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Successor parishes are civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
es created by the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
 with the same boundaries as an urban district
Urban district

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
 or municipal borough
Municipal borough

Municipal boroughs were a type of local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002....
 abolished by the Act. In a few cases an abolished area was divided between counties or districts, and two successor parishes formed.

Part V of Schedule 1 of the Act directed the Local Government Boundary for England to consult with the existing local authorities and make proposals for the establishment of new parishes with a boundary coterminus with an existing urban district or borough, or if divided by a district boundary as much as was comprised in a single district.






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Successor parishes are civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
es created by the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
 with the same boundaries as an urban district
Urban district

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
 or municipal borough
Municipal borough

Municipal boroughs were a type of local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002....
 abolished by the Act. In a few cases an abolished area was divided between counties or districts, and two successor parishes formed.

Part V of Schedule 1 of the Act directed the Local Government Boundary for England to consult with the existing local authorities and make proposals for the establishment of new parishes with a boundary coterminus with an existing urban district or borough, or if divided by a district boundary as much as was comprised in a single district. The Commission was also to propose names for the parishes. The concept of successor parishes was a relatively late addition to the Local Government Bill, being added at report stage in response to pressure from small urban district and small borough councils. It was further allowed that these parish councils would be entitled to be styled 'towns' and have 'town mayors', and retain other charter rights. The mechanism for towns and town mayors was introduced in a government amendment in the Lords in September 1972.

The Secretary of State for the Environment
Secretary of State for the Environment

The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department of the Environment. It was created by Edward Heath as a combination of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Ministry of Public Building and Works on 15 October 1970....
 was permitted to give the Commission guidance on making their proposals. The stated policy was "to retain elected councils at parish level for small towns but not for areas which are parts of larger towns or continuously built up areas". The original criteria for identifying "small towns" was that they should have fewer than 20,000 inhabitants, or less than 20 percent of the district's population. A report was issued by the Commission in May 1973. Following the publication of the report, a large number of representations were made to the Commission. Fifty-two towns in metropolitan districts
Metropolitan borough

A metropolitan borough is a type of districts of England in England, and is a subdivision of a metropolitan county. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts, however all of them have been granted or regranted royal charters to give them borough status in...
 wished to be granted successor status, of which ten were successful. A similar number of towns in non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
s also made representations, of which fifteen were favourably received.

The parishes were created by three statutory instruments: the Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/1110), the Local Government (Successor Parishes) (No. 2) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/1939) and the Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1974 (SI 1974/569).

Where the area of a borough became a successor parish, the powers of the borough corporation under its charter to appoint local officers of dignity passed to the new parish council. Successor parish councils could also apply for the transfer of the coat of arms
Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
 of the former council by order in council.

The majority of successor parish councils chose to exercise their right to designate their parish a town, with the parish council becoming a town council. A handful (Chichester, Ely, Ripon and Wells) were successors to cities, and the parish council known as a city council.

List of Successor Parishes


Avon
Avon (county)

Avon was, from 1974 to 1996, a Shire county and ceremonial counties of England in the west of England. The county was named after the River Avon, Bristol, which ran through it....

Urban Districts
Clevedon
Clevedon

Clevedon is a town in North Somerset, England.The name derives from the Saxon language, 'Cleve' meaning Cleave or Cleft and 'don' meaning hill, the town being situated amongst a group of small hills alongside the River Severn....
, Norton-Radstock, Portishead
Portishead, Somerset

Portishead is a coastal town in North Somerset, England, with a population of 21,000 .Portishead?s history dates back to Roman Britain times....


Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a county in England that forms part of the East of England Regions of England.Its county town is Bedford, Bedfordshire. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire....

Urban Districts
Ampthill
Ampthill

Ampthill is a small town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, between Bedford, Bedfordshire and Luton, with a population of about 6,000. It is administered by Mid Bedfordshire District Council and Bedfordshire County Council....
, Biggleswade
Biggleswade

Biggleswade is a market town on the River Ivel in Bedfordshire, England. It is well served by transport routes, being close to the A1 road between London and the North, as well as Biggleswade railway station on the main rail link North from London ....
, Kempston
Kempston

Kempston is a town in Bedfordshire, England. Once known as the largest village in England, Kempston is now a town with its own town council. It has a population of about 20,000, and together with Bedford, it forms an urban area with around 100,000 inhabitants, which is the sole urban area in the Bedford ....
, Leighton-Linslade
Leighton-Linslade

Leighton-Linslade is a civil parish in the district of South Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire, England, with a population of 32,417 .It consists of the settlements of Leighton Buzzard and Linslade, which have a single town council....
, Sandy
Sandy, Bedfordshire

Sandy is a small market town in northern Bedfordshire, England. It is between Cambridge and Bedford, and on the A1 road from London to Edinburgh....


Berkshire
Berkshire

Berkshire is a Home Counties in the South East England of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters patent issued confirming...

BoroughsUrban Districts
Wokingham
Wokingham

Wokingham is a small market town and civil parish in Berkshire in South East England England approximately 33 miles west of London. It is east-southeast of Reading, Berkshire and west of Bracknell....
Eton
Eton, Berkshire

Eton is a town in Berkshire, England, lying on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor, Berkshire and connected to it by Windsor Bridge....


Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England home counties Counties of England in South East England England....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Buckingham
Buckingham

Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire, England, approximately from the border with Northamptonshire. The town has a population of 11,572 , ....
Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield

Beaconsfield is a market town and civil parish operating as a town council within South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, England. It lies northwest of London, and east of the county town of Aylesbury....
, Chesham
Chesham

Chesham is a market town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located 11 miles south-east of the county town of Aylesbury. Chesham is also a civil parish designated a town council within Chiltern ....
, Marlow
Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Marlow is a town and civil parish within Wycombe district in south Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the River Thames, four miles south-south-west of High Wycombe, and four miles north west of Maidenhead....


Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a Counties_of_the_United_Kingdom#England in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex, England and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Huntingdon and Godmanchester
Huntingdon and Godmanchester

Huntingdon and Godmanchester was a municipal borough in Huntingdonshire from 1961 to 1974. It was formed in 1961 by the merger of the boroughs of Huntingdon and Godmanchester....
†, St. Ives, Wisbech
Wisbech

Wisbech is a market town and inland port with a population of about 20,000 in the The Fens area of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges....
Chatteris
Chatteris

Chatteris is one of four market towns in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, situated in The Fens between Whittlesey, March, Cambridgeshire and Ely....
, Ely
Ely

Ely is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England. It is 14 miles north-northeast of Cambridge.Ely has been informally accounted a city by virtue of being the seat of a diocese....
, March, Ramsey
Ramsey, Cambridgeshire

Ramsey is a small Cambridgeshire market town, north of Huntingdon and St Ives, Huntingdonshire. For local government purposes it lies in the district of Huntingdonshire within the local government county of Cambridgeshire....
, St. Neots
† The parish was split into separate Huntingdon
Huntingdon

Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England. The town was town charter in 1205. It was formerly the county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire non-metropolitan district....
 and Godmanchester
Godmanchester

Godmanchester is a small town and civil parish within the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, in England. It lies on the south bank of the River Great Ouse, south of the larger town of Huntingdon, and on the A14 road ....
  parishes in 1982.

