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• Derbyshire
  **{{i-Castle}} [[Bolsover Castle]] ...o supply the rapidly growing populations of [[Sheffield]], [[Derby]] and [[Leicester]] with drinking water. The land around these is now extensively used for le
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• Leicestershire
  |county town=[[Leicester]] ...f the Midlands. It takes its name from its [[county town]], the City of [[Leicester]]. The county borders onto [[Derbyshire]] to the north-west, [[Nottinghamsh
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• Somerset
  ...The Severn Estuary: Landscape Evolution and Wetland Reclamation''. London: Leicester University. ISBN 0-7185-0069-5</ref> It is mirrored, across the [[Severn Es ...forts in Somerset, some of which, like [[Cadbury Castle, Somerset|Cadbury Castle]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Mendip Hills: An Archaeological Survey of the Area
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• Warwickshire
  *[[Castle Bromwich]] [[File:Kenilworth Castle gatehouse landscape.jpg|thumb|right|Kenilworth Castle]]
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• Oakham
  Tourist attractions in Oakham include '''All Saints Church''' and '''Oakham Castle'''. Another popular and historic feature is the open-air market held in the ===Oakham Castle===
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• Turriff
  |picture=Delgatie Castle - geograph.org.uk - 106544.jpg |picture caption=Delgatie Castle, Turriff
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• Counties of the United Kingdom
  ...shire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Kirkcudbright]], [[Castle Douglas]], [[Dalbeattie]], [[New Galloway]] ...tabase|Leicestershire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Leicester]]''', [[Coalville]], [[Hinckley]], [[Loughborough]], [[Lutterworth]], [[Mel
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• Hay-on-Wye
  ...The biggest bookshop remains Richard Booth's, its main outlet being in Hay Castle. ==Castle==
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• New Radnor
  ...as [[Builth Wells]], [[Presteigne]] and [[Kington]], and later Huntington Castle near [[Gladestry]]. == The mediæval castle and town remains ==
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• London Underground
  ...line running between ''Harrow and Wealdstone'' station and ''Elephant and Castle''. It is named from its original two termini; Baker Street and Waterloo. ( *Shortest distance between stations – 0.16 miles, between Leicester Square and Covent Garden on the Piccadilly line.<ref name="key facts"/>
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• Isleworth
  ...G E Bate F.R.Hist.S. pp106/7 published: Thomasons Hounslow 1948</ref> The castle-like stone church tower by the river remains from this period, see below. ...history at University College, Leicester, which became the [[University of Leicester]] in 1957. He was the university's acting vice-chancellor from 1962 until 1
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• Bodmin
  ...993). ''Corpus of early Christian inscribed stones of South-west Britain'' Leicester: University Press, pp. 126-128</ref> ...rom the "Salting Pool" via the old A30, along Callywith Road, then through Castle Street, Church Square and Honey Street to finish at the Turret Clock in For
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• Denbigh
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• Nuneaton
  ...Park gives views north to [[Atherstone]] and looking northeast as far as [[Leicester]]. ...eer shoppers away from larger retail centres such as Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester and Solihull, with other shopping available at the longer established Abbey
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• Wootton Wawen
  ...ing Harold. He made [[Stafford]] his principal seat, where he had a strong castle and assumed his surname from thence.<ref>William Dugdale, the Antiquities o ...with iron); the second of 1591 with an alphabet inscription (by Watts of [[Leicester]]); the third by J Rudhall of [[Gloucester]] 1803; the fourth of 1784 (prob
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• Bermondsey
  ...of Surrey', in Bassett, S. (ed.), ''The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms'', Leicester University Press, 1989.</ref> ...oad) - the London Inner Ring Road towards [[Elephant and Castle|Elephant & Castle]] and the A3;
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• Hemel Hempstead
  ...illiam the Conqueror, as part of the lands associated with [[Berkhamsted]] Castle. The estates passed through many hands over the next few centuries includin ...people acquired lands — now referred to as Box Moor — from the Earl of Leicester to prevent their enclosure. These were transferred to trustees in 1594. The
