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• Middlesex
  ...stretches from one side of the county to the other. This does however just link town to town without always erasing the distinctiveness of each Middlesex t ...bank of the [[River Thames]], bounded on three sides by rivers, namely the Thames to the south, the [[River Colne, Hertfordshire|Colne]] to the west (or leas
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• Orkney
  The navy base was run down after the war, eventually closing in 1957. The problem of a declining popul Ferries serve both to link Orkney to Great Britain, and also to link together the various islands of Orkney. Ferry services operate between Orkn
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• Surrey
  Surrey's northern border is the [[River Thames]], across which lies [[Middlesex]] for the most part and [[Buckinghamshire] ...rth of the Downs the land is mostly flat, forming part of the basin of the Thames. The geology of this area is dominated by London Clay in the east, Bagshot
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• Abingdon
  |picture caption=The River [[Thames]] at Abingdon<br>looking towards St Helen's parish church '''Abingdon''' (or '''Abingdon-on-Thames''') is a market town in [[Berkshire]], of which it is the [[county town]].
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• English Channel
  ...yards of water a second. The flood carved a large bedrock-floored valley down the length of the Channel, leaving behind streamlined islands and longitudi ...nse of low-lying tundra, through which passed a mighty river: the [[River Thames]] with the Rhine as a tributary, flowing together towards the Atlantic to t
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• Birmingham
  ..., Birmingham |isbn=0-9506998-0-2}}</ref> Much of this would have been laid down during the permian and triassic eras.<ref name=JPS>{{cite web |url=http://w ...lvation from revolution".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Briggs|first=Asa|author-link=Asa Briggs|title=Thomas Attwood and the Economic Background of the Birmingh
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• Carterton
  ...and four miles south-west of [[Witney]]. The town lies on the edge of the Thames Valley and is close to the [[Cotswolds]] area of outstanding natural beauty ...r. The Royal Air Force is still one of the main employers in the area. The link with the air base also means that the population of Carterton continually f
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• Bermondsey
  ...he very north-east of [[Surrey]] standing on the south bank of the river [[Thames]] at the end of [[Tower Bridge]]. It is deep within the metropolitan conur ...bbon (the modern Bermondsey Street), leading from the southern bank of the Thames, at Tooley Street, up to the abbey close.
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• Chertsey
  |picture caption=The Thames at Chertsey Lock ...[[River Thames]]. The [[River Bourne, Chertsey|River Bourne]] enters the Thames here. The town is part of the London commuter belt, and is served by Cherts
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• Basildon
  ...h of the county town, [[Chelmsford]] and in the strip of towns along the [[Thames]] estuary reaching out beyond the metropolis. Nearby towns within this area ...n' is believed to come from the Old English ''Beorhtles dun'' ("Beorhtel's down"). In historical documents, this name had various forms over the centuries
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• Cirencester
  The town stands on the [[River Churn]], a tributary of the [[River Thames]]. It is home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural co ...he town and joins the Thames near [[Cricklade]] a little to the south. The Thames itself rises just a few miles west of Cirencester.
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• Basingstoke
  ...f several other earthworks around Basingstoke including a long barrow near Down Grange.<ref name="hampshiretreasures">{{cite web | last=| first=| authorlin [[File:Basingstoke station.jpg|thumb|right|The station, from Alençon Link]]
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• Wallingford
  ...n [[Berkshire]], sitting on the banks of the [[River Thames]] in the upper Thames Valley. The town is on the south bank side of the [[River Thames]], which flows gracefully past, southward toward the [[Goring Gap]], bridge
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• East Hendred
  ...itself into a joining of three brooks whose waters flow on north to the [[Thames]]. ...k=William Henry Page |editor2-last=Ditchfield |editor2-first=P.H. |editor2-link=Peter Ditchfield |series=Victoria County History |title=A History of the Co
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• West Hendred
  ...gh the spring line and meadows to the former marshland of the plain of the Thames in the north. The parish is about 2,000 acres in area and six miles long, b ...k=William Henry Page |editor2-last=Ditchfield |editor2-first=P.H. |editor2-link=Peter Ditchfield |series=Victoria County History |title=A History of the Co
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• Rochester
  ...Castle rises above the High Street on the river at the west, while further down is the Cathedral. Many other important historic buildings are found around ...importance through its position near the confluence of the [[River Thames|Thames]] and the [[River Medway|Medway]]. Its castle was built to guard the river
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• Maidstone
  ...uns through the centre of the town, linking Maidstone to Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river was a source and route for much of the tow ...l. In 1905, a railway was authorised under the 1896 Light Railways Act to link Maidstone with Sutton Valence and Headcorn, linking with the Kent & East Su
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• Ireland
  ...book|last=Arnold|first=Bruce|title=Irish Art: A Concise History|publisher=Thames & Hudson|year=1977|location=London|page=180|isbn=0-500-20148-X}} *{{Cite book|last=O'Rahilly |first=T. F.|author-link=T. F. O'Rahilly|year=1947|title=Early Irish History and Mythology|place=US
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• Farnham
  ...lton]], merges with the South Branch at [[Tilford]], and joins the [[River Thames]] at [[Weybridge]]. The mainly east-west alignment of the ridges and valley ...British Army”. Both events had a significant effect on Farnham. The fast link with London meant city businessmen could think of having a house in the cou
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• Leicester
  ...uvorum'', from the local ''Corietauvi'' tribe. The name of Leicester comes down to us from the Old English ''Ligoraceastre'' or ''Lægreceastre'', which ma ...n was short lived. The English Bishop of Leicester fled to [[Dorchester-on-Thames]] and Leicester was not to become a bishopric again until the 20th century.
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