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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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