Cheshire
Cheshire

Cheshire is a Counties of England in North West England. The county town, and the location of the county council, is the City status in the United Kingdom of Chester, although Cheshire's largest town in terms of area and population is Warrington....

Urban Districts
Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge

Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,409, whilst the district ward "Alderley Edge" had a population of 4,408....
, Alsager
Alsager

Alsager is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England, to the north-west of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and east of the railway town of Crewe....
, Bollington
Bollington

Bollington is a small town in the Macclesfield , Cheshire, England. It is located north of Macclesfield and east of Prestbury, Cheshire. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield....
, Knutsford
Knutsford

Knutsford is a town and civil parish within the Macclesfield , Cheshire, England, located south-west of Manchester and north-west of Macclesfield....
, Lymm
Lymm

Lymm is a large village and civil parish in Warrington, Cheshire, in North West England England. Lymm was an urban district of Cheshire from 1894 to 1974....
, Middlewich
Middlewich

Middlewich is a market town in the borough of Congleton , in Cheshire, England. It is east of the city of Chester, east of Winsford, southeast of Northwich and northwest of Sandbach....
, Nantwich
Nantwich

Nantwich is a market town in south Cheshire, England, in the Borough and parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich. In 2001 Nantwich had a population of 12,515....
, Northwich
Northwich

Northwich is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers River Weaver and River Dane....
, Sandbach
Sandbach

Sandbach is a market town and civil parish within the Congleton of Cheshire, England. The civil parish contains four settlements; Sandbach itself, Elworth, Ettiley Heath and Wheelock, Cheshire....
, Winsford
Winsford

Winsford is a town and civil parish within the Vale Royal borough of Cheshire, England. It lies south of Northwich on the River Weaver and grew around the Salt mine industry after the river was canalised in the eighteenth century, allowing freight to be conveyed northwards to the Port of Runcorn on the River Mersey....


Cleveland
Cleveland, England

Cleveland is an area in the north east of England. Its name means literally "cliff-land", referring to its hilly southern areas, which rise to nearly ....

Urban Districts
Guisborough
Guisborough

Guisborough is a market town within the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial counties of England of North Yorkshire, England.The civil parish of Guisborough has a population of 18,108 and includes the outlying villages of Upleatham, Dunsdale, and Newton under Roseberry as well as Guisborough itself....
, Loftus
Loftus, North Yorkshire

Loftus is a town in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in a picturesque region sandwiched between the breathtaking cliffs of Hummersea and the spectacular North York Moors....
, Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea†
† Subsequently renamed Saltburn, Marske and New Marske
Saltburn, Marske and New Marske

Saltburn, Marske and New Marske is a civil parish in Redcar and Cleveland in North East England England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 18,325....


Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Bodmin
Bodmin

Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
, Falmouth
Falmouth, Cornwall

Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port in the Carrick, Cornwall District on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK. It has a total resident population of 21,635....
, Helston
Helston

Helston is a small town and civil parish in the Kerrier district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the northern end of the The Lizard. It is the most southerly town in the UK, being 3 km south of Penzance....
, Dunheved otherwise Launceston renamed Launceston
Launceston, Cornwall

Launceston is a town, an ancient borough, and a civil parish in the north of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The form 'Lanson' based on the traditional pronunciation is almost obsolete ....
, Liskeard
Liskeard

Liskeard , is an ancient Stannary town and market town at the head of the River Looe valley in the ancient hundred of Wivelshire in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom....
, Penryn
Penryn, Cornwall

Penryn is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom on the Penryn river. Although now the area is largely dominated by Falmouth, Cornwall, in the medieval period it was an important harbour in its own right, exporting granite and tin....
, St. Ives, Saltash
Saltash

Saltash is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of about 17,000. It lies in the southeast of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar....
, Truro
Truro

Truro is a City status in the United Kingdom in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, and is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population of 20,920....
Bude-Stratton
Bude-Stratton

Bude-Stratton is a civil parish with a town council in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 9,242....
, Looe
Looe

Looe is a small coastal town and fishing port in the Caradon district of south-east Cornwall, England, UK, with a population of 5,280 . Looe is also a civil parish in the administrative Caradon....
, St Just
St Just in Penwith

St Just is a town and civil parish in the district of Penwith, Cornwall in England, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the town of St Just and the nearby settlements of, Pendeen and Kelynack and is bounded by the parishes of Morvah to the north-east, Sancreed and Madron to the east, St Buryan and Sennen to the south and by the sea in...
, Torpoint
Torpoint

Torpoint is a town in the far south east of Cornwall, England, separated from the city of Plymouth by a stretch of water referred to as the Hamoaze, which itself is the mouth of the River Tamar....


Cumbria
Cumbria

Cumbria is a non-metropolitan county in the North West England of England. Cumbria came into existence as a county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Appleby
Appleby-in-Westmorland

Appleby-in-Westmorland is a town in Cumbria, in North West England. It is situated within a loop of the River Eden, Cumbria and has a population of approximately 2,500....
, Kendal
Kendal

Kendal is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It is south of Carlisle, on the River Kent, and has a total resident population of 27,521, making it the third largest settlement in Cumbria ....
Cockermouth
Cockermouth

Cockermouth is a town within the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England, and is so named because it is at the confluence of the River Cocker as it flows into the River Derwent, Cumbria....
, Grange
Grange-over-Sands

Grange-over-Sands is a town by the sea or depending on the state of the extensive tide, sands, in Cumbria, England. Historically, Grange-over-Sands was part of the County of Lancashire until 1974, when Cumbria was created under Local Government re-organisation which absorbed the area previously referred to as "Lancashire North of the Sands"....
, Keswick
Keswick, Cumbria

Keswick is a market town within the district of Allerdale, Cumbria, England. With a population of 4,281, according to the 2001 census, it is situated just north of Derwent Water, and a short distance from Bassenthwaite Lake, both in the Lake District National Park....
, Lakes split to form Lakes
Lakes, Cumbria

Lakes is a large civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, with a population of 5,127 according to the United Kingdom Census 2001....
 and Patterdale
Patterdale

Patterdale is the name of a small village in the eastern part of the England Lake District, and is also the name given to the long valley in which it sits although called the Ullswater Valley....
 parishes, Maryport
Maryport

Maryport is a town within the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England, in the Historic counties of England of Cumberland. It is located on the A596 north of Workington, and is the southernmost town on the Solway Firth....
, Ulverston
Ulverston

Ulverston is a market town in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria in north-west England. Historic counties of England part of Lancashire, the town is located in the Furness area, close to the Lake District, and just north of Morecambe Bay....
, Windermere
Windermere (town)

Windermere is a town and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It lies about half a mile away from Windermere . Although the town Windermere does not touch the lake, it has now grown together with the older lakeside town of Bowness-on-Windermere, though the two retain distinguishable town centres....


