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• Aberdeenshire
  ...[[Alvah]], it also forms a detached part of Aberdeenshire's ancient parish of [[King Edward]]. ...t is mountainous, especially [[Braemar]], which contains the greatest mass of elevated land in the [[British Isles]]. The Dee valley has sandy soil, the
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• Alnwick
  | picture = Alnwick and Alnwick Castle - Northumberland - 140804.jpg | picture caption = The town of Alnwick, nestling behind Alnwick Castle
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• Bedfordshire
  The '''County of Bedford''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in southern England, lying between [[Huntingdons ...stable Downs]]. The rest of the shire is part of the broad drainage basin of the [[River Great Ouse]] and its tributaries.
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• County Antrim
  The '''County of Antrim''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on [[Northern Ireland|Ulster's]] north-eastern c ...also famed for natural treasures; the [[Glens of Antrim]] in the northeast of the county offer isolated rugged landscapes, while the [[Giant's Causeway]]
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• Argyll
  ...e western coast of [[Scotland]] between the [[Kintyre#Mull of Kintyre|Mull of Kintyre]] and the [[Ardnamurchan]] peninsula ...e south-eastern shore of Argyll is marked by [[Loch Long]] and the [[Firth of Clyde]], while the North Channel washes [[Kintyre]] in the very south. The
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• Ayrshire
  ...om|shire]] in Lowland [[Scotland]], along the eastern shore of the [[Firth of Clyde]] and inland to the hills. It is bounded by [[Renfrewshire]] in the Within the Firth of Clyde, the conspicuous rock of [[Ailsa Craig]] belongs to Ayrshire, as do Lady Island (off [[Troon]]), and
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• Berkshire
  |flag=Flag of Berkshire.svg ...ong the south bank of the River [[Thames]]. It is usually regarded as one of the [[home counties]].
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• Somerton
  ..., reckoned the [[county town]], and around AD 900 was possibly the capital of [[Wessex]]. ...proximately 9 miles northwest of [[Yeovil]], and had a recorded population of 4,706 in 2001.
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• Brecknockshire
  ...'Brecon''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the mountains of Mid-Wales. ...h.org.uk - 232881.jpg|250px|thumb|Brecon County signpost to the south-west of Builth Wells]]
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• Caernarfonshire
  ...r variants, the spelling "Caernarfonshire" being taken from the Welsh form of the county town's name, which has become the preferred form. ...tain fastness and towns confined to the coastal lands. A large proportion of the population is Welsh-speaking.
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• Scarborough
  '''Scarborough''' is a large town in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], a seaside holiday resort standing on the [[North Sea]] coast, ...eply 230 feet above the harbour onto limestone cliffs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by the rocky headland.
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• Cambridgeshire
  The '''County of Cambridge''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] of [[East Anglia]]. ...bridgeshire's only hills are the [[Gog Magog Hills]] to the south and east of Cambridge and which rise into [[Suffolk]].
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• Carmarthenshire
  ...' is a maritime [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the south-west of [[Wales]], and at {{database|Carmarthenshire|area}} square miles it is the ...The coasts of Carmarthenshire curve around Carmarthen Bay, the quiet dip of the fields running into broad sandy beaches.
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• Cumberland
  ...ountains of the [[Lake District]] to the coast, stretching along the coast of the [[Solway Firth]] and the [[Irish Sea]]. ...[[Helvellyn]], and the summits of several, including Helvellyn, form part of the county boundary with Westmorland.
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• Denbighshire
  The '''County of Denbigh''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in northern [[Wales]]. It is a maritime county, ...largest town is the industrial town of [[Wrexham]] at the south-east edge of the shire, near the [[Shropshire]] border. All along the coast are ninetee
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• Derbyshire
  ...rd into the [[Pennines]]. The southern part of the county is in the plain of the [[River Trent]] and its northern and western parts in the [[Peak Distri ...ial region and encompasses suburbs and outgrowth of the [[Yorkshire]] city of [[Sheffield]].
