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  • ...country in the middle and west of the county and finally flatlands in the north where rolling flats and small hills reach sea level at [[Lough Neagh]]. ...sland, Coney Island Flat, Croaghan Flat, Derrywarragh Island, Padian, Phil Roe's Flat and the Shallow Flat.
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  • ...Beauly and Moray Firths divide it from Ross on the east coast; and on the north-east and east, between the mountains and the Moray Firth, are [[Nairnshire] *[[The Aird]] in the north
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  • ...[[River Tyne|Tyne]], with [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and its lands stretching north of the Tweed. ...[[County Durham]] to the south, while its eastern side is washed by the [[North Sea]].
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  • ...of Scotland, reaching from the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast to the [[North Sea]]. ...he several estates that make up [[Cromartyshire]] are scattered across the north of Ross-shire, many wholly surrounded by it. An exclave of [[Nairnshire]]
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  • ...om. It consists of a group of many mountainous islands in the seas to the north of [[Great Britain]]. ...d contains the United Kingdom's northernmost point, the rock of Out Stack, north of [[Muckle Flugga]], Britain's northernmost island.
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  • '''Yell''' is one of the North Isles of [[Shetland]]: the most northly inhabited island after [[Unst]]. In ...ishes of North Yell, Mid Yell, and South Yell. More recently the parish of North Yell was merged with that of [[Fetlar]], and Mid Yell and South Yell were a
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  • ...ilding of Beaumaris Castle as part of a chain of fortifications around the North Wales coast (others include [[Conwy]], [[Caernarfon]] and [[Harlech]]). The The ancient village of [[Llanfaes]], a mile to the north of Beaumaris, had been occupied by the Anglo Saxons in 818 but had been reg
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  • ...] and [[Brentford]]. Over the river lie the [[Surrey]] towns of [[Kew]], [[North Sheen]], [[Mortlake]] and [[Barnes]]. ...me 50 bombing raids in late 1940 to early 1941, and another 5 in 1944.<ref>Roe, William P., “Glimpses of Chiswick’s Development” 1999, ISBN 0 951651
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  • ...e to the south, Aberdeen eastward, Lairig Ghru and Lairig an Laoigh to the north and Glen Tilt and Glen Feshie to the west. ...Braemar and its area. The hills around the village are rich in red deer, roe deer, pheasants, red squirrels and hares, hunted by eagles and buzzards. I
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  • Today, modern Londonderry extends considerably north and west of the city walls and east of the river. The half of the city the ...rid pattern chosen was subsequently much copied in the colonies of British North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldfacts.us/UK-Londonderry.htm|title=W
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  • ...after the end of the last Ice Age, Doggerland became submerged beneath the North Sea, cutting off what was previously the British peninsula from the Europea ...the same time, Gaelic tribes from Ireland, known as ''Scoti'' invaded the north-west, forming the Kingdom of Scotland in Argyll and the lands around it. T
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  • '''East Cowes''' is a town on the north coast of the [[Isle of Wight]], [[Hampshire]]. It stands on the eastern ban ...what was then the British Hovercraft Corporation (a successor to Saunders Roe) were painted with the world's largest image of the Union Flag, which can s
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  • ...stern edge of the town. The large industrial estate at Aghanloo is 2 miles north of the town. ...Mullagh Hill near Limavady in 575 AD, a location which is now part of the Roe Park Golf Resort.<ref name="CN">{{cite web | title=Limavady | work=Culture
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  • ...l Europe, 21 miles from the coast of [[Kent]] at the nearest point. To the north is open sea until the Faroe Islands and Iceland beyond, while to the west i ...mperate marine classification, with mild winters and warm wet summers. The North Atlantic Drift brings significant moisture and raises temperatures 11 °C a
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  • {{cquote|Ulster in the north is the seat of battle valour, of haughtiness, strife, boasting; the men of ...f its history. The O'Neill rule in Ulster itself was not unchallenged; in north-eastern Ulster the Ulaid remained separate and formed in perhaps in the six
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  • ...bble|Ribble]] Valley, nine miles east of the city of [[Preston]], 27 miles north of the city of [[Manchester]]. To the south of Blackburn is [[Darwen]]. [[File:BlackburnViewFromTank.jpg|thumb|300px|right|View north over Lammack and Pleckgate]]
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  • ...the sixth or seventh century on the site of the current parish church.<ref>Roe 2007, p.20</ref> The current parish church, known as the Old Kirk, was larg ...case made by the Rev James Murray that this association was mistaken.<ref>Roe 2007, pp. 20-21</ref>
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  • '''Reigate''' is a historic market town in [[Surrey]] at the foot of the [[North Downs]], and in the [[London commuter belt]]. It forms a continuous urban a ...r-off [[Leith Hill]], there are impressive hills at [[Colley Hill]] a mile north of the town (756 feet) and [[Reigate Hill]] 2½ miles east of that Colley H
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  • ...g it that tiny bit above the fields that stretch out flat and broad to the north. The Tealham and Tadham Moors SSSI is to the north of the Brue. The site is managed by Somerset Wildlife Trust and includes th
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  • ...h reaching into [[Inverness-shire]] in the west, and [[Banffshire]] in the north: the highest points are on the borders of all three shires. ...delineates the main Cairngorm massif as being between [[Aviemore]] in the north-west, Glen Gairn, [[Braemar]] in the south-east, and Glen Feshie in the sou
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