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  • |picture=Vale of Belvoir - geograph.org.uk - 104224.jpg |picture caption=Farmland in the Vale of Belvoir
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  • ...maritime [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] at the south-western tip of [[Wales]]. Pembrokeshire is washed on three sides by the ocean, and the sea The local economy is fundamentally of farming and tourism, but international trade and heavy industry are here to
    19 KB (2,728 words) - 18:38, 10 June 2019
  • ...Swale]] in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]]. The town stands on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. ...thfasts'' (a story inspired by the [[#The Legend of the Drummer-boy|legend of the drummer-boy]]).
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  • ...jor commercial port town in [[Pembrokeshire]]. It stands on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, a natural harbour used as a port since the Midd ...in the United Kingdom's energy sector with several oil refineries and one of the biggest LNG terminals in the world.
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  • |LG district=Hinckley and Bosworth |constituency=Bosworth
    12 KB (1,890 words) - 07:38, 28 January 2016
  • ...It has a bustling small commercial centre and attracts increasing numbers of tourists. It is best known for its castle, Montgomery Castle, begun in 1223 ...wn", after a later lord: Baldwin de Bollers, who built a castle at the top of Hen Domen or Castle Hill in 1223-4.
    6 KB (913 words) - 17:43, 28 January 2016
  • |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...hire]] found some 7 miles west of [[Abingdon]] and a similar distance east of [[Faringdon]].
    3 KB (477 words) - 13:07, 27 January 2016
  • ...bham]] and [[Leatherhead]], where the [[North Downs]] rise from the valley of the [[River Mole]]. ...orth for the line to be effectively routed to it when laid down at the end of the 19th century.
    6 KB (1,041 words) - 13:54, 16 December 2011
  • [[File:Peterborough.Chronicle.firstpage.jpg|right|thumb|230px|The first page of the ''Peterborough Chronicle'']] ...es until the last Chronicle was discontinued at the beginning of the reign of King Henry II.
    44 KB (7,098 words) - 09:33, 30 January 2021
  • ...gh Street, the church and the heart of the village are on the eastern bank of the river Denbighshire, but several streets are to the west, in Caernarfons Ysbyty Ifan had a population of 221 people at the 2001 Census and is almost wholly Welsh-speaking.
    2 KB (294 words) - 20:11, 9 February 2012
  • ...g of England.svg|right|thumb|180px|Saint George's Cross, the national flag of England]] ...Wight]] in [[Hampshire]] and the only substantial archipelago the [[Isles of Scilly]] in [[Cornwall]].
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  • ...Street, but Barnet has spawned its own conurbation, which has become part of the larger metropolitan conurbation spread out from [[London]]. Around the ...centre of which is the High Street; attractive if heavy with traffic much of the time.
    7 KB (1,065 words) - 18:35, 23 October 2018
  • |picture=Kimberley Chapel of Rest Small.jpg |picture caption=Kimberley Chapel of Rest on Knowle Hill
    6 KB (973 words) - 19:31, 28 January 2016
  • ...e industrialised towns close in with the contiguous townscape of the south of the county. ...t-south-west of [[Rochdale]], and eight miles north-north-west of the city of [[Manchester]]. It is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages.
    19 KB (3,084 words) - 22:13, 18 September 2019
  • ...allowed to breathe again. It has farmland to the west and the open space of Northolt Airfield to the east. Narrow green gaps separate Ickenham from [[ The heart of Ickenham is the original village, its high street somewhat brought up since
    24 KB (3,712 words) - 13:46, 28 January 2016
  • ...It is found near the northernmost tip of the county, close to the borders of [[Staffordshire]] and [[Leicestershire]]. Here the [[River Anker]] forms th ...is on the opposite bank of the river in Leicestershire, whilst the village of [[Mancetter]] is contiguous with Atherstone to the southeast.
    10 KB (1,588 words) - 23:09, 28 January 2016
  • ...from all over the [[British Isles]] and in a Norse Saga, but the location of the battlefield is unknown. ...Conn) King of the [[Scotland|Scots]] and Eugenius I (Owen, or Eogan) King of [[Strathclyde]]. By this victory Athelstan cemented his rule in [[Northumbr
    28 KB (4,190 words) - 09:47, 27 June 2016
  • ...f [[St Helens]], 9 miles southeast of [[Southport]] and 15 miles southwest of [[Preston]]. ...thorne: (150+ works) Incl: The Scarlet Letter, Twice Told Tales, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Bo
    9 KB (1,396 words) - 09:06, 14 June 2013
  • |name=Market Bosworth |picture=Market Bosworth Market Place - geograph.org.uk - 647715.jpg
    6 KB (957 words) - 23:30, 20 June 2013
  • ...] and is the site of the Roman town of ''Lactodorum'', and a fortification of the tenth century also. Today it is more famous for horse racing. ...e Pickwick Papers'', the "Saracen's Head Inn" in Towcester features as one of Mr Pickwick's stopping places along the road.
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