Derbyshire
Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains....

Urban Districts
Ashbourne
Ashbourne, Derbyshire

Ashbourne is a small picturesque market town in the Derbyshire Dales, England. It has a population of just over 7,000.The town advertises itself as 'The Gateway to Dovedale'....
, Bakewell
Bakewell

Bakewell is a small market town in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, deriving its name from 'Badeca's Well'. It is the only town included in the Peak District National Park....
, Belper
Belper

Belper is a town within the Non-metropolitan district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England.It is eight miles north of Derby, England, on the A6 road , by the River Derwent, Derbyshire, and has a population of 20,548 ; Belper town council claims to be responsible for 10,000 households....
, Bolsover
Bolsover

Bolsover is a town in Derbyshire, England, near Chesterfield. It is 145 miles  from London, 18 miles  from Sheffield and 54 miles  from Manchester....
, Clay Cross
Clay Cross

Clay Cross is a former mining town and civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England, about six miles south of Chesterfield....
, Dronfield
Dronfield

Dronfield is a town in North East Derbyshire, England...
, New Mills
New Mills

New Mills is a town in Derbyshire, England approximately 8 miles south-east of Stockport. It is sited at the confluence of the rivers River Goyt and River Sett, on the border of Cheshire....
, Ripley
Ripley, Derbyshire

Ripley is a town in the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire in England....
, Staveley
Staveley, Derbyshire

Staveley is a town within the borough of Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, England. The town is situated alongside the River Rother, South Yorkshire, adjacent to Eckington, Derbyshire to the north, Barlborough to the east, Sutton-cum-Duckmanton civil parish to the south and Brimington to the west....
, Whaley Bridge
Whaley Bridge

Whaley Bridge is a small town and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, situated on the River Goyt. Whaley Bridge is approximately 18 m South of Manchester, 7 m North of Buxton , 9 m East of Macclesfield and 20 m West of Sheffield, and had a population of 6,226 at the 2001 census....
, Wirksworth
Wirksworth

Wirksworth is a small market town in Derbyshire, England, with a population of over 9,000.The population of the Wirksworth area including Cromford and many other small villages is about 12,000....


Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Barnstaple
Barnstaple

Barnstaple is a town in the in the Districts of England of North Devon in the county of Devon in the South West England. It lies west southwest of Bristol, north of of Plymouth and northwest of the county town of Exeter....
, Bideford
Bideford

Bideford is a small port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon, South West England England. It is also the main town of the Torridge Districts of England....
, Dartmouth
Dartmouth, Devon

Dartmouth is a town in Devon in the south-west of England. It is a tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes....
, Great Torrington
Great Torrington

Great Torrington is a small market town in the north of Devon, England. Parts of it are sited on high groundwith steep drops down to the River Torridge below....
, Honiton
Honiton

Honiton is a town in East Devon, situated close to the River Otter, 17 miles northeast of Exeter in the county of Devon. The town's name is pronounced in two ways , each pronunciation having its adherents....
, Okehampton
Okehampton

Okehampton is a town and civil parish in Devon, England, at the northern edge of Dartmoor, on the River Okement. The border of the Dartmoor National Park is just south of the town....
, Tiverton, Totnes
Totnes

Totnes is a market town at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
Ashburton
Ashburton, Devon

Ashburton is a small town on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, adjacent to the A38 road Devon Expressway.It was formerly important as a stannary town , and remains the largest town within the National Park, with a population of around 3,500....
, Buckfastleigh
Buckfastleigh

Buckfastleigh is a small market town in Devon, England situated beside the Devon Expressway at the edge of the Dartmoor National Park. It is part of Teignbridge and South Hams District Council and lies within the Totnes Deanery....
, Budleigh Salterton
Budleigh Salterton

Budleigh Salterton is a small town on the south coast of Devon, England approximately 15 miles south of Exeter. It is situated within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty designated East Devon AONB....
, Crediton
Crediton

Crediton is a town in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. It stands on the A377 road Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road road to Tiverton, Devon, about north west of Exeter....
, Dawlish
Dawlish

Dawlish is a town on the south coast of Devon, England, 12 miles from the County town of Exeter, with a population of around 13,000 people. During the eighteenth century, it grew from a small fishing port to become a well-known seaside resort....
, Ilfracombe
Ilfracombe

Ilfracombe is a seaside resort and civil parish on the north coast of Devon, England with a small harbour, surrounded by cliffs. The town stretches along the coast from 'The Coastguard Cottages' in Hele Bay toward the east and 6 km along The Torrs to Lee Bay toward the west....
, Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge is a market town and popular tourist hub in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of about 5,800. It is situated at the northern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary, which is a textbook example of a ria and extends to the sea 6 miles south of the town....
, Lynton
Lynton

Lynton is a small village in Devon, England. It lies on the northern edge of Exmoor and is located at the top of a gorge above Lynmouth, to which it is connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway....
†, Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot

Newton Abbot is a market town in Devon, England on the River Teign, with a population of 23,580 .Newton Abbot has a Newton Abbot Racecourse and boasts three country parks: Decoy, Stover and Bradley....
, Northam
Northam, Devon

Northam is a small town in Devon, England, lying north of Bideford and south of Westward Ho!. It is thought to have been the site of an Anglo-Saxons castle, and is said to have been where Hubba the Dane attacked Devon and was repelled ....
, Ottery St. Mary, Salcombe
Salcombe

There is another town named Salcombe, also known as Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth in east Devon.Salcombe is a town in the South Hams district of Devon, south west England....
, Seaton
Seaton, Devon

Seaton is a seaside town in East Devon on the south coast of England.The town faces onto Lyme Bay, to the west of the mouth of the River Axe, Devon with red cliffs to one side and white cliffs on the other....
, Sidmouth
Sidmouth

Sidmouth is a small town on the English Channel coast in Devon, South West England England. The town lies at the mouth of the River Sid in the East Devon district, approximately south east of Exeter....
, Teignmouth
Teignmouth