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• Cirencester
  ...reet Cirencester 30th Aug 2001.jpg|right|thumb|Cotswold stone buildings in Castle Street]] ...stershire Towns" in ''Gloucestershire Studies'', edited by H.P.R. Finberg. Leicester: University Press, 1957
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• Leicester
  |name=Leicester |picture=Leicester landmarks montage.jpg
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• Hinckley
  ...eicestershire]], one of the larger towns of the county, exceeded only by [[Leicester]] and [[Lutterworth]]. It has a population of 43,246. ...al rival strongholds—the royalist garrisons at [[Ashby de la Zouch]] and Leicester, those of the Parliamentarians at [[Tamworth]] and [[Coventry]], and the pr
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• Melton Mowbray
  The town is found 14½ miles northeast of [[Leicester]], and 18 miles southeast of [[Nottingham]]. Both the [[River Eye, Leicest ...lage communities existed and strategic points at Burrough Hill and Belvoir Castle were fortified. There is also evidence to suggest that the site of Melton M
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• Stamford
  ...m, being 50 feet long, and since 1975 has been in the New Walk Museum in [[Leicester]]. [[File:Stamford-Castle-by-Richard-Croft.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Stamford Castle ruins]]
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• Newark-on-Trent
  ...[East Coast Main Line]] railway. It has town walls, a large though ruined castle, and a large Georgian market place. ...on an important Roman road, the [[Fosse Way]]. The town grew around Newark Castle, now ruined, and a large marketplace, now lined with historic buildings. It
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• River Devon, Nottinghamshire
  ...dscape architect Lancelot "Capability" Brown in the grounds of the Belvoir Castle estate. They are used for course fishing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aj ...th of the village, consisting of three brick arches, carried the Newark to Leicester railway line over the river. It was opened in 1860, and ceased to be used f
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• Scotland
  ...Brown & C. A. Farr, (eds.), ''Mercia: an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom in Europe'', (Leicester, 2001), pp. 106–11.</ref> The identification of the Picts is uncertain a ...n Balliol prevailed; he was pronounced King in the Great Hall of [[Berwick Castle]] on 17 November 1292. John had recognised King Edward of England as his fe
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• Beacon Hill, Leicestershire
  On a clear day, Belvoir Castle can be seen and even the fells of the [[Peak District]]. [[Derby]], [[Notti ...d. For access by public transport, buses to [[Woodhouse Eaves]] run from [[Leicester]] and [[Loughborough]].
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• Wales
  ...nk=Michelle P. Brown|editor2-last=Farr |editor2-first=Carol Ann |publisher=Leicester University Press |year=2001 |page=176|isbn=0718502310|accessdate=27&nbsp;No [[File:Dolwyddelan Castle2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dolwyddelan Castle, Caernarfonshire]]
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• Malvern Hills
  ...date back before Christ and has been extended subsequently by a mediæval castle. The extensive earthworks remain clearly visible today and determine the sh |publisher=Leicester University Press
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• Lundy
  ...sha, ''Corpus of early Christian inscribed stones of South-west Britain'' (Leicester: University Press, 1993), pp. 154-166</ref><ref name="Lundy Field Society"> ...993) ''Corpus of Early Christian Inscribed Stones of South-west Britain''. Leicester: University Press</ref> the name Optimus is Latin and male. Discovered in 1
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• British Camp
  ...is thought to have been first constructed in the 2nd century BC. A Norman castle was built on the site. ==The Castle==
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• River Trent
  ...ion with improvements to the River Soar Navigation, between Trent Lock and Leicester. There were also negotiations with the London and North Eastern Railway, wh *[[Castle Donington]]
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• Stow Longa
  ...e Abbot of Ely.<ref>Hart, C.R., ''The Early Charters of Eastern England'' (Leicester University Press, 1966).</ref> ...e coffin of Catherine of Aragon rested, after she died at nearby Kimbolton Castle, though the cross was there long before the Queen saw Kimbolton.
