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  • ...[[Alvah]], it also forms a detached part of Aberdeenshire's ancient parish of [[King Edward]]. ...t is mountainous, especially [[Braemar]], which contains the greatest mass of elevated land in the [[British Isles]]. The Dee valley has sandy soil, the
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  • | picture = Alnwick and Alnwick Castle - Northumberland - 140804.jpg | picture caption = The town of Alnwick, nestling behind Alnwick Castle
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  • The '''County of Bedford''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in southern England, lying between [[Huntingdons ...stable Downs]]. The rest of the shire is part of the broad drainage basin of the [[River Great Ouse]] and its tributaries.
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  • The '''County of Antrim''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on [[Northern Ireland|Ulster's]] north-eastern c ...also famed for natural treasures; the [[Glens of Antrim]] in the northeast of the county offer isolated rugged landscapes, while the [[Giant's Causeway]]
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  • ...e western coast of [[Scotland]] between the [[Kintyre#Mull of Kintyre|Mull of Kintyre]] and the [[Ardnamurchan]] peninsula ...e south-eastern shore of Argyll is marked by [[Loch Long]] and the [[Firth of Clyde]], while the North Channel washes [[Kintyre]] in the very south. The
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  • ...om|shire]] in Lowland [[Scotland]], along the eastern shore of the [[Firth of Clyde]] and inland to the hills. It is bounded by [[Renfrewshire]] in the Within the Firth of Clyde, the conspicuous rock of [[Ailsa Craig]] belongs to Ayrshire, as do Lady Island (off [[Troon]]), and
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  • |flag=Flag of Berkshire.svg ...ong the south bank of the River [[Thames]]. It is usually regarded as one of the [[home counties]].
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  • ..., reckoned the [[county town]], and around AD 900 was possibly the capital of [[Wessex]]. ...proximately 9 miles northwest of [[Yeovil]], and had a recorded population of 4,706 in 2001.
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  • ...'Brecon''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the mountains of Mid-Wales. ...h.org.uk - 232881.jpg|250px|thumb|Brecon County signpost to the south-west of Builth Wells]]
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  • ...r variants, the spelling "Caernarfonshire" being taken from the Welsh form of the county town's name, which has become the preferred form. ...tain fastness and towns confined to the coastal lands. A large proportion of the population is Welsh-speaking.
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  • '''Scarborough''' is a large town in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], a seaside holiday resort standing on the [[North Sea]] coast, ...eply 230 feet above the harbour onto limestone cliffs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by the rocky headland.
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  • The '''County of Cambridge''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] of [[East Anglia]]. ...bridgeshire's only hills are the [[Gog Magog Hills]] to the south and east of Cambridge and which rise into [[Suffolk]].
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  • ...' is a maritime [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the south-west of [[Wales]], and at {{database|Carmarthenshire|area}} square miles it is the ...The coasts of Carmarthenshire curve around Carmarthen Bay, the quiet dip of the fields running into broad sandy beaches.
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  • ...ountains of the [[Lake District]] to the coast, stretching along the coast of the [[Solway Firth]] and the [[Irish Sea]]. ...[[Helvellyn]], and the summits of several, including Helvellyn, form part of the county boundary with Westmorland.
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  • The '''County of Denbigh''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in northern [[Wales]]. It is a maritime county, ...largest town is the industrial town of [[Wrexham]] at the south-east edge of the shire, near the [[Shropshire]] border. All along the coast are ninetee
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  • ...rd into the [[Pennines]]. The southern part of the county is in the plain of the [[River Trent]] and its northern and western parts in the [[Peak Distri ...ial region and encompasses suburbs and outgrowth of the [[Yorkshire]] city of [[Sheffield]].
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  • ...shire]] to the east. Outside the “South East Dorset conurbation”, most of the county is largely rural and agricultural. ...here the remarkable [[Chesil Beach]] stretches for 18 miles to the cliffs of the “[[Jurassic Coast]]” as far as [[Lyme Regis]], close to the border
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  • |picture= Dumbarton Rock, from Levengrove Park.jpg |picture caption= Dumbarton Rock from Levengrove Park
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  • ...ne of Durham''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the north of England. It is the only English county whose common name is prefixed with " ...to the north by the River Tyne and the Derwent and from the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]] by the River Tees from its source to its mouth.
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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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