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Quarrendon is a civil parish and deserted medieval village on the outskirts of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. Today its name is also associated with the modern housing estate of Quarrendon in Aylesbury.
The toponym is derived from the Old...
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Preston Candover is a village and large civil parish in Hampshire, England. It has two churches, only one of which is still in use. Its nearest town is Basingstoke, approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) away. It has an acreage of 3,457 acres (13.99 km),...
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| x Taddington |
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Taddington is a village in Derbyshire, England. It lies over 1100 feet above sea level, on the former A6 road between Buxton and Bakewell, in the Derbyshire Dales district. To the east, the A6 runs through Taddington Dale, while Taddington Moor lies...
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| x West Coker |
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West Coker is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district.
The name Coker comes from Coker Water (crooked stream from the Celtic Kukro).
Artifacts from early...
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| x Norton Lindsey |
Norton Lindsey is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, UK. It is located 3.5 miles south-east of the tourist and county town of Warwick and a mile south-east of the M40 motorway. According to the 2001 UK Census the village had between 300 and...
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| x Kingston |
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Kingston is a village and civil parish near Canterbury in Kent, South East England.
The village is located 5 miles to the south east of the city centre of Canterbury on the edge of the North Downs in countryside designated as an Area of Outstanding...
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| x Blakemere |
Blakemere is a parish in Herefordshire, England. It is located 11 miles west of Hereford, on the road to Hay-on-Wye.
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| x Cadeleigh |
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Cadeleigh is a small village in the county of Devon in England. It sits in the hills above the valley of the River Exe and is about 15km (9 miles) north of Exeter and 6km (4 miles) southwest of Tiverton.
The village has a church that is dedicated to...
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| x Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow |
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Monkston, Kents Hill and Brinklow is a civil parish that covers the Kents Hill, Brinklow, Monkston, Monkston Park and Kingston districts of Milton Keynes. As the first tier of Local Government, the Parish Council is responsible for the people,...
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| x Binsted |
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Binsted is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The village is about four miles east of Alton. The nearest railway station is 1.8 miles (2.9 km) northeast of the village, at Bentley.
The churchyard of the...
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| x Beighton |
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Beighton ward ( /ˈbeɪtən/ or /ˈbaɪtən/)—which includes the districts of Beighton, Hackenthorpe, Owlthorpe, and Sothall—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the eastern part of the city, on the border with...
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| x Arrathorne |
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Arrathorne is a hamlet and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, six miles south of Richmond, six miles west of Bedale and six miles east of Leyburn. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 61. The...
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| x Marholm, Cambridgeshire |
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Marholm is a civil parish in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. For electoral purposes it forms part of Northborough ward in North West Cambridgeshire constituency.
The chancel at the parish church of St. Mary the Virgin...
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| x Froxfield |
Froxfield is a village and civil parish in English county of Hampshire]]. The village is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of the market town of Petersfield in South East Hampshire.
Froxfield village is on a stream that is a tributary of the River Dun....
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| x Fovant |
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Fovant is a medium-sized village and civil parish in southwest Wiltshire, England. It is located between Salisbury and Shaftesbury on the A30 road in the Nadder valley. Its name is derived from the Old English Fobbefunta, meaning "spring of a man...
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| x Bewick |
Bewick ( /ˈbjuːɪk/, like "Buick") is a civil parish in Northumberland, England. It has a population of 69. The parish consists of the hamlets of Old Bewick and New Bewick, both about 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Alnwick.
Bewick is in the...
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| x Stambourne |
Stambourne is a village in north Essex, England.
Stambourne derives from an old local dialect term for 'stony brook'.
Stambourne's closest neighbouring villages are Ridgewell, Toppesfield, Cornish Hall End and Great Yeldham.
Stambourne was caught up...
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| x Haslingfield |
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Haslingfield is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. The village is about six miles south-west of Cambridge, between Harston, Barton and Barrington. The population in the 2001 census was 1,550 people living in 621...
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| x Stockerston |
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Stockerston is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, located on the border with Rutland, by the Eye Brook. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 35.
The two principle buildings in...
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Kilburn is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire, known as Kilbourne until around 100 years ago.
