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• Kent
  ...the coming of the Romans, and as the first kingdom established amongst the English after the Romans left Britain, Kent may claim to be Britain's oldest county ...[[English Channel]] to the east and south. France lies 21 miles across the Strait.
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• Beaumaris
  ...mote of [[Dindaethwy]] on the shore of the eastern entrance to the [[Menai Strait]], the tidal waterway separating [[Anglesey]] from the coast of mainland [[ ...nt. To counter further Welsh uprisings, and to ensure control of the Menai Strait, Edward I chose the flat coastal plain as the place to build Beaumaris Cast
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• Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
  ...ge stands on the [[Menai Strait]] next to the Britannia Bridge, across the strait from [[Bangor, Caernarfonshire|Bangor]]. The village is best known for its ...which at a height of 88 feet high offers views over Anglesey and the Menai Strait. The Column, designed by Thomas Harrison, celebrates the heroism of Henry P
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• English Channel
  [[File:EnglishChannel.jpg|thumb|300px|Satellite view of the English Channel]] The '''English Channel''' is the sea separating Europe from [[Great Britain]]; France lies
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• Rock of Gibraltar
  ...tands between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, commanding the Strait. ...llar being Mons Abyla (now known as Jebel Musa) on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar. In ancient times the two points were said to mark the limit t
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• Gibraltar
  ...ltar has been British territory since 1704 when it was captured by a joint English-Dutch force during the War of the Spanish Succession. Gibraltar was subsequ ...lpe'', one of the Pillars of Hercules. The first reference to Gibraltar in English is in King Alfred's translation of the ''History'' of Paulus Orosius, in wh
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• Isle of Wight
  ...st of Great Britain. It is separated from the main body of Hampshire by a strait called the [[Solent]]. The island is known for its natural beauty, its sail The south coast of the island borders the [[English Channel]]. Without man's intervention, the sea might well have split the i
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• Boston
  ...am Bradford attempted to escape pressure to conform to the teaching of the English church by going to the Netherlands from Boston. At that time unsanctioned e ...n the Market Place and also on Wide Bargate on Wednesday. Market Place and Strait Bargate are the retail hub of the town centre.
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• Dover
  ...of [[Great Britain]] and facing France across the narrowest part of the [[English Channel]]. Dover has since ancient days been the major conduit for traffic ...ssage nearby – the Straits of Dover. The French in turn seek to name the strait after their own town, calling it the ''Pas de Calais''.
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• Mainland, Orkney
  To the southwest, separated by a strait, is [[Hoy]], the second-largest of the islands. To the southeast, Burray i ..., when England was at war with France and shipping was forced to avoid the English Channel. Ships of the Hudson's Bay Company were regular visitors, as were w
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• Hirta
  ...inhabited in historic times. The name "Hiort" (in Gaelic) and "Hirta" (in English) have also been applied to the whole archipelago. ...wee island of [[Dùn, St Kilda|Dùn]] is separated from Hirta by a shallow strait about 55 yards wide. This is normally impassable but is reputed to dry out
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• River Stour, Kent
  The '''River Stour''' is a river in [[Kent]] which flows into the [[English Channel]] at [[Pegwell Bay]]. Above Plucks Gutter, where the Little Stour j ...he original point where the Stour entered the erstwhile Wantsum Channel, a strait used for hundreds of years until silting and land reclamation turned the se
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• Port Dinorwic
  ...Felinheli''' is a village in [[Caernarfonshire]] lying beside the [[Menai Strait]] between [[Bangor, Caernarfonshire|Bangor]] and [[Caernarfon]]. The popul ...ral watermills in the local area dependent on the tidal power of the Menai Strait.
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• North Sea
  ...[Straits of Dover]], which mark its southern limit, west of which is the [[English Channel]]. To the north of [[Shetland]], the sea opens out into the Atlant ...&sort_type=alpha&search_id=249i-R7xQrY-16076&result_place=2 German] Oxford English Dictionary</ref> The name "North Sea" was in widespread use long before th
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• Atlantic Ocean
  ...r oceans, the term "ocean" itself was the term for the waters beyond the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] that we now know as the Atlantic. The early Greeks believed In Old English texts it appears as the ''garsecg''<ref>King Alfred's ''Orosius''</ref> (a
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• Pentland Firth
  The '''Pentland Firth''' is a strait which separates the islands of [[Orkney]] from [[Caithness]] in the very no ...ans the British-speaking peoples in contradistinction to the Gaels and the English.
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• Doggerland
  ...Weald]] was twice as long as it is now and stretched across the present [[Strait of Dover]]; the modern Boulonnais landform in France is a remnant of its ea ...System. The impounded water eventually overflowed over the Weald into the English Channel and cut a deep gap which sea erosion widened gradually into the [[S
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• Straits of Gibraltar
  [[File:Strait of Gibraltar 5.53940W 35.97279N.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Straits of Gibral The '''Straits of Gibraltar''' are a narrow strait that connects the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the Mediterranean Sea and separates
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• Straits of Dover
  [[File:Strait of Dover map.png|300px|right|thumb|Map showing the location of the Straits] ...narrowest part of the [[English Channel]]. The Straits mark the end of the English Chanel and the beginning of the [[North Sea]].
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• Goodwin Sands
  ...rby, including the Battle of Goodwin Sands in 1652 and the Battle of Dover Strait in 1917. ...or House, Augusta, Georgia, 'Lady Lovibond: Ghost schooner still sails the English coast', P103-05</ref> No references to the shipwreck are known to exist in
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