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  • |picture=King's College Chapel and Clare College from across the river - geograph.org.uk - 67682.jpg The '''County of Cambridge''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] of [[East Anglia]].
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  • '''Corstorphine''' is a village and ancient parish in [[Midlothian]], to the west of [[Edinburgh]] and now considered a suburb of that city.<ref>[CORSTO ...en Edinburgh and [[Glasgow]]. The actual "High Street" itself is no longer the main street, an idiosyncrasy shared with central Edinburgh.
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  • ...dgeshire]] to the north; [[Buckinghamshire]] to the west; and [[Essex]] to the east. ...ounty. Several major roads, including the M1 and M25 motorways, the A1 and the A10, run through it, whose corridors are marked by urban growth.
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  • |picture caption=Farmland in the Vale of Belvoir ...shire]] to the south-east. The border with Warwickshire is Watling Street (the A5).
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  • ...[[Chiltern Hills]], stretching across the East, and the [[Cotswolds]] to the West and North. ...City of Oxford but also on the hills and charming honey-coloured towns of the Cotswolds, and on Oxfordshire's many delightful Thames-side towns and villa
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  • ...nited Kingdom|shire]] in the south-east of [[Great Britain]]. It is one of the "Home Counties". ...o the east lies [[Kent]] and to the west [[Hampshire]] and [[Berkshire]]. The [[county town]] is [[Guildford]].
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  • ...ty Galway]] and with it facing the wild [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It is part of the Province of [[Connaught]]. ...3}}</ref> The boundaries of the county, which was formed in 1585, reflect the Mac William Íochtar lordship at that time.
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  • ...enshire]] and Scotland's third most populous city. It is a major centre of the North Sea oil industry. ...l in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the ''Oil Capital of Europe'' or the ''Energy Capital of Europe''.<ref name="uni-abdn">{{cite web |url=http://ww
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  • ...is served by Inverurie railway station on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line. The nearest airport is Aberdeen Airport at [[Dyce]]. ...Don is actually called '''Port Elphinstone''' it is however common to hear the title "Inverurie" used to refer to both Inverurie and Port Elphinstone as a
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  • ...ange to the north and the [[River Devon, Clackmannanshire|River Devon]] to the south. ...nd much information about the former Devon Valley Railway, which closed in the 1970s.
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  • |picture caption=Chepstow Castle and 1816 road bridge across the Wye ...[[River Severn]], and close to the western end of the [[Severn Bridge]] on the [[M48 motorway]]. It is 16 miles east of [[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]
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  • ...d contiguous towns, Manchester has highest population of any urban area in the United Kingdom after [[London]]. ...ntre, the town's origin, is built on a sandstone bluff near the meeting of the rivers [[River Medlock|Medlock]] and [[River Irwell|Irwell]].
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  • ...esort and parish on the coast of [[Berwickshire]]. It is two miles east of the main north-south A1 road and just 8 miles north of [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]]. ...arrow streets and vennels - giving shelter from the sea and well suited to the smuggling tradition of old.
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  • ...ire portion accounts for 468,812; the Worcestershire portion, 435,033; and the Staffordshire portion 168,484. ...nurbation in Britain, with an overall population of 2,284,093 according to the 2001 census.<ref name="KSUA">{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/s
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  • ...and [[Buckinghamshire]] in Great Britain. Despite the name, about 55% of the network is above ground. ...lt first, but any such distinction has long been lost and in recent years "The Tube" has been used by London Underground Limited.<ref>For example: ''[http
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  • ...ffice for National Statistics estimates, it is the fastest growing city in the United Kingdom. ==The city==
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  • ...ish in western [[Middlesex]] beside the [[River Thames]], which here forms the border with [[Surrey]]. ...can be argued that the similar word is counterintuitively pronounced, and the place name is literal.
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  • ...trawberry Hill, and is linked with the oldest Roman Catholic university in the country, St Mary's University, Twickenham. ...ne 2015}}</ref> The charter, dated 13 June 704, is signed with 12 crosses. The signatories included Swaefred of Essex, Cenred of Mercia and Earl Paeogthat
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  • ...n-wa16/</ref> The big difference in house prices creates social divide in the town, a problem shared with nearby places such as [[Altrincham]], [[Wilmslo ...r. Today the town's location gives it easy access to [[Liverpool]] and all the other busy towns of southern [[Lancashire]].
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  • ...its streets are and places of interest include the Royal Cornwall Museum, the Hall for Cornwall and Cornwall's Courts of Justice. ...portant centre of trade from its port, and then as a [[stannary town]] for the mining industry.
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  • ...nal infrastructure. It was granted city status on 1 September 2022 to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. ==The town==
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  • |picture=Moffat from the hills.JPG |picture caption=Moffat from the surrounding hills
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  • |picture=Beith Auld Kirk and The Cross - geograph.org.uk - 34617.jpg |picture caption=Beith Auld Kirk and The Cross
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  • |picture=Warwick overview from the castle.jpg ...in [[Warwickshire]], of which it is the [[county town]]. Warwick stands on the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]], 11 miles south of [[Coventry]] and
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  • ...It stands at the western end of the [[South Downs]], along the course of the [[River Itchen]]. ...ancient capital of Wessex and of the Kingdom of England. It developed from the Roman town of ''Venta Belgarum''.
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  • ...iconic architecture such as The Sage Gateshead, the Angel of the North and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. ==The town==
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  • ...Wandle]], one of the sources of which is Carshalton Ponds in the centre of the village.<ref>{{cite web|title=London Biodiversity Partnership - audit of ri ==In and around the town==
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  • |picture caption=The Thames at Chertsey Lock .... Egham today is somewhat hemmed in by the M3 to the north and the M25 to the west.
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  • The Royal Burgh of '''Haddington''' is the county town of [[East Lothian]], a county also named Haddingtonshire. It st ...hange (1854) and the County Courthouse (1833). Other notable sites include the Jane Welsh Carlyle House, and Mitchell's Close.
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  • ...t|Stort Valley]], and close to the M11 motorway. It is considered part of the London commuter belt. ...agan temple remains have been found. Often a temple's remains lie beneath the church that superseded it.