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• Flitteris Park
  ...er found that "the wood is outside the said forest bordering the county of Leicester"<ref name=Squires>Squires, Anthony: ''Flitteris and Cold Overton: two medie ...ds was in part down to the fact that the park was stated to be held by the castle and manor of Oakham, but since the boundary territory was disputed, little
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• Ashby-de-la-Zouch
  Ashby-de-la-Zouch castle was of importance from the 15th to the 17th centuries. In the 19th century ...ning and brickmaking. The town was served by Ashby Canal from 1804 and the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line of the Midland Railway from 1845.
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• Cleobury Mortimer
  ...koned the third smallest town in Shropshire (after [[Clun]] and [[Bishop's Castle]]), and calls itself a town by virtue of a town charter granted in 1253.<re ...ry in the Domesday Book, and is the site of at least two castles. Cleobury Castle was destroyed in 1155 and only earthworks remain today.
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• Sleaford
  ...that after being poured into the pellet moulds, the coins were taken to [[Leicester]] to be stamped. ...Castle Fields. This was the period in which the town moved westwards. The castle was demolished in the Elizabethan era, not later than 1600.
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• Northwich
  ...ween the entries for ''Salinae'' (now [[Middlewich]]) and ''Ratae'' (now [[Leicester]]). ...dence of a Roman auxiliary fort within the area of Northwich now known as "Castle" dated to AD&nbsp;70. This and other forts in the region were built as the
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• Kenilworth
  Kenilworth is notable for the extensive ruins of [[Kenilworth Castle]]. Other local sights include the ruins of Kenilworth Abbey in Abbey Fields [[File:Kenilworth Castle gatehouse landscape.jpg|left|thumb|Kenilworth Castle]]
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• List of Queen Elizabeth II Fields
  | [[Okeford Fitzpaine]] || Okeford Fitzpaine Recreation Ground || Castle Lane <small>DT11 0RJ</small> || {{map|}} || 8.348 | [[Barnard Castle]] || Bouch Way Play Area || Bouch Way <small>DL12 8FD</small> || {{map|}} |
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• Earl Shilton
  |post town=Leicester ...in [[Leicestershire]], 5 miles from [[Hinckley]] and about 10 miles from [[Leicester]], with a population of around 9,000 (as of 2005).
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• Brackley
  ...that it was held by Earl Alberic. After his time, it passed to the Earl of Leicester, and to the families of De Quincy and Roland.<ref name="EB1911">[http://enc ...as local wars). The tournament site is believed to be to the south of the castle where the A422 now passes.
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• Higham Ferrers
  ...the borough in order to promote a prosperous community at the gates of his castle, where people had begun to settle in numbers and to trade in the ancient ma ...of the Green Dragon Inn, formerly within the area of the outer ward of the castle, are the remains of a rectangular dove-house.
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• Towcester
  ...can'': A Midsummer the [Danish] army broke the peace in of Northampton and Leicester and the north and went to Towcester and fought at that burh all the day tha In the 11th century, the Normans built a motte and bailey castle on the site. Bury Mount are the remains of the fortification and is a sched
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• Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
  ...tery, weapons, and dug-out canoes, which are now preserved at [[Nottingham Castle]], and at the University of Nottingham.<ref name=histbrox>{{Cite journal ...and much of the land around Eastwood was granted to the Greys of [[Codnor Castle]].
