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  • [[File:University of Leicester Botanic Garden pond.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The pond at the Botanic Garden]] ...versity of Leicester]] in [[Oadby]], [[Leicestershire]]. Nearby are halls of residence for students studying at the Oadby site.
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  • |picture=Vale of Belvoir - geograph.org.uk - 104224.jpg |picture caption=Farmland in the Vale of Belvoir
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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]].
    42 KB (6,548 words) - 10:39, 3 November 2016
  • ...cient fenland market town in [[Cambridgeshire]]. It is some six miles east of [[Peterborough]], [[Northamptonshire]] and lies close to the county boundar The town has historically also been spelled '''Whittlesea''' - the name of the railway station is still spelt this way.
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  • ...ubilee. It is a rare example of a new town built afresh, not an expansion of an existing core, though it does incorporate pre-existing towns within its ...s name from the existing [[Milton Keynes Village]], lying a few miles east of Central Milton Keynes (the planned centre).
    29 KB (4,444 words) - 18:50, 25 October 2022
  • ...e]] and [[Buckinghamshire]] in Great Britain. Despite the name, about 55% of the network is above ground. ** 270 stations (of which 260 are owned by the company)
    17 KB (2,485 words) - 22:49, 31 January 2023
  • ...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>
    32 KB (5,049 words) - 12:42, 23 January 2020
  • ...t of [[Bodmin Moor]]. Bodmin, the county town of Cornwall, was the centre of its judicial administration after 1835 when the courts moved to from [[Laun ...ism and later made wealthy from tin mining and the attentions of the Duchy of Cornwall.
    11 KB (1,827 words) - 17:20, 6 September 2014
  • ...Brea, an almost unspoiled green space looking down on what was once a hive of industrial development. ...t is no longer an industrial town but is still home to the Camborne School of Mines.
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  • ...second largest city in the county, after [[Birmingham]], with a population of 300,848 in 2001. Coventry stands 19 miles east of the county's largest city, [[Birmingham]], and is further from the coast th
    20 KB (3,190 words) - 12:45, 27 April 2021
  • ...[[Birmingham]], two miles south of [[Henley-in-Arden]] and 6½ miles north of [[Stratford-upon-Avon]]. It is characterised by the houses and cottages an ...illage straddling the A3400 is designated as a 'Conservation Area' because of its open, rural character and many fine, old buildings.
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  • ...is completely contiguous with the towns around it. Immediately to the west of Bermondsey lies [[Southwark]] and to the east is [[Rotherhithe]]. To the s ..., in Bassett, S. (ed.), ''The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms'', Leicester University Press, 1989.</ref>
    22 KB (3,382 words) - 09:21, 30 January 2021
  • ...Henry VIII in 1539. The Old Town still remains and is the prettiest part of town. The biggest change for the town was after Second World War when Heme ...d Hemel Hempstead "The most attractive town in Herts".<ref>''The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire'' by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner</ref> This however was bef
    28 KB (4,392 words) - 11:47, 13 November 2020
  • '''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
  • |name=Leicester |picture=Leicester landmarks montage.jpg
    19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:50, 30 March 2016
  • ...y, exceeded only by [[Leicester]] and [[Lutterworth]]. It has a population of 43,246. ...ok]] in 1086, Hinckley was quite a large village, and grew over the course of the following 200 years into a small market town: a market was first record
    12 KB (1,890 words) - 07:38, 28 January 2016
  • '''Loughborough''' is a town in [[Leicestershire]], the largest after Leicester, and a town famed for sport. ...ion.htm Facts & Figures - Population]</ref> It is the home of Loughborough University.
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  • ...the [[River Witham]]. Grantham stands on the Witham downstream of the city of [[Lincoln]] 26 miles to the north. ...s in the low lands of Lincolnshire, west of the [[Lincoln Edge]], so rises of ground are known. The old Great North Road cuts through the town but the A1
    14 KB (2,350 words) - 14:21, 7 July 2016
  • |LG district=Vale of White Horse ...l), the Dean Court area on the edge of Botley and the outlying settlements of [[Chilswell]], [[Filchampstead]], [[Farmoor]] and [[Swinford, Berkshire|Swi
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  • ...f Scotland.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Saint Andrew's Saltire, the national flag of Scotland]] ...are the [[Hebrides]] spread out from the west coast and the Northern Isles of [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]].
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  • ...come almost a suburb of the town. Gulval remains an ecclesiastical parish of itself, if not a civil parish. Parts of the parish church date back to the 12th century.
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