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  • ...as a new town from 1946, which utterly transformed it. The population at the 2001 was 81,143, though now estimated at around 89,000. ...Hemel Hempstead was developed as a new town, which was built anew next to the Old Town, which was left largely in place.
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  • ...in [[Hertfordshire]]. It has old origins but is also a new town and bears the development of that age of post-war enthusiasm. ...estors since the days of Sir Robert Cecil, the First Earl of Salisbury, in the reign of King James I.
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  • |picture=The Green, Elstead - geograph.org.uk - 1599852.jpg ...tral green. It stands close to the [[River Wey]] and some 3 miles west of the A3 Portsmouth Road, and due west of [[Godalming]].
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  • |picture caption=The River Medway in Maidstone |constituency=Maidstone and The Weald
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  • |name=Welwyn Garden City |picture=The Parkway Fountain.jpg
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  • ...zable town which stands on its own, separated by green belt and woods form the towns and villages close by; [[Fetcham]], [[Ashtead]], [[Chessington]], [[E ...ided 300 years of service to horse-drawn coaches. In the late 20th century the M25 motorway was built nearby.
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  • ...undaries and the road between [[Kingston Bagpuize]] and [[West Hanney]] to the west. The course of a Roman road passes through the parish about ½ mile east of the village.
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  • ...ith a population of 11,043 in 2001. It lies six miles to the south-west of the major town of north Wiltshire, [[Swindon]]. ...F Lyneham. Wootton Bassett became only the third town ever so honoured and the first since 1909.<ref name=16oct>{{cite web | url=http://www.woottonbassett
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  • |picture caption=The Thames at Streatley ...Goring Gap]] on the [[River Thames]] and is directly across the river from the [[Oxfordshire]] village of [[Goring-on-Thames]].
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  • |picture caption=View over Greenock and the Clyde ...contiguous urban area with [[Gourock]] to the west and [[Port Glasgow]] to the east.
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  • ...area with the adjacent town of [[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]]. It is within the Reigate Hundred, to which it has lent its name. ...eith Hill]], there are impressive hills at [[Colley Hill]] a mile north of the town (756 feet) and [[Reigate Hill]] 2½ miles east of that Colley Hill (72
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  • |picture caption=The Old Market Hall in the Square ...respassing over that broad water. Shrewsbury is the second largest town in the county, after [[Telford]].
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  • ...s a town in [[Surrey]] grown into a suburban development contiguous within the metropolitan conurbation. It is a little south of Croydon town centre. ...Monks Orchard, Shirley Park and Shirley Oaks, names which are reflected in the names of neighbourhoods today.
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  • ...row Head, about thirteen miles south of [[Wigtown]], the [[county town]]. The Isle of Whitthorn is about three miles from [[Whithorn]], a royal burgh, wi ...e Head and making their way to Whithorn Priory. The chapel was rebuilt in the 13th century but this has long since fallen into ruin.
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  • ...imram near Poplars Green - geograph.org.uk - 1319730.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Mimram near Poplars Green]] ...f the county, praised for its scenic beauty in particular between [[Welwyn Garden City]] and [[Hertford]].
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  • ...Garth Celyn''' it was the seat of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, known as Llywelyn the Last. ...h beyond the dual carriageway is a fine view over the broad Lavan Sands in the [[Menai Strait]].
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  • ...Rochdale itself had a total population of 95,796 in 2001. Rochdale is in the Salford Hundred. ...ochdale flourished into a centre of [[Lancashire]]'s woollen trade, and by the early 18th century was described as being "remarkable for many wealthy merc
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  • [[File:River Cherwell (330283706).jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Cherwell in Christchurch Meadows, Oxford]] ...ich forms one of the major tributaries of the [[River Thames]]. It enters the Thames in Oxford.
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  • ...up around an ancient sea port on Faversham Creek and was the birthplace of the explosives industry in Britain. ...a]]ns. It was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Favreshant''. The town has regularly throughout its history obtained curious royal privileges
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  • ...h other. The soil is mixed, the subsoil clay and sand. The parish includes the small hamlet of Craymere Beck. ...picturesque scenery within and around the parish, which is remarkable for the number and variety of wild flowers with which its meadows are studded.}}
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  • |picture caption=The ford through the Darent ...nsford''' (pronounced ''Ainsford'') is a village in [[Kent]]. It stands on the [[River Darent]], south of [[Dartford]].
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  • ...]]. In 2008, the population of Monifieth was estimated at 8,220, making it the sixth-largest town in Angus. ...onifieth remained a small village but grew rapidly due to the expansion of the local textile industry.
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  • |picture=Kimpton, The White Horse Public House - geograph.org.uk - 465988.jpg |picture caption=The White Horse, Kimpton
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  • ...large mill on the [[River Lea]], known as [[Lemsford Mill]] (which is now the headquarters of Ramblers Worldwide Holidays}. ...th a good east window, also to the memory of the Earl. The tower stands in the west, lofty and with a crenelated top.
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  • ...s is best known for the St Fagans National History Museum (formerly called the Museum of Welsh Life). In 1648, the Battle of St Fagans took place close by.
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  • |picture caption=The road from Rhiw to Aberdaron '''Rhiw''' is a small village on the south west tip of the [[Llŷn]] Peninsula in [[Caernarfonshire]]. There are fine views towards [[
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  • |picture caption=The Olympic Park in April 2012 ...2 Paralympic Games. From the end of the Paralympic Games its full name is the '''Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park'''.
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  • |picture caption=The River Wharfe at Otley ...t of [[Leeds]]. Above the town overlooking the dale is a ridge known as [[The Chevin]].
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  • ...rial Revolution, which given the town its shape, and while the furnaces of the factories no long burn as once they did, its factory heritage is visible an The town is found 8 miles north of [[Wigan]] and 20 miles north-west of [[Manch
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  • ...d]], at the very edge of [[Yorkshire]] and its suburbs reaching out toward the [[Isle of Axholme]] in [[Lincolnshire]]. ...n City'' campus, currently the largest education investment of its kind in the United Kingdom.
