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  • ...glish Channel]] its south coast. To the west lies [[Cornwall]], and to the east [[Dorset]] and [[Somerset]]. The centre of Devonshire has rolling hills, t The [[county town]] is the cathedral city of [[Exeter]] in the south-east and its largest town the port city of [[Plymouth]] in the south-west. Those
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  • ...county which was once a kingdom; the Kingdom of the East Saxons, and these East Saxons (''Eastseaxe'') give us the name of the county today. ...hire]] to the west, [[Cambridgeshire]] and [[Suffolk]] to the north, and [[Kent]] lying over the [[River Thames]] and its great estuary to the south.
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  • The '''Cinque Ports''' is a historic series of coastal towns in [[Kent]] and [[Sussex]]. It was originally formed for military and trade purposes *[[Hythe, Kent|Hythe]]
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  • |county=Kent '''Whitstable''' is a seaside town in north-eastern [[Kent]], to the east of the outlet of [[the Swale]] into the Thames Estuary. It is found some 5
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  • ...to the west (or leastwise its old course) and the [[River Lea|Lea]] to the east. In the north the boundary is mostly formed by a ridge of hills broken by ...es; [[Kent]] lies across the Thames in the south-east; [[Essex]] is to the east, across the Lea; [[Hertfordshire]] is to the north and north-west; and [[Bu
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  • ...ty of Surrey''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the south-east of [[Great Britain]]. It is one of the "Home Counties". ...Its southern border is with [[Sussex]] in the hills. To the east lies [[Kent]] and to the west [[Hampshire]] and [[Berkshire]]. The [[county town]] is
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  • ...y [[Cumberland]], to the south and south-west by [[Lancashire]] and to the east by [[Yorkshire]] and [[County Durham]]. **[[East Ward]]
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  • ...tern end of the [[Severn Bridge]] on the [[M48 motorway]]. It is 16 miles east of [[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]] and 124 miles west of [[London]]. ...www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/celts/pages/bulwarks.shtml BBC - South East Wales Celtic Heritage - Bulwarks Camp]</ref> and Piercefield, dating from t
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  • | county = Kent ...It is one of the larger towns on the Marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent. Lydd was one of the first sandy islands to form as the bay evolved into wh
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  • |county=Kent |picture=Ashford Kent, North Street - geograph.org.uk - 1142576.jpg
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  • | county 4 = Kent ...e rest of [[Middlesex]], much of north-eastern [[Surrey]], north-western [[Kent]], south-western [[Essex]] and parts of [[Hertfordshire]].
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  • ...to the north-east and [[Haywards Heath]] and [[Burgess Hill]] to the south-east. ...ighton Road is Iron Bridge named after the railway bridge that carries the railway from [[London]] to the South Coast. The area consists of mainly Victorian a
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  • ...e part of [[Middlesex]] and neighbouring areas of [[Essex]], [[Surrey]], [[Kent]], [[Hertfordshire]] and [[Buckinghamshire]] in Great Britain. Despite the When its first section opening in 1863, London's was the first underground railway system in the world.<ref name=first1>Wolmar 2004, p. 18.</ref> In 1890 it b
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  • ...n to the north-east, where Richmond adjoins [[Kew]], [[North Sheen]] and [[East Sheen]] ...nd its nineteenth century expansion to the coming of the railway, Richmond railway station opening in 1846.
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  • ...are often used interchangeably. The area of Borehamwood to the west of the railway line, formally Deacon's Hill, is colloquially called ''Elstree'' even thoug Elstree is served by Elstree and Borehamwood railway station.
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  • ...town of [[Middlesex]] deep within the [[London]] conurbation, to the north-east of Regent's Park. It is well known for Camden Town Market. At Camden Town a knot of railway lines, A-roads and a branch of the [[Grand Union Canal]] meet, creating a v
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  • ...The High Street and Church Lane. The earliest surviving private dwelling, East End Farm Cottage, dates from the late fifteenth-century.<ref>Clarke, ''A Hi ...ant Pinnerwood estate conservation area – encouraged by the Metropolitan Railway – grew around its historic core.<ref>Clarke, ''A History of Pinner'', pp.
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  • ...a town in [[Middlesex]], deep within the metropolitan conurbation. To the east stands [[Acton, Middlesex|Acton]], to the west [[Hanwell]] and to the north ...ent in communications with [[London]], culminating with the opening of the railway station in 1838, shifted the local economy to market garden supply and even
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  • ...wn lies on the western side of the [[River Kent|Kent]] estuary. The River Kent used to flow past the town's mile-long Promenade, but the river's course ch ...arked on the maps from [[Hest Bank]] on the other side of Morecambe Bay to Kent's Bank south of Grange, and another route runs the eight miles over the san
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  • ...nown as the [[Furness Fells]]. [[Gummer's How]] is a prominent hill in the east of the region. ...Fells]]. Its boundaries are the county boundaries; Lake Windermere to the east, the [[River Duddon]] to the west and the Hardknott and Wrynose passes in t
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