Teignmouth is a town in Devon, England, situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign. In 1690, it was the last place in England to be invaded by a foreign power....
†Subsequently renamed Lynton and Lynmouth

Dorset
Dorset

Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Blandford Forum
Blandford Forum

Blandford Forum is a small historic market town on the River Stour, Dorset in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England noted for its Georgian architecture....
, Bridport
Bridport

Bridport is a town in Dorset, England. Located near the coast at the Western end of Chesil Beach at the confluence of the rivers Brit River and Asker River, it originally thrived as a fishing port and rope-making centre ....
, Dorchester, Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis is a coastal town in West Dorset, England, situated 25 miles west of Dorchester, Dorset and east of Exeter. The town lies in Lyme Bay, on the English Channel coast at the Dorset-Devon border....
, Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury is a town in North Dorset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Wiltshire border 20 miles west of Salisbury, Wiltshire. The town is built 750 foot above sea level on the side of a chalk and greensand hill, which is part of Cranborne Chase, the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset....
, Wareham
Wareham, Dorset

Wareham is a historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the England county of Dorset. The town is situated on the River Frome, Dorset eight miles south west of Poole....
 (as Wareham Lady St. Mary)
Portland
Isle of Portland

The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth, Dorset, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England....
, Sherborne
Sherborne

Sherborne is an affluent market town in north west Dorset, England. It's situated on the River Yeo and A30 road, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale six miles east of Yeovil....
, Swanage
Swanage

Swanage is a small coastal town in the south east of Dorset, England. It is situated at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck, approximately 10 kilometre south of Poole and 40 km east of Dorchester, Dorset....
, Wimborne Minster
Wimborne Minster

Wimborne Minster is a market town in the East Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town....


Durham
County Durham

County Durham is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in North East England England. The county town is Durham.The largest settlement in the county is the town of Darlington....

Urban Districts
Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle is a town in Teesdale, County Durham, England named after the Barnard Castle around which it grew up. It sits on the north side of the River Tees, opposite Startforth, south southwest of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, west of Middlesbrough and southeast of the county town of Durham....
, Brandon and Byshottles
Brandon and Byshottles

Brandon and Byshottles is a civil parish in the City of Durham district of County Durham, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 17,774....
, Shildon
Shildon

Shildon is a town in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the 2 miles south east of Bishop Auckland and 11 miles north of Darlington. It is 13 miles away from Durham, 23 from Sunderland and 23 miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyne....
, Spennymoor
Spennymoor

Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. It stands above the River Wear approximately seven miles south of Durham. The town was founded over 160 years ago....
, Tow Law
Tow Law

Tow Law is a town and civil parish in the Wear Valley district of County Durham, in England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,952....


East Sussex
East Sussex

East Sussex is a Counties of England in South East England England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey, Brighton and Hove and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Lewes
Lewes

Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England and gives its name to the Local government district in which it lies. The settlement has a long history as a bridging point and as a market town, and is today an important communications hub, and tourist-orientated town....
, Rye
Rye, East Sussex

The small town of Rye, in East Sussex, England, stands at the confluence of two rivers, although in medieval times, as an important member of the Cinque Ports, it was at the head of an embayment of the English Channel, almost entirely surrounded by the sea....
Newhaven
Newhaven, East Sussex

Newhaven is a town in the Lewes District of East Sussex in England. It lies at the mouth of the River Ouse, Sussex, on the English Channel coast, and is a ferry port for services to France....


Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Harwich
Harwich

Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district....
, Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located 12 miles north of Bishop's Stortford, 15 miles south of Cambridge and approx 35 miles north of London....
Brightlingsea
Brightlingsea

Brightlingsea is a coastal town in the Tendring district of Essex, roughly mid-way between Colchester and Clacton-on-Sea, situated at the mouth of the River Colne, on Brightlingsea Creek....
, Burnham-on-Crouch
Burnham-on-Crouch

Burnham-on-Crouch is a town in the Maldon of Essex in the East of England. It lies on the north bank of the River Crouch....
, Epping
Epping

.Epping is a small market town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. It is located north-east of Loughton, south of Harlow and north-west of Brentwood, Essex....
, Frinton and Walton
Frinton and Walton

Frinton and Walton is a civil parish and town in the Tendring district of Essex, England.It had a population of 19,039 according to the 2001 census....
, Halstead
Halstead

Halstead is a rural town located in Essex, England, near Colchester and Sudbury, Suffolk. The town is situated in the River Colne, Essex Valley, and originally developed on the hill to the north of the river....
, Waltham Holy Cross renamed Waltham Abbey, West Mersea
West Mersea

West Mersea is a small town in the Colchester borough of Essex in the East of England. It is the larger of two settlements on Mersea Island, located south east of Colchester....
, Wivenhoe
Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe is a town in northeastern Essex in the East of England. Historically Wivenhoe village, on the banks of the River Colne, and Wivenhoe Cross, on the higher ground to the north, were two separate settlements but with considerable development in the 19th century the two have merged....


Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury is a town in Gloucestershire, England. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, Warwickshire, and also minor tributaries the Swilgate and Carrant Brook....
Cirencester
Cirencester

Cirencester is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in Cotswold ....
, Nailsworth
Nailsworth

Nailsworth is a town in Gloucestershire, England, lying in one of the Stroud Valleys in the Cotswolds. It has a population of around 6,600 people and lies on the A46 road....


Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Metropolitan Borough of...

Urban Districts
Blackrod
Blackrod

Blackrod is a town and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. It is north-northeast of Wigan and west of Bolton, and, according to the United Kingdom Census 2001, has a population of 5,300....
, Horwich
Horwich

Horwich is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Chorley, northwest of Bolton and northwest from the city of Manchester....
, Saddleworth
Saddleworth

Saddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It comprises several villages and Hamlet amongst the Saddleworth Moor of the Pennines: Uppermill, Greenfield, Greater Manchester, Delph, Diggle, Greater Manchester and others....


Hampshire
Hampshire

Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Romsey
Romsey

Romsey is a small market town in the county of Hampshire, England.It is 8 miles northwest of Southampton and 11 miles south-west of Winchester....
Alton
Alton, Hampshire

Alton is a small market town in Hampshire, England, to the southwest of Farnham, Surrey. It had a population of 16,584 at the 1991 census, and is administered by East Hampshire district council....
, Petersfield
Petersfield, Hampshire

Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 17 miles north of Portsmouth, on the A3 road....


