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  • ...few villages in Britain to which suffered no casualties in the First World War. ...e wrote that a Thankful Village was one which had lost no men in the Great War because all those who left to serve came home again. His initial list ident
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  • '''Wadhurst''' is a small market town in [[Sussex]]. The civil parish of Wadhurst also includes the hamlets of Cous ...wide range of small traders and services is almost unique in the villages in the locality. The population of the ward was 5,075 at the 2001.<ref name="p
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  • The '''National Memorial Arboretum''', is a garden at [[Alrewas]] in [[Staffordshire]] managed by the Royal British Legion. It was established ...tum honours the fallen, recognises service and sacrifice and fosters pride in our country. It is a spiritually uplifting place and is emerging as a world
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  • |county=Kent ...rtification in the village of [[Sutton Valence]] in [[Kent]]. It was built in the second half of the 12th century, probably by Baldwin of Bethune, the Co
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  • ...It is a vast, ancient, mainly Gothic church which serves an important role in the religious, royal, parliamentary and judicial ceremonial of the nation. ...5/1245) on the south side, with St Margaret's Church (1486-1523) beside it in the Abbey grounds, the Palace of Westminster (1840-1870) on the east, the [
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  • ...y of London]] in [[Middlesex]] and is perhaps the most celebrated building in the remarkable square-mile city. St Paul's is the cathedral church of the [ ...on, completed in Wren's lifetime, was part of a major rebuilding programme in the City after the Great Fire of London.{{sfn|Gardner|Kleiner|Mamiya|2004|d
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  • |county=Kent ...the late Victorian period until 1978, the town had the second-longest pier in the United Kingdom.<ref name="2ndlongestpier">[http://www.theheritagetrail.
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  • '''Harthill''' is a rural village in [[Lanarkshire]], on the border with the neighbouring county of [[West Lothi ...occupants worked in nearby Greenrigg and Polkemmet Collieries, which were in West Lothian.
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  • ...ncient parish some three miles north-east of [[Dolgellau]] (its post town) in [[Merionethshire]]. The village is on the slopes of the valley of the [[ri ...t Vaughan of Hengwrt (1592? To 1667) later called the stateliest structure in North Wales.<ref>Notes on the house of Nanney 1649 Arch Cam 1863 p1300</
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  • |county=Kent ...es have remained a popular tourist attraction since the town's development in the 1860s from a small farming community.
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  • ...learly visible from the A30 road between [[Salisbury]] and [[Shaftesbury]] in the [[River Nadder|Nadder valley]].<ref name=cf>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/progr ...led ancient monuments and recognised by the [[Imperial War Museum]] as war memorials.<ref name=cf /> Further badges have been added more recently.
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  • [[File:Battle of Britain Memorial, Kent - geograph-6242421.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Battle of Britain Memorial]] {{county|Kent}}
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  • |county=Kent ...sham Town Hall''' is a municipal building in Catford Road, [[Lewisham]], [[Kent]]. The oldest part of the facility, the curved municipal offices, is a Grad
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  • ...esign shows the influence of the Italian Renaissance, which became popular in Britain during the late 16th century. The house is a Grade I listed buildin The house is set in 262 acres of grounds containing an 18-acre lake. The grounds are themselves
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  • ...=Royal Air Force |accessdate=19 April 2011}}</ref> Northolt has one runway in operation, spanning 5,535 feet by 151 feet, with a grooved asphalt surface. ...ontinuous use of any RAF airfield. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, the station was the first to take delivery of the Hawker Hurricane. The st
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  • ...is located six miles south-east of central Milton Keynes, and three miles in the same direction from [[Fenny Stratford]]. ...86 the village was recorded as ''Brichelle''. The affix 'Great' was added in the 12th century to differentiate from nearby [[Bow Brickhill]] and [[Littl
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