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  • ...wall and are the westernmost land of [[England]] and the southernmost land in the United Kingdom. ...me Peninsula]], and one part of Cornwall in Devon, the "[[Cornish Patch]]" in [[St Budeaux]].
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  • ...unty of Devon''' is a large [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] lying in the south-west of [[Great Britain]]. Devonshire stands between two seas, t ...largest in the UK, and in that area are some of the finest wild landscapes in the land.
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  • ...nty for the south of England, it is also one of the most populous counties in the United Kingdom, much of its south-west swallowed within the conurbation ...owns after the War, originally to resettle Londoners whose homes were lost in the Blitz, though they have since been much expanded. The privately develo
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  • |picture=Bibury Cottages in the Cotswolds - June 2007.jpg |biggest town=[[Bristol]] ''- partly in [[Somerset]]''
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  • |picture=Cows in Orchard - geograph.org.uk - 94917.jpg |biggest town=[[Bristol]] ''(partly in Gloucestershire)''
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  • The '''Cotswolds''' are a range of hills in southwestern Britain stretching out over the eastern half of [[Gloucestersh The highest point in the Cotswolds is [[Cleeve Hill]] in Gloucestershire, at 1,083 feet, which is that shire's [[county top]].
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  • ...ath, Somerset|Bath]]. It is reputed to have one of the widest high-streets in Britain: second only to [[Stockton-on-Tees]]. ...in the rebuilding the High Street became what is claimed to be the widest in England after Stockton's. This allows ample space for a local market which
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  • '''Liverpool''' is a major city in southern Lancashire. It stands on the eastern side of the [[Mersey]] Estua ...pulation of 816,216.<ref>{{cite web |title= Key Statistics for urban areas in the North – Contents, Introduction, Tables KS01 – KS08 |publisher = Of
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  • ...[Diocese of Exeter]]. It is a city full of history and, despite suffering in the Blitz and the later redevelopment, it retains a wealth of historic buil ...he current location of the city a natural choice for settlement and trade. In George Oliver's ''The History of the City of Exeter'', it is noted that the
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  • '''Torquay''' is a seaside town in south-east [[Devon]]. It lies 16 miles south of [[Exeter]] on the north of ...s population of 63,998 during the 2001 UK Census made it the largest town in Devonshire after Plymouth and Exeter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.torbay.
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  • .... The High Road forms part of the original main route from [[London]] to [[Bath]]. Chiswick House and its ground lie south of the High Road and much of th In former days, Chiswick had an agrarian and fishing economy and served also a
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  • '''Isleworth''' is a village and ancient parish in western [[Middlesex]] beside the [[River Thames]], which here forms the bor ...to any 'isle' and is an instance of a counterintuitive place name. However in this instance it can be argued that the similar word is counterintuitively
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  • ...rgian architecture, and the cathedral in the centre of the town (completed in 1910). Also found among its streets are and places of interest include the ...mes'' reject this theory. One expert on Cornish place-names, Oliver Padel, in his book ''A popular dictionary of Cornish place-names'' said the 'three ri
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  • ...opulation of 21,635.<ref>{{cite web| title =Key Statistics for urban areas in England and Wales | publisher =National Office of Statistics| url =http://w ...uth is the end point of the A39 road which begins some 200 miles away in [[Bath, Somerset]].
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  • '''Brampton''' is a small village in [[Norfolk]] which lies in the [[River Bure|Bure Valley]], east of [[Aylsham]]. The parish church, St Peter, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.
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  • ...-eastern edge of the [[Peak District]]. The former spa resort of [[Matlock Bath]] lies immediately south of the town on the A6. ...[[Darley Dale]], [[Tansley]], [[Hackney, Derbyshire|Hackney]] and Matlock Bath) would bring that figure up to some 20,000 souls. Here the hills are somew
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  • '''Bournemouth''' is a large coastal resort town in [[Hampshire]], with suburbs spilling over into [[Dorset]]. It stands on the ...n [[Dorset]] has spread to meet Bournemouth at the border. 24 Herbert Road in Bournemouth forms the westernmost point of Hampshire.
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  • '''Bridgwater''' is a market town in [[Somerset]] and a major industrial centre. Bridgwater stands, on the edge of the [[Somerset Levels]], in a level and well-wooded country, having to the north the [[Mendip Hills]] a
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  • ...rdshire]]. It is 14 miles from [[Cambridge]] and had a recorded population in 2001 of 3,535. ...county town, [[Cambridge]], and just five miles southeast of [[St Neots]] in [[Huntingdonshire]]. It is north of the village of [[Potton]] (Bedfordshire
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  • ...ited Kingdom's eighth most populous city and by far the most populous city in south-western England. ...yal charter in 1155 and was granted independence of the county authorities in 1373. From the 13th century, for half a millennium, it ranked amongst the t
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