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  • |flag=Flag of Cornwall.svg ...th-west of the mainland, are part of Cornwall and are the westernmost land of [[England]] and the southernmost land in the United Kingdom.
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  • |flag=Flag of Essex.svg ...es, stretching between the packed urban conurbation and the lonely marshes of the [[North Sea]] coast. The [[county town]] is [[Chelmsford]].
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  • ...[[Bristol Channel]] from the [[River Avon, Somerset|Avon]] to the borders of [[Devon]] on Exmoor and deep inland blessed with rich farmland. ...d the Georgian glories of [[Bath]] and the southern half of the great city of [[Bristol]].
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  • ...ll, '''Great Tom'''. It is over Tom Gate, on St Aldates, the main entrance of [[Christ Church, Oxford]], which leads into Tom Quad. This square tower wit ...ata, 1675 - Christ Church College (BL 128.h.10).jpg|left|thumb|220px|Print of 1675, before Wren's additions (in ''Oxonia Illustrata'')]]
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  • ...out six miles north of [[Ely]]. It lies on the Bedford Level South section of the [[River Great Ouse]], close to [[Burnt Fen]] and [[Mare Fen]]. ...elport'', the village was worth 17,000 eels a year to the Abbots of [[Isle of Ely|Ely]] in 1086.<ref name=Domesday>{{Cite web | last = Domesday Book | ti
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  • ...tels, along with shops and a busy market. Buxton, effectively the capital of the Peak District, stands between the lower, pastured hills and the forbidd ...e parish church of St Anne, built in 1625, remains. The present buildings, of locally quarried sandstone, mostly date from the late18th century.
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  • ...''' is a major city in southern Lancashire. It stands on the eastern side of the [[Mersey]] Estuary. ...at the centre of the wider "Liverpool Urban Area", which has a population of 816,216.<ref>{{cite web |title= Key Statistics for urban areas in the North
    56 KB (8,428 words) - 11:13, 27 June 2016
  • ...etscape is built around and south of Chiswick house, down into the embrace of the river's curved meander. The name of Chiswick is barely changed from its Old English name, ''Cesewic'', but the
    14 KB (2,236 words) - 13:43, 28 January 2016
  • ...le of the place (eye-zul) has no relation to any 'isle' and is an instance of a counterintuitive place name. However in this instance it can be argued th ...ff Thomas Brigge or Berigge, clerk, on a plea of debt, with Richard Beaupe of Thistelworth, Middx</ref>
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  • '''West Drayton''' is a town close to the western border of [[Middlesex]]. ...t, with [[Yiewsley]] to the north. It is situated just north of junction 4 of the [[M4 motorway]] ([[Heathrow Airport]] spur), which intersects with the
    6 KB (865 words) - 08:48, 21 April 2017
  • |picture caption=Weymouth, Wyke Regis and Portland Harbour<br />from the Isle of Portland ...is eight miles south of [[Dorchester]] and five miles north of the [[Isle of Portland]].
    22 KB (3,303 words) - 18:55, 4 September 2018
  • ...ude the Royal Cornwall Museum, the Hall for Cornwall and Cornwall's Courts of Justice. Truro initially grew as an important centre of trade from its port, and then as a [[stannary town]] for the mining industr
    15 KB (2,387 words) - 14:57, 30 March 2016
  • ...atistics for urban areas in England and Wales | publisher =National Office of Statistics| url =http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_ua_ew The name Falmouth comes from the river Fal but the origin of the river's name is unknown.
    11 KB (1,737 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2012
  • ...t it does have a beach; seven miles of beaches stretching away either side of the town. ...at the border. 24 Herbert Road in Bournemouth forms the westernmost point of Hampshire.
    21 KB (3,346 words) - 17:48, 14 January 2021
  • ...on the west the [[Quantock Hills]]. The town The town stands on the banks of the [[River Parrett]], 10 miles above its mouth at [[Highbridge]], which ri ...ton]] by the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal. It stands between two junctions of the M5 motorway. Bridgwater railway station is on the main railway line be
    36 KB (5,545 words) - 13:16, 21 March 2011
  • ...]. It is 14 miles from [[Cambridge]] and had a recorded population in 2001 of 3,535. ...e]]. It is north of the village of [[Potton]] (Bedfordshire) and southwest of [[Waresley]] (Huntingdonshire).
    11 KB (1,642 words) - 07:24, 19 September 2019
  • ...nd to John o' Groats''' is the traversal of the whole length of the island of [[Great Britain]] between two extremities; in the southwest and northeast. ...stern) point of Great Britain, situated in western [[Cornwall]] at the end of the [[Penwith|Penwith peninsula]].
    16 KB (2,620 words) - 10:51, 6 February 2020
  • |picture=Bristol city centre from bottom of park street arp.jpg ...[[London]] and 24 miles east of [[Cardiff]]. With an estimated population of 433,100 for the city's civic area in 2009 and over a million in the surroun
    23 KB (3,465 words) - 15:51, 25 May 2023
  • '''Cirencester''' is a market town in eastern [[Gloucestershire]] of ancient roots. ...ds on the [[River Churn]], a tributary of the [[River Thames]]. It is home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural college in the Engl
    16 KB (2,560 words) - 17:20, 27 January 2016
  • ...pshire]] and the busiest commercial port in the United Kingdom, indeed one of the largest commercial ports in Europe. ...y stands at the northernmost point of [[Southampton Water]] at the meeting of the [[River Test]] and [[River Itchen]]. Southampton Water provides a dee
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