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• Whitchurch, Hampshire
  ...h, and its most famous. It was built in 1815 on a plot of land called Frog Island and though it was a latecomer amongst the town's mills, it is thought likel ...its first two members to Parliament in 1586. Until 1832, it was known as a Rotten Borough, as the members were nominated by an absent landlord.
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• St Kilda
  The largest island is [[Hirta]], whose sea cliffs are the highest in the United Kingdom and th ...1851). The entire population was evacuated from Hirta (the only inhabited island) in 1930. Currently, the only year-round residents are defence personnel al
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• Jacob's Island
  ...b's Island - Folly Ditch at Mill Lane, circa. 1840.gif|thumb|300px|Jacob's Island, circa 1840. Shown here is Folly Ditch near Mill Street]] '''Jacob's Island''' was a notorious rookery in [[Bermondsey]], [[Surrey]], on the south bank
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• Looe
  ...e beach, lies the picturesque St George's Island, commonly known as [[Looe Island]]. ...across a narrow channel to [[Looe Island]] (officially called St George's Island). Slightly inland is the hamlet of Portlooe. Beyond lies a coastal path lea
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• Ulster Way
  [[File:Copeland Island boat - geograph.org.uk - 209130.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Donaghdee]] ...coast is gained again, from where the walker has a fine view of [[Copeland Island]]. Then the route follows south hugging the coast to [[Donaghdee]], [[Mill
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• Caernarfon Castle
  ...res which required maintaince were in a state of decay and much timber was rotten. Conditions were so poor that of the castles seven towers and two gatehouse ...in a city at the mouth of a river in a mountainous country and opposite an island. Edward interpreted this to mean Segontium was the city of Maximus' dream a
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• Portarlington
  [[Image:Map Rail Ireland Viceregal Commission 1906.jpg|thumb|right|Island of Irish Rail 1906]] ===Rotten borough===
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• Bray Lock
  ...tion Commission relatively late in 1845 The lock keeper's cottage is on an island (Parting Eyot) between the lock and the weir. ...runs straight across to the opposite bank from the other side of the lock island.
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• Donegal Bay
  *[[Rotten Island]]
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• Ilchester
  ===Rotten borough=== From 1621 to 1832, Ilchester was a Parliamentary constituency and a notorious rotten borough.
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• Newtown, Isle of Wight
  |island=Isle of Wight Newtown is located on the large [[Newtown River|natural harbour]] on the island's north-western coast, now mostly a national nature reserve owned and manag
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• Corfe Castle, Dorset
  ..., [[Green Island, Dorset|Green]], [[Long Island, Dorset|Long]] and [[Round Island, Dorset|Round]] Islands. ...ember of the family or a Bankes nominee. The Reform Act 1832 abolished the rotten boroughs and Corfe lost its direct representation.
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• Snaefell Mountain Railway
  ...t of [[Snaefell]], at 2,036 feet above sea level; the highest point on the island. In Laxey it connects with the [[Manx Electric Railway]]. ...ny years at the works depôt mounted on barrels until it became completely rotten and beyond saving. A replica was built in 1994 to take part in the [[Intern
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• Little Moreton Hall
  ...l was in a ruinous condition; its windows were boarded up and its roof was rotten.{{r|RIBA}} The house stands on an island surrounded by a 33-foot-wide moat,{{r|NHLE}}{{efn|The site is marshy, which
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