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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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  • ...unwich''' (pronounced {{IPA|ˈdʌnɨtʃ}}) is a small village on the coast of [[Suffolk]] which was once a major town and seaport. ...s of the River Blyth and the River Dunwich. However, the harbour and most of the town has since been lost to coastal erosion.
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  • ...market town in [[Cheshire]] with a population of some 50,688 souls. A man of Macclesfield is sometimes referred to as a "Maxonian". ...ht be from one of the old treacle mine" stories which abound in many parts of the land.
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  • ...h is the heart of the [[Soke of Peterborough]], the north-easternmost part of Northamptonshire. ...n centre has been greatly redeveloped and is surrounded but a great number of twentieth-century residential neighbourhoods, many entirely replacing older
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  • '''Sunderland''' is a city in [[County Durham]] standing at the mouth of the [[River Wear]] on the [[North Sea]] coast. ...n 930. A small fishing village called Sunderland, located toward the mouth of the river (modern day East End) was granted a charter in 1179.
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  • |picture=Satellite image of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in April 2002.jpg ...ains 83 of the UK's 92 [[Counties of the United Kingdom|counties]] — of the remaining nine, three are formed from the surrounding archipelagoes, na
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  • |picture caption=Sights of Nottingham ...f which it is the [[county town]]. It is one of the largest "Core Cities" of the United Kingdom.
    22 KB (3,474 words) - 12:55, 30 March 2016
  • |picture caption=Aerial view of Morpeth Court House ...om the A1, which bypasses it. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 13,833. Nearby villages include [[Mitford, Northumberland|Mitford]] and [[P
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  • ...oped, well served by London Transport. It is within the Wallington Hundred of Surrey. ...y and the Cricket Green too, notwithstanding the generally suburban nature of the surrounds.
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  • ...[[Old Sarum]], the original site of Salisbury win a hill-fort to the north of today's city. ...val architecture remains, and yet more from later ages adding to the charm of the city.
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  • ...in the West Riding. It is a cathedral city, and one of the largest towns of [[Yorkshire]]. ...access to a supply of coal, iron ore and soft water facilitated the growth of Bradford's manufacturing base, which, as textile manufacture grew, led to a
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  • |name=Sheffield |picture caption=Sights of Sheffield
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  • ...byshire]]. A river of the [[Peak District]], it is ultimately a tributary of the [[River Goyt]], which it meets at [[Marple, Cheshire]]. The Etherow is 19 miles long and drains a basin of some 30 square miles.
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  • ...Salisbury]]. It is the most famous stone circle in the world and the heart of a World Heritage Site. ...tones set within earthworks. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in Britain, including several hundred bu
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  • ...nd wooded and the river blue beneath, openining into the Longdendale Chain of man-made lakes. ...e are few villages in Longendale, all in [[Cheshire]] on the northern side of the dale, strung along the ancient salt route over the [[Pennines]] that is
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  • ...es north of [[Sheffield]], 17 miles south of [[Leeds]] and 14½ miles west of [[Doncaster]]. ...lture remains rooted in this industrial heritage; Barnsley has a tradition of brass bands, originally created as social clubs for its mining communities.
    8 KB (1,213 words) - 17:40, 31 August 2012
  • ...f [[Oldham]], 6 miles north of [[Stockport]], and 6 miles east of the City of [[Manchester]]. ...om in cotton spinning, weaving, and coal mining, which led to the granting of borough status in 1847.
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  • ...lnshire]], standing near the [[River Trent]], about three miles north-west of [[Scunthorpe]]. ...turned alive also after the Second World War too. Consequently, it is one of the few villages in the land with no war memorial.
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  • ...here the Don meets the [[River Rother, Yorkshire|River Rother]], between [[Sheffield]] and [[Doncaster]]. The town is six miles from Sheffield City Centre and is almost contiguous with that city’s urban area.
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  • |post town=Sheffield ...n of [[Barnsley]] and 17 miles north east of [[Glossop]], in the foothills of the [[Pennines]]; the town centre is at 750 feet above sea level.
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