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  • ...]. It was a small village until the late 19th century when it grew around the coal mining and tinplate industries. ...to the west; and [[Penllergaer]] and the [[M4 motorway]] (Junction 47) to the east.
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  • ...est and [[Whittonstall]] to the east. In Hindley stands Hindley Hall, once the grand manor house and now split up into three houses and four apartments. ...north of Hindley runs a burn called Hindley Burn, which is a tributary of the [[River Tyne]].
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  • ...ends Association was established in 1996 to secure the long-term future of the building. ...web |url=http://data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2400:15:0::::GARDEN:GDL00242 |title=Kinloch Castle |work=Inventory of Gardens and Designed Land
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  • [[File:River Lee - geograph.org.uk - 286866.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Lea at Hertford]] ...The River Lea at Nazeing - geograph.org.uk - 108985.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Lea at Nazeing]]
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  • |picture=The Overdraught , Pub Park Street Herts. - geograph.org.uk - 28025.jpg ...er]] south of [[St Albans]]. It is separated from St Albans by a buffer to the north.
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  • |picture=The Parade -Leamington Spa - Warwickshire 13a2008.jpg ...ansions in England.<ref name="courrier"/> The [[River Leam]] flows through the town.
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  • [[File:Clare Bridge 2003.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Cam from King's College Bridge]] ...'''Granta'''; by tradition it is the Granta above Silver Street Bridge and the Cam below it.
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  • ...g]]. Earley and Lower Earley are at the eastern edge of that conurbation. The name is sometimes spelt '''Erleigh''' or '''Erlegh'''. It is found some two ...metamorphisized by 20th century town development and is unrecognisable as the old village it once was. It now consists of a number of smaller areas, inc
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  • ...nghamshire]]; one of the two major towns (with [[Bletchley]]) around which the New Town was grown. It is at its northern edge of today's Milton Keynes, be ...nsformed by the new developments. Today, Wolverton is a thriving focus for the northern edge of Milton Keynes.
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  • ...herwise known as '''King George V Fields''', county by county. All are in the United Kingdom except for that at Les Blancs Bois on [[Guernsey]]. ...f King George V, providing playing fields in communities across the land. The fields are typically named "King George V Playing Field" of "King George's
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  • ...ude Nantwich, [[Middlewich]] and [[Northwich]], the latter two standing to the north. Nantwich is on the [[Cheshire Plain]], on the banks of the [[River Weaver]], approximately four miles south-west of [[Crewe]] and 20 m
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  • ...the [[River Derwent, Cumberland|River Derwent]]. The 2001 census records the population at that time as being 7,877. ...within the town and reflects events during its eight hundred-year history. The town is prone to flooding, being flooded in 2005 and again much more severe
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  • |picture=Church of The Holy Cross, Crediton.jpg |picture caption=Church of The Holy Cross, Crediton
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  • |picture caption=Courtyard of the house ...[[Cornwall]], within the Parish of [[Calstock]]. It is now in the care of the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National
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  • ...n as '''Queen Elizabeth Fields''', set forth county by county. All are in the [[United Kingdom]]. The list is presented as in February 2013, though other fields may be designate
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  • ...t and set in extensive, manicured grounds. The house and garden belong to the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National ...it was built; most houses oif the ages were changed and changed agin over the centuries as new styles came and went, but Trerice has changed little, havi
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  • |website={{NT link|Hill of Tarvit Mansionhouse and Garden}} ...e gardens. They were designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and are today owned by the [[National Trust for Scotland]].
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  • ...outside [[East Kilbride]] in [[Lanarkshire]]. It is a museum dedicated to the history of rural life, and in particular rural life in Scotland. ...honestly earned pennies from private pockets. It was originally known as the '''Museum of Scottish Country Life'''
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  • ...n]]. It is close to the [[River Tyne, East Lothian|River Tyne]], [[Preston Mill]], and Prestonkirk Parish Church. ...}</ref> The 18th century main house is a category A listed building, while the farmstead is category B listed.<ref name=LBR/>
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  • |website={{NT link|Preston Mill and Phantassie Doocot}} ...Lothian]]. It is owned by the [[National Trust for Scotland]]. [[Preston Mill]] stands close by.
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  • |picture caption=Glossop from the Snake Pass ...l Park". It had a total resident population of 32,428 in 2001 according to the census of that year.
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  • '''Hendon''' is a town in [[Middlesex]] within the metropolitan conurbation. The [[River Brent]] runs trough Hendon. On 30 Nov 2009- The Environment Agency warned residents of a flooding along River Brent from He
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  • ...l]] coast. It is a town known for seaside holidays and fossils; indeed in the shops of Lyme one is as likely to find an ammonite as a bucket and spade. ...he Devon border is at the edge of the town, just a third of a mile west of the harbour.
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  • |picture caption=From the east, with the Craigmore Viaduct in the foreground ...and Dublin-Belfast railway line. Today the village of Bessbrook straddles the three [[townland]]s of Maghernahely, Clogharevan and Maytown. Bessbrook is
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  • ...|pages=246}}</ref> is a hamlet in [[Fermanagh]], seven miles south-west of the county town, [[Enniskillen]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Boho Caves |publisher=M The name of the village is from the Irish ''Botha'', meaning 'Huts'.<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/58921.aspx Plac
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  • ...drainage aqueducts of the ancient road are still visible in the cellar of the Chapel Inn today) ...l.com/ White Hart Hotel] and the [http://www.thechapelinn.com Chapel Inn] (The Chapel Inn became a legally licensed premises in 1554) have been establishe
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  • ...istol]], with a population of 12,342 at the 2001 census. It lies close to the [[Severn Estuary]]. ...ch were found in 2004 while a resident was digging out for a fishpond.<ref>The Thornbury hoard was acquired by Bristol Museum for £40,000. [http://treasu
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  • ...Council|accessdate=1 December 2009}}</ref> an increase of over 3,000 since the 2001,<ref name="North Somerset Council">{{cite web|url=http://www.n-somerse ...been redeveloped into a marina and residential areas. Portishead was also the telephone control centre used by British Telecom (BT) for non-direct dialle
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  • ...ad through Darwen is the A666 towards Blackburn to the north and Bolton to the south, and ultimately [[Manchester]]. ...south to north and is visible only in the outskirts of the town, as within the town centre it runs underground.
