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  • ...hire''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|Royal County]] in southern [[England]], lying along the south bank of the River [[Thames]]. It is usually regar ...ognised by the Queen in 1958, and letters patent were issued confirming it in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/collectio
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  • ...s separating Berwickshire from East Lothian. Lammermuir reaches 1,746 feet in Berwickshire, at Meikel Says Law on the border of East Lothian. ...ing the wasteful wars which rove this island during the Middle Ages, until in 1482 it was finally taken by the English, subsequently becoming attributed
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  • ...Brecknock''' or '''Brecon''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the mountains of Mid-Wales. ...is one of the most spectacular drives in the land. Of the many waterfalls in the county, Henrhyd Falls are particularly spectacular.
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  • ...ng on the [[English Channel]] coast. The [[county town]] is [[Dorchester]] in the south of Dorset. It has borders with [[Devon]] to the west, [[Somerset] Dorset's long coast stretches from [[Poole]] in the east, and the great gulf of [[Poole Harbour]], around the [[Isle of Pur
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  • ...sh county whose common name is prefixed with "County", as is more familiar in [[Ireland]], rather than being suffixed with "shire". ...nty is named after its [[county town]], the City of [[Durham]], which lies in the middle of the county. County Durham reaches from the [[North Sea]] coas
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  • ...outh-east is [[Berwickshire]]. The shire has a detached part in Midlothian in the vicinity of [[Fala]]. ...side the towns though the gentle hills provide fine farming. Other towns, in particular [[North Berwick]] and [[Dunbar]] are seaside resorts of the gent
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  • ...of [[England]] entirely west of the [[River Severn]]. It is also possibly England's most rural county and one of the most sparsely populated with a populatio ...ortion to the small city itself; an impressive edifice to the glory of God in the midst of a land shaped by His hand.
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  • |picture caption=Craig of Garvock in the Howe O' the Mearns ...r farmstead by the burn, the name preserved in the Mill of Kincardine, and in the name of the shire.
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  • Edinburgh, Scotland's historic capital, is possibly the loveliest city in Britain. Its heart is the Castle, perched high on its immemorial rock, and In the midst of Edinburgh is [[Arthur's Seat]]; a solitary hill, precipitous a
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  • ...nty: the least populous of any county in Wales and the 10th least populous in the United Kingdom. ...p of [[Litton and Cascob]] forms a detached part of Herefordshire, locally in Radnorshire.
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  • |picture=Cows in Orchard - geograph.org.uk - 94917.jpg |biggest town=[[Bristol]] ''(partly in Gloucestershire)''
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  • West Lothian lies in the industrial and urban belt of the Central Lowlands, heavily affected by ...wlands and the [[Highlands]]; the lower ground where Forth is fordable and in modern days bridgeable: the Forth Bridges cross to Fife at [[South Queensfe
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  • ...ss prehistoric barrows. The Plain is also the Army’s main training area in Britain. The county town is the City of [[Salisbury]] in the south of the county, built around its soaring mediæval cathedral and m
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  • ...Statistic and Sex] Central Statistics Office. Retrieved: 2013-02-25.</ref> In common with [[County Tipperary]] it is split into two "Ridings", analogous ...g it the state's second-most populous county, although the peak population in 1841 was recorded as 854,118.
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  • ...'''County of Dublin''' is a [[Counties of the Republic of Ireland|shire]] in the Province of [[Leinster]], on the east coast of Ireland. It is the most ...1,270,603 according to the 2011 census, making it the most populous county in the country.
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  • ...urrow Demesne, Clonageera, Course, Durrow Townparks, Glebe and Knockanoran in the parish of Durrow: {{wmap|52.841599|-7.402759|zoom=14|base=outline_detac ...is the third largest of Leinster's 12 counties in size and seventh largest in terms of population.
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  • '''Maidenhead''' is a prosperous town in eastern [[Berkshire]], standing on the south bank of the [[River Thames]]. ...rinting and telecommunications. Many Maidenhead residents commute to work in [[London]], or to the towns of [[Slough]] ([[Buckinghamshire]]) and [[Readi
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  • ...is situated mostly in the [[Newport Hundred]], with [[Shenley Brook End]] in [[Cottesloe Hundred]]. ...d [[Stony Stratford]] along with another fifteen villages and the farmland in between. The new town took its name from the existing [[Milton Keynes Vill
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  • {{Hatnote|This article concerns Southwell in Nottinghamshire. For the village on Portland see [[Southwell, Dorset]]}} '''Southwell''' (pronounced {{IPA|ˈsʌðəl|}}) is a town in [[Nottinghamshire]]. It is best known as the site of Southwell Minster, th
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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]]. ...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 is held
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