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• Shifnal
  ...agonsæte', in Bassett, S. (ed.), ''The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms'', Leicester University Press, 1989); Bede's ''Ecclesiastical History'', iv, 6.</ref> Charles Dickens, whose grandmother was reputedly employed at nearby Tong Castle,<ref>[http://www.discoveringtong.org/victorian.htm Discovering Tong: Chapte
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• River Parrett
  ...dgwater.net/Town/About_Town/History/bridgwater_castle.htm|title=Bridgwater Castle|publisher=Bridgwater.net|accessdate=12 October 2008}}</ref> From Bridgwater The town of [[Bridgwater]] was founded as a new borough about 1200; it had a castle and a market and became a port in its own right.<ref name="rippon-234-237">
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• Beaumaris Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Beaumaris Castle
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• Harlech Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Harlech Castle
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• Limerick
  [[File:Limerick-King-Johns-Castle-2012.JPG|right|thumb|200px|King John's Castle on the Shannon]] ...ntury and added much of the most notable architecture, such as King John's Castle and St Mary's Cathedral.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hodkinson|first=Brian|year
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• Kenilworth Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Kenilworth Castle
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• Warwick Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Warwick Castle
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• Mercia
  As a flag, the Cross of St Alban is flown from Tamworth Castle, the ancient seat of the Mercian Kings, to this day. It was also flown outs ...ingdom of Mercia"'', and that it was a ''"a quartering in the town arms of Leicester"''.<ref>Frederick Smeeton Williams, ''The Midland Railway: Its rise and pro
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• National Cycle Network
  *NCR 14: [[Barnard Castle]] – [[Stockton-on-Tees]] – [[Hartlepool]] – [[Durham]] – [[Consett] *NCR 26: [[Clevedon]] – [[Wells]] – [[Castle Cary]] – [[Yeovil]] – [[Dorchester]]
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• Plas Mawr
  ...eighbouring Denbighshire at the time, including the redecoration of Gwydir Castle, Maenan Hall further up the Conwy valley, Plas Mawr in [[Caernarfon]] and [ ...ciester's symbol at Plas Mawr.JPG|The bear and ragged staff of the Earl of Leicester
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• Sulgrave
  ...t grand building to have stood here; the village in ages past had a Norman castle, and a Norman and earlier Anglo-Saxon thegn's hall, traces of which have be ==Thegn's hall and castle==
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• Bedford Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Bedford Castle
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• Rochester Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Rochester Castle
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• Newport Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Newport Castle
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• Giant's Causeway & Bushmills Railway
  ...ent originally assembled by Lord O’Neill for a tourist line at [[Shane's Castle]], Country Antrim, which closed in 1994. The idea of using this to revive p ...appeared over Ballylinney hill en route to the Giant’s Causeway station. Castle Engineering had been at the station from 07.30 setting up the 50-ton all te
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• Highgate
  ...raffic island that used to stand on the intersection of Southwood Lane and Castle Yard. The cover for their 1968 album Village Green Preservation Society was
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• Roman roads
  ...''Aquae Sulis'');<br /> [[Cirencester]] (''Corinium Dobunnorum'');<br /> [[Leicester]] (''Ratae Corieltauvorum'') ...<br /> A429 Cirencester-Halford;<br /> B4455 Halford-High Cross;<br /> A46 Leicester-Lincoln
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• Fosse Way
  ...[Bath]] (''Aquae Sulis''), [[Cirencester]] (''Corinium Dobunnorum'') and [[Leicester]] (''Ratae Corieltauvorum''). Much of the route is today marked with moder ...reet]] at ''Venonis'' ([[High Cross, Leicestershire|High Cross]]) south of Leicester. At Lincoln the road finished, and met [[Ermine Street]] running from ''Lo
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• Rhos-on-Sea
  ....castlewales.com/euryn.html Northall, John (2001): "In Search of Ednyfed's Castle"].</ref> ...lly Rhos Fynach and the weir came into the hands of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who in 1575 granted it to a Captain Morgan ap John ap David, a privateer,
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• M6 motorway
  ...north-east of Birmingham city centre, including Bromford Viaduct between [[Castle Bromwich]] (J5) and Gravelly Hill (J6), which at 3½ miles is the longest v | Birmingham (NE), [[Castle Bromwich]] A452
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• Denbigh Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Denbigh Castle
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• Chatsworth House
  ...e family bedrooms on the second floor facing west and north. The Scots and Leicester bedrooms in the east wing are still used when there is a large house party, ...f the family are entitled to the income. The family's 8,000-acre [[Lismore Castle]] estate in Ireland is held in a separate trust. The estate includes dozens
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• Portchester Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Portchester Castle
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• Richard's Castle
  |name=Richard's Castle |picture=Richard's Castle - geograph.org.uk - 206153.jpg
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• Odiham
  ===Odiham Castle=== {{Main|Odiham Castle}}
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• Monmouth Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Monmouth Castle
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• Anstey, Leicestershire
  |post town=Leicester '''Anstey''' is a large village in [[Leicestershire]], to the northwest of [[Leicester]]. Its population was about 6,000 at the 2001 census.