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  • ...pe is dominated by residential tower blocks, forming a stark contrast with the surrounding Victorian terraced housing. Eccles cake was first made here, named after the town.
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  • ...th, whilst to the north are the [[Cheesden Valley]], an open moorland, and the [[Pennines]]. ...came modern Heywood; an industrial town, until the decline of the mills in the mid-20th century.
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  • '''Padiham''' is a small town on the [[River Calder, Lancashire|River Calder]] in [[Lancashire]], about 3 miles ...ive countryside on an arc running from the north-west to the north-east in the foothills of [[Pendle Hill]].
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  • '''St Helens''' is a large town in southern [[Lancashire]], caught within the conurbation of south Lancashire towns centred upon [[Liverpool]] The town stands 6 miles north of the [[River Mersey]], within the [[West Derby Hundred]].
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  • ...ourgates), [[Chequerbent]] (which was all but destroyed by the building of the motorway), Hunger Hill, Snydale, [[Hart Common]], Marsh Brook, Daisy Hill a The name Westhoughton is derived from the Old English, ''halh'' (modern dialect "haugh") for a nook or corner of land
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  • [[File:River Welland.18.6.05.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The River Welland at Stamford]] ...y [[Lincolnshire]], where it enters [[the Wash]]. It drains a fair area of the Midlands.
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  • '''Fintona''' is a village and townland in [[Tyrone]]. Its population at the 2011 Census was 1,164.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/p The village is in the south-west of County Tyrone, [[Fermanagh]], in Tyrpone's [[Barony of Cloghe
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  • ...the preserved [[North Norfolk Railway]], 'The Poppy Line', of which it is the south-western terminus. ...is plain English, and indeed Old English, for woodland, which described the landscape hereabouts.
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  • |picture=The end of the Chet - geograph.org.uk - 1687469.jpg |picture caption=The River Chet in Loddon
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  • ...nd is the site of the Roman town of ''Lactodorum'', and a fortification of the tenth century also. Today it is more famous for horse racing. ...d Inn" in Towcester features as one of Mr Pickwick's stopping places along the road.
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  • ...e mines were opened in earnest only in the 1960s and closed in the 1990s. The village has refused to decline like its neighbours and has built itself ane ...aints) is a small supermarket and adjacent to that is Grannie's Tea Rooms. The leisure centre has a large swimming pool, gymnasium and sports hall with pl
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  • ...coinciding with the introduction of a railway line in 1863, and from where the town gets its name (Bearsden station was named after a nearby house). ...Britain in a 2005 survey, and has the least social housing of any town in the region.
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  • ...centre, between [[Dalkeith]] and [[Loanhead]]. [[Melville Castle]] lies to the north east. The name Lasswade probably dervives from the Old English words ''læs wæd'', meaning "meadow ford".
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  • |picture caption=The Ancient House, Clare ...te-box villages in the south of the county. Clare is on the north bank of the [[River Stour, Suffolk|River Stour]] which divides Suffolk from [[Essex]].
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  • [[File:The Royal Oak - geograph.org.uk - 1289763.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Royal Oak at Boscobel House]] '''The Monarch's Way''' is a long-distance footpath 615 miles long<ref name="milli
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  • ===Stone Age until the Norman Conquest=== ...e Lordship or cantref of Miskin under the Lordship of Glamorgan created by the Norman King, William Rufus, in 1093.<ref name=TC&G/>
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  • ...rking, Surrey - geograph.org.uk - 1405478.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Pipp Brook Mill Pond, Dorking]] ...ith Hill]] and runs to the north of [[Dorking]] town centre before joining the Mole at [[Pixham]].
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  • ...e:Atop the Clent Hills - geograph.org.uk - 850365.jpg|right|thumb|350px|On the Clent Hills of Worcestershire]] [[File:The Four Stones.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The four stones at the top of Clent Hill]]
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  • |picture caption=Warwick Castle and the River Avon ...val castle in [[Warwick]], the [[county town]] of [[Warwickshire]], one of the most complete and impressive castles of its age, ad now open as a paying to
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  • '''Edgbaston''' is a town within the city of [[Birmingham]], and within [[Warwickshire]]. ...ries or warehouses to be built in Edgbaston, thus making it attractive for the middle class.
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  • ...in the conurbation, while north-eastward the village of [[Water Orton]] is the first village to break free. [[Shard End]] adjoins Castle Bromwich to the south-west.
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  • ...worth]], the latter 6 miles to the north. The village sits on the bank of the [[River Tame, Staffordshire|River Tame]]. ...and [[Minworth]] before joining the A38, which continues to Junction 6 of the [[M6 motorway|M6]] at Spaghetti Junction.
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  • ...the village of [[Strangford]], in [[County Down]], in the [[townland]] of the same name. It overlooks [[Strangford Lough]] and is 7 miles from [[Downpatr ...Victorian laundry, theatre, restaurant, shop, saw mill and a working corn mill. It has a shore on [[Strangford Lough]]. From 1985 to 2010 it has also host
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  • ...was built an long enjoyed as a family house, and today is in the hands of the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National ...ded acres. It stands at the base of [[Mynydd Rhiw Mountain]] and overlooks the long beach of [[Porth Neigwl]] (Hell's Mouth) on [[Cardigan Bay]].
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  • ...ty|National Trust]] on her own death in 1939. It has since been opened to the public. ...John Brittan. Six brick columns form a massive central chimneystack above the gabled facades.
