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  • The '''County of Antrim''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on [[Northern Ireland|Ulster's]] north-eastern c ...also famed for natural treasures; the [[Glens of Antrim]] in the northeast of the county offer isolated rugged landscapes, while the [[Giant's Causeway]]
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  • ...Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the [[River Tweed]]. It is part of the "[[Middle Shires]]". ...rmuir reaches 1,746 feet in Berwickshire, at Meikel Says Law on the border of East Lothian.
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  • ...on the west coast of Wales, bounded on the west by [[Cardigan Bay]], part of the [[Irish Sea]], but away from the county's narrow coastal plain Cardigan ==The lie of the land==
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  • ...rd into the [[Pennines]]. The southern part of the county is in the plain of the [[River Trent]] and its northern and western parts in the [[Peak Distri ...ial region and encompasses suburbs and outgrowth of the [[Yorkshire]] city of [[Sheffield]].
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  • ...mfries''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the north shore of the [[Solway Firth]]. Its [[county town]] is [[Dumfries]]. ...[Selkirkshire]] to the north; and [[Roxburghshire]] to the east. The coast of the [[Solway Firth]] forms its southern edge.
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  • ...of Durham''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the north of England. It is the only English county whose common name is prefixed with "County", ...to the north by the River Tyne and the Derwent and from the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]] by the River Tees from its source to its mouth.
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  • ...[[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the south coast of the [[Firth of Forth]] and the [[North Sea]]. ...erwickshire]]. The shire has a detached part in Midlothian in the vicinity of [[Fala]].
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  • ...n the west, the [[Cotswold Hills]] in he east and the flat, fertile valley of the lower [[River Severn]] which lies between them. ...ower reaches of the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]] through the middle of [[Bristol]], and its old course, the Floating Harbour.
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  • ...al county and one of the most sparsely populated with a population density of 212 a square mile; indeed it is said that outside [[Hereford]] and [[Leomin ...ins and the Midland plains and is itself a rich mixture of both. The land of Herefordshire is predominantly agricultural and the county is well known fo
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  • |flag=County Flag of Hertfordshire.svg ...s an inland [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]], considered to be one of the [[Home Counties]]. Five counties surround it: [[Middlesex]] to the sou
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  • [[File:Cinque Ports map.svg|right|thumb|300px|Location of the Cinque Ports and their limbs]] ...ses, but is now entirely ceremonial. The ports all lie at the eastern end of the [[English Channel]], where the crossing to the continent is narrowest.
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  • |picture=Craig of Garvock - geograph.org.uk - 197897.jpg |picture caption=Craig of Garvock in the Howe O' the Mearns
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  • ...[[Solway Firth]]. With neighbouring [[Wigtownshire]] it forms the region of [[Galloway]]. ...its coast at the south. To Kirkcudbrightshire belong the wee islands too of [[Hestan Island|Hestan]] and [[Little Ross]].
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  • ...nating presence is [[Edinburgh]], from which it takes its alternative name of Edinburghshire. The county lies along the southern shore of the Firth of Forth between, as the name suggests, East Lothian and West Lothian. Midloth
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  • ...orthampton]] and [[Peterborough]]. In all, Northamptonshire has a mixture of the urban and the rural. ...ipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/ Northamptonshire Genealogy: Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]. Retrieved 15 August 2009.</ref>
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  • |flag=Flag of Northumberland.svg ...er Tyne|Tyne]], with [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and its lands stretching north of the Tweed.
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  • ...he land, its outlet to the sea is the [[River Tay|Firth of Tay]], and most of the towns lie near that river. The shire however extends far into the mount ...xtends from [[Strathmore, Perthshire|Strathmore]] in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, [[Rannoch Moor]] and [[Ben Lui]] in the west, and
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  • ...Rutland''' is a small landlocked [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] of the Midlands, bounded on the west and north by [[Leicestershire]], northeas ...|first=C Wilfrid |authorlink=Wilfrid Scott-Giles |title=Civic Heraldry of England and Wales, 2nd edition |year=1953 |publisher=J M Dent & Sons |location=Lond
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  • ...to the south. It takes its name from its [[county town]], the royal burgh of [[Selkirk]]. ...alleys. The chief landowner (once holding third of the shire) is the Duke of Buccleuch.
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  • ...e United Kingdom|shire]] in the south-east of [[Great Britain]]. It is one of the "Home Counties". ...green areas but otherwise it is a vast, continuous urban sprawl, a mixture of poor neighbourhoods and wealthy.
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