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• Bedfordshire
  ...between [[Huntingdonshire]] to the north-east, [[Northamptonshire]] to the north, [[Buckinghamshire]] to the west and [[Hertfordshire]] to the south-east. Bedford is not on the major north-south routes but has long been a commercial centre in its own right.
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• Derbyshire
  North-eastern Derbyshire, dominated by the town of [[Chesterfield]], has long bee ...[[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]] of [[Yorkshire]] bound it to the north and [[Leicestershire]] sits at its foot in the south. In 2003 the Ordnance
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• Hampshire
  ...on the south coast of [[Great Britain]], bordered by [[Berkshire]] to the north, [[Surrey]] and [[Sussex]] to the east, and [[Wiltshire]] and [[Dorset]] to In the north and centre of the county the substrate is the Southern England Chalk Format
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• Blakesley
  ...er. It is about 1,400 ft above sea level according to [[Ordnance Survey]]. North-west of Blakesley, and now contiguous with it, is the hamlet of Quinbury En ===Blakesley railway station===
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• Lancaster Canal
  ...[Carnforth]] is currently open to navigation for 42 miles, while the canal north of Tewitfield has been severed in three places by the construction of the [ ...he 42.4 miles from Preston to Tewitfield. In 1813, work began on the canal north from Tewitfield, which was completed to Kendal in 1819.<ref>{{harvnb |Hadfi
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• Yorkshire
  ...f Yorkshire is the [[River Tees]], the eastern boundary is marked by the [[North Sea]] coast and the southern boundary the [[River Humber|Humber Estuary]] a * the [[North Riding of Yorkshire|North Riding]]
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• County Cavan
  ...itrim]] to the west, [[Fermanagh]] and [[County Monaghan|Monaghan]] to the north, [[Meath]] to the south-east, [[County Longford|Longford]] to the south-wes ...acterised by [[drumlin]] countryside dotted with many lakes and hills. The north-western area of the county is sparsely populated and mountainous. The [[Bre
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• County Offaly
  ...e]]. The [[Grand Canal]] also runs across the county from Edenderry on the north-east to Shannon Harbour before joining the [[River Shannon|Shannon]]. The c ...s: O'Conor Faly) whose territory extended from the east of the county into north Kildare. The Kingdom of Firceall ruled by the ''O'Molloy'' clan constituted
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• Wembley
  |constituency=Brent North ..., is centred on the High Road. It has to contiguous suburbs to the north; North Wembley and Wembley Park, the latter the home of Wembley Stadium and the Ar
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• West Drayton
  ...port]] spur), which intersects with the A408 (for Stockley Business Park), north for [[Uxbridge]], and it terminates south at Heathrow Airport itself. The n West Drayton railway station provides rail links from [[Paddington]] station in London to [[Read
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• Wolverhampton
  | constituency= Wolverhampton North East<br>Wolverhampton South East<br>Wolverhampton South West '''Wolverhampton''' is a city in south-west [[Staffordshire]]. It lies north-west of its larger near-neighbour [[Birmingham]] at the edge of the large c
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• Peterborough
  ...north-east. Peterborough is the heart of the [[Soke of Peterborough]], the north-easternmost part of Northamptonshire. ...d the railway station is an important stop on the [[East Coast Main Line]] railway.
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• Wellingborough
  ...], some 11 miles from the county town, [[Northampton]]. The town is on the north side of the [[River Nene]]. Due to the river's habit of frequent floods, t ...year=1983 |title=Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby |location=London |publisher=B
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• Derby
  |constituency=Derby North, Derby South ...oman camp of ''Derventio'' was probably at Little Chester or Chester Green north of the city centre. In the early Anglo-Saxon period Derby became a capital
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• Chesterfield
  '''Chesterfield''' is a market town in north-eastern [[Derbyshire]], which stands where the rivers [[River Rother, Yorks ...part of the [[Derby City, England|Derby]] to [[Leeds]] [[railway]] (North Midland Line), which was begun in 1837 by [[George Stephenson]]. During its constru
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• Ilkeston
  ==Railway== ...rmerly part of the Midland Railway, later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway) skirts the eastern edge of the town.
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• Rugby
  In the 19th century, Rugby became famous for its once hugely important railway junction which was the setting for Charles Dickens's story Mugby Junction. ...eek. In recent years several out-of-town retail centres have opened to the north of the town.
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• Hemel Hempstead
  ...ne|Bulbourne]]. It is a natural transport corridor, as roads and latterly railway lines follow the gap carved by the rivers through the [[Chiltern Hills]] fr ...between London and the Midlands passes through Apsley and Hemel Hempstead railway stations a mile south of the town centre, as does the Grand Union Canal, ea
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• Gloucester
  ...hile the [[Forest of Dean]] and the [[Malvern Hills]] rise to the west and north, respectively. Gloucester Cathedral, in the north of the city near the river, originates in the foundation of an abbey dedica
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• Harpenden
  ...p to London St Pancras International, a 25-minute journey. Trains also run north to [[Luton]] and on to [[Bedford]]. The [[River Lea]] flows through the Batford neighbourhood. The Nicky Line railway used to link Harpenden, [[Redbourn]] and [[Hemel Hempstead]], long since lc
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