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• Berwickshire
  [[File:Blackadder Water at Greenlaw - geograph.org.uk - 191039.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Blackadder ...d outside Berwick. The Whiteadder itself has a tributary, the [[Blackadder Water|Blackadder]], a river wholly of Berwickshire.
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• Scarborough
  |county=Yorkshire '''Scarborough''' is a large town in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], a seaside holiday resort standing on the [[North Sea]] coast, standing b
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• Cheshire
  ...border is the [[River Mersey]], across which lies [[Lancashire]], all the way from the sea to the mountains. To the west lie [[Flintshire]] and [[Denbig ...wo territories do seem to have been distinguished from one another in some way and it is not certain that the shire-moot and the reeves referred to in the
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• Derbyshire
  ...g been an industrial region and encompasses suburbs and outgrowth of the [[Yorkshire]] city of [[Sheffield]]. ...of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The [[Pennine Way]]'s southern end is at [[Edale]] in Derbyshire.
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• Hertfordshire
  ..., much of the county is given over to agriculture. One distinct product is water-cress, supported by reliable, clean chalk rivers. ...ty provides an aquifer that feeds streams and is also exploited to provide water supplies for much of the county and beyond. Chalk has also been used as a b
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• Inverness-shire
  Inverness-shire is the largest county in the [[British Isles]] after [[Yorkshire]], swallowing the heart of the Highlands. It is 4,211 square miles in area, In the days when Johnson and Boswell came this way, there were no roads in the county much outside Inverness, except for the m
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• Lancashire
  ...re is a large and heavily populated county, in population second only to [[Yorkshire]]. It runs up the west coast from the Mersey north to Morecambe Bay with a ...orested and mountainous, forming part of the [[Lake District]]. [[Coniston Water]], the west bank of [[Windermere]] lie in this part of Lancashire.
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• Surrey
  ...y]], a scenic long-distance path. Accordingly, Surrey provides much in the way of rural leisure activities, and many farms have horses; riding stables are ...n by forces supporting Prince Louis of France, who passed through on their way from London to [[Winchester]] and back and occupied Guildford and Reigate c
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• Westmorland
  ...land]], to the south and south-west by [[Lancashire]] and to the east by [[Yorkshire]] and [[County Durham]]. ...west of the town is the most celebrated part of the lake district by Rydal Water and Grasmere. This intensely picturesque area is Wordsworth Country, the ho
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• Yorkshire
  |name=Yorkshire |map image=Yorkshire - British Isles.svg
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• Todmorden
  |county 2=Yorkshire ...n in the [[Pennines]] which stands on the boundary of [[Lancashire]] and [[Yorkshire]].
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• Filey
  | county = Yorkshire | picture caption = Filey Beach at low water
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• Leeds
  | county=Yorkshire '''Leeds''' is a city in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. It is [[Yorkshire]]'s biggest city and its prime commercial centre. Leeds is the largest cen
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• Stoke-on-Trent
  ...as well as parts of [[Derbyshire]], [[Cheshire]] and the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. ...is home to the City Farm. Westport Lake in Longport is the largest body of water in Stoke-on-Trent<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/content/e
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• Ealing
  ...oir for fifty million gallons was constructed c. 1889. This supply of good water helped to make Ealing more attractive than ever. ...here. Just as importantly, drinking fountains providing wholesome and safe water were erected by public prescription. Ealing Broadway became a major shoppin
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• Isle of Wight
  ...Yar, east of [[Sandown]]. Yarmouth itself was effectively an island, with water on all sides and only connected to the rest of the island by a regularly br ...ails in the British Isles and "hosted" many notable inmates, including the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, New Zealand drug lord Terry Clark and the Kray twin
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• Seathwaite, Lancashire
  ...es down to Dunnerdale at Seathwaite, though the working road is the narrow way that runs down Dunerdale from the [[Hardknott Pass|Hardknott]] and [[Wrynos |year=1985 |edition=2 |pages=64 |publisher=Dalesman |location=Yorkshire|isbn=085206814X}}</ref>
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• Boston
  ...il to nearby [[Sutton Bridge]] which has modern port facilities and a deep water haven suitable to modern ships,<ref>[http://www.simonports.co.uk/operations ...However, Botolph was a popular missionary, to whom many churches between [[Yorkshire]] and [[Sussex]] are dedicated, including that of Boston.
