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• Warwickshire
  Warwickshire can boast of being the birthplace of the British imagination, for this is Shakespeare's own county. [[William Shakespeare]] ...ntry]] was devastated by bombs during the Second World War and by the city corporation before and after it.
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• Todmorden
  ...and one by Ryknield. In 1931, the service became jointly operated by the Corporation and the LMS railway under the name "Todmorden Joint Omnibus Committee". At
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• Milton Keynes
  ...ated to form the new town, within which area the Milton Keynes Development Corporation was given sweeping powers of compulsory purchase and exclusive control over ...rmk">Volume 1 of ''The Plan for Milton Keynes'' (Milton Keynes Development Corporation March, 1970 ISBN 0-903379-00-7 begins (in the Foreword by Lord ("Jock") Cam
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• Stratford-upon-Avon
  ...gust 2009.)</ref> It is first mentioned in 1603.<ref>Book of Orders (Misc. Corporation Rec. unbound, xli, no. 2)</ref> and was adjoined on the east by a smaller i ...: Volume 3: Barlichway hundred (1945), pp.&nbsp;221–234. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57015 Date accessed: 23 August 2009.
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• Northampton
  ...hampton was designated a New Town in 1968, and the Northampton Development Corporation (NDC) was set up to almost double the size of the town, with a population t ...of the British Grand Prix, is a few miles south of Northampton. Rockingham Motor Speedway and Santa Pod Raceway are a few miles north and east of Northampto
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• Derby
  The name of the Derwent is from the Old British tongue apparently meaning "oak-tree water". ''Derw'' is Modern Welsh for o Derby's two biggest employers, Rolls-Royce plc and the Toyota Motor Corporation are in engineering manufacturing. Egg Banking plc, the Internet and telepho
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• Southampton
  |author =Associated British Ports |author=British Archaeology Magazine
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• Bolton
  ...e largest and most productive centres of cotton spinning in the world. The British cotton industry declined sharply after the First World War, and by the 1980 ...mpid=53036 |work=A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 |publisher=British History Online |pages=235–243 |year=1911 |accessdate=2009-12-06}}</ref> T
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• Isle of Man
  ...a]] between the islands of [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]], within the [[British Isles]]. ...nged to the Stanley family from the Middle Ages until it was vested in the British Crown in 1764 under the Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765. The island has neve
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• Weybridge
  ...he 20th century, most notably with the British Aerospace, British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker, Sopwith and Vickers aircraft companies.
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• Cork
  ...he centre of Cork was gutted by fires started by a rogue detachment of the British auxiliary forces, the “Black and Tans” in revenge for an IRA attack.<re ...le locations}}</ref> In total, they currently employ over 1,800 staff. EMC Corporation is another large IT employer with over 1,600 staff in their 560,000 sq ft e
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• River Avon, Somerset
  The name "[[River Avon|Avon]]" belongs to several rivers in the [[British Isles]], of which two have particular fame; the Avon of Somerset, as the ri ...Avonmouth, Avonmouth Old Dock, was opened in 1877 and acquired by Bristol Corporation in 1884. In 1908, a much larger dock, the Royal Edward Dock, was opened. T
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• River Trent
  ...he name ''Trent'' derives from the Romano-British ''Trisantona'', a Romano-British reflex of the combined Proto-Celtic elements *''tri-sent(o)-on-ā-'' (throu Unusually for a British river, the river channel has occasionally altered significantly in historic
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• Letchworth
  One commonly-cited example of this is the ban, most unusual for a British town, on selling alcohol in public premises. This did not stop the town hav The biggest employer was British Tabulating Machine Company, later merging with Powers-Samas to become Inter
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• Doncaster
  ...exceeded 2,000. The town was incorporated in 1461, and its first Mayor and corporation were established.<ref name="hey"/> ...e King'' and the ''Star Spangled Banner''. Unfortunately, he crashed his ''British Army Aeroplane No.1'' whilst taxiing.
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• Coseley
  ...he largest independent British carmaker - [[British Motor Corporation]], [[British Leyland]], [[Austin Rover]], [[Rover Group]] and most recently [[MG Rover]]
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• Floating Harbour
  ...eum, which include the steam tug ''Mayflower'', firefloat ''Pyronaut'' and motor tug ''John King'', are periodically operated. ...st=Staff |work=BBC News |date=1 May 2009 |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] |location=London |accessdate=2 July 2011}}</ref>
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• Towcester
  ...pansion of the town being planned by the West Northamptonshire Development Corporation.<ref name="C&E">{{cite web|title=Sandra Barnes, Leader of South Northants C Nearby is the Silverstone motor racing circuit, currently home to the British Grand Prix.
