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• Terminology of the British Isles
  ...h Dictionary (Online Edition): "Britain: 1a - The proper name of the whole island containing England, Wales, and Scotland, with their dependencies; more full ** '''Ireland''' is the second largest island of the archipelago and lies directly to the west of Great Britain.
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• Ballycastle, County Antrim
  ...of [[County Antrim]]. The town has a beach, and views across to [[Rathlin Island]] and the [[Mull of Kintyre]] in [[Argyll]]. The town is at the northern ma A ferry runs from Ballycastle to [[Rathlin Island]]. Until 2002 a ferry ran between Ballycastle and [[Campbeltown]] on the K
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• Rothesay
  ...shire]]. It gives its name to the Duke of Rothesay; the title born by the heir to the throne when in Scotland. ...ast coast, in a natural harbour around which the town has grown. It is the island's main ferry port.
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• St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  ...uth Atlantic Ocean consisting of the islands of [[St Helena]], [[Ascension Island]] and [[Tristan da Cunha]] with its group, islands far apart and dotted alo ...nd]] ||align="right"| 35 ||align="right"| 1,122 || [[Georgetown, Ascension Island|Georgetown]]
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• Isle of Wight
  {{Infobox island [[File:Flag of the Isle of Wight.svg|right|thumb|200px|The island flag of Wight]]
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• South Ronaldsay
  {{Infobox island ...rom Old Norse, in which tongue it was known as ''Rognvaldsey''; Rognvald's island. Which Rognvald this is we do not know; the earliest known in connection w
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• Scotland
  ...uare miles. Its land boundary, with England, runs for 60 miles across the island between the basin of the [[River Tweed]] on the east coast and the [[Solway ...e and prosperity ended when Alexander III died in March 1286, and his sole heir, Margaret, Maid of Norway, died on her voyage to assume the throne. The li
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• Islay
  {{Infobox island '''Islay''' is a large island in the [[Inner Hebrides]] belonging to [[Argyllshire]].
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• Gwynedd
  ...om the Irish word "Feni", referring at one time to a specific group on the island and later broadening to become a general reference to the Irish people as a ...Dunoding, another son Ceredig achieved Ceredigion and so forth. Cunedda's heir, Einion Yrth cast the last Irish out of [[Anglesey]] in 470. Einion Yrth's
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• England
  ...islands of the coast belong to this part of the country but its only large island is the [[Isle of Wight]] in [[Hampshire]] and the only substantial archipel ...oom|2006|p=23}}.</ref> or from the phrase in ''Massaliote Periplus'', the "island of the ''Albiones''".<ref>{{harvnb|Major|2004|p=84}}.</ref> ''Albion'' is n
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• Berkhamsted
  ...f Edgar II (also known as Edgar Aetheling or ''Eadgar Cild''), the English heir to the throne who had been proclaimed king just weeks before in London, alo ...l Kwakiutl community. Alsford's brother, William John Alsford, visited the island, and in gratitude for their hospitality, commissioned a totem pole from the
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• Castle Mill Stream
  ...nd]] is on the right (west) bank of the stream. At the southern end of the island the Isis Lock gives access to the canal from the stream, and the short [[Sh ...press Matilda (aka Queen Maud, 1102–1167), the daughter and dispossessed heir of Henry I, was there during her power struggle with King Stephen (1096–1
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• Olveston
  ...radling had obtained the valuable wardship and marriage of his 12 year old heir Maurice, whom he had married off to his daughter Katherine. Katherine appea ...ust-village Olveston and Aust website]</ref> which is now a village on the island.
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• Ballycastle
  ...f the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [[Rathlin Island]] lies offshore here and the [[Mull of Kintyre]] in [[Argyll]] is clear awa ...Man's Path' winds around the coastline. From the road, a man-made Iron Age island or crannog can be seen in the middle of a large lake.<ref>[http://www.thege
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• Outer Hebrides
  ...e northwest coast of [[Great Britain]]. They are also known as '''the Long Island'''. ...] in the south. The largest island, [[Lewis with Harris]], is the largest island of the [[British Isles]] after [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]] themselves
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• Avebury Stone Circle
  ...ed on settling and farming the most agriculturally productive areas of the island: Orkney, eastern Scotland, Anglesey, the upper Thames, Wessex, Essex, Yorks ...whom many Victorian Britons believed had first brought civilisation to the island.<ref>[[#War40|Warner 1840]].</ref> James Fergusson disagreed, and in his ''
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• Cranborne Chase
  ...il James I granted the rights to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury. The heir of the Marquess of Salisbury today takes his subsidiary title "Viscount Cra ...{{convert|263|m|ft|0|x}}) above [[Melbury Abbas]], "appears almost like an island rising above the flat, sea-like expanses of" [[Compton Abbas]] airfield.<re
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• Inch, Wigtownshire
  ...t is recored that William Adair, Commendator of Soulseat Abbey, was served heir to his father, Ninian Adair of Kinhilt, to the 4 merklands of Stranraver, t ...nch'' is an Irish word for island, derived from the Gaelic ''innis''. This island is about 600 yards in circumference, and formerly held a place of worship,
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• West Wycombe Park
  ...n Dashwood, 10th Baronet (1896–1966), an action strongly resented by his heir.<ref>Knox p 62.</ref> Dashwood retained ownership of the contents of the h *The "Temple of Music" is on an island in the lake, inspired by the Temple of Vesta in Rome. It was designed for
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• Sandal Castle
  ...well-received, but an Act of Accord made in October 1460 recognised him as heir to the throne and named him Protector of the Realm. In December Richard we *{{citation |last=Bell|first=Richard|title=Sandal Castle |publisher=Willow Island Editions |year=2008|ISBN=978-1-902467-05-4}}
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