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  • ...n [[Denbighshire]], on the outskirts of [[Wrexham]]. Today it is owned by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National ...was named as 'measurer' in a contract of 1696 for building the chancel of the church at [[Aston-by-Sutton]], Cheshire; he was buried 28 March 1699. Nothi
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  • |picture caption=The front of Raglan Castle and the main gatehouse ...se; after the restoration of Charles II, the Somersets declined to restore the castle. Raglan Castle became first a source of local building materials, th
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  • |picture caption=The church ...bridge]]. The [[River Cam|River Granta]] lies between Little Shelford and the larger village of [[Great Shelford]]
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  • ...and a large historic centre with 29 listed buildings, four of which are in the second highest category. ...ry.<ref name=page>{{brithist|42444|Parishes: Aspley Guise}} - A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3</ref>
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  • ...at surround its centrally developed roads. The [[River Flit]] flows behind the Westoning stud farm. ...Chief Justice of the King's Bench in the reign of Edward II, and owner of the manor.
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  • ...to St. Andoenus, which was almost wholly rebuilt in 1880 and which lies in the ecclesiastical Parish of Mathern and Mounton with St Pierre.<ref>[http://ww ...nch monarchs. He is represented in the Grouped Parish logo by the quill of the scribe.
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  • ...in the [[Forest of Dean]]. The main road which passes through Staunton is the A4136. ...oadstone farm. The Buckstone is situated nearby, as are the Suck Stone and the Near Hearkening Rock.
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  • |picture caption=St Helens, the parish church ...ver Stour, Warwickshire|River Stour]] runs along the north-eastern edge of the village.
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  • ...house and park are situated in the [[River Monnow|Monnow valley]], beside the B4347 road, eight miles by road north-west of [[Monmouth]] and just over a ...ential outdoor education centre run for the local education authorities in the county.
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  • The '''South Tynedale Railway''' is a preserved, two-foot narrow gauge heritage ...mberland|Alston]] in Cumberland to [[Lintley]] in Northumberland by way of the [[South Tyne]], Gilderdale and Whitley Viaducts. It is Britain's highest n
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  • ...ngus]]. The current name is a contraction of Aberelliot, meaning "Mouth of the Elliot".<ref name="FirstStatAc">''Statistical Account of Scotland'', edited The main village settlement is on the Elliot Water, 2.5 miles from Arbroath. There is a [[Church of Scotland]] ch
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  • ...ancient parishes of [[Caputh]] and [[Tealing]], had a population of 520 in the 2001 Census. ...mile to the east lies the larger village of Kirkton of Auchterhouse, where the church and school are located.
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  • ...stone bridge in the Highlands and the nearby ancient pine forest contains the Landmark Forest Adventure Park. ...ref> In the 2001 census the village had a population of 708 people, with the majority employed in tourism.
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  • |picture=The A340, Aldermaston - geograph.org.uk - 1202526.jpg |picture caption=The Street, Aldermaston
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  • ...embrokeshire Coast]] National Park and is a popular holiday destination on the A487 road. ..., and two shops, garage, petrol station and a chip shop remain, as well as the local blacksmith, now 5th generation.
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  • ...ust south of the village (see below). His nephew, David, later Baron Hume, the noted Scottish jurist was baptised 1757 at Chirnside.<ref>John W. Cairns, " ...useum, which is known as [http://www.duns.bordernet.co.uk/local/clark.html The Jim Clark Room], can be found in [[Duns]].
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  • |picture caption=Coronation Square in the centre of Southcote ...er Kennet]] and the water meadows of the Kennet Valley, and to the east by the railway line from Reading to [[Basingstoke]] bordering [[Coley Park]].
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  • |picture=View from Holy Trinity, Coalbrookdale down towards the Aga Factory - geograph.org.uk - 1462317.jpg |picture caption=Coalbrookdale and the Aga factory
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  • ...of [[Banbury]]. It is a small place: just 156 villagers were recorded in the 2011 census. ...the village from neighbouring [[Little Tew]] which lacked its own church. The name "Tew" is not explained.
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  • ...s several small clusters of homes and there is a great deal of woodland in the parish. ...village are its parish church, St Mary's, and a shop and visitor centre by the [[Kennet & Avon Canal]].
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  • ...miles northwest of [[Newbury]]. The [[M4 motorway]] passes just north of the village. Wickham is on the course of a Roman road that linked ''[[Calleva Atrebatum]]'' ([[Silchester]
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  • ...rris Railway''' is a narrow gauge preserved railway based in [[Corris]] on the border between [[Merionethshire]] and [[Montgomeryshire]]. ...the isolated quarries around [[Ratgoed]] and quarries along the length of the [[River Dulas|Dulas Valley]].
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  • ...ough of Hackney, E5 E9 (414929477).jpg|right|thumb|300px|Playing fields on the Hackney Marshes]] ...River Lea]] on the eastern edge of [[Middlesex]]. It was incorporated into the Lee Valley Park in 1967.
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  • ...Mining remained its vital industry until its pits were shut in the 1960s. The town is six miles south-east of [[Cumnock]] from which its name comes, and ...ster called ''The Brave Don't Cry'' and there is a memorial at the site of the disaster.
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  • |picture=National Westminster Bank, Prestbury. Formerly known as the Priest's House..JPG |picture caption=The Priest's House, now NatWest, Prestbury
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  • |picture caption=The Norman keep of Cardiff Castle |garden=Capability Brown
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  • |picture=Strathaven Town Mill.JPG |picture caption=Strathaven Town Mill and Miller's House
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  • ...of [[Loughborough]]. It is one of the most sought after places to live in the area, known for its luxurious lifestyle and surroundings. ...'Quorn''' in 1889, to avoid postal difficulties owing to its similarity to the name of another village, [[Quarndon, Derbyshire|Quarndon]], in neighbouring
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  • |picture caption=St James the Great, Birstall ...s three miles north of [[Leicester]] city centre and is considered part of the wider 'Leicester Urban Area'.
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  • ...hward loop on the [[River Almond, Lothians|River Almond]] which here forms the county boundary. [[File:Maltings, Kirkliston.jpg|thumb|left|The Maltings in Kirkliston seen in 2005, before being demolished in 2006.]]
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  • ...rge village in [[Oxfordshire]], sitting between the [[River Cherwell]] and the [[Oxford Canal]], five miles north of [[Oxford]] and seven and a half miles ...itor). The [[Domesday Book]] in 1086 records ''Chedelintone'', and by 1214 the spelling ''Kedelinton'' appears in a Calendar of Bodleian Charters.