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• Kirby Muxloe
  |post town=Leicester ...by Muxloe''' is a village in [[Leicestershire]], standing to the west of [[Leicester]] beyond the [[M1 motorway]], close to the junction with the A47.
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• Kirby Muxloe Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Kirby Muxloe Castle
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• Whitwick
  ...d as postal addresses, situated respectively at the foot of Dumps Hill and Leicester Road. Over the years, there have been many contenders for the location of t ===Castle===
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• East Midlands Airport
  |village=Castle Donington ...erve, three cities of the [[Midlands]], namely [[Nottingham]] (15 miles) [[Leicester]] (18 miles) and [[Derby]] (14 miles).
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• National Forest
  The forest in concept stretches from the western outskirts of [[Leicester]] in the east to [[Burton upon Trent]] in the west, and it is planned to li **[[Ashby Castle]]
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• Lincoln Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Lincoln Castle
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• Moira, Leicestershire
  ...dom of Moira, one of the titles of the Hastings family, which held [[Ashby Castle]]. The former local colliery, Rawdon Colliery, also bore a Hastings family The Midland Railway opened its Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line through Moira in 1845. Moira railway station serv
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• Holkham Hall
  ...g by the village of [[Holkham]] in [[Norfolk]]. It belongs to the Earl of Leicester. ...house was constructed in the Palladian style for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (1697&ndash;1759) by the architect William Kent, aided by the architect and
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• Shropshire Union Canal
  ...w locks as the canal crosses the nearly flat Chester Plain, passes Beeston Castle, and the junctions at Barbridge and Hurleston and arrives at Nantwich basin ...ent and Mersey at Great Haywood junction – allowing journeys east to the Leicester Branch of the Grand Union Canal (or the Trent) or north to the Potteries, M
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• Yeovilton
  ...[Bath]] (''Aquae Sulis''), [[Cirencester]] (''Corinium Dobunnorum'') and [[Leicester]] (''Ratae Corieltauvorum''). There is evidence of a Romano-British farmste ...ed by Henry Lyte. The holding was purchased by. D. W. Digby of [[Sherborne Castle]] in [[Dorset]] in 1857, and remained with the Digby family until 1919.<ref
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• Burrough Hill
  {{Infobox castle ...stigations and renewed excavations under the auspices of the University of Leicester began in 2010. Part of Burrough Hill Country Park and open to the public, t
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• Castle Acre Priory
  |name=Castle Acre Priory |village=Castle Acre
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• Southwick, Northamptonshire
  ...e Lynn family after inheriting a better seat for themselves at [[Buckenham Castle]] in [[Norfolk]]. The first Lynn at Southwick was John Lynn, who married Jo ...rch's mediæval tenor bell which was cast and hung by Thomas Newcombe of [[Leicester]]. Before its replacement in 1967, it had given the church 400 years of use
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• Sutton Valence Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Sutton Valence Castle
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• Pevensey Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Pevensey Castle
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• Castle Gresley
  |picture= Castle Gresley 285434 6106c78a.jpg ...ourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121695&c=Castle+Gresley&d=16&e=62&g=6414875&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458642589647&e
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• Stretton en le Field
  ...icle, however, seems inaccurate, describing the Stretton Hall as "A Norman Castle with accommodation for sixty guests, and a stable that quarters forty horse
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• Reculver
  |picture=St Marys Towers Reculver Castle.JPG ...ittle over three miles west of Reculver. Others are on display in [[Dover Castle]] and in the Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum at the former RAF Manston
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• List of golf courses in the United Kingdom
  *Ballumbie Castle Golf Club - [[Dundee]] *Galgorm Castle Golf Club - [[Ballymena]]