Forming part of the borough of Amber Valley, Kilburn has small amenities for the people who live there including a local police...
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| x Sutton-in-the-Isle |
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Sutton-in-the-Isle, commonly referred to simply as Sutton, is a parish and village in the county of Cambridgeshire in England, near the city of Ely. The "in-the-Isle" suffix refers to the fact that the village is part of the Isle of Ely, once an...
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| x Swynnerton |
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Swynnerton is a village in Staffordshire, England.
St Mary's Church dates back to at least the 13th Century. Swynnerton received its charter from Edward I in 1306. During the 14th Century a market used to be held every Wednesday and an annual fair...
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| x Wrotham |
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Wrotham (/ˈruːtəm/) is a village situated on the Pilgrims' Way in Kent, at the foot of the North Downs. It is located one mile north of Borough Green and approximately five miles east of Sevenoaks. It is within the junction of the M20 and M26...
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| x Ingham |
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Ingham is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It lies close to the village of Stalham, and is about 2 miles from Sea Palling on the North Sea coast.
The civil parish has an area of 6.13 km (2.37 sq mi) and in the 2001...
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| x Hemswell Cliff |
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Hemswell Cliff is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the A631 between Caenby Corner and Gainsborough and on the Lincoln Cliff escarpment. According to the 2001 census it had a population of...
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| x Stanton |
Stanton is village situated in north Suffolk, about nine miles north-east of Bury St. Edmunds, on the A143 road to Diss. Close to the village lies the former WW II airfield RAF Shepherds Grove, where American forces were based. One of the main...
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| x Beauworth |
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Beauworth is a village and civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England, about eight miles east of Winchester. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 103.
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| x Curland |
Curland is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 141. The parish includes the hamlet of Abbey Hill.
Curland is home of a thriving...
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| x Sutton on trent |
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Sutton-on-Trent is a village in Nottinghamshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,327.
It is located 8 miles north of Newark-on-Trent.
Sutton Mill was a stone-built tower windmill, built in 1825. It was owned by the Bingham...
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| x Mells |
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Mells is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, near the town of Frome.
The parish includes the village of Vobster which had a coal mine of the same name on the Somerset coalfield and a quarry, both of which are now disused. The old quarry...
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| x Huntington, Herefordshire |
Huntington is a village in Herefordshire, England on the border with Wales.
Huntington was a Medieval borough founded as a replacement to nearby Kington which had been destroyed in 1216.
Huntington was built as a new borough and was apparently in...
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| x Rostherne |
Rostherne is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ743835).
To the north of the village is Rostherne Mere and to the south is Tatton Park. The A556 road...
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| x North Elmham |
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North Elmham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 19.20 km (7.41 sq mi) and had a population of 1,428 in 624 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the...
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| x Heytesbury |
Heytesbury is a village (formerly considered to be a town) in Wiltshire, England, in the Wylye Valley, about three miles south of Warminster.
Its parish includes most of the small neighbouring settlement of Tytherington, and it shares a parish...
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| x Dormansland |
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Dormansland is a village and civil parish approximately one mile south of Lingfield in Surrey, southern England. It is bordered on the east by the county of Kent and on the south by West Sussex.
The Prime Meridian passes just to the west of...
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| x Luddesdown |
Luddesdown is a civil parish in the Gravesham District of Kent, England. This very rural parish, forming part of the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is located in a dry valley to the south of Gravesend and is named after a scattered...
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| x West Bradley |
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West Bradley is a village and civil parish 4 miles south-east of Glastonbury in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Hornblotton and Lottisham.
Hornblotton is a traditional English community with a small...
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| x Burton Dassett |
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Burton Dassett is a parish and shrunken medieval village in Warwickshire. Much of the area is now the Burton Dassett Hills country park. It was enclosed for sheep farming by Sir Edward Belknap at the end of the 15th century.
It was the birthplace of...
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| x Harome |
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Harome is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the River Rye and 2 miles south east of Helmsley.
Media related to Harome at Wikimedia Commons
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| x Catmore |
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Catmore is a civil parish and small village in West Berkshire about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south-east of Wantage. Catmore is in the Berkshire Downs and the centre of the village is about 575 feet (175 m) above sea level. The 2001 census recorded a...