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• Dorset
  ...shire]] to the east. Outside the “South East Dorset conurbation”, most of the county is largely rural and agricultural. ...here the remarkable [[Chesil Beach]] stretches for 18 miles to the cliffs of the “[[Jurassic Coast]]” as far as [[Lyme Regis]], close to the border
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• Dunbartonshire
  |picture= Dumbarton Rock, from Levengrove Park.jpg |picture caption= Dumbarton Rock from Levengrove Park
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• County Durham
  ...ne of Durham''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the north of England. It is the only English county whose common name is prefixed with " ...to the north by the River Tyne and the Derwent and from the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]] by the River Tees from its source to its mouth.
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• East Lothian
  ...[[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the south coast of the [[Firth of Forth]] and the [[North Sea]]. ...erwickshire]]. The shire has a detached part in Midlothian in the vicinity of [[Fala]].
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• Essex
  |flag=Flag of Essex.svg ...es, stretching between the packed urban conurbation and the lonely marshes of the [[North Sea]] coast. The [[county town]] is [[Chelmsford]].
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• Fermanagh
  ...in the inhabited United Kingdom; only [[Rockall]] and the abandoned isles of [[St Kilda]] lie further west. ...ver Erne]]: [[Upper Lough Erne]] and [[Lower Lough Erne]] fill the middle of the county, each studded with green islands, and lesser lakes lie hereabout
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• Flintshire
  ...ee]] and on the coast of the [[Irish Sea]], in the very north-eastern part of [[Wales]]. ...pshire and Cheshire, separated from the main body of its county by a tract of Denbighshire. Between these two lies a small portion wholly surrounded by D
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• Gloucestershire
  ...n the west, the [[Cotswold Hills]] in he east and the flat, fertile valley of the lower [[River Severn]] which lies between them. ...ower reaches of the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]] through the middle of [[Bristol]], and its old course, the Floating Harbour.
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• Corstorphine
  ...ow considered a suburb of that city.<ref>[CORSTORPHINE A Pictorial History of a Midolithian Village ISBN 1 85158 366 1]</ref> ...affic on the main street, St John's Road, is often heavy, as it forms part of the A8 main road between Edinburgh and [[Glasgow]]. The actual "High Street
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• Hampshire
  ...thead]]. The [[county town]] is [[Winchester]], capital of [[Wessex]] and of [[England]] until about 1100. Its place on the [[English Channel]] and the presence of several excellent natural harbours has given Hampshire a pre-eminent place
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• Hertfordshire
  |flag=County Flag of Hertfordshire.svg ...s an inland [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]], considered to be one of the [[Home Counties]]. Five counties surround it: [[Middlesex]] to the sou
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• Whitstable
  ...s north of the City of [[Canterbury]] and 2 miles west of the seaside town of [[Herne Bay]]. ...nce at least Roman times. The town itself dates back to before the writing of the [[Domesday Book]]. Whitstable's distinctive character is popular with t
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• Kincardineshire
  |picture=Craig of Garvock - geograph.org.uk - 197897.jpg |picture caption=Craig of Garvock in the Howe O' the Mearns
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• Kinross-shire
  The '''County of Kinross''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] lying between [[Perthshire]] and [[Fife]], on [[ .../www.tulbol.demon.co.uk/annals2.htm Text of the 1685 Act from ''The Annals of Kinross-shire'' by Dr. Ebenezer Henderson (Fossoway and District Community
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• Kirkcudbrightshire
  ...[[Solway Firth]]. With neighbouring [[Wigtownshire]] it forms the region of [[Galloway]]. ...its coast at the south. To Kirkcudbrightshire belong the wee islands too of [[Hestan Island|Hestan]] and [[Little Ross]].
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• Lanarkshire
  ...t of the Lowlands. It is [[Scotland]]'s most populous county, for the City of [[Glasgow]] and its eastern suburbs fill its northern parts. ...Lanarkshire, after which it leaves the county and widens into the [[Firth of Clyde]].