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• Deddington Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Deddington Castle
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• Westminster Abbey
  ...gh the Stone is now kept amongst the Scottish royal regalia in [[Edinburgh Castle]], at future coronations it is intended that the Stone be returned to St Ed # '''9 April 1269''': Edmund of Crouchback, 1st Earl of Leicester and Lancaster, son of King Henry III was married to Lady Aveline de Forz
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• Duchy of Lancaster
  ...nger son, Edmund Crouchback, lands forfeited by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester. In 1266, the estates of Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby,<ref name="ox In 1267 the estate was granted as the County, Honour and Castle of Lancaster. In 1284 Edmund was given the Manor of Savoy by his mother, El
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• Beeston, Nottinghamshire
  ...was taken from them, and given to William Peverel, the lord of Nottingham Castle, who had in his demesne, or chief manor estate, 2 plough teams, there being ...enth century. The first silk mill was burned down (along with [[Nottingham Castle]]) in the Reform Bill riots of 1831. With the decline of the silk industry,
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• Cardinham
  ...[Milltown, Cornwall|Milltown]], [[Mount, Cornwall|Mount]], [[Old Cardinham Castle]] and [[Welltown]] are in the parish.<ref>[http://www.explorebritain.info/b ..., until Andrew de Cardinham's daughter married Thomas de Tracey. Cardinham Castle remained in the family (succeeded by the Dinhams) until the 14th century an
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• Diocese of Lincoln
  |picture=Lincoln Cathedral from Castle Hill (crop).jpg ...broken line to the ancient Diocese of Leicester founded in 679. The see of Leicester was translated to Dorchester in the late 9th century, before taking in the
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• Lewannick
  ...sha, ''Corpus of Early Christian Inscribed stones of South-west Britain'' (Leicester: University Press, 1993), pp. 146-53</ref> ...f the [[River Lynher]], are the fragmentary remains of the mediæval Upton Castle.
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• Morvah
  ...oit]] (c. 3500 BC) and the nearby Iron Age hillfort (c. 300 BC) of [[Chûn Castle]] (half of which is also in Madron parish), as well as the Late Iron Age se ..., on the coast at Carne Farm, (which lies about half a mile north of Chûn Castle and quoit), a hoard of gold ornaments was found dating from the late Bronze
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• Mountsorrel
  |county=Leicester [[File:Mountsorrel view.jpg|thumb|upright|Part of Mountsorrel Castle]]
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• Great Easton, Leicestershire
  |county=Leicester ...am]], [[Market Harborough]] town centre and St Margaret's Bus Station in [[Leicester]].
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• Barby
  ...thworks but no bailey.{{sfn|Pevsner|Cherry|1961|p=101}} It is called Barby Castle but is really the site of an early fortified manor house.{{sfn|RCHME|1981|p ...s cast at [[Leicester]] in about 1599. Hugh II Watts, who had foundries at Leicester and [[Bedford]], cast the second bell in 1622. Mears and Stainbank of the W
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• Iron Ring
  [[File:Harlech Castle - Cadw photograph.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Harlech Castle]] [[File:Caernarfon Castle 1994.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Caernarfon Castle]]
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• Wonders of the Peak
  A Castle, Bath, Chatsworth. ...tified as Tullaghan Well in [[County Sligo]], and another beside [[Dinevor Castle|Dinevor]] in [[Carmarthenshire]].)<ref>Gerald of Wales: 'The History and To
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• Ashover
  ...e surrounding counties of [[Nottinghamshire|Nottingham]], [[Leicestershire|Leicester]], [[Staffordshire|Stafford]] and, if the atmospheric conditions are right,
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• Cavendish Bridge
  |county=Leicester ...of a hamlet on the Leicestershire side of the river within the parish of [[Castle Donington]]. This bridge once carried the main London-Manchester turnpike,
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• Vale of Belvoir
  {{county|Leicester}} ...rpe by Belvoir - geograph.org.uk - 1772528.jpg|thumb|250px|View of Belvoir Castle (from [[Woolsthorpe by Belvoir]])]]
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• Belvoir
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• Knipton
  |county=Leicester ...ray]]. The village borders on to the Duke of Rutland's estate at [[Belvoir Castle]].
