Augustinia
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• Kentmere
  ...Round; a horseshoe of high fells which surrounds Kentmere Reservoir. The [[River Kent]], which gives Kendal its name, begins from Hall Cove, a corrie at the ...rough [[Staveley, Westmorland|Staveley]] which sits at its mouth where the river meets the Gowan Beck coming in from [[Ings]].
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• High Seat, Cumberland
  ...Crag]] and [[High Rigg]] and instead makes a beeline for the River Greta. Mere Gill, one of its many tributaries forms the north eastern edge of High Seat ...eefooted Brandreth on the eastern slope, sitting on a shallow saddle above Mere Ghyll is the Litt's Memorial. On March 9, 1880 John Litt was following the
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• St Albans Cathedral
  ...s cloak and parted the waters (although Gildas asserts the river was the [[River Thames|Thames]], showing an appreciation of Hertfordshire geography about a ...and it is thought that the name of the street derives from the "Halywell" river and "Halywell Bridge", not from the well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sal
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• River Rea
  {{distinguish|River Rea, Shropshire}} [[File:River Rea - Bham Belgrave Middleway.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The River Rea by Belgrave Middleway in Birmingham]]
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• Thetford Warren Lodge
  ...by the [[River Little Ouse]]. The lodge stands on the south side of the river, in [[Suffolk]]. ...riory]], lies in ruins a little to the east of here in the town. It is no mere cottage in the woods however but a fortified tower. The gamekeeper needed
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• Fintray
  ...s church dates from 1821, and there used to be a nearby ferry crossing the river. ...left, or north bank of the Don. The parish is bounded on the south by the river Don, which separates it from the parishes of [[Dyce]], [[Kinellar]] and [[K
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• Liddel Strength
  ...rlooking the Liddel Water's confluence with the [[River Esk, Dumfriesshire|River Esk]]; the last high ground before the Esk reaches the [[Solway Plain]]. T ...describe the settlement as extending north-west from the fort towards the river, with several streets, on one of which a bath-house was discovered in 1732.
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• Jesmond
  '''Jesmond''' is a town in [[Northumberland]] which has become a mere residential suburb of the county's great city, [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], jus ...he Old English ''Gese muþa'', meaning "[[Ouseburn|Ouse]] Mouth" after the river here.
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• New Ross
  ...border with [[County Kilkenny]]. The town's western suburbs lie across the river in the latter county. In 2011 it had a population of over 9,316 people, mak ...in 1189, Isabella set about "building a lovely city on the banks of the [[River Barrow|Barrow]]". The town's fortunes further increased when King John made
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• Wigmore Castle
  ...uilt on waste ground at a place called ''Merestun'', the settlement by the mere or lake. The land was held at the time of the Conquest by Gunnfrothr or Gun ...nce as it lies almost halfway between the rivers [[River Teme|Teme]] and [[River Lugg|Lugg]] (about 2½ miles from each) and commands the wide area between
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• Little Langdale
  ...], and within the [[Lake District]], watered by the upper reaches of the [[River Brathay]], running down to [[Elter Water]] on the [[Lancashire]] boundary, The dale contains a hamlet also known as Little Langdale, and a noteworthy mere, [[Little Langdale Tarn]]. Another, [[Blea Tarn]], is found above the dale
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• Bourton, Dorset
  ...ation of 822.<ref name=ons/> The village lies on the [[River Stour, Dorset|River Stour]] which passes through the historic Bourton Mill, once home to the se ...r of Bourton Mill is marked by [[Egbert's Stone]] which once fell into the River Stour, but was rescued and re-erected. In 878 it formed the rallying point
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• River Garw
  ...ver Llynfi]] at [[Aberkenfig]]. It is one of three main tributaries of the River Ogmore which runs through the town of [[Bridgend]]. ...[Abergarw]] and finally the village of [[Brynmenyn]], where it joins the [[River Ogmore]].
