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• Aberdeenshire
  ...[[Alvah]], it also forms a detached part of Aberdeenshire's ancient parish of [[King Edward]]. ...t is mountainous, especially [[Braemar]], which contains the greatest mass of elevated land in the [[British Isles]]. The Dee valley has sandy soil, the
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• County Antrim
  The '''County of Antrim''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on [[Northern Ireland|Ulster's]] north-eastern c ...also famed for natural treasures; the [[Glens of Antrim]] in the northeast of the county offer isolated rugged landscapes, while the [[Giant's Causeway]]
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• Berwickshire
  ...Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the [[River Tweed]]. It is part of the "[[Middle Shires]]". ...rmuir reaches 1,746 feet in Berwickshire, at Meikel Says Law on the border of East Lothian.
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• County Durham
  ...ne of Durham''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the north of England. It is the only English county whose common name is prefixed with " ...to the north by the River Tyne and the Derwent and from the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]] by the River Tees from its source to its mouth.
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• Corstorphine
  ...ow considered a suburb of that city.<ref>[CORSTORPHINE A Pictorial History of a Midolithian Village ISBN 1 85158 366 1]</ref> ...affic on the main street, St John's Road, is often heavy, as it forms part of the A8 main road between Edinburgh and [[Glasgow]]. The actual "High Street
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• Morayshire
  ...town]] is [[Elgin]], which has also given the county its alternative name of Elginshire. ...y are inland, locally situate in Inverness-shire, and a corresponding part of Inverness-shire interposes itself between coast Moray and its larger detach
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• Peeblesshire
  ...ty of Peebles''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in southern Scotland. ...Peebles]], the [[county town]], and behind it [[Innerleithen]], while most of Peeblesshire's acres are taken up in the fair hills and dales that characte
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• Perthshire
  ...he land, its outlet to the sea is the [[River Tay|Firth of Tay]], and most of the towns lie near that river. The shire however extends far into the mount ...xtends from [[Strathmore, Perthshire|Strathmore]] in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, [[Rannoch Moor]] and [[Ben Lui]] in the west, and
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• Renfrewshire
  ...a small but populous [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the banks of the [[River Clyde]]. Its [[county town]] is [[Renfrew]], though Renfrew is ...mall detached portion of the parish of Renfrew stands on the northern bank of the Clyde, surrounded on the landward side by [[Dumbartonshire]].
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• Sutherland
  ...utherland is one of the most northerly of the counties, on the north coast of [[Great Britain]]. ...herland's [[county town]], and its only burgh, is [[Dornoch]] on the Firth of the same name.
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• Aberdeen
  |LG district=City of Aberdeen ...rdeenshire]] and Scotland's third most populous city. It is a major centre of the North Sea oil industry.
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• Ecclesmachan
  ...Uphall]] on the B8046 road. As at 2001, the population of the civil parish of Ecclesmachan was 529 and was 811 in 1991. ...a Torphichen receptory and in fact the graveyard contains several examples of Templar symbology.
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• Newport, Monmouthshire
  ...he United Kingdom, with a city population of 153,302. The urban population of 306,844 ranks 23rd in the UK. ...rom the inner-city, mostly near the main roads, giving the suburban sprawl of the city an irregular shape. The urban area is continuing to expand rapidly
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• Irvine, Ayrshire
  ...e Morville. It also served as the capital of [[Cunninghame]]. The poet [[Robert Burns]] lived here for a time, after whom Burns Street and Burns Crescent a ...nninghame and Largs. The dispute was resolved by Robert II's Royal Charter of 8 April 1372 conferring Royal Burgh status on Irvine.
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• Troon
  ...northwest of Glasgow Prestwick International Airport, opposite the [[Isle of Arran]]. Troon is also a port with freight and ferry services — the P&O E Fullarton House was built by William Fullarton of that Ilk in 1745 and altered by his son, however it was demolished in 1966
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• Banff
  ...] and faces the town of [[Macduff, Banffshire|Macduff]] across the estuary of the [[River Deveron]]. ...guages spoken in the town and in its vicinity tend to be the Doric dialect of Scots, and English.
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• Tavistock
  ...west through the town. The heart of the town stands all on the north side of the river, the newer residential areas up the hills to its south. ...dford Square, was formerly the local residence of the Dukes of Bedford and of their local agent. Tavistock’s most famous son is Sir Francis Drake,<ref>
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• National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
  ...perate in [[Scotland]], where there is an independent [[National Trust for Scotland]]. ...ust works to preserve and protect the coastline, countryside and buildings of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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• Halkirk
  ...e is within the '''parish of Halkirk''', and is said by local people to be Scotland's first planned village. ...f Caithness. The bishop's seat was then moved to [[Dornoch]]. No remains of the early church and bishop's seat remain.
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• North Berwick
  ...It stands on the south shore of the [[Firth of Forth]], some 25 miles east of [[Edinburgh]]. ...continues to attract holiday makers to this day. Golf courses at the ends of each bay are open to visitors.
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