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• Pennines
  [[File:Clougha heather.jpg|thumb|300px|The Forest of Bowland, Yorkshire]] ...owland]]. They form a substantial physical barrier between the towns of [[Yorkshire]] and [[Lancashire]]. The Pennines are separated from the Lakeland Fells o
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• River Esk, Yorkshire
  ...skdale, Yorkshire|Eskdale]] through the landscape of the [[North Riding of Yorkshire|North Riding]]. The Esk is also the only major river in [[Yorkshire]] to drain directly into the [[North Sea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e
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• Yorkshire Dales
  ...erised by the delightful dales cut by the rivers coming out of the hills. "Yorkshire Dales" is generally used to refer specifically to the dales west of the [[V ...e]] and [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] and most of the land falls within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, created in 1954; now one of the fifteen National Parks
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• Wharfedale
  ...dale formed by the [[River Wharfe]] coursing through the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. ...fedale]], [[Otley]], [[Pool-in-Wharfedale]], [[Arthington]], [[Collingham, Yorkshire|Collingham]], and [[Wetherby]].
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• Preston
  ...ackpool]], on the Fylde coast north of the Ribble's final discharge of its water into the Irish Sea. ...ton was in the deanery of Amounderness and the archdeaconry of [[Richmond, Yorkshire|Richmond]]. The name "Amounderness" is more ancient than the name of any ot
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• British Isles
  ...eagh]] in the centre of [[Northern Ireland]] is the largest body of inland water, covering 151 square miles. ...d. These forests were cleared extensively over the past millennium to make way for crop and pasture land. Most forest land in Ireland are maintained by st
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• Lincoln
  ...umably referring to the Brayford Pool. A similar name is found across the water in [[Dublin]], from the Gaelic "dubh linn" ("black pool"). The original set ...am]] (the modern day Brayford Pool) and at the northern end of the [[Fosse Way]] Roman road (A46). The name became ''Lindum'' and given the title ''Coloni
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• River Mersey
  ...in after the [[River Severn]]. The bottleneck in the river estuary forces water to flow faster creating a deep channel at the narrows. ...miles downstream of Warrington, where there is a small marina accessed by way of a river lock. Although river craft can continue as far upstream as Howl
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• Norwich
  The best way to confuse a visitor in Norwich is to tell them to turn left at the church, ...Norþwic (from which Norwich gets its name), Westwic (at Norwich-over-the-Water) and the secondary settlement at Thorpe.
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• River Ribble
  ...Ribble''' is a river 75 miles long which runs through the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] and [[Lancashire]], reaching the sea in a long, funnel-shaped estuary bel [[File:Ribblehead Viaduct in North Yorkshire.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Ribblehead Viaduct]]
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• Skiddaw
  ...ew]], beginning its long journey north-eastward to the [[Solway Firth]] by way of [[Carlisle]]. Two smooth spurs on this eastern flank of Skiddaw, Sale Ho ...windbreak comprises the only trees in Skiddaw Forest, and it is reached by way of a long access track up the Dash Valley.
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• Newark-on-Trent
  ...town are possibly Roman as it lies on an important Roman road, the [[Fosse Way]]. The town grew around Newark Castle, now ruined, and a large marketplace, Newark stands at the intersection of the Great North Road and the [[Fosse Way]], Newark originally grew around Newark Castle, now ruined, and a large mar
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• Reigate
  ...dated to around 92 AD was recovered from the grounds of Rosehill in Doods Way in 2004. Tiles on the Rosehill site were first discovered in the 1880s whic ...their southern base was in [[Lewes]], [[Sussex]] and they had castles in [[Yorkshire]] and in Normandy. Around 1150 the Earl de Warenne set out a new town belo
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• Scafell Pike
  ...Piers Gill in the west. The latter works its way around Lingmell to [[Wast Water]] through a spectacular ravine, one of the most impressive in the District. Scafell Pike has a claim to the highest standing water in England, although Foxes Tarn on Sca Fell is of similar height. The water
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• River Foss
  ...[[North Riding of Yorkshire]], a tributary of the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|Yorkshire Ouse]]. ...Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]], it is 19½ miles in length. For part of its way the B1363 between Brandsby and Stillington follows the river.