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• High Stile
  ...cupy a triangular region, all in the bounds of Cumberland, bordered by the River Cocker to the north east and [[Wasdale]] to the south east. Westwards the h ...aberry Tarn is drained into Buttermere by Sourmilk Gill, reaching the lake mere yards from its outlet. A belt of trees has been planted along the shoreline
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• Red Pike (Buttermere)
  ...cupy a triangular region, all in the bounds of Cumberland, bordered by the River Cocker to the north east and [[Wasdale]] to the south east. Westwards the h ...aberry Tarn is drained into Buttermere by Sourmilk Gill, reaching the lake mere yards from its outlet. A belt of trees has been planted along the shoreline
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• List of golf courses in the United Kingdom
  *Mere Golf & Country Club - [[Knutsford]] *Upchurch River Valley Golf Club - [[Sittingbourne]]
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• Duchy of Cornwall
  |Water and River || [[Dartmouth]] || [[Mere, Wiltshire|Meere]]
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• Blackadder House
  ...ving a widow and two daughters, Beatrix and Margaret, who at the time were mere children. From the unprotected state of Robert’s daughters, the Homes of ...here the house was, a wood was planted. Below the folly on the bank of the river the remains of the hydro electric power house is still visible (Blackadder
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• M56 motorway
  ...unctions 12 and 14, and the missing junction 13, it runs parallel to the [[River Mersey]] and the [[Manchester Ship Canal]]. After meeting the [[M53 motorwa Proposals existed for an extension into North Wales across the proposed [[River Dee]] Barrage,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.org/motorway/m56haplea.htm
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• Amcotts
  ...is situated north-west from [[Scunthorpe]], and on the west bank of the [[River Trent]] facing [[Flixborough]] on the east bank. The 2001 Census recorded a ...urface evidence remains, was supposedly at the outfall of Mere Dyke on the River Trent, which is now in Amcotts, but then was in Luddington parish which ext
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• Prestwich
  ...Lancashire]] within the [[Manchester]] conurbation. It lies close to the [[River Irwell]], three miles north of Manchester city centre, three miles north of Prestwich lies to the east of the [[River Irwell]] and is bounded on the north by Whitefield, on the east by [[Heaton
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• Laytown
  |picture caption= Laytown viewed from across the River Nanny ...efacts recovered include a Hiberno-Norse ring pin, though this may signify mere contact or trade with Vikings rather than their actual presence in the area
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• Stourhead
  ...its name suggests it is located at the source of the [[River Stour, Dorset|River Stour]]. The estate includes a Palladian mansion, the village of [[Stourton
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• Plucks Gutter
  ...of [[Stourmouth]] in [[Kent]]. It stands where the [[Little Stour]] and [[River Stour, Kent|Great Stour]] rivers meet. ...nd by creating a ploughed ditch; ''ploeg'' meaning 'plough'. This much is mere speculation however.
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• Lancaut
  ...epstow]]. It occupies a narrow-necked promontory formed by a curve of the river, which forms the border between the two counties. Little remains of the vil ...d houses,<ref name=vch/> and in 1848 the chapelry was recorded as having a mere 16 inhabitants.<ref name="Lewis, 1848" >{{Cite web
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• Reddish
  ...-powered calico printworks in Reddish Vale on the [[River Tame, Lancashire|River Tame]] is known to have been working before 1800. Industrial development fo
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• River Bollin
  ...under southern runway of manchester airport arp.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The River Bollin flowng beneath the southern runway of Manchester Airport]] The '''River Bollin''' is a major tributary of the [[River Mersey]], flowing through [[Cheshire]].
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• Uddingston
  ...dingston''' is a small town in [[Lanarkshire]], on the north side of the [[River Clyde]], about seven miles south-east of [[Glasgow]] city centre. Uddingsto It is bounded to the south-west by the [[River Clyde]] as it flows north-west through Glasgow and separates Uddingston, al
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• Broughton, Salford
  ...rb of [[Manchester]] and [[Salford]]. It stands on the east bank of the [[River Irwell]] and on the A56 road, north-east of Salford, a mile and a half nort ...ck to 1177 when it appears as 'Burton', bounded mainly by the meandering [[River Irwell]]. To the west of this township, close to a ford across the Irwell,
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• Buckley, Lancashire
  ...of southern [[Lancashire]] so subsumed in development as to have become a mere suburb of [[Rochdale]]. It is to be found at the northern fringe of the to ...is a tributary of the [[Hey Brook]], which in turn is a tributary of the [[River Roch]].
