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  • ...rth encompasses industrial towns and the suburbs from [[Manchester]] and [[Liverpool]], fading into the agricultural south of the county. The City of Chester re ...in separating the mountains of Wales from the Peak District of Derbyshire. In the Cheshire plain are fine oak woodlands and countless small lakes or mere
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  • '''Blackpool''' is a large seaside town in [[Lancashire]]. It is stands on the sandy beaches of the [[Fylde]] peninsul ...The town stands 17½ miles north-west of [[Preston]], 27 miles north of [[Liverpool]], 30 miles north-west of [[Bolton]] and 40 miles north-west of [[Mancheste
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  • |picture=Cows in Orchard - geograph.org.uk - 94917.jpg |biggest town=[[Bristol]] ''(partly in Gloucestershire)''
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  • |picture caption=Fishing Boats in Fraserburgh Harbour ...]]. It is the largest shellfish port in Europe, landing over 12,000 tonnes in 2008,<ref>[http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/statistics/economic/fishing/Fish
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  • '''Whittlesey''' is an ancient fenland market town in [[Cambridgeshire]]. It is some six miles east of [[Peterborough]], [[Northa ...mologically fitting, though the spelling 'Whittlesea' appears on occasion, in particular as the name of the village's railway station, Whittlesea Station
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  • | name= Barrow-in-Furness | post town= Barrow-in-Furness
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  • '''Llandudno''' is a seaside resort and town in [[Caernarfonshire]], built on the flat land between the [[Great Orme]] peni ...George Felton, the estate's architect, who also built Holy Trinity Church in Mostyn Street.
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  • ...t Office for National Statistics estimates, it is the fastest growing city in the United Kingdom. ...es, printing and other industries were important. In the process, what had in the 16th century been a compact [[Airedale]] market town, expanded and abso
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  • | name = Liverpool | picture = Liverpool Montage.jpg
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  • '''Edmonton''' is a town in eastern [[Middlesex]], close to the border with [[Essex]]. It is thoroughly ...ine Street]], running north to south. Fore Street (part of that road) run in a continuous theme to Tottenham High Road to the south. Fore Street is the
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  • |picture = Rainford Village in early spring - geograph.org.uk - 135353.jpg '''Rainford''' is a village in southern [[Lancashire]], lying 5 miles north of [[St Helens, Lancashire]].
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  • ...rd''' is the cathedral of the [[Diocese of Guildford]], standing on a hill in the south of [[Guildford]], the county town of [[Surrey]]. It is a modern The cathedral stands in a commanding spot on [[Stag Hill]], so named because mediæval kings used t
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  • ...for many years a major railway engineering facility, but now much reduced in size. From 1946 until 2002 it was also the home of Rolls-Royce motor car pr ...after the ancient township of Crewe, today's Crewe is a new creation built in another parish, and so the town is named after the railway station.
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  • |picture=KingStreet in knutsford.jpg '''Knutsford''' is a prosperous town in [[Cheshire]]. It is found about 12 miles south-west of [[Manchester]] and 1
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  • ...]] in [[Lancashire]], and downstream 16 miles to the west is the city of [[Liverpool]]. ...he east, areas of private housing have been established; this has resulted in a doubling of the population from around 30,000 to its present level.
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  • ...t towns of the county. Chester received letters patent creating it a city in 1541. ...e of the three main Roman army bases, Deva later became a major settlement in the Roman province of Britannia.
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  • ...is the county town of [[County Londonderry]], and the second-biggest city in [[Northern Ireland]]. The city stands at the mouth of the [[River Foyle]] ...the city proper (the area defined by its 17th-century charter) was 83,652 in the 2001 Census, while the wider urban area had a population of 90,663.<ref
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  • ...Valley]] close to the county border with [[Cheshire]]. As the largest town in North Wales, Wrexham is a major centre of the region's commercial, retail a ...s of Wrexham Town and some coalesced suburbs, given a population of 63,084 in 2001.
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  • '''Matlock''' is a town in [[Derbyshire]]. It stands in the hills at the south-eastern edge of the [[Peak District]]. The former sp ==Churches==
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  • ...east of [[Dorchester]] and its urban spread abuts that of [[Bournemouth]] in [[Hampshire]] to the east. It owes its position and prosperity to [[Poole ...merica and at its peak in the 18th century it was one of the busiest ports in Britain. During the Second World War the town was one of the main departing
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