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• Petty France, Gloucestershire
  |name=Petty France '''Petty France''' is a hamlet in [[Gloucestershire]], close to [[Hawkesbury, Gloucestershi
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• Aberdeenshire
  ...ded at Peterhead on 22 December, and in February 1716 he was back again in France. The collapse of the first rising ruined many of the lairds, and when the s
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• Cheshire
  ...the "Cheshire Guard". The King's title was changed to "King of England and France, Lord of Ireland, and Prince of Chester". On Richard's fall in 1399, the Pr
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• Cornwall
  ...ppropriated to religious houses within Cornwall or elsewhere in England or France.<ref>Oliver, George (1846) ''Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis: being a colle ...lets and secluded beaches, made it a prime location for landing goods from France and beyond the eyes of the customs men.
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• Dorset
  ...]] which was chosen because of its similarities to the beaches of Northern France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/content/articles/2009/05/18 ...ferry services operate out of [[Poole Harbour]], sailing for Cherbourg in France and to [[Jersey]] and [[Guernsey]] respectively. A service sails for St Ma
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• Blackpool
  ...y. The BBC ''Top Gear'' team had a race to see who could arrive first from France on a limited amount of fuel (James May who was last missed it), to activate ...Blackpool skyline since that time. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, it is 518 feet & 9&nbsp;inches in height. Beneath the tower is a complex o
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• Kent
  ...d tunnel]] carrying the A102 between them. Kent has a nominal border with France halfway through the [[Channel Tunnel]]. ...–20th centuries were of particular importance to the country's security. France can be seen clearly in fine weather from [[Folkestone]], and the famous [[W
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• Surrey
  ...rta. The next year Surrey was overrun by forces supporting Prince Louis of France, who passed through on their way from London to [[Winchester]] and back and
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• Flint Castle
  ...in France. Flint's keep has been compared to the donjon at Aigues-Mortes, France. Edward I would have been familiar with Aigues-Mortes having passed through
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• Wigtownshire
  ...ored, and John Gordon, recently consecrated Bishop of Galloway, retired to France.
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• Yorkshire
  ...event following the significant success of the visit of the 2014 ''Tour de France'' to the county. The first two stages of the 2014 Tour, from [[Leeds]] to [
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• County Clare
  ...ights with Great Britain and Continental European countries such as Spain, France, and Germany as the primary destinations.<ref>{{cite web | title=Flights fr
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• County Cork
  Since the late 1970s, there have been direct ferries from Cork to Roscoff, France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brittanyferries.ie/information/environment |
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• County Mayo
  ...ebellion. The French came to help the Irish cause. General Humbert, from France landed in [[Killala]] with over 1,000 officers where they started to march
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• County Wexford
  ...feat at the Battle of the Boyne, embarked for Kinsale and then to exile in France. ...ailings to Great Britain (Pembroke and Fishguard in [[Pembrokeshire]]) and France (Cherbourg and in the summer months to Roscoff) for passengers and vehicles
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• Terminology of the British Isles
  ...es formerly known as 'Little Britain' is a historical Duchy in the West of France, now a French region. ...ast to Brittany in modern-day France. A historical term for a peninsula in France that largely corresponds to the modern French province is ''Lesser'' or ''L
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• Aberdeen
  ...city, serves a number of domestic and international destinations including France, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and Scandinavian countri
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• Whittington Castle
  ...habits in that age, in comparison with the known contemporary practices of France and Flanders. The "lavish" garden was installed by one of the FitzWarin fam
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• Cwmbran
  ...], established in 1949. It is twinned with Bruchsal, Germany and Carbonne, France.
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• Abergavenny
  ..."Gateway to Maine", near Le Mans, today in the Sarthe ''département'' of France. He founded the Benedictine priory, now the Priory Church of St Mary, in th * Abergavenny is twinned with Östringen in Germany, Beaupréau in France and Sarno in Italy.
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• Chepstow
  ...t Chepstow ships sailed as far afield as Iceland and Turkey, as well as to France, Portugal and Ireland. Ships, including many built and launched in Chepsto Chepstow is twinned with Cormeilles, France.
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• Hawarden
  ...ny for equipping (A330/340 & A300 Wings) or Hamburg, Germany and Toulouse, France (A320 family wings) for final assembly of the complete aircraft. The wings
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• English Channel
  ...'''English Channel''' is the sea separating Europe from [[Great Britain]]; France lies all along its southern shore. It washes the whole southern shore of [[ ...uthwestern limit of the North Sea as "a line joining the Walde Lighthouse (France, 1°55'E) and Leathercoat Point (Kent, 51°10'N)".<ref name=IHO/> Leatherco
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• Blaenavon
  Blaenavon is town twinned with Coutras in France.