Hereford and Worcester
Hereford and Worcester

Hereford and Worcester was an England non-metropolitan county created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 from the area of the former Administrative counties of England of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire and the county borough of Worcester....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Bewdley
Bewdley

Bewdley is a small town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest of Worcestershire, England, along the Severn Valley a few miles to the west of Kidderminster....
, Droitwich
Droitwich Spa

Droitwich Spa is a town in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe and has a population of 22,585 . The town is situated on massive deposits of salt, and salt has been extracted there since ancient times....
†, Evesham
Evesham

Evesham is a middle-sized, rural market town in Worcestershire, UK in the Local Authority District of Wychavon.Roughly equidistant between Worcester, England, Cheltenham, and Stratford-upon-Avon, it was originally built within a loop of the River Avon, Warwickshire, which flows through the Vale of Evesham....
, Leominster
Leominster

Leominster is a market town at in Herefordshire, England. It has a population of approximately 11,000 and is on the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater in North Herefordshire....
Kington
Kington, Herefordshire

Kington is an historic market town and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,597....
, Ross-on-Wye
Ross-on-Wye

Ross-on-Wye is a small market town with a population of 10,089 in southeastern Herefordshire, England, located on the River Wye, Wales, and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean....
, Stourport-on-Severn
Stourport-on-Severn

Stourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest of north Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the south of Kidderminster....
† Subsequently renamed Droitwich Spa
Droitwich Spa

Droitwich Spa is a town in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe and has a population of 22,585 . The town is situated on massive deposits of salt, and salt has been extracted there since ancient times....


Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Hertford
Hertford

Hertford is the affluent county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. Forming a civil parish, it has a population today of about 24,180 and boasts a wide selection of boutiques, bars and cafes....
Berkhamstead, Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford

Bishop's Stortford is a market town in east Hertfordshire, England, on the county boundary with Essex. It is situated just west of the M11 motorway, is the closest town to London Stansted Airport, and is part of the London commuter belt....
, Chorleywood
Chorleywood

Chorleywood is a town in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. It had a population of 6,814 people at the United Kingdom Census 2001....
, Harpenden
Harpenden

Harpenden is a town in the City and District of St Albans of Hertfordshire in the South East England. It lies on the A1081 road, north of St Albans....
, Royston
Royston, Hertfordshire

Royston is a town and civil parish in the districts of england of North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England. It is situated slightly west of the Greenwich Meridian, and at the northernmost apex of the county on the same latitude of towns such as Milton Keynes and Felixstowe....
, Sawbridgeworth
Sawbridgeworth

Sawbridgeworth is a small, mainly residential, town in Hertfordshire, England....
, Tring
Tring

Tring is a small market town in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England. Situated 30 miles north-west of London and linked to London by the old Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41 road, by the Grand Union Canal and by rail lines to Euston station, Tring is now largely a commuter town in the London commuter belt....
, Ware
Ware

Ware is a town of around 18,000 people in Hertfordshire, England, close to Hertford ....


Humberside
Humberside

Humberside was a non-metropolitan county of England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of two halves either side of the Humber estuary, created using part of the East Riding of Yorkshire and West Riding of Yorkshires of Yorkshire and Lindsey....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Hedon
Hedon

Hedon is a small town and civil parish in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately east of Kingston upon Hull city centre....
Barton-upon-Humber
Barton-upon-Humber

Barton-upon-Humber or Barton is a small town in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England located on the south bank of the River Humber, and at the end of the Humber Bridge....
, Brigg
Brigg

Brigg in North Lincolnshire, England, is a small market town on the River Ancholme with a population of 5,076 in 2,213 households ....
, Hornsea
Hornsea

Hornsea is a small seaside resort town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England at the eastern end of the Trans Pennine Trail. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 Hornsea parish had a population of 8,243....


Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight is an England island and county, located 3-8 km from the south coast of the mainland, in the English Channel. It is situated south of the county of Hampshire and is separated from mainland Britain by the Solent....

Urban Districts
Ventnor
Ventnor

Ventnor is a seaside resort and civil parish established in the Victorian era on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England....


Kent
Kent

Kent is a Counties of England in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Faversham
Faversham

Faversham is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury. The parish of Faversham includes an ancient sea port and market town, some 48 miles east of London, off the London to Dover A2 road , 18 miles east north-east of Maidstone and 9 miles west of Canterbury....
, Hythe
Hythe, Kent

Hythe is a small coastal market town on the edge of Romney Marsh, in the District of Shepway on the south coast of Kent. The word Hythe or Hithe is an Old English word meaning Haven or Landing Place....
, Lydd
Lydd

Lydd is a town in Kent, England, lying on the Romney Marsh. It is one of the larger towns on the Marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent. Actually located on Denge Marsh, Lydd was one of the first sandy islands to form as the bay evolved into what is now called the Romney Marsh....
, New Romney
New Romney

New Romney is a small town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea. New Romney was once a sea port, with the harbour adjacent to the church, but is now over a mile from the sea ....
, Sandwich
Sandwich, Kent

Sandwich is a historic town in Kent, south-east England. It was one of the Cinque Ports and still has many original medieval buildings. While once a major port, it is now two miles from the sea, its historic centre preserved.....
, Tenterden
Tenterden

Tenterden is a small town in the Ashford District of Kent, England. It stands on the edge of the Weald, overlooking the valley of the River Rother ....
Broadstairs and St Peter's, Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks is a town situated in the west of Kent, England. It gives its name to the Sevenoaks , of which it is the principal town, and lies 21.5 miles south-east of the centre of London, at the southern end of one of the principal commuter rail lines from the capital....
, Southborough
Southborough, Kent

Southborough is a civil parish, with the title of town in the Tunbridge Wells , in Kent, England. It lies immediately to the north of Royal Tunbridge Wells itself, with the A26 road passing through it....
, Swanscombe
Swanscombe

Swanscombe is a small town, part of the Borough of Dartford on the north Kent coast in England. It is part of the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe....


