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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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  • ...in separating the mountains of Wales from the Peak District of Derbyshire. In the Cheshire plain are fine oak woodlands and countless small lakes or mere Cheshire excels in dairy farming, resulting in Cheshire cheese.
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  • ...is in the plain of the [[River Trent]] and its northern and western parts in the [[Peak District]] and its tributary hills. ...g been an industrial region and encompasses suburbs and outgrowth of the [[Yorkshire]] city of [[Sheffield]].
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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". ...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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  • ...nty for the south of England, it is also one of the most populous counties in the United Kingdom, much of its south-west swallowed within the conurbation ...lt to take London overspill and developed often into the identikit housing estates so reviled by media and cultured milieu; these are the towns satirised for
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  • The '''County of Inverness''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the heart of the [[Highlands]]. It stretches includes from the east coast ...rkshire]], swallowing the heart of the Highlands. It is 4,211 square miles in area, of which more than one-third belongs to the [[Hebrides]].
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  • ...[[Rutland]], [[West Lothian]], [[Kinross-shire]] and [[Clackmannanshire]] in size. However, it is also one of the most populous, almost entirely forming ...que and fascinating city, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.
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  • The '''County of Nottingham''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the [[Midlands]]. Its [[county town]] is the City of [[Nottingham]]. ...ies between [[Derbyshire]] to the west and [[Lincolnshire]] to the east. [[Yorkshire]] lies to the north and [[Leicestershire]] to the south.
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  • The '''County of Surrey''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the south-east of [[Great Britain]]. It is one of the "Home Counties". ...ckinghamshire]] to the north-west. Its southern border is with [[Sussex]] in the hills. To the east lies [[Kent]] and to the west [[Hampshire]] and [[B
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  • | county = Yorkshire ...the newer parts of the town extends to the point where the [[River Leven, Yorkshire|River Leven]] meets the River Tees.
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  • | county = Yorkshire ...] in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]]. The town stands on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
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  • | county=Yorkshire ...t Office for National Statistics estimates, it is the fastest growing city in the United Kingdom.
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  • '''Ealing''' is a town in [[Middlesex]], deep within the metropolitan conurbation. To the east stands ...tions with [[London]], culminating with the opening of the railway station in 1838, shifted the local economy to market garden supply and eventually to s
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  • ...orth-eastern [[Derbyshire]], which stands where the rivers [[River Rother, Yorkshire|Rother]] and [[River Hipper|Hipper]] meet. Including [[Staveley, Derbyshire ...ariant has it that when a maiden came into the town the spire looked round in surprise.
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  • '''The Domesday Book''' was compiled in 1086 recording the results of the great survey of England carried out at th The Book is in fact two books; Little Domesday covers the eastern counties, [[Essex]], [[N
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  • ...dale formed by the [[River Wharfe]] coursing through the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. ...fedale]], [[Otley]], [[Pool-in-Wharfedale]], [[Arthington]], [[Collingham, Yorkshire|Collingham]], and [[Wetherby]].
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  • Lancaster is the most northerly city in Lancashire, located three miles inland from [[Morecambe Bay]]. The city is ...ays of Henry IV and holds large estates. Lancaster was granted city status in 1937 for its "long association with the crown" and because it was "the coun
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  • ...e Fen]] in [[Huntingdonshire]] at 9 feet below sea level. [[Lough Neagh]] in the centre of [[Northern Ireland]] is the largest body of inland water, cov ...lthough human activity has since cleared the vast majority of forest cover in favour of rich agriculture and pasture.
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  • ...is a limestone escarpment running north-south and rising to 200 feet in height, also sometimes called the Lincoln Cliff or Lincoln Heath. The gap f ...north and north-east. The downhill area comprises the city centre (located in the gap) and the suburbs to the south and south-west. The aptly named stree
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  • ...ough the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] and [[Lancashire]], reaching the sea in a long, funnel-shaped estuary below [[Preston]]. At [[Clitheroe]] it forms [[File:Ribblehead Viaduct in North Yorkshire.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Ribblehead Viaduct]]
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