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  • ...he [[Glasgow]] conurbation. Giffnock is mentioned in documents as early as the seventeenth century as a scattered agricultural settlement. ...s chose to construct villas in its smog-free environs and commute daily to the city.
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  • |garden= ...home; but it is most famous for its role in the escape of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Today it is a Grade II* listed building and ma
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  • ...lls - geograph.org.uk - 93580.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Newton, Bicknoller and the Quantock Hills]] ...is of modest height, the Quantocks tower over the flat, sea-level land of the [[Somerset Levels]].
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  • [[File:Smriver chew.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The River Chew between Stanton Drew and Pensford]] ...the [[Chew Valley]] and several villages along its bank carry the name of the river.
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  • |name=Stembridge Tower Mill |picture caption=Stembridge Tower Mill
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  • ...ntwell Hall]], showing the wealth which once flowed into Long Melford from the fleeces sold here. It was also once a market town. ...out 14 miles to the north; [[Colchester]] across in Essex lies 16 miles to the south.
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  • |picture=The Anchor at Wisley - geograph.org.uk - 101709.jpg |picture caption=The Anchor at Wisley
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  • ...village, which has the shared parade of shops is [[East Clandon]] next to the railway station and contiguous with West Clandon's clustered development. The village is served by Clandon railway station with services to London.
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  • |picture caption=Iford Manor on the River Frome |garden=yes
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  • ...and occasionally trespassing over the river, and all within a few miles of the bounds of [[Monmouthshire]]. It is a popular tourist destination. The name of the village is said to come from Robert Symonds, a 17th-century sheriff of Here
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  • |picture caption=The chapter house, from the site of the monks' dormitory ...ng Museum and Art Gallery | title=Reading Abbey Rediscovered: a summary of the Abbey's history and recent archaeological excavations | publisher=Trust for
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  • ...hrough [[Burnhouse]] may have been the Giffen barony boundary with that of the adjacent barony and lands of Aiket castle. ...Borestone'. Other features such as the old chapel and the holy well add to the expected features, most of which no longer survive.
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  • |picture=The Parish Church of Bothwell - geograph.org.uk - 106381.jpg ...e<ref>[http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/read.asp?letter=B&CurPage=42 The Online Scots Dictionary]</ref>
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  • |garden=yes ...Tudor, Jacobean, and Georgian architecture, but the foundations date from the 12th century, with some elements older still.
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  • |picture caption=The Parish kirk on the moot hill. ...urns''. Pub. Blackie & Son. London. P. 74.</ref> The parish also contains the village of [[Hurlford]].<ref name="Adamson47">Adamson, Archibald R. (1875).
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  • |picture caption=Old Rome from the Old Rome Bridge '''Old Rome''', or '''Old Rome Ford''' is a hamlet in [[Ayrshire]], close by the [[River Irvine]], in [[Dundonald]] parish. Old Rome may be found a mile an
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  • ...arton and Colquite, all built in the 16th and 17th centuries. The area of the parish is 4,101 acres. ...tp://www.archive.org/stream/parochialhistory03gilb#page/64/mode/2up |title=The parochial history of Cornwall, founded on t... |first=|last=Davies Gilbert
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  • ...age in [[Northumberland]], in the south of the county on the north bank of the [[River Tyne]], opposite [[Stocksfield]]. It stands between [[Hexham]] and [[Bywell Castle]] is a gatehouse tower built in the early 15th century for Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland.
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  • ...istol Channel]] in [[Somerset]], just within the north-eastern boundary of the [[Exmoor]] National Park. It is to be found two and a half miles south-sout This is a small place, of just 817 inhabitants at the 2011 census, but a fine village with many attractions and sites of interest
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  • ...work for the people living there. Overall the population has declined from the early stages of Satterthwaite history, this is probably due to rural urban ...a township-chapelry in Hawkshead parish, Lancashire. The village stands on the river Leven, 4 miles S E of Coniston r. station."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wil
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  • |picture=Haggerston Mill.jpg |picture caption=Haggerston Mill
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  • ...old cross, dated 1689, still stands in a garden beyond the green. Most of the common about it has been appropriated and planted with trees.<ref name=hugi |title=Road Guide to Northumberland and The Border
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  • [[File:Royal & Ancient Clubhouse.jpg|thumb|350px|The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews]] ...bhouse is situated. Courses in detached parts of counties are listed under the county in which they are locally situate and so noted.
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  • ...f commuters since the city has expanded with widespread development around the [[Cardiff Bay]] area. ...surgeries and a Vets on the main Cardiff Road and a selection of shops on the Murch estate including a post office and a pharmacy.
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  • ...the [[River Thaw]]. The ancient parish surrounds but does not incorporate the market town of [[Cowbridge]], however they are combined for civil purposes. ...early 18th-century great house, a 12th-century church dedicated to St John the Baptist and its own castle, a largely ruinous structure but with a fine gat
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  • '''Gildersome''' is a village in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], five miles south-west of [[Leeds]] city centr ...nction 27). The A62 Leeds to [[Huddersfield]] (Gelderd Road) also runs by the village.
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  • ...lordly hall, and a church all within exquisite landscape in the meadows of the [[River Skell]], just west of [[Ripon]]. By the name 'Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey', the park has been designated a World Heritage Site, covering {{convert|323|ha|a
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  • |picture caption= The Symington War Memorial ...he A77 road from Ayr to Glasgow. Its church, built in 1160, remains one of the finest examples of a Norman churches in Scotland.<ref>[http://guide.visitsc
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  • |picture caption=The Palace of Westminster from across the Thames |ownership=The Crown
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  • ...wall has such a designation.) The [[South West Coast Path]] passes through the property. ...he tall harbour wall. The cove lies at the foot of the Lamorna Valley and the village of Lamorna just half a mile inland.
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  • Dalry is a small town and parish in the [[Garnock Valley]] in northern [[Ayrshire]]. [[Drakemyre, Ayrshire|Drakemyr ...n be found on the summit of Carwinning Hill to the North of Dalry, west of the B784 to [[Largs]].
