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• Leicestershire
  ...|shire]] of the Midlands. It takes its name from its [[county town]], the City of [[Leicester]]. The county borders onto [[Derbyshire]] to the north-west, ...Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Danish and Mediæval roots under a substantial modern city undergoing great social transformation.
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• Surrey
  ...f Surrey was less effectively restrictive. As a result, this was where the city's theatres were located and was the setting for the golden age of Elizabeth ...tern Surrey. In 1800 it extended only to [[Vauxhall]]; a century later the city's growth had reached as far as [[Putney]] and [[Streatham]]. It continued i
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• Manchester
  '''Manchester''' is a major city of southern [[Lancashire]]. With its surrounding suburbs and contiguous tow ...d east. The [[Cheshire]] plain lies to the south, across the Mersey. The city centre, the town's origin, is built on a sandstone bluff near the meeting o
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• Glasgow
  | LG district = Glasgow City Council ...wshire]]. Standing proudly on the [[River Clyde]], Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the [[United Kingdom]].
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• Cotswolds
  ...teway|accessdate=12 December 2009}}</ref> On the eastern boundary lies the city of [[Oxford]] and on the west is [[Stroud]]. To the southeast, the upper r ...[[Chipping Campden]] is notable for being the home of the Arts and Crafts Movement, founded by William Morris at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of th
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• Hampstead
  ==Hampstead Garden Suburb== {{main|Hampstead Garden Suburb}}
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• Newcastle upon Tyne
  '''Newcastle upon Tyne''' (often shortened to '''Newcastle''') is a city in [[Northumberland]] standing on the north bank of the [[River Tyne]]. It ...hese industries have since experienced severe decline and closure, and the city today is largely a business and cultural centre, with a particular reputati
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• Swansea
  '''Swansea''' is a coastal city in [[Glamorgan]], of which it is the largest town after [[Cardiff]] and ind ==Name of the city==
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• Cirencester
  ...ntury, it enclosed 240 acres, making Corinium, in area, the second-largest city in Roman Britain. It was made the seat of the Roman province of ''Britannia ...rway. Kemble Station to the west of the town, distinguished by a sheltered garden, is served by fast trains from Paddington station by way of [[Swindon]].
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• Coatbridge
  ...bridge''' is a town in [[Lanarkshire]], about 10 miles east of [[Glasgow]] city centre, set amongst the central Lowlands. The town forms part of a conurbat .../> Coatbridge was described in the 1799 Statistical Account as an "immense garden" with "extensive orchards", "luxurious crops" where "rivers abound with sal
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• Farnham
  One out-of-town superstore is found on the outskirts and a number of large garden centres nearby too. ...vents had a significant effect on Farnham. The fast link with London meant city businessmen could think of having a house in the country and still be in cl
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• Rhiwbina
  ...own is still remembered notwithstanding that it is not contiguous with the city and the flanking suburbs; its core is still locally called "the village" an ...ccessive railway stations opening onto it. This area is still known as the Garden Village.
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• Roehampton
  ...s one of a number of important cottage estates inspired by the Garden City movement. The land was previously the estates of two large houses, Dover House and P
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• Rochdale
  ...miles north-north-west of [[Oldham]], and 10 miles north-north-east of the city of [[Manchester]]. Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller towns which to ...cation=London | id=}}</ref> Rochdale is the birthplace of the Co-operative Movement.<ref>[http://manchesterhistory.net/rochdale.html Rochdale - The Birthplace
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• Highlands
  ...the wider definitions in use, [[Aberdeen]] could be considered the largest city in the Highlands, although it does not share the recent Gaelic cultural his .../ref> Most joined the breakaway "Free Church" after 1843. This evangelical movement was led by lay preachers who themselves came from the lower strata, and who
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• Digswell
  ...igswell was not a foundation of that town however and indeed Welwyn Garden City may be said to have been founded by Digswell. ...ish of Digswell and further acquisitions nearby, was built [[Welwyn Garden City]].
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• Letchworth
  |name=Letchworth Garden City |picture=The First Garden City Museum - geograph.org.uk - 531268.jpg
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• Whitechapel
  ...action in Second World War and its location and graveyard is now a public garden on the south side of the road.<ref name="Christopher Hibbert 1983">Ben Wein ...Roman road between the [[City of London]] and [[Colchester]], leaving the city at Aldgate.<ref>{{brithist|22732|'Stepney: Communications'}} - A History of
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• Queen's Park
  ...r tennis courts, a pitch-and-putt course, a pétanque pitch, an ornamental garden, a children’s playground with paddling pool, a children's animal farm and The part of Queen's Park which is in the City of Westminster is south of Queen's Park station and hence south of the rail
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• Westhoughton
  ...a combination of the two "Keawyedners", and the town is known as "Keawyed City". Folklore describes a farmer who found his cow with its head stuck in a f ...A sword claimed to be from the time of the Civil War was discovered in the garden of one of the cottages at Pocket Nook in Chew Moor during the 1950s.
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