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• Roose
  '''Roose''' or '''Roosecote''' is a [[Lancashire]] village which has become a mere suburb of [[Barrow-in-Furness]]. ...s around the Ship Inn. A corn mill was situated on the stream now call Red River just north of the Railway stop but was demolished sometime between 1847 and
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• River Mite
  ...ridge over the River Mite - geograph.org.uk - 840286.jpg|right|thumb|300px|River Mite near Muncaster Mill]] The '''River Mite''' is a river in western [[Cumberland]].
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• Naddle Beck
  ...[[Cumberland]], which becomes a tributary of the [[River Greta, Cumberland|River Greta]]. ...astern side of [[High Seat, Cumberland|High Seat]] and [[Bleaberry Fell]]. Mere Gill joins Shoulthwaite Gill beneath an old fort on Castle Crag. Other trib
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• Botcherby
  ...the [[River Petteril]]: the meadows of the Petteril to the west and the [[River Eden, Cumberland and Westmorland|Eden]] to the north keep it a defined area
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• Foss Dyke
  ...ol.jpg|thumb|300px|Brayford Pool in Lincoln, where the Foss Dyke meets the River Witham]] The '''Foss Dyke''', or '''Fossdyke''', connects the [[River Trent]] at [[Torksey]] to [[Lincoln]], the county town of [[Lincolnshire]]
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• Milburn
  ...stmorland]]. A small village, it is located on the northern side of the [[River Eden, Cumberland and Westmorland|Eden Valley]], about nine miles east of [[ ...to coincide with the construction of [[Howgill Castle]], although this is mere speculation.)<ref name=butt />
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• Sadgill
  ...idleway from Sadgill heads west past Sadgil Wood and over to the head of [[River Kent|Kentdale]].
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• Low Fell, County Durham
  '''Low Fell''' is a [[County Durham]] village which has become a mere suburb of [[Gateshead]]. It is bordered by Sheriff Hill/Deckham to the eas ...1', during which the rivers [[River Tyne|Tyne]], [[River Wear|Wear]] and [[River Tees|Tees]] all burst their banks, causing people to lose their homes.<ref>
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• Sheriff Hill
  '''Sheriff Hill''' is a [[County Durham]] village which has become a mere suburb of [[Gateshead]] in the north-east of the county. The village is to .../ref> on the appointed day the company started in Newcastle, crossed the [[River Tyne]] to Gateshead and made its way up the steep road.<ref>Marshall, 1991:
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• Sturmer
  ...tps://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1012094</ref> The mere still exists today to the north-east of the village. The village also gives ...latform are visible from the road to Kedington, where the road crosses the River Stour. The Stour Valley Railway connected Sturmer to [[Colchester]], [[Cam
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• River Torridge
  ...Upcott Hill - geograph.org.uk - 867952.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Bridges over River Torridge at Bideford]] ...[Devon]] which enters the [[Bristol Channel]] in the long estuary of the [[River Taw]].
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• Tarleton
  ...ver banks of what is now Tarleton. The parish also includes the village of Mere Brow and the hamlets of Sollom and Holmes. ...re the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] joins the [[River Douglas, Lancashire|River Douglas]]]]
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• Churchinford
  ...on]], in the parish of [[Churchstanton]], though Churchstanton itself is a mere hamlet a mile and a half to the north-west. The village is in the area of The uppermost reach of the [[River Otter]], which here marks the border with [[Somerset]], is just over half a
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• West Lancashire Coastal Plain
  ...ear [[Liverpool]] on the [[Mersey]], to the south, to [[Preston]] on the [[River Ribble|Ribble]], to the north. To the east, the plain is bounded by the foo ...thic times, though large areas would have been marshy and contained Martin Mere.
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• Rufford, Lancashire
  ...kirk and Preston Railway, the A59 road and the [[River Douglas, Lancashire|River Douglas]] meet. ...rd.<ref>{{Harvnb|Mills|1998|p=293}}</ref> It was a crossing place over the River Douglas.
