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  • ...[[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the south coast of the [[Firth of Forth]] and the [[North Sea]]. ...erwickshire]]. The shire has a detached part in Midlothian in the vicinity of [[Fala]].
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  • ...orthampton]] and [[Peterborough]]. In all, Northamptonshire has a mixture of the urban and the rural. ...ipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/ Northamptonshire Genealogy: Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]. Retrieved 15 August 2009.</ref>
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  • ...s north of the coast of [[Caithness]]. Orkney has approximately 70 islands of which 20 are inhabited.<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 336-403.</ref><ref>Wic ...largest island, known as the [[Mainland, Orkney|Mainland]] and has an area of 202 square miles making it the tenth-largest island in the [[British Isles]
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  • ...erdeen]]. The ancient parish together with that of the nearby village of [[St Vigeans]] form a combined civil parish. ...A new harbour was built in 1839 and by the 1900s, Arbroath had become one of the larger fishing ports in Scotland.
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  • ...rwickshire]], 27 miles south-east of [[Edinburgh]]. It stands on the edge of the [[Lammermuir Hills]], on the Southern Upland Way. ...ereditary baillies.<ref>Mackie, J.D., CBE., MC., LL.D., editor, ''Calendar of the State Papers relating to Scotland 1547-1603'', Edinburgh, 1969, vol. XI
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  • | 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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  • |name = Royal Burgh of St Andrews |picture caption = The Royal and Ancient, St Andrews
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  • |arms=Coat of arms of Gibraltar1.svg |flag=Flag of Gibraltar.svg
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  • ...to a survey commissioned by Channel 4. The 2001 census put the population of Hertford at about 24,180.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hertsdirect.org/in The name of the town is Old English (''Heortford''), and means no more nor less than it
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  • |picture caption=The Ring of Brodgar ...[[Kirkwall]] and [[Stromness]], lie on the island, which is also the heart of Orkney's ferry and air connections.
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  • |county=Bailiwick of Guernsey |map=Alderney - Bailiwick of Guernsey.svg
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  • ...ay it is principally a commuter town for [[London]], it has a long history of religious, industrial and cultural importance. It is an important rail hub; ...r archaeological investigations have revealed a good picture of occupation of the district with important finds from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and th
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  • |name=Isle of May |group=Firth of Forth
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  • ...[English Channel]] about 14 miles south of [[Exeter]]. It had a population of 14,413 in 2001. ...t of some note in Georgian times, with further expansion after the opening of the South Devon Railway in 1846. Today, its port still operates and the tow
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  • .../doc/1O110-Yorkmetropolitandioceseof.html|title=York, metropolitan diocese of|last=Cannon|first=John|year=2002|work=The Oxford Companion to British Histo ...York Minster, formally known as The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York.
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  • ...site side of the [[River Tay|Tay]], to the south, is the Victorian village of [[Birnam]]. ...ational Trust for Scotland]] site. Dunkeld Cathedral is on the north bank of the River Tay.
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  • ...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
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  • ...and [[Cley next the Sea]]. It is owned by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] and is designated a Na ...eclamation schemes starting in the 17th century resulted in the silting up of the river channels.
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  • ...s Villages]]'' or simply ''The Hillfoots''. Alva had a resident population of 5,181 at the 2001 but has since been revised to 4,960 in 2006. Alva is on the main A91 [[Stirling]] to [[St Andrews]] road.
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  • ...ven, Fife|River Leven]], 8 miles northeast of Kirkcaldy and 6½ miles east of [[Glenrothes]]. ...forms part of the [[Levenmouth]] conurbation which has a total population of 31,450.
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