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• Alnwick
  | picture caption = The town of Alnwick, nestling behind Alnwick Castle ...0 people, 32 miles south of [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and 5 miles inland from the [[North Sea]] at [[Alnmouth]].
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• Anglesey
  ...ted from the mainland of [[Great Britain]] by the [[Menai Strait]]. It is the only Welsh county without mountains. ...and of [[Great Britain]], and the largest island in the Irish Sea ahead of the [[Isle of Man]].
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• Angus
  ...ed [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the east coast of Scotland. The main town is Dundee, which grew to wealth on jute manufacture, shipbuilding ...h the [[Sidlaw Hills]], between them [[Strathmore]], and the coastlands in the east.
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• County Antrim
  ...River Bann]] to the west, and the [[River Lagan]] in the south. Antrim is the most populous county in Northern Ireland. ...county offer isolated rugged landscapes, while the [[Giant's Causeway]] on the north coast is a unique landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Nearby
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• Argyll
  ...f [[Scotland]] between the [[Kintyre#Mull of Kintyre|Mull of Kintyre]] and the [[Ardnamurchan]] peninsula ...shes [[Kintyre]] in the very south. The isles and western shorelines face the [[Atlantic Ocean]].
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• County Armagh
  ...der with the [[Republic of Ireland]]. Though landlocked, it has a coast on the south shore of [[Lough Neagh]]. County Armagh is known as the "Orchard County" because the land is fertile and apple orchards abound.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/norther
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• Berwickshire
  ...nties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the [[River Tweed]]. It is part of the "[[Middle Shires]]". ...hian. Lammermuir reaches 1,746 feet in Berwickshire, at Meikel Says Law on the border of East Lothian.
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• Buteshire
  ...Arran encompasses most of the shire's land, it has a sparse population and the main settlements are on Bute. ...]] between [[Ayrshire]] and [[Argyll]]. Of all the islands and skerries in the county, only four islands are inhabited ([[Isle of Bute|Bute]], [[Isle of A
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• Caernarfonshire
  ...eing taken from the Welsh form of the county town's name, which has become the preferred form. ...n fastness and towns confined to the coastal lands. A large proportion of the population is Welsh-speaking.
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• Scarborough
  ...on the [[North Sea]] coast, standing behind a bold, jutting headland into the [[North Sea]]. ...fs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by the rocky headland.
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• Clackmannanshire
  ...is the smallest county of the United Kingdom, reflected in its nickname; ''the wee county''. ...e south-west in a crook of the [[River Forth]] adjacent to [[Stirling]] on the opposite bank.
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• Diocese of Armagh
  ...the [[Province of Armagh]] in the [[Church of Ireland]]. It mainly covers the counties of [[County Louth|Louth]], [[Tyrone]] and [[County Armagh|Armagh]] ...e northern half (approximately) of the island of [[Ireland]] and who bears the title "Primate of All Ireland".
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• County Durham
  ...a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the north of England. It is the only English county whose common name is prefixed with "County", as is more ...e 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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• East Lothian
  ...he United Kingdom|shire]] on the south coast of the [[Firth of Forth]] and the [[North Sea]]. ...h-east is [[Berwickshire]]. The shire has a detached part in Midlothian in the vicinity of [[Fala]].
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• Essex
  ...acked urban conurbation and the lonely marshes of the [[North Sea]] coast. The [[county town]] is [[Chelmsford]]. ...the East Saxons, and these East Saxons (''Eastseaxe'') give us the name of the county today.
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• Fife
  |picture caption=The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews ...m of Fife", a reference to the ancient Pictish kingdom of Fife from whence the county evolved.
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• Flintshire
  ...the estuary of the [[River Dee]] and on the coast of the [[Irish Sea]], in the very north-eastern part of [[Wales]]. ...t and south, [[Cheshire]] in the east and south-east and [[Shropshire]] in the south-east.
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• Campsie Fells
  [[File:Campsielong.JPG|right|thumb|350px|The Campsie Fells from Bar Hill above Twechar]] ...o the north; [[Kilpatrick Hills]] lie to the west and the Kilsyth Hills to the east.
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• Hertfordshire
  ...dgeshire]] to the north; [[Buckinghamshire]] to the west; and [[Essex]] to the east. ...ounty. Several major roads, including the M1 and M25 motorways, the A1 and the A10, run through it, whose corridors are marked by urban growth.
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• Inverness-shire
  |motto=Air son Math na Siorrachd<br />(For the good of the county) ...oast and includes many of the isles of the [[Hebrides]], including most of the Outer Hebrides.
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