Lancashire
Lancashire

Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Clitheroe
Clitheroe

Clitheroe is a town and civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It lies on the southern edge of the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for tourists in the area....
Adlington
Adlington, Lancashire

Adlington is a town in Lancashire, England near the West Pennine Moors and the larger town of Chorley. It became a separate parish in 1842 then grew into a town around the textile and coal mine industries until these closed in the 1960s....
, Carnforth
Carnforth

Carnforth is a small town near Lancaster, Lancashire in the north of Lancashire, England, situated at the north-east end of Morecambe Bay, by the River Keer....
, Part of Golborne
Golborne

Golborne is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.It lies south-southeast of Wigan, northeast of Warrington and to the west of the city of Manchester....
 (Culcheth and Newchurch wards) as Culcheth and Glazebury
Culcheth and Glazebury

Culcheth and Glazebury is a civil parish within the Unitary Authority of Warrington Borough in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England....
 (in Cheshire), Kirkham
Kirkham, Lancashire

Kirkham, or as it once was known, Kirkam-in-Amounderness is a town in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England, midway between Blackpool and Preston ....
, Longridge
Longridge

Longridge is a small town and civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. It is situated at the western end of Longridge Fell, a long ridge above the River Ribble, several miles north-east of the city of Preston....
, Preesall
Preesall

Preesall is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. The parish covers the eastern bank of the estuary of the River Wyre, including Knott End, Pilling Lane and the village of Preesall itself....
, Part of Turton
Turton, Lancashire

Turton was a township and later civil parish and local government district in Lancashire, England. Its former area is now divided, with North Turton being part of the Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, and South Turton being part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester....
 to be Turton North
North Turton

North Turton is a civil parish of the Unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 the civil parish has a population of 3,736....
, Whitworth
Whitworth, Lancashire

Whitworth is a village and civil parish within the Rossendale in Lancashire, England. It is set amongst the foothills of the Pennines, between the towns of Bacup, to the north, and Rochdale, to the south....
, Withnell
Withnell

Withnell is a civil parish of the Chorley , in Lancashire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,631. Withnell is about five miles north-east of Chorley itself and about away from Blackburn....


Leicestershire
Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Hall, situated in Glenfield, Leicestershire, about 3 miles northwest of Leicester city centre, is the seat of Leicestershire County Council and the headquarters of the county authority....

Urban Districts
Ashby de la Zouch, Ashby Woulds
Ashby Woulds

Ashby Woulds is a civil parish in Leicestershire, England. It is in the North West Leicestershire district, to the west of Ashby de la Zouch. The main settlements in the parish are Norris Hill and Moira, Leicestershire....
, Oakham
Oakham

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Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a Counties of England in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire....

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Louth
Louth, Lincolnshire

Louth is a market town within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. ...
, Stamford
Stamford, Lincolnshire

Stamford is an ancient town located approximately 100 miles to the north of London, just off the A1, which was the old Great North Road leading to York and Edinburgh....
,
Alford
Alford, Lincolnshire

Alford is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of about 2,700. Alford lies at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds, north-west of Skegness....
, Bourne
Bourne, Lincolnshire

Bourne is a market town and civil parish on the western edge of the The Fens, in the South Kesteven in southern Lincolnshire, England. The town owes its origin to the Roman road upon which it was built, and also to the exceptionally fine-quality water supply derived locally from natural springs....
, Horncastle, Mablethorpe and Sutton
Mablethorpe and Sutton

Mablethorpe and Sutton is a civil parish and town in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. It is on the North Sea coast and includes Mablethorpe, Trusthorpe, Sutton-on-Sea and Sandilands along with the inland village of Thorpe, Lincolnshire....
, Market Rasen
Market Rasen

Market Rasen is a town and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the River Rase northeast of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, east of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire and southwest of Grimsby....
, Skegness
Skegness

Skegness is a Seaside resort and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Located along the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, it is east of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, and has a total resident population of 18,910....
, Sleaford
Sleaford

Sleaford is a town within the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is thirteen miles northeast of Grantham and seventeen miles west of Boston, Lincolnshire, and had a total resident population of around 14,500 in 6,167 households at the time of the 2001 census....
, Woodhall Spa
Woodhall Spa

Woodhall Spa is a civil parish and village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England about 10 km south-west of Horncastle, Lincolnshire....


Merseyside
Merseyside

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. Taking its name from the River Mersey, the title "Merseyside" came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974, after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, and the county consists of five metropolitan boroughs adjoining the Mersey estuary,...

Urban Districts
Part of Ashton-in-Makerfield
Ashton-in-Makerfield

Ashton-in-Makerfield is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies in the region known as Makerfield, south of Wigan, north-northwest of Warrington, and west of the city of Manchester....
 to be Seneley Green, Part of Billinge and Winstanley
Billinge and Winstanley Urban District

Billinge was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the Administrative counties of England of Lancashire, England.The Billinge urban district was created in 1894 by the Local Government Act 1894, consisting of the parishes of Billinge, Merseyside, Higher End and Winstanley, Greater Manchester....
 to be Billinge Chapel End, Rainford
Rainford

Rainford is a village and civil parish within Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. It is around north of St Helens, Merseyside....


Norfolk
Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying Counties of England in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Thetford
Thetford

Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland area of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just south of Thetford Forest....
Cromer
Cromer

Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in the north of the England county of Norfolk. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters are in Holt Road in the town....
, Diss
Diss

Diss is a town in Norfolk, England close to the border with the neighbouring East Anglian county of Suffolk.It lies in the valley of the River Waveney, around a Mere that covers 6 acres ....
, Downham Market
Downham Market

Downham Market, also known simply as Downham, is a town and civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. It lies on the edge of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, some 1 E4 m south of the town of King's Lynn, 1 E4 m west of the city of Norwich and the same distance north of the city of Cambridge....
, East Dereham, Hunstanton
Hunstanton

Hunstanton, often pronounced by locals as , also known colloquially to locals as 'Sunny Hunny', is a seaside resort in Norfolk, England, facing The Wash....
, North Walsham
North Walsham

North Walsham is a market town and civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. It is within the North Norfolk district, and is situated some 1 E4 m south of Cromer and the same distance north of Wroxham....
, Sheringham
Sheringham

Sheringham is a seaside town in Norfolk, England, located west of Cromer.Historically, the parish of Sheringham comprised the two villages of Upper Sheringham, a farming community, and Lower Sheringham, which combined farming with fishing....
, Swaffham
Swaffham

Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. The town is situated 1 E4 m east of King's Lynn and 1 E4 m west of Norwich....
, Wells-next-the-Sea
Wells-next-the-Sea

Wells-next-the-Sea, known locally simply as Wells, is a town, civil parish and seaport situated on the North Norfolk coast in England.The civil parish has an area of 16.31 km? and in the United Kingdom Census 2001 had a population of 2,451 in 1,205 households....
, Wymondham
Wymondham

Wymondham is an historic market town and civil parish in the England county of Norfolk. It lies 9 miles to the south west of the city of Norwich, England, on the A11 road to Thetford, Norfolk and London....


