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• Abingdon
  |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...town in [[Berkshire]], of which it is the [[county town]]. Abingdon is one of several places that claim to be Britain's oldest continuously-occupied town
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• Aberdeen
  |LG district=City of Aberdeen ...rdeenshire]] and Scotland's third most populous city. It is a major centre of the North Sea oil industry.
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• Whittington Castle
  ...with buildings around a courtyard whose exterior wall was the curtain wall of the inner bailey. ...he historic fort of [[Old Oswestry]].<ref name=gallery>[http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castlexq.htm Castle Photo Gallery: Whittington Castle] - Castle
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• Isle of Ely
  ...ost part of [[Cambridgeshire]], taking its name from the city or bishopric of [[Ely]]. ...its flatness; vast horizons look out over rich agricultural land, a legacy of the fens, now drained by the many drainage systems cut across the landscape
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• Reading
  ...[[River Thames]], where the [[River Kennet]] enters it, some 40 miles west of [[London]]. Reading is well connected, by the [[M4 motorway]] and the [[Gre Reading was an important national centre in the mediæval period, the site of a monastery with strong royal connections. Today it remains a commercial ce
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• Windsor
  ...is a suburban town in eastern [[Berkshire]]. It is best known as the site of [[Windsor Castle]]. ...n]] in [[Buckinghamshire]]. Windsor and the surrounding areas contain some of the most expensive and desirable housing in the United Kingdom.
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• Tavistock
  ...west through the town. The heart of the town stands all on the north side of the river, the newer residential areas up the hills to its south. ...dford Square, was formerly the local residence of the Dukes of Bedford and of their local agent. Tavistock’s most famous son is Sir Francis Drake,<ref>
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• Henley-on-Thames
  '''Henley-on-Thames''' is a prosperous town on the north bank of the [[River Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]]. It lies some 10 miles downstream ...n market days. The town has attracted a wealthier class of individual and of visitors, reflected in the boutiques along the high street.
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• Buckingham
  ...hich the county takes its name. Buckingham was considered the county town of Buckinghamshire having been declared so in the year 888 by Alfred the Great ...and Saturday, and an additional farmers' market held on the first Tuesday of each month. The market place has several 18th century buildings giving cha
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• Slough
  | picture= Aerial View of Slough Trading Estate.JPG '''Slough''' is a town in the south of [[Buckinghamshire]]. It is a modern industrial town, ruthlessly developed s
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• Hay-on-Wye
  ...re]]. It often described as "the town of books" because of the vast number of second-hand bookshops found there. ...ich lies on the other side of the Dulas Brook in Herefordshire, forms part of the town area.
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• Kirkcaldy
  | picture caption=Kirkcaldy from the Firth of Forth ...cities of [[Dundee]] and [[Edinburgh]]. It also forms a parish by the name of Kirkcaldy and Dysart.
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• Elgin
  ...by that time had a castle on top of the present day Lady Hill to the west of the city. ...tre is on the south bank of the Lossie. The town now straddles both sides of the River with its suburbs, Bishopmill to the north and New Elgin to the so
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• Southwell
  ...est known as the site of Southwell Minster, the cathedral of the [[Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham]], which covers Nottinghamshire. Its population is The town stands on the [[River Greet]], some 14 miles northeast of [[Nottingham]].
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• New Radnor
  ...</ref> The rest of the stonework must have been utilised as a ready supply of cut stone and was depleted by the local people for their homes and farms an ...l of Cornwall in 1233. Beyond this is a large bailey with the foundations of a rectangular building within it.
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• Jedburgh
  ...[Jedburgh Abbey]]. Other notable buildings in the town include Mary, Queen of Scots' House and Jedburgh Castle Gaol, now a museum. ...lant's Rideout. Bands of pipes and drums add local colour, and delicacies of the town include ''Jethart Snails'' and ''Jethart Pears''. Another annual e
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• Selkirk
  ...Royal Burghs in Scotland. It stands on the [[Ettrick Water]], a tributary of the [[River Tweed]]. ...me to Scotland's oldest horse racing track, the Gala Rig, on the outskirts of the town.
