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  • ...[[Cheddar]], 7 miles west of the city of [[Wells]] and 7 miles north-west of [[Glastonbury]]. ...t is most famous for the Treaty of Wedmore of 878 which settled a division of England between Wessex and the invading Danes.
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  • ...is completely contiguous with the towns around it. Immediately to the west of Bermondsey lies [[Southwark]] and to the east is [[Rotherhithe]]. To the s ...'s kingdom and the origins of Surrey', in Bassett, S. (ed.), ''The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms'', Leicester University Press, 1989.</ref>
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  • ...is popular with tourists, who visit for the natural scenery and the ruins of Tintern Abbey. ...es, previously separate parishes - Tintern Parva, forming the northern end of the village and Chapel Hill which forms the southern end. The whole village
    9 KB (1,435 words) - 22:44, 10 December 2014
  • ...rives from ''pirlea'', which means 'Peartree lea'. Purley has a population of about 72,000. [[File:Purley Council Office.jpg|thumb|Former offices of Coulsdon and Purley UDC, Brighton Road]]
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  • ...[[Old Sarum]], the original site of Salisbury win a hill-fort to the north of today's city. ...val architecture remains, and yet more from later ages adding to the charm of the city.
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  • ...ce between Devon and [[Glamorgan]]. It is within the [[Braunton Hundred]] of Devon. ...perties and a camp site for staying visitors, mostly also around the south of the island.
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  • ...73 'Parishes: Eltisley', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 5 (1973), pp. 46-59. Date accessed: 09 August 2008.]</ref> ..., is presumably what is left of the woodland that belonged to the prioress of Hinchingbrooke.<ref name="britishhistory"/>
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  • ...th of [[Oldham]] and 3½ miles southeast of [[Rochdale]], in the foothills of the southern [[Pennines]]. It stands on the [[River Beal]]. ...who prefer "Shaw and Crompton" and those for "Crompton and Shaw"; a point of contention and confusion.<ref name="Traders69"/><ref name="Ancient Township
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  • '''Waltham Abbey''' is a market town of about 20,400 people in the south-west of [[Essex]]. It stands on the [[Greenwich Meridian]], close to where Essex, [ ...y Church of Waltham Holy Cross]], which was prominent in the early history of the town &mdash; the ancient parish covering Waltham Abbey being known as W
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  • '''Bovey Tracey''' is a small town in [[Devon]] on the edge of [[Dartmoor]], its proximity to which gives rise to the "slogan" used on the The town is about 10 miles south-south-east of [[Exeter]] and lies on the A382 road, about half way between [[Newton Abbot
    6 KB (1,059 words) - 11:50, 30 June 2017
  • |constituency=Cities of London and Westminster '''Pimlico''' is a small area of central London in [[Middlesex]]. Like [[Belgravia]], to which it was built
    12 KB (1,911 words) - 22:53, 16 September 2014
  • ...'The London Gazette''' of 3-10 September 1666, reporting on the Great Fire of London]] '''''The London Gazette''''' is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals
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  • |picture=The Pass of Glencoe - geograph.org.uk - 224850.jpg |picture caption=The Pass of Glencoe
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  • |name=House of the Binns ...historic house, an early-17th-century mansion which has long been the seat of the Dalyell family. It is owned by the [[National Trust for Scotland]].
    9 KB (1,525 words) - 19:56, 15 November 2018
  • ...most north-westerly point on the mainland of [[Great Britain]]. It is one of only two places in Great Britain that are prefixed with "Cape", the other b ...the Kyle must be crossed by ferry. The cape consists of 107 square miles of moorland wilderness known as the Parph.
    27 KB (4,277 words) - 09:36, 20 January 2018
  • |type=country house ...for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] and the house is a Grade I listed building.
    37 KB (6,086 words) - 17:20, 30 January 2016
  • ...00. It lies at the foot of the [[Lincolnshire Wolds]], 13 miles north-west of [[Skegness]]. ...mainly convenience-related for local folk; a pharmacy, a grocery, a couple of banks and supermarkets and homeware stores. Its public houses are the Half
    4 KB (652 words) - 07:40, 28 January 2016
  • '''Chigwell''' is a town and parish in south-western [[Essex]], on the edge of the metropolitan conurbation. ...d [[Buckhurst Hill]], it is said to form part of the Essex golden triangle of wealthy places <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.primelocation.com/discover/b
    10 KB (1,575 words) - 10:18, 30 January 2021
  • .... The site has been home to an Earl, three Countesses, two Dukes, a Prince of Wales and the Viscounts Astor. ...st for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]], the house is leased as a five-star hotel run by London & Regional Properties.
    34 KB (5,529 words) - 07:05, 19 September 2019
  • |ownership=The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne ...ess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. It stands grand house beside the village of [[Glamis]] in [[Angus]]. It is opened to the public.
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