North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a shire county or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial counties of England in that region and also partly in North East England....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Richmond
Richmond, North Yorkshire

Richmond is a market town on the River Swale in North Yorkshire, England and is the administrative centre of the district of Richmondshire. Situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, it is a popular tourist destination, with a total population of 8970....
, Ripon
Ripon

Ripon is a cathedral city, market town and civil parish within the Harrogate , in North Yorkshire, England. It is located at the confluence of the Laver and Skell streams, which flow into the River Ure, south-west of Thirsk, south of Northallerton and north of Harrogate....
,
Filey
Filey

Filey is a small town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Scarborough and is located between Scarborough, North Yorkshire and Bridlington on the North Sea coast....
, Knaresborough
Knaresborough

Knaresborough is an historic market town and spa town in the Harrogate , North Yorkshire, England, located on the River Nidd, four miles east of Harrogate....
, Malton
Malton, North Yorkshire

Malton is a market town in North Yorkshire, England. The town is the location of the offices of Ryedale District Council and has a population of around 4,000 people....
, Northallerton
Northallerton

Northallerton is a market town in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Mowbray and at the northern end of the Vale of York....
, Norton, Pickering
Pickering, North Yorkshire

Pickering is an ancient market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park....
, Scalby, Selby
Selby

Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby ....
, Skipton
Skipton

Skipton is a civil parish and historic market town in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is a popular tourist destination in its own right, as well as being a convenient base for visitors to the Yorkshire Dales ....
, Whitby
Whitby

Whitby is a town and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire on the north-east coast of England. Nowadays it is a fishing port and tourist destination....


Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the England East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the United Kingdom Census 2001....

BoroughsUrban Districts
Brackley
Brackley

Brackley is a town in South Northamptonshire Northamptonshire, England. In the 2001 census Brackley had a population of 13,331. Historically a market town based on the wool and lace trade, it was built on the intersecting trade routes from London to Birmingham and Cambridge to Oxford....
, Higham Ferrers
Higham Ferrers

Higham Ferrers is a market town in east Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, adjacent to Rushden to the south. The de Ferrers family were former Lords of the Manor....
Burton Latimer
Burton Latimer

Burton Latimer is a town in Northamptonshire, England, with a population in 2001 of 6,740. It is just south of the junction of the A6 road and A14 road in the borough of Kettering ....
, Desborough
Desborough

Desborough is a town in Northamptonshire, England. It is one of the founding 12 members of the Charter of European Communities and through this has links with 24 other EU members....
, Irthlingborough
Irthlingborough

Irthlingborough is a small town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England with a population of around 9,000 people. It is the smallest town in England to have possessed a league football team, Rushden & Diamonds F.C.....
, Oundle
Oundle

Oundle is an ancient market town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 5,345 . It is 80 miles north of London and 12 miles southwest of Peterborough....
, Raunds
Raunds

Raunds is a small market town in rural Northamptonshire, England. It has a population of 8,275 , is a civil parish, and is part of the East Northamptonshire district....
, Rothwell
Rothwell, Northamptonshire

Rothwell is a Market town in Northamptonshire. It is near to the town of Desborough and the larger town of Kettering. It is twinned with the French town of Drou?....


Northumberland
Northumberland

Northumberland is a Counties of England in the North East England of England. The non-metropolitan counties of England of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of Nort...

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Alnwick
Alnwick

Alnwick is a small market town in north Northumberland, England. It serves as the administrative centre for the Alnwick local government district, and had a population of 31,029 at the time of the 2001 census....
, Amble
Amble

Amble is a small town and seaport on the North Sea coast, in Northumberland, England. It lies at the mouth of the River Coquet, and the nearby Coquet Island, England is clearly visible from its beaches and harbour....
, Hexham
Hexham

 Hexham is a market town in Northumberland, England, located south of the River Tyne. Hexham is the administrative centre for the Tynedale district, although in terms of population, Prudhoe is now Tynedale's largest town....
, Prudhoe
Prudhoe

 Prudhoe is a small town in the southern part of the England county of Northumberland in the district of Tynedale, close to the border with Tyne and Wear and just south of the River Tyne....


Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is an Counties of England in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. The county town is traditionally Nottingham, though the council is now based in West Bridgford, a suburb of Greater Nottingham ....

Urban Districts
Eastwood
Eastwood, Nottinghamshire

Eastwood is a former coal mining town in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England. With a population of over 18,000, it is 8 miles northwest of Nottingham, and 10 miles northeast of Derby, on the border between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire....
, Warsop
Warsop

Warsop is a civil parish in the Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England, located on the outskirts of Sherwood Forest. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 12,365....


Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in the South East England region, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire....

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Abingdon, Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Chipping Norton is a town in the Cotswold Hills in Oxfordshire, England, about southwest of Banbury. It is the highest town above Elevation in Oxfordshire....
, Henley-on-Thames
Henley-on-Thames

Henley-on-Thames is a town on the north side of the River Thames in south Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and north-east from Reading, Berkshire, 10 miles upstream and west from Maidenhead, England....
, Wallingford
Wallingford

Wallingford is a small market town and civil parish in the upper Thames Valley in Oxfordshire, England....
, Woodstock
Woodstock, Oxfordshire

Woodstock is a small town in Oxfordshire, England which is home to Blenheim Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where Winston Churchill was born in 1874....
Bicester
Bicester

Bicester is a town and civil parish in the Cherwell of north-eastern Oxfordshire in England.This historic market centre is one of the fastest growing towns in Oxfordshire....
, Thame
Thame

Thame is a town in Oxfordshire about southwest of Aylesbury. It derives its Toponymy from the River Thame which flows past the north side of the town....
, Wantage
Wantage

Wantage is a town and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, near the Thames Valley, in the England county of Oxfordshire , and approximately south-southwest of Oxford....
, Witney
Witney

Witney is a town with a population of 22,765 at the 2001 census in Oxfordshire, England, 12 miles west of Oxford and just north of the A40 road trunk road....


Salop
Shropshire

Shropshire , alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated, in print only, Shrops, is a Counties of England in the West Midlands of England....
 (Shropshire)

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Newport
Newport, Shropshire

Newport is a market town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and Ceremonial counties of England of Shropshire, England and the historic country of Mercia, Near where the Wreocens?te capital the Wrekin was situated, which is some miles north in Telford....


Somerset
Somerset

Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....