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• Aylesbury
  Hartwell, a nearby Jacobean mansion, was the residence of Louis XVIII of France during his exile, from 1810–1814, his court there a centre of intrigue fr
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• Stromness
  ...ecame important during the late 17th century, when England was at war with France and shipping was forced to avoid the [[English Channel]].
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• Lydd
  ...fuel, having been confused in his bearings whilst attempting to return to France, by the use of recently invented equipment devised to interrupt the homing
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• Ashford, Kent
  ...rt]], though 17 miles from Ashford, and has regular flights to Le Touquet, France by Lydd Air. [[Gatwick Airport]], the nearest fully international airport
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• Stroud
  ...e seventeenth century many Huguenots fleeing persecution in Roman Catholic France settled in the town and formed a sizable community.<ref>[http://books.googl
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• Machynlleth
  ...three mediæval houses in town, in the presence of leaders from Scotland, France and Spain, and he held his own Parliament in the town. He held his last par
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• Richmond, Yorkshire
  ...m 1136 to 1399, and thus the Dukes of Brittany were vassals of both Valois France, in right of Brittany, and Plantagenet England, in right of Richmond. The
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• Jedburgh
  ...a priory between 1118 and 1138, housing Augustinian monks from Beauvais in France. The abbey itself was founded in 1147.
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• Dunwich
  ...mber from the Baltic and Iceland, cloth from the Netherlands and wine from France.
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• Exeter
  ...nd cloth industries, merchandise that was sold to "the West Indies, Spain, France and Italy".<ref>Gray 2000, p.18</ref> Celia Fiennes also visited Exeter dur
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• Plymouth
  ...base in Western Europe &ndash; HMNB Devonport. Plymouth has ferry links to France and Spain and an airport with European services.
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• Acton, Middlesex
  ...Royal]] and [[Harlesden]]. One of the most important firms was Renault of France, which made cars, including the 4CV and the Renault Dauphine, at a factory
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• British overseas territory
  ...suspending active claims, but Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Norway and France mutually recognise each other's claims in Antarctica. ...d privateers, war and conquests followed as a struggle with Spain and with France for dominance, for sugar plantations and trade monopolies in the West Indie
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• Leith
  ...nces of Leith Fort were built in 1780, as much in response to threats from France and Spain. The fortress was designed by James Craig, architect of the Edin
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• Westonzoyland
  ...uties, including air combat and the transport of airborne ground troops to France during the Second World War.
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• Edinburgh
  ...uilt accommodation adjacent to the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary at Little France.
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• Gibraltar
  ...to occupy almost the whole of Iberia, and striking even into the heart of France. It is believed that Tariq, the Moorish commander, landed at Calpe and gave
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• Kettering
  ...he first bombing raid - targeting the marshalling yards at Rouen, northern France - was led by Major Paul W Tibbets who in 1945 piloted Enola Gay, the B-29 S
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• British Indian Ocean Territory
  ...Apr 2008</ref> In 1810, Mauritius was captured by the United Kingdom, and France ceded the territory in the Treaty of Paris.
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• United Kingdom
  ...the [[English Channel]] and the [[Irish Sea]]. Great Britain is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel. ...is a "blue-water navy, currently one of the few, along with the navies of France and the United States of America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.henryjackso
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• Isle of Wight
  During the Second World War the island was frequently bombed. Looking toward France, the island had a number of observation stations and transmitters, and was
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• Dorchester
  ...though Prince Charles, the future King Charles II, on his hasty escape to France, narrowly escaped capture on his way to [[Bridport]] by hiding in Lee Lane.
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• Poole
  ...as a canteen and meeting room for American soldiers before the invasion of France. The building was converted for use as the town museum between 1971 and 199
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• Bangor, County Down
  ...by 700 AD, one hundred additional monasteries had been planted throughout France, Germany and Switzerland. Other famed missionary monks who went out from Ba
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• Dumbarton
  ...modern times, it was from here that Mary, Queen of Scots, was conveyed to France for safety as a child. Mary was trying to reach Dumbarton Castle when she s
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• Sunderland
  ...d to be the first built of stone in Northumbria. He employed glaziers from France and in doing so he re-established glass making in Britain.<ref>{{cite web|u
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• Chertsey
  ...However, the team, on arriving at Dover, met the Ambassador returning from France at the outset of the French Revolution and the opportunity to extend civili
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