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• Woodstock
  ...a small market town in [[Oxfordshire]], eight miles northwest of the City of [[Oxford]]. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population at 3,100. ...rthplace in 1874 of Winston Churchill (who is buried in the nearby village of [[Bladon]]).
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• Stafford
  ...lies approximately 16 miles north of [[Wolverhampton]] and 18 miles south of [[Stoke-on-Trent]]. Stafford is part of the ancient Pyrehill hundred.
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• Dunwich
  ...unwich''' (pronounced {{IPA|ˈdʌnɨtʃ}}) is a small village on the coast of [[Suffolk]] which was once a major town and seaport. ...s of the River Blyth and the River Dunwich. However, the harbour and most of the town has since been lost to coastal erosion.
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• Marlborough
  ...road from [[London]] to [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. It is reputed to have one of the widest high-streets in Britain: second only to [[Stockton-on-Tees]]. ...the rebuilding the High Street became what is claimed to be the widest in England after Stockton's. This allows ample space for a local market which is held
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• Liverpool
  ...''' is a major city in southern Lancashire. It stands on the eastern side of the [[Mersey]] Estuary. ...at the centre of the wider "Liverpool Urban Area", which has a population of 816,216.<ref>{{cite web |title= Key Statistics for urban areas in the North
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• Esher
  Moore Place, on the outskirts of Esher is now a bar and restaurant. The Moore Place Estate remains a privat Esher lies within the hundred of Elmbridge. The local newspaper is the Esher News and Mail.<ref>[http://www.
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• Exeter
  ...e later redevelopment, it retains a wealth of historic buildings from many of its ages. ...miles from the sea and was formerly a seaport. It remains the chief town of East Devon and a major regional centre.
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• Plymouth
  |picture caption =View of Plymouth Hoe Waterfront ...the site a major naval port, Devonport, since the days of Queen Elizabeth I.
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• Lydford
  ...[[Devon]] situated six miles north of [[Tavistock]] on the western fringe of [[Dartmoor]]. ...ch courses through a deep, narrow gorge. The gorge is crossed by a bridge of single span; and at a little distance a tributary stream forms a cascade in
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• Inner Temple
  |ownership=The Honourable Society<br />of the Inner Temple ...elf governed by the Parliament of the inn and an executive council made up of the elected Benchers.
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• Isleworth
  ...le of the place (eye-zul) has no relation to any 'isle' and is an instance of a counterintuitive place name. However in this instance it can be argued th ...ff Thomas Brigge or Berigge, clerk, on a plea of debt, with Richard Beaupe of Thistelworth, Middx</ref>
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• Twickenham
  ...oristic poet Alexander Pope. Among these is the Neo-Gothic prototype home of Horace Walpole which has given its name to a whole district, Strawberry Hil ...signed with 12 crosses. The signatories included Swaefred of Essex, Cenred of Mercia and Earl Paeogthath.
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• Ramsey, Huntingdonshire
  ...Ives, Huntingdonshire|St Ives]]. The High Street is a busy, narrow street of shops, but the town opens out in Great Whyte, a very broad street reaching ...]] and [[Huntingdonshire]]. The remains of the Abbey are now home to part of the town's secondary school, Abbey College.
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• Wolverhampton
  ...It lies north-west of its larger near-neighbour [[Birmingham]] at the edge of the large conurbation formed by the two cities, the [[Black Country]] towns ...try coalfields and it is now often counted in with the Black Country towns of Staffordshire.
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• Lichfield
  |picture caption=City of Lichfield ...ffordshire]]. It lies in the midst of rural Staffordshire, 16 miles north of [[Birmingham]].