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• Croxton Kerrial
  |county=Leicester ...tegoog#page/n308/mode/2up p. 286].</ref> (whose seat was at [[Westenhanger Castle|Ostenhanger]] in [[Stanford, Kent]]<ref>T. Philipott (with J. Philipott), '
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• Napton-on-the-Hill
  ...de Earl of Winchester. Napton was still part of the Honour of [[Winchester Castle|Winchester]] in 1271<ref name=Salzman/> but Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Wi
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• Sproxton, Leicestershire
  |county=Leicester ...Newark rebuilt the mill using materials from the old mill and from one at Castle Bytham. It was wrecked by the gales of March 1916, but repaired. By 1920 it
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• Nottingham Canal
  ...ford, and in 1798, a second boat provided a service between Nottingham and Leicester. Income from tolls increased to £4,647 in 1799/1800. Most of the traffic w {{PoIgb|Castle Lock|52.9479|-1.1519|SK570392|}}
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• Weston-on-Trent
  ...anal]]. Nearby places include [[Aston-on-Trent]], [[Barrow upon Trent]], [[Castle Donington]] and [[Swarkestone]]. | title = Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland
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• Seckington
  ==Castle== ...ington.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Motte-and-bailey castle|motte]] of Seckington Castle]]
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• Arrow
  ...of the second Earl of Leicester's officials, Ralph le Boteler, who built a castle, or more likely wooden stockade, there, making it his principal seat. In th
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• Brinsop Court
  ...d was grander than a similar manor across the county at [[Cheney Longville Castle|Cheyney Longville]], which was owned by a knight and member of parliament.< ...tinent where he met and later married Lady Dudley, daughter of the Earl of Leicester, the royalist ambassador in Paris. She travelled to Florence fleeing Cromw
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• West Goscote Hundred
  *[[Castle Donington]] *Leicester Abbey (ex. par.)
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• Guthlaxton
  ...hire, and to the south-west by Warwickshire. Including much of southern [[Leicester]], it had a population of 185,411 in 2011. *Castle View (ex. par.)
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• Willesley
  |county 1=Leicester ...ngton]], [[Hartington, Derbyshire|Hartington]], [[Swarkeston]] and the new castle at [[Tutbury]].</ref> and its value was assessed as twenty shillings TRE<re
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• All Hallows-by-the-Tower
  ...Eastern England |date=1966 |publisher=Leicester University Press |location=Leicester |pages=122–7}}</ref> One of these was simply described as "iuxta Lundonia The altar in the crypt is of plain stone from the castle of Richard I at Athlit in The Holy Land.<ref>Ralls, Karen, ''Knights Templa
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• Englishcombe
  ...e Sulis]]''), [[Cirencester]] (''[[Corinium Dobunnorum|Corinium]]'') and [[Leicester]] (''[[Ratae Corieltauvorum]]''). ...ntury and now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.<ref>{{cite web|title=Culverhay Castle|url=http://www.fortifiedengland.com/Home/Categories/ViewItem/tabid/61/Defau
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• Myddle
  ==Myddle Castle== [[Image:myddlecastle.jpg|thumb|250px|Myddle Castle ruins]]
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• Ashby Folville
  ...xford in 1258{{sfn|VCH Rutland II|1935}} and stoutly defended [[Kenilworth Castle]] after the Battle of Evesham in 1265.{{sfn|Nichols|1795}} |location=Leicester
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• Wallingford Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Wallingford Castle
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• Beoley
  ...uke-of-exeter/ The History Jar.]</ref> The de Beauchamp family of [[Elmley Castle]], ancestors of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, were mesne lords ...accessdate=6 June 2013}}</ref> The seventh bell was cast in 1611 by one of Leicester's Newcombe family of bellfounders. The fourth bell was cast in 1622 by Henr
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• Somerton Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Somerton Castle
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• Cambridge Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Cambridge Castle
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• Churchtown, County Dublin
  ...ter the division of the estate in 1913 the arch became the entrance to the Castle Golf Club but was later abandoned in favour of the more direct Woodside Dri ...built in 1898, and called Hazelbrook House, was rebuilt in the [[Bunratty Castle|Bunratty Folk Park]] in 2001. From 1844 to 1899 it was known as Bachelor's
