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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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