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  • ...a. The [[county town]], after which it takes its name, is the ancient City of [[Chester]]. ==The lie of the land==
    18 KB (2,625 words) - 09:43, 6 June 2019
  • ...its northern and western parts in the [[Peak District]] and its tributary hills. ...ial region and encompasses suburbs and outgrowth of the [[Yorkshire]] city of [[Sheffield]].
    15 KB (2,269 words) - 13:44, 16 July 2019
  • ...and's most rural and sparsely populated counties with a population density of 337 a square mile according to the 2001 census. ...es; [[Bridgnorth]] above the [[River Severn|Severn]] guards the south-east of the county and [[Ludlow]] above the [[River Teme]] to the south. In norther
    21 KB (3,153 words) - 16:33, 24 February 2022
  • |name=Staffordshire |map image=Staffordshire Brit Isles Sect 5.svg
    14 KB (2,054 words) - 17:49, 3 July 2022
  • |flag=Flag of Warwickshire.svg ...k''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the Midlands. Parts of the county are heavily urbanised, and in particular [[Birmingham]] and its
    12 KB (1,771 words) - 17:53, 3 July 2022
  • |picture=Great Malvern from the Hills - geograph.org.uk - 180560.jpg |picture caption=Great Malvern from the Hills
    12 KB (1,791 words) - 21:21, 28 February 2021
  • |county 3=Staffordshire ...portion accounts for 468,812; the Worcestershire portion, 435,033; and the Staffordshire portion 168,484.
    34 KB (4,887 words) - 11:07, 10 February 2023
  • ...market town in [[Cheshire]] with a population of some 50,688 souls. A man of Macclesfield is sometimes referred to as a "Maxonian". ...ht be from one of the old treacle mine" stories which abound in many parts of the land.
    9 KB (1,451 words) - 13:38, 27 January 2016
  • |county=Staffordshire |LG district=East Staffordshire
    9 KB (1,457 words) - 20:12, 23 January 2011
  • ...nd to John o' Groats''' is the traversal of the whole length of the island of [[Great Britain]] between two extremities; in the southwest and northeast. ...stern) point of Great Britain, situated in western [[Cornwall]] at the end of the [[Penwith|Penwith peninsula]].
    16 KB (2,620 words) - 10:51, 6 February 2020
  • [[File:Clougha heather.jpg|thumb|300px|The Forest of Bowland, Yorkshire]] The '''Pennines''' are a mountain range reaching from the [[Peak District]] of [[Derbyshire]] northward to the Tyne Gap in [[Northumberland]], beyond whic
    23 KB (3,576 words) - 09:06, 15 January 2017
  • ...reat Britain]], at about 220 miles. It rises on [[Plynlimon]] in the heart of the Cambrian Mountains and flows in a vast arc out to carve a broad estuary ...t [[Apperley]], Gloucestershire, the Severn is the greatest river in terms of water flow in the United Kingdom.
    18 KB (2,856 words) - 13:16, 23 April 2020
  • ...ge or watershed. A few are on the border of the county and may be the top of two counties. ...the lowest [[Bush Ground]] in [[Huntingdonshire]], a county not known for hills.
    19 KB (2,178 words) - 15:25, 22 August 2021
  • ...Munro, 4th Baronet (1856–1919), who produced the first list of such hills, known as ''Munros Tables'', in 1891. A '''Munro top''' is a summit over 3, As of the 2014, revision of the tables, published by the Scottish Mountaineering Club, there are 282 Mu
    16 KB (2,412 words) - 22:16, 20 October 2014
  • ...-west of [[Birmingham]] city centre. The 2001 census gave it a population of 55,182. The [[River Stour, Worcestershire|River Stour]] and the [[Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal]] both pass through Kidderminster town centre.
    8 KB (1,176 words) - 20:18, 21 January 2012
  • ...it has been for centuries, though much of the population today is made up of commuters to [[Birmingham]] and the Black Country. ...close by to the west. The [[Clent Hills]], [[Kinver Edge]] and large areas of farmland lie to the south and west.
    10 KB (1,526 words) - 13:14, 23 January 2012
  • ...ges in Britain. Many are so called because they were historically the site of a warning beacon, or are villages named form such a hill. ...en most famously the beacons were lit across England to warn of the coming of the Spanish Armada.
    5 KB (744 words) - 21:44, 5 February 2017
  • ...:Under Clee Hill - geograph.org.uk - 965104.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The Clee Hills]] ...ills in [[Shropshire]] rising north of [[Ludlow]]. The range has two main hills punctuating their north and south peaks respectively:
    6 KB (931 words) - 05:57, 11 September 2015
  • |county=Staffordshire ...f the Black Country conurbation. It encompasses the wards of [[Blackheath, Staffordshire|Blackheath]], [[Cradley Heath]] and [[Old Hill]], and Rowley Village.<ref>{
    3 KB (456 words) - 17:48, 7 December 2012
  • ...in which [[Dudley]] also sits. Netherton is about a mile and a half south of Dudley. Despite the growth of neighbouring urban centres in the [[Black Country]] in the 20th century, Ne
    24 KB (3,841 words) - 13:45, 7 December 2012

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