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  • The earliest known inhabitants were mesolithic hunter-gatherers,<ref>{{cite book |title=The Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland |last=Waddell |first=Joh ...ot Gaels and believed to be the same people as the Picts of Britain.<ref>{{cite book |title=Early Irish History and Mythology |last=O'Rahilly |first=Thomas
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  • {{cite book |last=Murray |first=David |year=1924 |title=Early burgh organization i ...ce little else than a vast tract of hills and mosses.<ref name=Douglas-2>{{cite book|last=Douglas |first=William Scott |year=1874 |title=In Ayrshire; a des
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  • ...Queen in 1958, and letters patent were issued confirming it in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/collections/jubilee/jubile ...the change was officially approved with effect from the summer of 1869. {{cite news |title=Berkshire Quarter Sessions |author= |newspaper=Jackson's Oxford
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  • ...he 949 meeting of the Witenagemot, a form of Anglo-Saxon parliament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/hes/eus/somerton_eus.htm |tit ...sher=Dovecote Press |location=Wimbourne |isbn=1-874336-27-X }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Stephen |pages=122–123 |title=Somerset Place N
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  • ...has not yet been registered with the [[Flag Institute]].<ref name="ABC">{{cite web|url=http://www.abcounties.co.uk/counties/county-flags/county-flag-propo
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  • ...hills began the English Civil War.<ref name="Biography of John Hampden">{{cite web|url=http://www.johnhampden.org/ |title=Biography of John Hampden |publi ...tural Beauty") and the [[River Thames]] are best known.<ref name="Visit">{{cite web|url=http://www.visitbuckinghamshire.org/|title=Welcome to Buckinghamshi
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  • ...ip of [[Brecon]] remained ruled by Bernard's descendants.<ref name="NSW">{{cite web | last=Nelson | first=Lynn H. | title=The Normans in South Wales | work ...". The town of Brecknock or [[Brecon]] was declared the county town.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?activeTextDocId=1517920&
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  • ...df |work=|publisher=University of Wisconsin }}</ref><ref name=Waymarking>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3F65 |title=Hutton's Unconform ...to Ardrishaig steamer service, as part of the "Royal Route" to Oban.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://paddlesteamers.awardspace.com/Columba.htm| title=PS Columba
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  • ...all peninsula to the north-east across the Conwy estuary.<ref name=lewis>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47810#s2 |titl ...rfai]] (Isgorvai) and [[Uwch Gwyrfai]] (Uchgorvai).<ref name=lewis/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/gaztext_page.jsp?u_id=10134651&c
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  • ...rship initiative in Europe the next year.<ref name="Euro Enterprise2009">{{cite news|url=http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/Scarborough-are-champ {{cite web
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  • ...status as a ''Special Area of Conservation with marine components''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2007-12-05f.170889.h&s=mena
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  • ...of Caithness and the Earl of Caithness became the heritable sheriff.<ref>{{cite book |title=Caithness & Sutherland |last=Campbell |first=H F |series=Cambr
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  • ...le” on account of the area in and around these towns and villages.<ref>{{cite web | title = Why Cheshire fat cats smile| work = Times Online| url = http: ...[[Congleton]] and Robin Hood's Tump near [[Alpraham]] is Bronze Age.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.cheshire.gov.uk/Archaeology/RCP/PrehistoricSitesToVisit
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  • ...n. Recent years have seen revived interest in the Cornish language.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cornish Language Development Project - Evaluation - Final Re {{cite book
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  • ...her=Etymonline.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-25}}</ref><ref name=Davies>{{cite book ...isitors a year from across the United Kingdom<ref name=LakeDistrictstats>{{cite web|url=http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/index/learning/facts_and_figures.htm
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  • ...lished in 1871, but retained its schools and of course its churches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ireland.anglican.org/our-faith/apck/irish-and-universa ...stian Church; p. 86</ref> The current Archbishop is Richard Clarke.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://armagh.anglican.org/index.php/archbishop/ |title=Archived c
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  • ...kingdom. Several kings of Mercia are buried in the [[Repton]] area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derbyshireuk.net/repton.html |title=Repton in Derbyshir ...hire|River Derwent]] from the reign of Henry II to that of Edward I.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.le.ac.uk/ar/research/projects/eastmidsfw/pdfs/26deras.p
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  • ...von as ''culm'', or from the contortions commonly found in the beds.<ref>{{cite book|last=Edmonds|first=E. A.|coauthors=McKeown, M. C.; Williams, M.|others ...the first place in modern Britain to cultivate olives commercially.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article1785059.ece|t
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  • ...Tremadog]]. Part of the site houses over 400 lesser horseshoe bats.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gwynedd.gov.uk/ADNPwyllgorau/2008/Ardal%20Meirionnydd/P
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  • ...Dorset coast from the Devon border to South Haven Point near Poole.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southwestcoastpath.com/main/sections/index.cfm?fsa=dspSe ...ondon Clay) with wide flood plains.<ref name="Geology of Britain Viewer">{{cite web |url=http://maps.bgs.ac.uk/geologyviewer_google/googleviewer.html |titl
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