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• Gaydon
  ==Motor industry== ...lection of historic British cars in the world, charting the history of the British car industry from the turn of the 20th century to the present day. Adjacent
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• Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
  ...he Bridgwater end, navigation onto the River Parrett was not easy, and the Corporation of Bridgwater had commissioned a number of surveys to construct a floating ...st in the restoration of the canal from 1952, but this was resisted by the British Transport Commission, who padlocked the lock gates to prevent them being us
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• Bristol Airport
  ...</ref> a flying club initially based at Filton Aerodrome. In 1929, Bristol Corporation took up the club's proposal to develop farmland located at [[Whitchurch, Br ....<ref>Wakefield (1997), pp. 82–83.</ref> BOAC operated routes around the British Empire and to neutral nations, including the Bristol–Lisbon route which w
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• Richmond Park
  ...are listed at Grade II, including Pembroke Lodge, the home of 19th-century British Prime Minister Lord John Russell and his grandson, the philosopher Bertrand ...only, or allow bicycle, pedestrian and other vehicle access. The gates for motor vehicle access are open only during daylight hours, and the speed limit is
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• Manchester Metrolink
  ...ast line of the municipal Manchester Corporation Tramways was displaced by motor buses. That company had managed most of the electrification of the trams, e ...n's rail transport network. A Rail Study Group, composed of officials from British Rail, Greater Manchester County Council and GMPTE formally endorsed the sch
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• Newport Bridge, Newport
  |carries = Motor vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians ...13%2f047 |work=Western Times |date=13 March 1913 |page=4 |place=Exeter|via=British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes |accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref> H
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• Swords
  ...dent Mary McAleese. In attendance was Admiral Sir Jock Slater RN, a former British First Sea Lord then serving as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the R ...ords Business Park, and the Airside campus (Business Park, Retail Park and Motor Park). The neighbourhoods of Seatown, Holywell and Drynam are also to the e
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• Glasgow Subway
  ...ed Glasgow Subway Railway. It was so called when taken over by the Glasgow Corporation who renamed it the '''Glasgow Underground''' in 1936. Despite this rebrandi ...senger facts|archivedate=2008-05-11}}</ref> The Subway has been policed by British Transport Police since 2007.<ref>'Police For Glasgow Subway', ''The Times''
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• Sheffield Supertram
  ...ere.<ref name=technical /> The railway track was supplied by British Steel Corporation Track Products of Workington and laid on sleepers consisting of concrete bl ...ore different types of indication have to be used from those applicable to motor vehicles. Signal phases for the tramway are specifically modified to accoun
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• Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
  ...an Act of Parliament in 1726 to improve the river up to Tinsley. Doncaster Corporation then obtained an Act in 1727 to authorise improvements below Doncaster.<ref ...ns, despite the fact that the system was antiquated and made little use of motor barges until after the First World War. The West Riding Council, who report
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• River Torne
  ...lections/CollectionsInDepth/Water/HatfieldChase.aspx |title=Hatfield Chase Corporation, 1538-1973 |author=Water Resources - Manuscripts & Special Collections |pub ..., together with two branch drains. These were completed by 1768. Doncaster Corporation then divided up the Carr and enclosed it, and when this was completed in 17
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• Prestwich
  ...mpid=53002 |work=A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 |publisher=British History Online |year=1911 |pages=76–80|accessdate=30 November 2010}}</ref ...mas who died in 1861. Irwell House and Drinkwater Park was sold to Salford Corporation and Prestwich Council.<ref name=vch/>
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• Mevagissey
  ...d. The neighbouring station at [[Fowey]] had recently been equipped with a motor lifeboat and this could cover the coast around Mevagissey. The old boat hou ...co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-31072546 | publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]] }}</ref>
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• Trinity House
  ...thouse authority and a pilotage authority, and also the building which the corporation has its headquarters. ...in the Parish of Deptford Strond in the County of Kent'. It is a private corporation governed under a Royal Charter and it has three core functions:
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• Rearsby
  ...manufacture in 1939. The basic aircraft design was modified to become the British Army A.O.P. (Air Observation Post), the model being named the Auster. Follo ...an, believed in the future of the business and organised/created the first British Leyland management buy-out (MBO) in 1982, indeed one of the very early UK M
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• Molesey Lock
