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• Devon
  ..."Cornubian massif". This geology gives rise to the landscapes of [[Bodmin Moor]], [[Dartmoor]] and [[Exmoor]], the latter two being national parks. Devon ...eous rock in South West England. Geologists believe that Dartmoor, Bodmin Moor and the [[Isles of Scilly]], along with other granite outcrops in Devon and
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• Dumfriesshire
  ...irth are tracts of moss land, like Craigs Moss, Lochar Moss and Longbridge Moor in the west, and Nutberry Moss in the east, all once under water, but now l ...its own dale, [[Liddesdale]], in [[Roxburghshire]] and its middle reaches mark the county boundary with Cumberland, while the Lyne is wholly within the la
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• Somerset
  ...est of the county, running into [[Devon]], is [[Exmoor]], a high sandstone moor, which was designated as a national park in 1954. The highest point in Som ...ains out to a mudbank stretching up to 4 miles out from the mean high tide mark through which the River Parrett winds. Local fishermen have developed 'mud
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• Manchester
  ...Kersal Moor William Wylde (1857).jpg|thumb|right|''Manchester from Kersal Moor'', by William Wylde, 1857]] ...ed to the city by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phelps Taft of Cincinnati, Ohio, to mark the part that Lancashire played in the cotton famine and American Civil War
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• Tavistock
  ...es of the Down. At the top of Down Road, Tavistock ends suddenly with the Moor, a golf course occupying the top of the hill, giving way to open pasture gr ...hich still takes place today. In 1116 a three-day fair was also granted to mark the feast of Saint Rumon, another tradition that is still maintained in the
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• Kirkcaldy
  ...les II granted royal burgh status in 1644. The King left 9 acres of common moor to the town suitable "for dying and bleaching of linen, drying of clothes, [[File:Volunteers' Green, Kirkcaldy.jpg|thumb|left|Remains of the common moor now known as Volunteers' Green]]
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• Inverness
  ...6}} disappeared in the 19th or 20th centuries, it has also been claimed to mark the resting place of St Bean (''Beóán'') the Culdee.</ref> Local traditio Culloden Moor lies nearby, and was the site of the Battle of Culloden in 1746, which ende
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• Dartmoor
  ...le of the high moor as two rivers, the East Dart and West Dart, though the moor is the source of several of Devon's great rivers. ...at 2,037 feet on [[High Willhays]], Devon's [[county top]], and the whole moor is a great range of hills, many capped with dramatic exposed granite tops.
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• Stratford-upon-Avon
  ...69 by the actor David Garrick for his Jubilee celebrations of that year to mark Shakespeare's birthday. The theatre, built not far from the site of the pre ...railway station has good rail links from Birmingham (Snow Hill station and Moor Street station) and from London, with up to seven direct trains a day from
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• Bodmin
  ...wn in [[Cornwall]] found in the centre of the county southwest of [[Bodmin Moor]]. Bodmin, the county town of Cornwall, was the centre of its judicial adm ...es in the centre of Cornwall, south-west of the granite massif of [[Bodmin Moor]]. It is an ancient town, first built on monasticism and later made wealthy
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• Durham
  ...road curves back round to the east and beyond it lie Gilesgate, Gilesgate Moor and Dragonville. ...y as Oliver Cromwell’s forces got closer.<ref name="Noble">(1798) Noble, Mark: The Lives of the English Regicides: And Other Commissioners of the Pretend
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• Denham, Buckinghamshire
  The parish is also served by St Mark's in Denham Green. ...ander Korda, were sited between the junction of the Rickmansworth Road and Moor Hall Road towards [[Harefield]], which provided some employment. The site h
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• Castleshaw
  ...let in [[Saddleworth]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. It lies on the moor above Saddleworth's dale-bound villages, amid the [[Pennines]], 2½ miles n ...of the valley. A series of modern mounds and ditches have been laid out to mark the site, on the edge of Castleshaw Upper Reservoir.
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• Oldham
  ...at was built to support these and the town's former cotton mills – which mark the town's skyline.<ref name="Bygone Oldham">{{cite book|title=Bygone Oldha ...their nearest rivals Dobson & Barlow in Bolton and Asa Lees on Greenacres Moor.<ref name="Oldham Spinning Web"/> They were keen investors in the local are
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• Dublin
  ...s, in an area now known as Wood Quay. The ''Dubh Linn'' was a lake used to moor ships, connected to the Liffey by the Poddle. The ''Dubh Linn'' and Poddle ...wn as Wood Quay. The ''Dubh Linn'' was a lake used by the Scandinavians to moor their ships and was connected to the Liffey by the Poddle. The ''Dubh Linn'
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• Launceston
  ...tern [[Cornwall]], close to the [[River Tamar]] and [[River Ottery]] which mark the border with neighbouring [[Devon]]. Standing over and dominating the t ...Cornwall as we were until a century ago by the dangerous barrier of Bodmin Moor."--Village England, p. 7</ref> Launceston is one of the most important town
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• The Cheviot
  The cairns at the top by the {{map|NT896193|Hanging Stone}} mark the top of [[Auchope Cairn]], a short ridge of the Cheviot marking the bord ...[[Ochil Hills]], [[Lammermuir]] Hills, [[Ros Hill]], [[Long Crag]], [[Urra Moor]], [[Tosson Hill]], [[Burnhope Seat]], [[Cross Fell]], [[Helvellyn]], [[Sca
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• Glastonbury
  ...rn was planted in the 20th century on Wearyall hill (originally in 1951 to mark the Festival of Britain; but the thorn had to be replanted the following ye ...estwards into Meare Pool north of [[Meare]], and further westwards to Mark Moor. The Brue Valley Living Landscape is a conservation project based on the So
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• Kinder Scout
  ...in the [[Dark Peak]] of the [[Derbyshire]] [[Peak District]]. Part of the moor, at 2,087 feet above sea level, is the highest point Derbyshire, the [[coun ...nder Downfall but formerly named Kinder Scout: a 100-foot waterfall on the moor. The name is said to be derived from Old Norse, meaning “water over the
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• Winter Hill, Lancashire
  '''Winter Hill''' is in [[Lancashire]], a high hill on on [[Rivington]] Moor in the midst of the county, clearly visible from by the industrial towns of ...ef> The cairns could mark the site on which two boys lost their way on the moor and died of exposure in a snowstorm.<ref>{{citation |author-mask=Lewis |edi
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