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• Leicestershire
  |picture=Vale of Belvoir - geograph.org.uk - 104224.jpg |picture caption=Farmland in the Vale of Belvoir
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• Lincolnshire
  [[File:Parts of Lincolnshire.svg|thumb|200px|The Parts of Lincolnshire]] ...Lincoln''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the east coast of England. It is a low-lying county with much drained fenland, particularly
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• Merionethshire
  The '''County of Merioneth''' is a triangular [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] reaching from the coast on [[Cardigan Bay]] high ...formatnum: {{database|Merionethshire|population}}|0||,}}, Merioneth is one of the more sparsely-populated counties in [[Great Britain]].
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• Midlothian
  ...nating presence is [[Edinburgh]], from which it takes its alternative name of Edinburghshire. The county lies along the southern shore of the Firth of Forth between, as the name suggests, East Lothian and West Lothian. Midloth
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• Monmouthshire
  |flag=Flag of Monmouthshire.svg |picture= Ragland castle t100.jpg
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• Norfolk
  ...], which along with [[Suffolk]], is one of only two counties entirely east of the [[Prime Meridian]]. ...r Waveney]] from its source to the sea, the two rivers rising within yards of each other in Little Fen and flowing in opposite directions. To the west l
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• Northamptonshire
  ...orthampton]] and [[Peterborough]]. In all, Northamptonshire has a mixture of the urban and the rural. ...ipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/ Northamptonshire Genealogy: Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]. Retrieved 15 August 2009.</ref>
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• Northumberland
  |flag=Flag of Northumberland.svg ...er Tyne|Tyne]], with [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and its lands stretching north of the Tweed.
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• Nottinghamshire
  |flag=County Flag of Nottinghamshire.svg ...ited Kingdom|shire]] in the [[Midlands]]. Its [[county town]] is the City of [[Nottingham]].
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• Oxfordshire
  ...viated '''Oxon.''' from Oxonia, the Latin name for Oxford) is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] bound by the River [[Thames]] to the South, the ...the 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 v
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• Pembrokeshire
  ...maritime [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] at the south-western tip of [[Wales]]. Pembrokeshire is washed on three sides by the ocean, and the sea The local economy is fundamentally of farming and tourism, but international trade and heavy industry are here to
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• Radnorshire
  ...hire]] in mid-Wales. It is a sparsely populated county: the least populous of any county in Wales and the 10th least populous in the United Kingdom. ...(2,166 feet). The township of [[Litton and Cascob]] forms a detached part of Herefordshire, locally in Radnorshire.
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• Renfrewshire
  ...a small but populous [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the banks of the [[River Clyde]]. Its [[county town]] is [[Renfrew]], though Renfrew is ...mall detached portion of the parish of Renfrew stands on the northern bank of the Clyde, surrounded on the landward side by [[Dumbartonshire]].
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• Rutland
  ...Rutland''' is a small landlocked [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] of the Midlands, bounded on the west and north by [[Leicestershire]], northeas ...les |first=C Wilfrid |authorlink=Wilfrid Scott-Giles |title=Civic Heraldry of England and Wales, 2nd edition |year=1953 |publisher=J M Dent & Sons |locat
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• Shropshire
  ...and's most rural and sparsely populated counties with a population density of 337 a square mile according to the 2001 census. ...es; [[Bridgnorth]] above the [[River Severn|Severn]] guards the south-east of the county and [[Ludlow]] above the [[River Teme]] to the south. In norther
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• Somerset
  ...[[Bristol Channel]] from the [[River Avon, Somerset|Avon]] to the borders of [[Devon]] on Exmoor and deep inland blessed with rich farmland. ...d the Georgian glories of [[Bath]] and the southern half of the great city of [[Bristol]].
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• Colinton
  ...that forms a suburb of [[Edinburgh]]. It is situated four miles south-west of the city centre. Up until the late 18th century it appears on maps as Colli [[File:Norwegian war grave, Colinton Village.jpg|thumb|100px|upright|Grave of Olaf Vennesland, Colinton Kirkyard]]
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• Staffordshire
  The '''County of Stafford''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the Midlands. It borders [[Cheshire]] to the ...The south of Staffordshire is heavily urbanised where the industrial towns of the [[Black Country]] have grown over the rich coal seams which drove the i
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