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  • The '''County of Surrey''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the south-east of [[Great Britain]]. It is one of the "Home Counties". ...ckinghamshire]] to the north-west. Its southern border is with [[Sussex]] in the hills. To the east lies [[Kent]] and to the west [[Hampshire]] and [[B
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  • ...on the north bank of the [[Firth of Tay]]. It is the fourth-largest city in [[Scotland]]. .... The town developed into a burgh in Mediæval times, and expanded rapidly in the 19th century largely due to the jute industry. This, along with its oth
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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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  • ...ill above the [[River Mole, Surrey|River Mole]]. Esher is largely suburban in character, home to commuters and the well-to-do. ...runs to London Waterloo, providing a route for the many commuters who live in Esher.
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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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  • ...ket, five pubs and numerous restaurants. There are a number of schools and churches of several denominations and a wide range of social and sporting clubs and Claygate is in the Elmbridge hundred.
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  • ...st recorded Roman town in Britain, Colchester claims to be the oldest town in Britain. It was for a time the capital of Roman Britain and also claims to ...elf ultimately from the Latin ''castrum'' ("fortress"). The town was known in pre-Roman days as ''Camulodunon'', to the Romans as ''Camulodunum'' or ''Co
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  • ...fordshire]] and the county's biggest commercial centre. Official estimates in 2006 put its population at 79,600. The town probably originated in Anglo-Saxon times as a string of houses on the northern side of this ford.
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  • ...e in the 19th century. The influence of this era is still strongly visible in the town's central and sea facing architecture. ...ong pier. Ryde Pier is a listed structure which is the fourth longest pier in the [[United Kingdom]], and also one of the oldest.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co
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  • |name=Portsmouth |picture=Portsmouth as seen from Ryde - geograph.org.uk - 1406986.jpg
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  • ...een. It stands close to the [[River Wey]] and some 3 miles west of the A3 Portsmouth Road, and due west of [[Godalming]]. ==Churches==
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  • ...''' is a town and ancient parish on the south bank of the [[River Thames]] in north-western [[Kent]], long since swallowed within the London conurbation. ...e murder of Christopher Marlowe in a house along Deptford Strand which has in our own time if not then generated many conspiracy theories.<ref>{{cite web
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  • '''Godalming''' is a town in south-western [[Surrey]], 5 miles south of [[Guildford]]. It is built on th ...hundred: Godalming Hundred. The estate of ''æt Godelmingum'' is mentioned in the will of King Alfred the Great, its name apparently from ''Godhelmingas'
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  • '''Milford Haven''' is a major commercial port town in [[Pembrokeshire]]. It stands on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterwa ...gy sector with several oil refineries and one of the biggest LNG terminals in the world.
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  • ...ate village,<ref name=VIV>{{cite web |title=Visit Vale website: ''Villages In The Vale'' |url=http://www.visitvale.com/site/villages |accessdate=2008-09- *The earliest known written record of Buckland is from AD 957 in a charter when King Edgar the Peaceful granted Duke Ælfheah ten hides<ref
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  • '''Milford''' is a large village in [[Surrey]] on the A3 Portsmouth Road south west of [[Godalming]]. Nearby villages include [[Witley]], [[Els ...shop, a water softening shop, a shop selling art and crafts made by people in the area, called the Surrey Guild Craft shop, located at the top of Moushil
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  • '''New Malden''' is a town in Surrey, within the metropolitan conurbation. It is a local shopping centre ...rom Waterloo. However, when Queen Victoria visited distinguished residents in the Coombe Hill area, the royal train always continued to [[Norbiton]] stat
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  • ...Old English, presumed to be ''Cyning tun''; "King-estate". It is recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Chenintune'', and later appears as ''Kyn ...rom London Bridge to the southwest, known as the Portsmouth Road elsewhere in Surrey, suggests a long history, as does a tumulus of uncertain date.
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  • '''Send''' is a village in [[Surrey]]. It is a somewhat scattered village, parts of it turning up on v ...de Sendholme, Sendhurst and send Grove, these latter to the west and south in the bend of the river.
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  • '''Thames Ditton''' is a village in [[Surrey]], on the banks of the [[River Thames]] downstream from [[East Mol The Rythe is a small river that runs through Thames Ditton along the Portsmouth Road and down to the River Thames near Ferry Road.
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