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  • |picture caption=Bridgewater Canal in Worsley,<br />with the Packet House in the background ...est of [[Manchester]]. From the 11th century, Worsley formed a township in the ancient parish of [[Eccles]].
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  • ...Brea]], Illogan and several satellite villages, stood at 55,400, making it the largest conurbation in Cornwall. ...into prosperity brought about by the mining boom, which was experienced by the whole [[Camborne]]-Redruth area.<ref>Thomas, J. (1990) ''Illogan: More than
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  • '''Madron''' is a village in western [[Cornwall]], on the [[Penwith]] peninsula, just north-west of [[Penzance]]. ...idge, Cornwall|Newbridge]] and [[Tregavarah]]. The population was 1,591 at the 2011 census.
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  • |picture= Church of the Immaculate Conception Ashbourne 2006-4-30.jpg |picture caption= Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ashbourne
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  • |picture caption=The Old Mill at Slaughterbridge ...North Cornwall coast and [[Tintagel]] and so it has become a busy route in the holiday season.
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  • |picture=Beeston Regis viewed from the south, Wednesday 28 April 2010.JPG ...the parish, and the wooded Beeston Heath rises up from the parish to form the southern boundary.
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  • ...in [[Berwickshire]]. In feudal times it fell within a detached segment of the King's personal Barony of Renfrew. ==The Tower==
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  • ...Bossington Estate]</ref> to the south. Each owns a number of properties in the village. ...on its way to embark for northern France and the campaign which ended with the Battle of Agincourt.
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  • |mottoeng=Her foundations are upon the holy hills ...d]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. It is the eighth-oldest in the [[British Isles]].
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  • ...or National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> It includes the hamlet of Wainfleet Bank.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wainfleet St Mary|url=http:/ ...cal and historical account of wainfleet and the wapentake of candleshoe in the county of Lincoln|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4oQuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2
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  • ...ton was referred to as 'Chowbent', which was frequently shortened to Bent, the town's old nickname. ...trade, although there is still some significant manufacturing industry in the town.
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  • ...y are several small villages and the estate at [[Dunham Massey]], owned by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National ...oneham: Hamo de Mascy''.<ref>[http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/cheshire1.html The Domesday Book – Cheshire]</ref>
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  • ...]], four and a half miles south of [[Rochdale]] and six miles northeast of the city of [[Manchester]]. ...a, with locals supplementing their incomes by hand-loom woollen weaving in the domestic system.
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  • |picture caption=The Clock Tower in Didsbury village ...d a half miles south of Manchester city centre. The recorded population at the 2011 census was 26,788.
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  • |picture caption=St Mary the Virgin parish church ...]]. The parish includes the hamlet of Northbrook. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 988.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.neighbourhood.s
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  • ...] to the north, [[Gatley]] to the east, and the rest of [[Wythenshawe]] to the south and west. ...boundaries to encompass Northenden to open it for development. Throughout the mid-20th century Northenden was redeveloped as an overspill estate for Manc
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  • ...[[Northumberland]]. Together with Winlaton, with which is now contiguous, the resident population in 2011 was 13,896.<ref>https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/cens ...ury a smelting works was set up from which sprang the industrial growth of the area.
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  • ...ed right off the [[M45 motorway]] a short spur from the [[M1 motorway]] to the A45 Trunk Road. ...[[River Leam]], forms the parish boundary and county border north-west of the village.
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  • ...gton''' is a small town between [[Bury]] and [[Ramsbottom]] on the edge of the West Pennine Moors in [[Lancashire]]. ...orth to [[Affetside]] in the west and [[Walshaw]] in the south-west, while the township of Tottington itself was a small agricultural settlement surrounde
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  • ...n''' is a small village and parish in [[Bedfordshire]], just south-west of the A1/A421 road junction. ...eads: ''Rochesdone/stone: Rhiwallon from Hugh de Beauchamp; William Speke. Mill (260 eels).''
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  • '''Ribchester''' is a village in [[Lancashire]], on the banks of the [[River Ribble]] six miles north-west of [[Blackburn]] and twelve miles eas ...its Roman origin makes it famous. This is a significant Roman site, being the location of a cavalry fort called [[Bremetennacum]], some parts of which ha
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  • ...es from [[Kilmarnock]]. The road runs on to [[Lugton]] and the B706 enters the village from [[Beith]] and [[Burnhouse]]. ===The village===
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  • ...ncludes the village of Upton Heath. At the 2011 census, the population of the two together was recorded as 7,956. ...Genealogy|accessdate=15 April 2008}}</ref> An illustrated 300 page book on the history of Upton called 'Upton-by-Chester: A People's History' was publishe
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  • |picture caption=Broadstone Hall near the site of the old castle '''Broadstone''' is a hamlet which sits just south of the small village of [[Gateside, Ayrshire|Gateside]] in [[Ayrshire]], and about
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  • ...Wight]], [[Hampshire]]. It is to be found about three miles south-east of the island's chief town, [[Newport, Isle of Wight|Newport]]. ...in the 14th century, ''Adderton'' in the 16th century, and ''Aireton'' in the 17th century.
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  • ...n the midst of rural [[Surrey]], tucked amongst the hills in the valley of the [[Tilling Bourne]]. ...in the north to the escarpment of the Greensand Ridge at [[Leith Hill]] in the south.
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  • ...e final "e") is a hamlet on the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]] on the Coventry Road between [[Warwick]] and [[Leek Wootton]] in [[Warwickshire]], ...the house itself was built on. The house has been in a ruined state since the late 20th century.
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  • ...o are divided by the [[Termon River]], which here marks the border between the two counties and two countries. ...Termon Villas and St Patrick's Terrace along with new developments such as Mill Grove.
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  • |picture=Saltaire Salts Mill 1.jpg |picture caption=Saltaire mills from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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  • ...m flows through the village of [[Castleton, Derbyshire|Castleton]] to join the [[River Noe]] in nearby [[Hope, Derbyshire|Hope]]. ...cave and its stream and says that cottages were built within the vault of the cave "so that 'tis like a little town in a vault" and that:
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  • ...ss]] Peninsula of [[Lancashire]]. The village and its castle stand between the towns of [[Ulverston]] and [[Barrow-in-Furness]]. ...s a quadrilateral plan, with a tower at each corner. The largest of these, the north-west tower, probably housed a great hall.