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High Ham is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. Within the parish of High Ham are the villages of High Ham and Low Ham and the hamlets of Bowdens, Henley, Paradise and Picts Hill.
Within the parish of High Ham there have been two Roman...
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| x Wolsingham |
Wolsingham is a small market town in Weardale, County Durham, England. It is situated by the River Wear, between Crook and Stanhope in North West Durham.
Wolsingham sits at the confluence of the River Wear and Waskerley Beck. It is a Saxon...
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| x Binton |
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Binton is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England. It is about five miles (8 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 272.
Binton Manor was bought by Edward Viscount...
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| x Powick |
Powick is a Worcestershire village two miles south of the city of Worcester and four miles north of Great Malvern, close to the River Teme. It is a civil parish of the Malvern Hills District, and it includes the village of Callow End and the hamlets...
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| x Semer |
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Semer is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located adjacent to a bridge over the River Brett on the B1115 between Hadleigh and Stowmarket, it is part of Babergh district. The parish also contains the hamlets of Ash Street and...
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East Beckham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 23.4 miles (37.7 km) north of Norwich, 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Cromer and 137 miles (220 km) miles north-east of London. The nearest railway station...
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| x Clatworthy |
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Clatworthy is a village and civil parish in the West Somerset District of Somerset, England. It is situated 10 miles (16 km) from Wellington and four miles (6 km) from Wiveliscombe on the southern slopes of the Brendon Hills and close to the Exmoor...
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| x Gedney |
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Gedney is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies just to the south off the A17 Boston to King's Lynn road, 2 miles (3.2 km) east from Holbeach and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east from Long Sutton. The...
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| x Gamlingay |
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Gamlingay is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, near the border with Bedfordshire, and the traditional county of Huntingdonshire. It is 14 miles (22 km) from Cambridge and the population in 2001 was 3,535 people.
An ancient...
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| x Bowes |
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Bowes is a village in County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, it is situated close to Barnard Castle. It is built around the medieval Bowes Castle.
Bowes lies within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but...
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| x Bruisyard |
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Bruisyard is a village in the valley of the River Alde in the county of Suffolk, England. The village has a population of ~175. The village sign depicts Saint Clare of the Order of the Poor Clares who had an abbey in Bruisyard until the dissolution...
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| x Dallinghoo |
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Dallinghoo is a village some 3 miles (4.5 km) north of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Formed from Church Road (west) and Pound Hill to the south and branches NE after the centre of the village.
Its church was originally a large building with a...
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| x Wolverton and Greenleys |
Wolverton and Greenleys is a civil parish with a Town Council in the borough of Milton Keynes, England. It is north-west of central Milton Keynes, and according to the 2001 census had a population of 8,253. It includes Wolverton, Old Wolverton,...
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| x Cockley Cley |
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Cockley Cley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 17.94 km (6.93 sq mi) and had a population of 138 in 58 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the...
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| x Dawley Hamlets |
Dawley Hamlets is a civil parish in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire.
The parish covers Horsehay, Doseley, Little Dawley and Aqueduct.
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| x Trunch |
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Trunch is a village and parish in Norfolk, England, situated three miles north of North Walsham and two miles from the coast at Mundesley. At the Census 2001 the village had a population of 805, and 388 households. The parish covers an area of 5.5...
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| x Kirk Ella and West Ella |
Kirk Ella and West Ella is a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated 5 miles (8 km) to the west of Kingston upon Hull city centre and covering an area of 523.715 hectares (1,294.13 acres). It is bordered by Anlaby,...
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| x Fosdyke |
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Fosdyke is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England. It lies about 9 miles (14.5 km) south of Boston just off the A17, and 2 miles (3.2 km) east from the junction of the A17 with the A16. The village is near the mouth of the River Welland...
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| x Hardwicke |
Hardwicke is a village south of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Despite its close proximity to Gloucester, the village actually comes under Stroud (district) Council.
With its name deriving from the Old English heorde wic, “herd [tending]...
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| x Newland |
Newland (grid reference SO554093) is a village in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England.
It is notable for its parish church of All Saints, known as the 'Cathedral of the Forest'.
William Jones of Monmouth endowed almshouses in this his...
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