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• Aberystwyth
  ...istics, 10 July 2009]</ref> but there is no reliable measure of the number of those students whose family residence is outside Aberystwyth. ...The town takes its name from the Ystwyth, though since the reconstruction of the harbour, the Ystwyth only skirts the town and leaves the Rheidol alone
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• Manhood
  ...ndred of Manhood''' in the [[Rape of Chichester]] is the southernmost part of [[Sussex]] forming a peninsula into the English channel. It is bordered by ...map of 1587, ''Manhode'' on a map of 1663 and ''Manhope'' on Mordens map of 1695.<ref name="allen11">Heron-Allen. Selsey. p.11.</ref>
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• Laugharne
  ...in 1953, and is thought to have been an inspiration for the fictional town of Llareggub in ''Under Milk Wood''. ...taken from the name of Owen Laugharne of St Brides, a twelfth century lord of the castle.
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• Truro
  ...ude the Royal Cornwall Museum, the Hall for Cornwall and Cornwall's Courts of Justice. Truro initially grew as an important centre of trade from its port, and then as a [[stannary town]] for the mining industr
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• Falmouth
  ...atistics for urban areas in England and Wales | publisher =National Office of Statistics| url =http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_ua_ew The name Falmouth comes from the river Fal but the origin of the river's name is unknown.
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• Penzance
  ...ination, with beaches and within easy reach of the Lands End and the sites of the wild [[Penwith]] peninsula. Penzance is also the port for sailing to the [[Isles of Scilly]], and outside the town is also the heliport for Scilly.
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• Gibraltar
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• Carlisle
  ...[[Dumfriesshire]]. It is the largest town in Cumberland, with a population of 71,773 and forms the chief commercial centre for many miles around. ...ntres. Carlisle Cathedral is the seat of the [[Diocese of Carlisle|Bishop of Carlisle]].
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• Brampton, Cumberland
  |LG district=City of Carlisle ...r Gelt. The town lies some 9 miles east of [[Carlisle]] and 2 miles south of [[Hadrian's Wall]]. It is a popular base for exploring the country round H
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• Northampton
  ...e [[county town]]. The town stands on the [[River Nene]] and is a mixture of old and new; the town is an ancient borough and the town centre has many hi [[File:Holy Sepulchre, Northampton.jpg|thumb|upright|Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]
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• Peterborough
  ...h is the heart of the [[Soke of Peterborough]], the north-easternmost part of Northamptonshire. ...n centre has been greatly redeveloped and is surrounded but a great number of twentieth-century residential neighbourhoods, many entirely replacing older
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• United Kingdom
  [[File:Europe location UK.png|right|thumb|300px|The location of the United Kingdom]] [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|right|thumb|200px|The flag of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the Union Jack]]
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• Isle of Wight
  |name=Isle of Wight |picture=Isle of Wight coastline.jpg
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• Ruthin
  ...07 |publisher=BBC Online}}</ref> Ruthin also has villages on the outskirts of the town such as [[Pwllglas]] and [[Rhewl]]. ...</ref> and from which the castle was built in 1277-1284. The original name of Rhuthin was 'Castell Coch yng Ngwern-fôr' (red castle in sea-swamps).
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• Poole
  ...vide shelter to many large ships and which is also blessed by a scattering of attractive islands. ...d War the town was one of the main departing points for the D-Day landings of the Normandy Invasion.
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• Wimborne Minster
  ...r, Dorset|Stour]] and [[River Allen, Dorset|Allen]] meet, five miles north of [[Poole]]. ...d in the Town Centre but moved out several years ago to a site on the edge of town to accommodate its size.<ref>[http://www.ruraldorset.com/days/details.
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• Walsall
  ...It is found in the [[Black Country]], northwest of [[Birmingham]] and east of [[Wolverhampton]], and within the conurbation which joins these and the Bla ...rs".) In the nineteenth century, Walsall became known for the manufacture of horse-brasses.
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• Durham
  |constituency=City of Durham ...Durham]], of which it is the county town. The city centre stands in a loop of the [[River Wear]], dominated by the vast Cathedral, atop a precipitous cli
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