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• Shrewsbury Canal
  ...d [[Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct]] as a rebuild of a stone aqueduct over the [[River Tern]] at [[Longdon-on-Tern]] which had been built by Clowes but swept away ...m where they could travel via the [[Shropshire Canal]] southwards to the [[River Severn]] at [[Coalport]]. The plane consisted of twin railway tracks, each
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• Laira
  ...ach tide from a broad, shining water to a mudflat through which the little river winds its way. ...ned and reclaimed, so that the Laira today forms a mere lower reach of the river.
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• Waddington, Lincolnshire
  ...nbsp;ft (69&nbsp;m) above sea level, giving it commanding views over the [[River Witham]] valley.<ref name="benchmark">{{cite web|url=http://www.bench-marks ...actice on Bar Lane. The Lincolnshire Fire Brigade premises are situated on Mere Road.
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• Huish, Devon
  ...ed by the [[River Torridge]] and the western by the Rivers Mere and Little Mere,<ref name=H>{{Cite book
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• River Wheelock
  ...lows into the [[River Weaver]] in [[Northwich]]. Alternative names for the river have were recorded in 1619 as ''Sutton Watter'', ''Sutton Brooke'', and ''L ...''og''.<ref name=dodgson1970a>Dodgson, J. McN. (1970a). page 38.</ref> The river has given its name to the large village of [[Wheelock, Cheshire|Wheelock]].
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• Brecon Castle
  ...e castle was built at the confluence of the rivers [[River Usk|Usk]] and [[River Honddu (Usk)|Honddu]], conferring the benefits of protection and hydropower The castle had become mere ruins by the end of the Georgian era.<ref name=britainexpress/> Renovations
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• Upton-cum-Chalvey
  ...5. Upton took its name from its situation at the top of the slope from the river terrace — the various levels in the area having been formed in the Ice Ag The Mere is a 19th-century half-timbered building, built in 1887 by the grandson of
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• Skelpick
  ...illage is the Skelpick Burn, a short stream which runs north then into the River Naver just below the village. The hills south of the village, where the road does not follow except as a mere track, are full of ancient hut circles, burnt mounds and cairns.
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• Burton, Wirral
  ...,<ref name=southwirral /> and Burton's prosperity took a downturn when the river course was diverted in the eighteenth century. ...Liverpool City Council. Just to the south of Burton is the RSPB's [[Burton Mere Wetlands]] reserve.
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• Sutton Place, Burpham
  ...lace''' is a Tudor manor house standing with its estate in a loop in the [[River Wey]] to the north-east of [[Burpham]] in south-western [[Surrey]], and to ...s and turrets of the old castles and fortified manors have been reduced to mere pilasters, covered with decorative terracotta, caricatures of their former
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• Seamer, Scarborough
  In AD 70, the Romans crossed the [[River Humber]] and entered Yorkshire. With the construction of a vexillation fort ...he spelling of the second element suggests variation between Old English ''mere'' 'sea' and Old Norse ''marr'' 'lake, sea, pool'. The dominant meaning of t
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• Maiden Bradley
  ...age's main street. The part of the parish in Wiltshire forms part of the [[Mere Hundred]], with the Somerset part, including the deserted mediæval village ...nd gulleys, being largely chalk subsoil, which slopes gently down to the [[River Wylye|Wylye]] on the eastern border which runs from this part of the platea
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• Kingston Deverill
  ...[[Mere Hundred]] of [[Wiltshire]]. Its nearest towns are [[Mere, Wiltshire|Mere]], about 3½ miles to the south-west, and [[Warminster]], about five miles ...e parish is in the Deverill Valley which carries the upper waters of the [[River Wylye]]. The six villages of the valley – Kingston, Monkton, [[Brixton De
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• Boultham
  The ecclesiastical parish of Boultham covers most of Lincoln west of the [[River Witham]] near Lincoln High Street. The northern boundary is defined by Bray Boultham Mere, created in 1989, is a nature reserve situated near a railway line and look
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• Gedney
  ...tends out to sea along Tycho Wing's Channel, which is the outflow of the [[River Nene]]. This area is the far west of The Wash NNR. ...ng Boatmere Creek, south of [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/657529 Boat Mere Farm] then along [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/657547 The Chase]. It c
