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  • |name=Norfolk |map image=Norfolk Brit Isles Sect 5.svg
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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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  • ...h Atlantic coast of [[Cornwall]]. It is a seaside resort and fishing port in [[Cornwall]]. It is stands some 20 miles west of [[Bodmin]] and 12 miles no ...grow. It is now a popular for beach holidays and the top surfing location in Britain. Newquay Cornwall International Airport brings holiday-makers from
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  • |picture=Georgetown in the distance.jpg ...scension Island''' is an isolated volcanic island of 34 square miles lying in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the [[Bri
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  • ...s lined with ancient half-timbered and thatched.houses, the paster painted in bright colours and never a straight line between them. ...lage. In the Middle Ages, Lavenham was among the 20 wealthiest settlements in England.<ref name="BBC Suffolk">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk
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  • '''Devauden''' is a village in [[Monmouthshire]] found between [[Chepstow]] and [[Monmouth]] near the top ...://www.thinkingardens.co.uk/review%20of%20veddw.html Review of Veddw House Gardens]</ref>
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  • ...g from [[Brighton]], through [[Worthing]] and to Littlehampton ultimately, in which some 461,200 people live. ...arls of Arundel and Dukes of Norfolk, whose successors still reside nearby in the Arun dale today.
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  • '''Skegness''' is a seaside town in [[Lincolnshire]], in [[Lindsey]]. The town stands on the [[North Sea]] coast, 43 miles east of t ...ially owing to this, the resort is one of the better known seaside resorts in the United Kingdom.
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  • |county=Norfolk ...largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom.
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  • |county 1=Norfolk ...to locals as '''Yarmouth''', is seaside resort town on the east coast of [[Norfolk]], facing the [[North Sea]]. Great Yarmouth stands at the mouth of the [[Ri
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  • ...ger town of [[Great Yarmouth]], which latter town is across the river in [[Norfolk]]. ...along with salt-pans used for the production of salt to preserve the fish. In Edwardian times the fishing industry rapidly declined and its role changed
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  • ...f each of these counties is found along the ridge of the Chilterns, almost in the straight line above the scarp. At Goring, the Thames bursts through the hills, in what is known as the Goring Gap. South of the river are the [[Berkshire Do
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  • ...otherwise known as '''King George V Fields''', county by county. All are in the United Kingdom except for that at Les Blancs Bois on [[Guernsey]]. ...ly named "King George V Playing Field" of "King George's Field" though not in every case.
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  • |picture=Boer War Memorial in Winsford Cross Shopping Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1711499.jpg ...]], and grew around the salt mining industry after the river was canalised in the eighteenth century, allowing freight to be conveyed northwards to the P
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  • ...nown as '''Queen Elizabeth Fields''', set forth county by county. All are in the [[United Kingdom]]. The list is presented as in February 2013, though other fields may be designated as time goes on.
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  • ...Peak District National Park". It had a total resident population of 32,428 in 2001 according to the census of that year. ...ing, Glossop rapidly expanded in the late 18th century when it specialised in the production and printing of calico, a coarse cotton. Under the benign pa
    30 KB (4,759 words) - 14:21, 27 January 2016
  • ...t Council|accessdate=8 August 2009}}</ref> with a growth rate considerably in excess of surrounding towns.<ref name="This is Bristol">{{cite news|url=htt ...re. A Portishead power station|power station and chemical works were added in the 20th century, but the dock and industrial facilities have since closed
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  • |county=Norfolk |LG district=North Norfolk
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  • '''Woodford''' is a town and ancient parish in the [[Becontree Hundred]] of [[Essex]], forming part of the metropolitan co ...wards, it became a place of residence for affluent people who had business in London; this wealth, together with its elevated position, has led to it bei
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  • '''Feltham''' is a town and ancient parish in [[Middlesex]], within the metropolitan conurbation. It borders [[Heathrow A ...pton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton |accessdate=15 April 2011 }}</ref> In 1440 Henry VI granted numerous privileges to his joint royal custodian of t
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