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• Rathfarnham
  ...O'Toole from the [[Wicklow Mountains]] in the 14th century. [[Rathfarnham Castle]] was erected in part to protect the area from such attacks. [[File:Rathfarnham Castle.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Rathfarnham Castle]]
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• Rathgar
  ...dentsassociation.ie/about/history Rathgar Residents Association]</ref> The castle remained in the possession of the Cusack family for over a century, but gra *Dublin Jewish Progressive Congregation (Knesset Orech Chayim), on Leicester Avenue<ref>[http://www.djpcireland.com/ Dublin Jewish Progressive Congregat
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• St Andrew's Castle
  {{Distinguish|St Andrew's Castle, Hampshire}} {{Infobox castle
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• Honiley
  ...taken to Warwick Castle, from thence to York, and afterwards to Middleham Castle, from whence he escaped. ...om the Castle. At this period the manor of Honiley belonged to the Earl of Leicester."<ref>Reader, W., ‘Old Manor House at Honiley’, ''The Gentleman’s Mag
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• Stopsley
  * [[Someries Castle]] ...o discover the DNA genetic fingerprint. He is now Professor of Genetics at Leicester University and was Knighted in 1994. Another pupil, David Renwick, created
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• Calver
  ...ic cotton mill opened in 1778 by John Gardom of Bakewell and John Pares of Leicester in place of a corn mill at leased from Thomas Eyre of Hassop. ...ill was used as a set during production of the television series ''Colditz Castle''. It has since been converted into apartments.
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• Elvaston Castle
  |name=Elvaston Castle |picture=Elvaston Castle - geograph.org.uk - 6393.jpg
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• Shirland
  ...d many manors around Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire including [[Nottingham Castle]]. ...1 to 3,415 in 1881.<ref>Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland, 1891. pp. 299-300</ref> The mines shaped the community until 1
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• Kneeton
  ...ston Magna]] Methodist Church, then [[Markfield]] Methodist Church, then [[Castle Donington]] Methodist Church and then the Bluecoat School, Nottingham. It
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• Ruddington
  ...><ref>[http://www.nottinghamcastle.org.uk/alabaster Alabaster]: Nottingham Castle</ref> ...rtion of the railway which currently operates from Loughborough Central to Leicester North as the '[[Great Central Railway]]'.
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• Syerston
  ...ts of Parliamentary Enclosure in Nottinghamshire' (unpublished PhD thesis, Leicester, 1995), pp.109-110</ref> The earnings from his work permitted him to purch ...Enclosure Award; W. G. Hoskins, '' The Making of the English Landscape '' (Leicester, 1955), p.189</ref> Its course is clearly defined from an island in the Tre
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• Eydon
  ...ntury Richard Fitz Wale held ''"Aydona"'' of the fee of [[Leicester Castle|Leicester]].<ref name=Adkins370/> ...wer has a ring of six bells. One of the Newcombe family of bellfounders of Leicester<ref name=DoveFounders>{{cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/founders.ph
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• Culworth
  ...ll }}</ref> It is a scheduled monument.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1010250 |desc=The Castle ringwork, Berry Hill |accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref> On its south-west si ...m de Culworth was sheriff of [[Hertfordshire]] and Constable of [[Hertford Castle]] in 1230 and 1234.{{sfn|Page|1912|pp=501–511}}
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• Penshurst Place
  ...with his courtier Brandon, the property being only a few miles from Hever Castle, childhood home of Henry's second wife Anne Boleyn. ...cluding an impressive "Long Gallery". He had also inherited the Earldom of Leicester, and his descendants for the next seven generations continued to live at th
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• Margidunum
  {{Infobox castle '''Margidunum''' was a Roman settlement on the [[Fosse Way]] at Castle Hill near present-day [[Bingham, Nottinghamshire|Bingham]], in [[Nottingham
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• Cawood Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Cawood Castle
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• Alchester Roman Town
  ...d University Archaeological Society, then under those of the University of Leicester and the University of Edinburgh.<ref name=Sauer05>{{cite journal |last=Saue ...fences, excavation in 1766 of what was then a prominent mound known as the Castle uncovered a sizable Roman bath.<ref name=Stillwell/>
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