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• Berwickshire
  [[File:Fast Castle - geograph.org.uk - 365002.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Fast Castle]] ...ed the attempt of the English church to assert supremacy over the Scottish bishops. Here also met in 1289 a convention of the Scots estates to consider the p
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• County Durham
  Known as "the Land of the Prince Bishops", Durham has history forged by the troubles of the Middle Ages before it be ...at became County Durham were originally a liberty under the control of the Bishops of Durham. The liberty was known variously as the "Liberty of Durham", "Lib
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• Kent
  ...Kent and of the whole Anglican Communion. [[Rochester]], the seat of the bishops over western Kent, is a second city, and one of the ''Medway Towns'' along [[File:Leeds Castle, Kent, England-22May2010.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Leeds Castle]]
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• Kirkcudbrightshire
  ...andovery age prevail; they are found around Dalry, Creetown, New Galloway, Castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright. [[File:Threave Castle 20080422.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Threave Castle]]
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• Midlothian
  ...perched high on its immemorial rock, and the Royal Mile that runs from the Castle to the Palace of Holyrood House, lined with historic buildings and monument ...itain, for here, the founding place of ancient Edinburgh, stands Edinburgh Castle.
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• Morayshire
  ...Lochindorb - geograph.org.uk - 869064.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Lochindorb and castle ruin]] ...of Cawdor and the Earls of Seafield. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder saw at Cawdor Castle a massive iron gate which, according to tradition, Sir Donald Campbell of C
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• Worcestershire
  ...parts, all thought to originate from the scattered former holdings of the Bishops of Worcester. Five shires surround it: [[Shropshire]] to the north and [[G ...of Laughern, and the first Norman sheriff was Urse d'Abetot who built the castle of Worcester and seized much church land.
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• County Kilkenny
  ...[[Freshford]], Sawney's Wood in [[Castlecomer]] and the [[Kilkenny Castle|Castle Gardens]] in [[Kilkenny|Kilkenny City]]. ...lkenny]], Dahlia garden in [[The Rower]] and the rose garden at [[Kilkenny Castle]]. Hedgerows also have historical significance as townland and field bounda
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• Achanduin Castle
  {{Infobox castle |name=Achanduin Castle
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• Lauder
  ==Thirlestane Castle== ...years. It is shown on Timothy Pont's map. Early records give de Morville a castle at Lauder, but it would appear that there was a new erection of it by the E
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• St Andrews
  ...1170, the new burgh was built to the west of the Cathedral precinct, along Castle Street and possibly as far as what is now known as North Street.<ref name=" ===St Andrews Castle===
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• Edinburgh
  Standing at the heart of the city is Castle Rock, crowned by Edinburgh Castle, from which runs the old town, down toward the royal palace of Holyrood Hou [[File:EdinburghFromCastle.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Northward from the Castle]]
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• Church of England
  ...Within the diocese may be one or more assisting bishops, called suffragan bishops. The Diocese will have a Diocesan Synod. There are 30 dioceses in the Pro ...h as Westminster Abbey, the Savoy Chapel and St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.
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• Londonderry
  [[File:Bishops Street Gate Derry SMC 2007.jpg|thumb|right|Bishops Street Gate]] ...hipquay Gate to which three further gates were added later, Magazine Gate, Castle Gate and New Gate, making seven gates in total. Historic buildings within t
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• Dumfries
  ...The abbey ruins are on the site of the Bailey of the very early Lincluden Castle, as are those of the later Lincluden Tower. This religious house was used f ...t their end at Cockpool on the Solway Coast. After resting at Caerlaverock Castle a few miles away from the bloodletting, Wallace again passed through Dumfri
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• Sanquhar
  ...memorial to James Crichton, a 16th-century polymath. The ruins of Sanquhar Castle stand nearby. ...storical'', ed Francis H Groome (1882 – 1885)</ref> An ancient ruin of a castle that overlooks the town, but the name must predates even this. With its loc
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• Durham
  ...also built an imposing castle, and castle and cathedral served the Prince-Bishops of Durham until their palatine jurisdiction was ended in 1836. ...Univ College Durham v's Newcastle Uni.jpg|thumb|200px|Durham cathedral and castle]]
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• Winchester
  ...century and is the place of interment of numerous [[Diocese of Winchester|Bishops of Winchester]] (including William of Wykeham) and Kings of the English up ===Wolvesey Castle and Palace===
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• Sunderland
  ...e end of the bishops' palatine jurisdiction in the nineteenth century, the Bishops of Durham held secular authority here as elsewhere in County Durham. * '''C''': Hylton Castle
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• Hertford
  ...ver Mimram|Mimram]] join the [[River Lea]] at Hertford. South of Hertford Castle Weir, the River Lea has been canalised as the Lee Navigation. The shared va ...t mention of the town is in the year 673. Then the first Synod of all the Bishops in England, the Council of Hertford was held in the town, called by Theodor
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