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  • '''Berkshire''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|Royal County]] in southern [[England]], lying along the south bank of the River [[Thames]]. ...ognised by the Queen in 1958, and letters patent were issued confirming it in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/collectio
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  • |name=Gloucestershire |map image=Gloucestershire Brit Isles Sect 5.svg
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  • |picture=Pembridge, Market Hall and New Inn. - geograph.org.uk - 149878.jpg| ...are rugged green pasture, with deep river valleys along which the shire's villages are found.
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  • ...ith coal mining and iron working becoming major employers between the 18th and late 20th centuries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ ...he largest settlement, the city of [[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]] lies in the southern coastal belt. The highest point is ''[[Chwarel y Fan]]'' at 2,
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  • ...rn Hills]], stretching across the East, and the [[Cotswolds]] to the West and North. ...the Cotswolds, and on Oxfordshire's many delightful Thames-side towns and villages.
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  • |picture=St Davids village and Cathedral South Wales.jpg ...eddau]]. Landwards Pembrokeshire meets [[Cardiganshire]] to the north-east and [[Carmarthenshire]] to the east.
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  • |picture=Cows in Orchard - geograph.org.uk - 94917.jpg |biggest town=[[Bristol]] ''(partly in Gloucestershire)''
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  • ...nd city (albeit that [[Manchester]] in [[Lancashire]] contests the title), and [[Coventry]] to the east is another major centre. ...t of a vast conurbation spreading over much of Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire.
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  • |picture caption=Avebury Trusloe and Silbury Hill ...loucestershire]] to the north, [[Berkshire]] and [[Hampshire]] to the east and [[Dorset]] to the south.
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  • ...very urban. Much of the shire is low-lying, in particular that which lies in the [[River Severn|Severn Valley]]. In the centre of the shire is the fine cathedral city of Worcester, which sits
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  • '''Aberdeen''' is the [[county town]] of [[Aberdeenshire]] and Scotland's third most populous city. It is a major centre of the North Sea ...The city has a long, sandy coastline. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the ''Oil Capital of Europe'' or the '
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  • ...e United Kingdom after competitions run by PlantLife, a charity, beginning in 2002. ...ommemorate the Queen's Jubilee in 2002 by putting wild flowers on the map, and launched a campaign to ask every county to choose its own wild flower emble
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  • |picture=Chepstow Castle and Bridge from Tutshill.jpg |picture caption=Chepstow Castle and 1816 road bridge across the Wye
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  • | county = Gloucestershire ...</ref> The Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty surrounds the town, and the Cotswold Way path passes by it to the west.
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  • ...ge=File:Cotswolds Panorama Fields.jpg|fullwidth=1000|caption=Rolling hills and farm fields of the Cotswolds landscape}} ...ast Banqueting Wool Church Chipping Campden.jpg|right|thumb|200px|St James and the East Banqueting House, Chipping Campden]]
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  • ...ow is a list of flags which have either been in use, or are currently used in the '''[[United Kingdom]]'''. ''See also: [[Flags of the British overseas territories]] and [[Flags of the British Empire]].''
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  • |constituency=Ealing Central and Acton ...esex|Acton]], to the west [[Hanwell]] and to the north-west [[Greenford]], and to the south is [[Brentford]].
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  • ...ed and promoted. It emphasises the clear distinction between the Counties and administrative units (some of which the legislation terms "counties" for it ...ttp://www.abcounties.co.uk/aims.htm Association of British Counties - Aims and Objectives</ref>
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  • {{Hatnote|Not to be confused with [[Sherborne, Gloucestershire]]}} ...pretty market town in north-western [[Dorset]]. It stands on the River Yeo and the A30 road, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, 6 miles east of [[Yeovil]]
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  • [[File:Chepstow Castle and Bridge from Tutshill.jpg|thumb|250px|The Wye at Chepstow]] ...s several county boundaries. The Wye is important for nature conservation and recreation.
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