  ...e lock after the release of 160,000 Rubber ducks at the start of the Great British Duck Race in September 2007]] The lock was built by the [[City of London]] Corporation in 1815 and is the second longest on the river at 268 ft 4 in. Beside the l
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• Royal Albert Hall
  |ownership=The Corporation of the<br />Hall of Arts and Sciences ...nctive buildings. It is the location of some of the most notable events in British culture, each year hosting more than 390 shows in the main auditorium, incl
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• Longbridge
  ...G Motor (owned by MG Rover's would-be partner Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) resumed full MG TF sports car production at the factory in August 2008 and ...orporates a gold-clad conference suite, a turquoise/blue clad sports hall, motor vehicle workshop and construction workshop and a main 6 storey gradual-slop
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• Northfield
  ...e 19th century and home to both the Kalamazoo paper factory and the Austin motor company’s Longbridge factory in the 20th century, today Northfield is pre ...37). The excavation also revealed a Roman aqueduct that indicated a Romano-British building of some status had once stood on the site. In 1963 a Roman coin wa
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• Black Country Living Museum
  ...ed in Mount Pleasant, [[Bilston]]. The window displays of locally made six motor bikes from 1929–34. Next door is Alfred Preedy & Sons tobacconist shop,<r *Wolverhampton Corporation Tramways open topper No. 49 built in 1909. Returned to traffic in 2004 afte
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• Langley, Buckinghamshire
  ...|first=H.M. |authorlink=Howard Colvin |title=A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 |year=1997 |origyear=1954 |edition=3rd |publisher=Y ...ghts from Langley. Postwar, the aerodrome was also used by Airwork Ltd and British South American Airways for aircraft maintenance work.
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• Ripon Canal
  In 1961, members of the Ripon Motor Boat Club formed the Ripon Canal Company Ltd, and gradually restored the ca ...8>{{harvnb |Cumberlidge |2009 |pp=253–254}}</ref> under the terms of the British Transport Commission Act of 1955.<ref name=hadfield450/>
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• Springburn
  |picture caption=Former headquarters of the<br />North British Locomotive Company ...Glasgow boundary, the area was eventually absorbed by the City of Glasgow Corporation in 1872.
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• Kent and East Sussex Railway
  ...t for the construction of the line was won by London and Scottish Contract Corporation, who sub-contracted the work to Godfrey and Siddelow. The work was overseen ...nes surplus stock was scrapped. On 1 January 1948, the line became part of British Railways, Southern Region on nationalisation.{{sfn|Garrett|1980|p=19}}
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• Queensferry Crossing
  ...illed in incident on Queensferry Crossing | publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation | date=29 April 2016 | accessdate=30 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="accident_ ...lisher=EdinburghReporter |date=16 November 2016}}</ref> The bridge carries motor-cycles, cars and heavy goods vehicles, while public transport, cyclists and
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• Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
  ...leather flying helmet previously belonging to Helen Kerly, one of only two British civilian women commended for flying during the Second World War.<ref name=c ...rincess Coronation Class steam locomotive, built in 1939, and given by the British Railways Board to the museum upon withdrawal in 1966.<ref name=t2 />
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• Kill, County Kildare
  ...h House of Commons and the birthplace of a leader of the opposition in the British House of Commons. The village won the European Entente Florale horticultu ...shot dead at Greenhills on 21 August 1920. Broughal's pub was attacked by British forces, and the vacated RIC barracks were later burned down.<ref>James Dorn
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• Bloxham
  ...ev. PR Edgerton reopened it in 1860. In 1896 All Saints joined the Woodard Corporation. The main school building, designed in the neo-Gothic style by George Edmun ...or a share of the receipts. The GWR took over the smaller company in 1897. British Railways closed Bloxham station in 1951 and closed the railway completely i
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• Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
  ...model made famous by Back to the Future, and manufactured by the DeLorean Motor Company in Belfast. ...Transport Museum, Cultra, Road Transport Gallery 13.jpg|125px]] || Belfast Corporation Tramways || {{railgauge|4'9"}} ||<ref name="Voice2005" />
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• Haseley
  ...One |url=https://www.aronline.co.uk/history/british-motor-holdings/british-motor-holdings-the-whole-story-part-1/ |website=AROnline |access-date=21 July 201
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• Southampton Airport
  .... The latter factory was better known post-war for production of the Ford Motor Company's Transit vans until this finally closed in 2013 - leaving only the ...exists today by building the concrete runway in 1963 and negotiating with British Rail to build Southampton Airport Parkway railway station next to the airpo
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• Brighton City Airport
  ...raft Ltd was nationalised in late 1966 and taken over by the British Motor Corporation but later entered receivership in late 1969 and soon closed down.
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