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  • ...wan, Westmorland|Gowan]]. The population of the village and its parish at the 2011 Census was recorded at 1,147. ...s literally the 'field of staves', from the Old English ''stafa leah'', or the Middle English equivalent.
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  • ...[Mawbray]]. The [[county town]], [[Carlisle]] is twenty-five miles away to the east. ...the village stream here enters the [[Solway Firth]] at the southern end of the hamlet. There are two known recorded variant spellings: ''Beck'' and ''Beck
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  • |picture=The Herb Garden and Dovecote, Acorn Bank - geograph.org.uk - 199111.jpg |picture caption=The Herb Garden and Dovecote at Acorn Bank
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  • |picture caption=The southern approach to Mountmellick ...n in the north of [[County Laois]], on the N80 national secondary road and the R422 and R423 regional roads.
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  • ...s known for its salmon and trout, with a number of historical landmarks in the vicinity. Visitor attractions include [[Jerpoint Abbey]], [[Kilfane]] Glen ...ide of Kilkenny. The R448 Naas–Waterford road passes through Thomastown, the town is serviced by buses and has a railway station.
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  • |picture=The Old Punchbowl Pub in Greysouthen.jpg |picture caption=The Old Punchbowl Pub in Greysouthen
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  • ...iles from [[Darlington]]. The parish has a population of 255, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="2011 census">{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.sta ...ighteenth century, many of which were constructed using raw materials from the castle.
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  • |garden= ...d Castle''' is a nineteenth-century country house standing to the north of the village of [[Hayton, Carlisle|Hayton]] in northern [[Cumberland]].
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  • |picture caption=View from the Norman earthwork on Fordhall Farm ...rg.uk - 828021.jpg|thumb|250px|Bridge number 58, carries a minor road over the Woodseaves cutting]]
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  • [[File:WardownLake.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The trail through Wardown Park]] ...re]], towards the [[River Thames]], its final stretch being a diversion to the Limehouse Basin in [[Limehouse]], [[Middlesex]].
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  • |picture caption=A hay barn in the frost at Pelutho ...the north-east. [[Carlisle]], Cumberland's [[county town]], is 21 miles to the east.
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  • |picture caption=Wolsty Hall, one of the farms in the hamlet ..., and five miles west of [[Abbeytown]], three-and-a-quarter miles north of the village of [[Mawbray]], and twenty-three miles west of Cumberland's [[count
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  • ....jpg|thumb|300px|The Grade-I-listed Blyth New Bridge carries the A634 over the river]] ...meanders northwards to join the River Idle near the town of [[Bawtry]] on the Yorkshire-Nottinghamshire border.
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  • |name=Benholm Mill |picture=The Mill of Benholm - geograph.org.uk - 400954.jpg
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  • |name=Daniels Mill |picture=Daniel's Mill - geograph.org.uk - 1491921.jpg
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  • |garden= ...on, at the [[St Fagans National History Museum]] in [[Glamorgan]], just to the west of [[Cardiff]].
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  • |name=The Mill of Eyrland |picture=The Mill of Eyrland - geograph.org.uk - 355367.jpg
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  • |name=Mill of Muchalls |garden=
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  • |picture=The Royal Oak, Hereford Road, Monmouth - geograph.org.uk - 1399724.jpg |picture caption=The Royal Oak
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  • |name=Path Head Mill |picture=Path Head Water Mill - geograph.org.uk - 1218754.jpg
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  • |name=Quetivel Mill |picture caption=Quetivel Mill and granary
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  • |picture caption=The Shepherd Wheel |garden=
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  • |garden= ...hwaite Mills]'</ref> It is administered by Leeds City Council. The mill, the manager's house, and three associated buildings are all grade II listed bui
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  • ...ill in the village of [[Trefriw]] in [[Caernarfonshire]], in the valley of the [[River Conwy]]. It has been operating since around 1825. ...the mill was built in 1820 higher up than the present mill on the banks of the [[River Crafnant]].
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  • ...ge and parish in [[Essex]], located approximately nine miles north-west of the town of [[Braintree]], and approximately 12 miles south-east of [[Saffron W The village came to national attention during the 1950s as home to the ''Great Bardfield Artists''.
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  • [[File:Weald & Downland group.jpg|thumb|350px|A group of buildings at the museum]] ...Sussex|Singleton]] in [[Sussex]], seven miles north of [[Chichester]], off the A286. It is run as a registered charity.<ref>{{charity|306338|Weald and Do
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  • |name=Worsbrough Mill |picture=Worsbrough Mill 2005.jpg
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  • ...he [[Clavering Hundred, Essex|Clavering Hundred]] of north-west [[Essex]]. The name 'Clavering' means 'place where clover grows'.<ref name="claveringonlin ...east of the village, and [[Bishop's Stortford]], eight miles to the south. The closest railway stations are at [[Newport, Essex|Newport]] and [[Audley End
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  • ...om/Harlow/nazeing-C592-V10767.html</ref> The [[Prime Meridian]] passes to the west of Lower Nazeing. ...<ref>http://www.oneeppingforest.org.uk/documents/LowerNazeing.pdf</ref> to the west.
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  • |picture=Messing Maypole mill.jpg |picture caption=Messing Maypole mill
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  • [[File:01DVG HAMPSTEAD HEATH EXTENSION.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The path through the Hampstead Heath Extension]] ...uncil</ref> and linking the many green spaces and wildlife corridors along the way.
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  • |picture=The Red Lion Pub St Osyth - geograph.org.uk - 475704.jpg |picture caption=The Red Lion Pub
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  • ...odern town of [[Tilbury]] (including part of [[Tilbury Fort]]) lies within the parish. ...e and thereby continues to serve the wider community to the present day as the hub of village activity. West Tilbury Village Hall is a registered charity
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  • |picture=Church of St Martin White Roding Essex England - from the south east.jpg ...villages called [[The Rodings]]. White Roding is eight miles north-west of the [[county town]] of [[Chelmsford]].
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