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  • ...from the Salcey Forest in the north to the banks of the [[Thames]] in the south. The delightful [[Chiltern Hills]], sweeping through the south of the county, give the shire much of its character; with beech woods in th
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  • ...valleys, and raised beach and marine deposits elsewhere, especially to the south and west which result in a machair landscape in places, inland from the san ...by plentiful rain: 51 inches a year falls on Bute, the Cumbraes and in the south of Arran, while mountainous north Arran receives 75 inches a year. The Arra
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  • ...armarthen''' is a maritime [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the south-west of [[Wales]], and at {{database|Carmarthenshire|area}} square miles it ...providing farmland down through [[Llandeilo]] to [[Carmarthen]], a little south of which the Towy opens into the middle of a three-branched an estuary with
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  • ...orset]] and [[Somerset]]. The centre of Devonshire has rolling hills, the south of the county dominated by [[Dartmoor]]. ...n the south-east and its largest town the port city of [[Plymouth]] in the south-west. Those are the only large towns by national standards, but throughout
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  • ...ltshire]] to the north-east, and [[Hampshire]] to the east. Outside the “South East Dorset conurbation”, most of the county is largely rural and agricul ...onDetail&w_id=187|title=Section: Worth Matravers to South Haven Point|work=South Western Coastal Path|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=12 April 2011}}</
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  • ...[[Northamptonshire]] to the north and north-west, [[Bedfordshire]] to the south-west and [[Cambridgeshire]] to the east. The [[county town]], [[Huntingdon ...y hamlets and villages scattered across the fen, the only town of any size south of the Peterborough suburbs being [[Ramsey, Huntingdonshire|Ramsey]].
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  • ...'' or '''Edinburgh''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the south coast of the [[Firth of Forth]]. Its county town and dominating presence i ...of Edinburgh are dormitory towns, suburbs and industrial areas but to the south is a rural Midlothian still, with quieter towns and farms, soon rising into
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  • ...re]] to the north, [[Cumberland]] to the west and [[County Durham]] to the south, while its eastern side is washed by the [[North Sea]]. [[Hadrian's Wall]] crosses the south of Northumberland east to west, from [[Wallsend-on-Tyne]] out to the Solway
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  • ...the west by the Firth of Clyde. To the east of [[Lanarkshire]] and to the south, [[Ayrshire]]. A small detached portion of the parish of Renfrew stands on The east of Renfrewshire is characterized by urban growth. To the west south of the coastal strip is higher ground which remains largely unspoilt.
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  • ...mity of [[Unst]]. It is divided by only the narrow Bluemull Sound from the south west of Unst.<ref name=Wilson>Wilson, Rev. John ''The Gazetteer of Scotland ...parish of North Yell was merged with that of [[Fetlar]], and Mid Yell and South Yell were amalgamated.<ref name=Wilson/>
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  • |picture=South queensferry 2.JPG |picture caption=South Queensferry
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  • ...'County of Wigtown''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the south-western corner of [[Scotland]]. Wigtownshire is also known as '''West Gallo ...the shire contains a variety of landscape, such as the [[Machars]] in the south and the high, distinctive hammerhead peninsula at the west, the [[Rhinns of
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  • | LG district=South Ayrshire ...h century Ayr flourished. A new settlement grew up across the River Ayr at Newton. While in the 13th century, the houses in Ayr were made of wood, some riche
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  • ...In 919 King Edward the Elder built the town's first known fortress, on the south side of the River Ouse and there received the area's submission. This fortr ...major centre the lace industry.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=The Cowper and Newton Museum | url=http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/cnm/lace/lacehtml/huguenot.html |
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  • * '''Newton Castle''' is home to the current chieftain of the Clan McPherson. * '''Ardblair Castle''' is home to the Blair Oliphant family. Both Newton and Adblair have Jacobite history and local legend claims they are connecte
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  • ...equally fierce storm in 1328, which also swept away the entire village of Newton a few miles up the coast. Another large storm in 1347 swept some 400 houses *'''St Nicholas''': this was a cruciform building which lay to the south of the city. Lost to the sea soon after the Black Death.
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  • |post town= Newton Stewart ...wnshire]], to which the county it gives its name. Wigtown lies south of [[Newton Stewart]] and east of the port town of [[Stranraer]]. It has a population o
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  • | name= Newton Abbot | picture=Newton abbot view.jpg
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  • ...stershire]] which lies to the north and west of [[Birmingham]], and to the south and east of [[Wolverhampton]]. The town of [[Dudley]] ([[Worcestershire]]) ...try had become one of the most intensely industrialised in the nation. The South Staffordshire coal mines, the coal coking operations, and the iron foundrie
    19 KB (3,051 words) - 07:41, 3 November 2017
  • ...t on the site of an earlier Christian place of worship. The west tower and south porch date from the 15th century.<ref name="Weinreb">{{cite book|authors=We ...ster Raving Loony Party leader Screaming Lord Sutch, who lived in nearby [[South Harrow]], is buried in Pinner New Cemetery.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi
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