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• Kingston upon Hull
  |county=Yorkshire ...ly referred to as '''Hull''', is a major port city in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]]. It stands on the [[Humber]], where the [[River Hull]] enters it, 25&nbsp
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• Annet
  Little has been found on Annet in the way of human remains apart from a prehistoric hut circle, a fragmentary field s ...y dense stands of bracken, bramble and bluebells, with some sand sedge and Yorkshire fog. Thickets of tree mallow have developed at the back of some of the boul
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• Sheffield
  |county=Yorkshire ...[River Sheaf]], which runs through the city. The core of the city is in [[Yorkshire]], though in its growth it has spread across the Shirebrook and some of its
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• Wakefield
  |county=Yorkshire ...[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. It stands on the banks of the [[River Calder, Yorkshire|River Calder]] on the eastern edge of the [[Pennines]], and its urban area
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• River Calder, Yorkshire
  ...alder''' is a river in [[Yorkshire]], flowing through the [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]], and forming Calderdale, the dale carving through some of the ...[[Todmorden]], and in its youthful stretch it forms the boundary between [[Yorkshire]] and [[Lancashire]], though at Todmorden its stream has been diverted east
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• Ripon
  |county=Yorkshire '''Ripon''' is a cathedral city in [[Yorkshire]], within the [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]]. An ancient market town, over 1,300 years old, it stands loc
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• Harrogate
  |county=Yorkshire ...gardens, and Bettys Tea Rooms. From the town one can explore the nearby [[Yorkshire Dales]] national park.
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• River Nidd
  ...ing in the [[Pennines]] and which becomes a tributary of the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]]. ...s to the Humber estuary.<ref>[http://www.yorkshiredalesriverstrust.org.uk/ Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust]</ref>
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• Immingham
  ...gham; this actually refers to the nearby route of the A180 and the A160 by way of Immingham Dock and thence on to Amsterdam which implies there is a ferry ...e 1960s a comprehensive school and shopping centre/office complex (Kennedy Way) were opened to facilitate this increase.
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• River Trent
  ...and through [[Nottinghamshire]] until it joins the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|Yorkshire Ouse]] at [[Trent Falls]] to form the [[Humber]], which empties into the [[ ...may be a contraction of two Celtic words, ''tros'' ("over") and ''hynt'' ("way").<ref>[http://www.geiriadur.net/index.php University of Wales Online Dicti
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• River Rother, Yorkshire
  ...re]] and [[Yorkshire]]. The town of [[Rotherham]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] is named after it. ...burbs and neighbourhoods of [[Sheffield]], before joining the [[River Don, Yorkshire|River Don]] at [[Rotherham]].
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• River Nene
  ...pproaches Northampton town from the west. The Nene's third northern source water, the [[Naseby]] Source or Brampton Nene, converges at the Carlsberg Brewery ...pits.<ref>Smith (2006), p.19</ref> The park is popular with fishermen and water skiers alike. The river's landscape is now dominated by mature gravel pit l
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• Shaw and Crompton
  ...ad leading to Castleshaw Roman fort in nearby [[Saddleworth]], across in [[Yorkshire]].<ref name="Ballard11-12">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|pp=11–12.}}</ref> ...{Harvnb|Rathbone|2000|p=143.}}</ref> These hamlets were situated above the water-logged valley bottoms and below the exposed high moors.<ref name="Lives143"
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• River Tees
  ...ry of [[Yorkshire]] and [[County Durham]] from close by its source all the way to the sea. ...[[North Sea]] between [[Hartlepool]], [[County Durham]], and [[Redcar]], [[Yorkshire]].
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• River Etherow
  ...d yards the brook meets the Far Small Clough at the three shires' point of Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Cheshire and thereafter it is definitively the Etherow, jus ...onalpark.info/studyArea/factsheets/21.html | accessdate=2008-11-28}}</ref> Water Rail have been recorded at Etherow Country Park.<ref name=CNR/>
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• Berkhamsted
  ...). With the advent of canal transport, Castle Wharf became a hub of inland water transport and boat building. The town is still known as the ''Port of Berkh ...seum and Horniman Museum in London, Windsor Great Park, Bushy Park and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.<ref>Tearle p.3</ref>
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• Longdendale
  ...which cuts through the north of the [[Peak District]], from the edge of [[Yorkshire]] down to the [[Cheshire Plain]]. It is a narrow valley, flanked on each s ...ere the Etherow is a mere beck it meets the border of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. Below the dale runs down between the fells to the villages of [[Crowden,
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