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• Buckden Pike
  |picture caption = The hill from Tor Mere Top, a mile to the south. ...the car parks in Buckden or Kettlewell - traditionally the leg along the [[River Wharfe]] (part of the [[Dales Way]]) is completed at the end of the day for
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• Cutty Sark
  ...nwich]] in [[Kent]] as a museum ship, installed in a dry dock beside the [[River Thames]]. The ship was built on the [[River Leven, Dunbartonshire|River Leven]] in [[Dumbarton]] in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was
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• Branston, Lincolnshire
  ...t is the principal settlement in the wider civil parish of ‘Branston and Mere’, which had a population 4,019 at the 2001 census. ...es.lincolnshire.gov.uk/branstonandmere/imageDetail.asp?id=57885 Branston & Mere Parish Council - Village Pump, Hall Lane]</ref>
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• Little Coates
  '''Little Coates''' is a village which has become a mere area of western [[Grimsby]] in [[Lindsey]], the northern part of [[Lincolns ...er Freshney]] as a natural boundary to the west. On the other side of the river is the parish of [[Great Coates]], where the Willows/Wybers Wood estates ha
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• Tullyhommon
  ...e [[Republic of Ireland]], marked here by the [[Termon River]]. Across the river in [[County Donegal]] is a bigger village, [[Pettigo]], and the two, linked ...gh: All that divides the adjoining towns of Pettigo and Tullyhommon is the River Termon. Brexit could change that.... | author=Victoria Johnson | date=10 Oc
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• Exbury House
  ...s tended by a gardening staff that ". . . had been reduced from fifty to a mere eighteen old men."
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• Frogmore, Hampshire
  ...kwater]]. The north edge of Frogmore is on the [[River Blackwater, Surrey|River Blackwater]], which forms the county border - across it is [[Sandhurst]] in The name of the village is much as it seems; from the Old English ''froggan mere'', meaning 'Frog pond'.<ref>{{placenames Mills|p=196}}</ref>
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• Maelor Way
  ...: [[Grindley Brook]], the [[Llangollen Canal]], the [[River Dee]], and the river Ceiriog in the [[Ceiriog Valley]]. ...nce boosted the population threefold, [[Hanmer]], situated on the peaceful mere which gave the village and its local aristocracy, the Hanmer family, their
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• Little Cornard
  ...Suffolk's border with [[Essex]]). The parish is also home to the [[Cornard Mere]] Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the Appletree Wood and Mumford W ...6 September 1449 a fight between two dragons took place on a meadow by the River Stour. One dragon was black and came from Kedington Hill, Suffolk, the othe
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• Ifield
  ...ge in the very north of [[Sussex]] which has been swallowed up to become a mere neighbourhood within the town of [[Crawley]]. Ifield is in the west of the ...e [[River Mole]] which runs north into [[Surrey]] and all the way to the [[River Thames]]. In 1683<ref name="Bracher8">{{cite book|last=Bracher|first=P.|tit
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• Southease
  ...church, St Peter's. Southease railway station is half a mile east over the river and may be reached over a swing bridge. ...ver. The remains of a slipway on the west bank of the [[River Ouse, Sussex|River Ouse]] just north of the bridge faces [[Mount Caburn]]. The nearest village
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• Stanmer
  The name is from the Old English ''stan mere'' for "stone pond", referring to the sarsen stones around Stanmer village p ...[[Rape of Pevensey]], which is otherwise east of the [[River Ouse, Sussex|River Ouse]].
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• Ergyng
  ...> show Ergyng extending across what is now the [[Forest of Dean]] to the [[River Severn]]. ...portant monarchs and may have obtained sway over Glamorgan as far as the [[River Neath]]. In the middle of the 7th century.
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• Nafferton
  ...eel. The mill race drains into Nafferton Beck, and subsequently into the [[River Hull]]
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• Merton, Oxfordshire
  '''Merton''' is a village by the [[River Ray]] in the midst of [[Oxfordshire]], about four miles south of [[Bicester The name 'Merton' is from the Old English 'mere tun', which is to say a village by a lake.{{sfn|Arkell|1942|p=2}}
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