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Chard
Chard, Somerset

Chard is a town and civil parish in the county Somerset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Devon border, south west of Yeovil. The parish has a population of approximately 12,000 and, at an altitude of , is the highest town in Somerset and also the southernmost....
, Glastonbury
Glastonbury

Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town has a population of 8,800....
, Wells
Burnham-on-Sea
Burnham-on-Sea

Burnham-on-Sea is a town in Somerset, England, at the mouth of the River Parrett and Bridgwater Bay. Burnham remained a small village until the late 18th century, but is now a popular seaside resort....
†, Crewkerne
Crewkerne

Crewkerne is a town in Somerset, England, situated south west of Yeovil and east of Chard, Somerset in the South Somerset district. The town lies on the River Parrett, A30 road and West of England Main Line railway....
, Frome
Frome

Frome is a medium-sized town and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The town is approximately south of Bath, Somerset, and located at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills....
, Ilminster
Ilminster

Ilminster is a country town and civil parish in the countryside of south west Somerset, England, with a population of 4,781. Bypassed a few years ago, the town now lies just east of the intersection of the A303 road and the A358 road ....
, Shepton Mallet
Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet is a small rural town and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. It contains the administrative headquarters of Mendip District Council....
, Street
Street, Somerset

Street is a village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England, situated on a dry spot in the Somerset Levels, at the end of the Polden Hills, two miles south-west of Glastonbury....
, Watchet
Watchet

Watchet is a harbour town and civil parish in the England Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset, with an approximate population of 4,400. It is situated west of Bridgwater, north-west of Taunton, and east of Minehead....
, Wellington
Wellington, Somerset

Wellington is a small industrial town in rural Somerset, England, situated seven miles south west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district, near the border with Devon, which runs along the Blackdown Hills to the south of the town....
† Subsequently renamed Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge

South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....

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Penistone
Penistone

Penistone is a small market town and civil parish in the Barnsley , in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of 10,101 at the 2001 census....
, Stocksbridge
Stocksbridge

Stocksbridge is a small town and civil parish in the City of Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of 13,663. It lies just to the east of the Peak District....
, Tickhill
Tickhill

Tickhill is a small town in the Doncaster , on the border with Nottinghamshire....


Staffordshire
Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest, England lies within its borders....

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Biddulph
Biddulph

Biddulph is a town in Staffordshire, England, just north of Stoke-on-Trent and near to Congleton, Cheshire.Biddulph is a town steeped in history and within the bowl created by the ridges of Mow Cop and Biddulph Moor, there are ancient burial mounds; evidence of the English Civil War; the bubonic plague; Black Bull Colliery; tombs of possibl...
, Kidsgrove
Kidsgrove

Kidsgrove is a town in the Newcastle-under-Lyme , Staffordshire, England, near the border with Cheshire. It forms part of The Potteries Urban Area in North Staffordshire, along with Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme....
, Leek
Leek, Staffordshire

Leek is a market town in the county of Staffordshire, England, on the River Churnet. It is an ancient borough and was granted its royal charter in 1214....
, Stone
Stone, Staffordshire

Stone is an old market town in Staffordshire, England, situated about seven miles north of Stafford, and around seven miles south of the city of Stoke-on-Trent....
, Uttoxeter
Uttoxeter

Uttoxeter is a small market town in East Staffordshire Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. The current population is approximately 12,000, though new developments in the town will increase this figure....


Suffolk
Suffolk

Suffolk is a Non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south....

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Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh

Aldeburgh is a picturesque coastal town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. Located on the Alde river at 52? 9' North, 1? 36' East, the town is notable for its Blue Flag beach shingle beach and fisherman huts , its proximity to Thorpeness village and boating mere and golf courses at Aldeburgh, Thorpeness and Ufford Park....
, Beccles
Beccles

Beccles is a market town and civil parish in the Waveney of Suffolk, England, within an area known as The Broads. The town is shown on the milestone as from London via the A145 Blythburgh and A12 road , northeast of London as the crow flies, southeast of Norwich, and north northeast of the county town of Ipswich....
, Eye
Eye, Suffolk

Eye is a small market town in the county of Suffolk, East Anglia, England, south of Diss, and on the River Dove, Suffolk.Eye is twinned with the town of Pouzauges in the Vendee Departement of France...
, Southwold
Southwold

Southwold is a seaside town in the Waveney district of Suffolk, East Anglia, England, at the mouth of the River Blyth, Suffolk within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB....
, Sudbury
Sudbury, Suffolk

Sudbury is a small, ancient market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, Suffolk, 15 miles from Colchester and 60 miles from London....
,
Bungay
Bungay, Suffolk

Bungay is a small town in Suffolk , within The Broads National Park. It lies in the Waveney valley, about 7 km west of Beccles....
, Felixstowe
Felixstowe

Felixstowe is a seaside resort on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest Containerization port in the United Kingdom and is owned by Hutchinson Ports UK....
, Hadleigh
Hadleigh

Hadleigh is an ancient market town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. Guthrum, King of the Danes, is said to be buried in the grounds of St. Mary Church in the town....
, Halesworth
Halesworth

Halesworth is a small market town in the north east corner of Suffolk, England. It is located south west of Lowestoft, and straddles the River Blyth, Suffolk, nine miles upstream from Southwold....
, Leiston-cum-Sizewell renamed Leiston
Leiston

Leiston is a town in Suffolk, in the United Kingdom. It is situated near Saxmundham and Aldeburgh, about 2? miles from the North Sea coast, and is 90 miles north-east from London....
, Saxmundham
Saxmundham

Saxmundham is a small market town in Suffolk, England. It is set in the valley of the River Fromus, a tributary of the River Alde, approximately 18 miles north east of Ipswich and five miles west of the coast at Sizewell....
, Stowmarket
Stowmarket

Stowmarket is a small market town situated in Suffolk, England, on the busy A14 road trunk road between Bury St Edmunds to the West and Ipswich to the South-East....
, Woodbridge
Woodbridge, Suffolk

Woodbridge is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. It is in the East of England, not far from the coast. It lies along the River Deben, with a population of about 7,480 although this seems larger due to the number of surrounding villages....


Surrey
Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....

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Godalming
Godalming

Godalming is a town in the Waverley, Surrey district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous stockbroker belt commuter town for London....
Haslemere
Haslemere

Haslemere is a town in Surrey, England, close to the border with both Hampshire and West Sussex. The major road between London and Portsmouth, the A3 road , lies to the west, and a branch of the River Wey to the south....

Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in North East England England around the mouths of the Rivers River Tyne and River Wear. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

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Hetton
Hetton-le-Hole

Hetton-le-Hole is a village/town and civil parish situated between County Durham and the City of Sunderland, England. It is on the A182 road between Houghton-le-Spring and Easington, County Durham....


Warwickshire
Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton in the far north of the county....

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Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, Warwickshire, south east of Birmingham and south west of the county town, Warwick....
 renamed Stratford, Warwick
Warwick

Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, Warwickshire, 18 km south of Coventry and 4 km west of Leamington Spa , with a population of 25,434 .....
Kenilworth
Kenilworth

Kenilworth is a town in central Warwickshire, England. In United Kingdom Census 2001 the town had a population of 22,582 . It is situated 10 km south of Coventry, 10 km north of Warwick and 145 km northwest of London....


West Sussex
West Sussex

West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial counties of England until 1974 and the coming into force of the Local Government...

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Arundel
Arundel

Arundel is a market town and civil parish in the South Downs of West Sussex in the south of England. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester....
, Chichester
Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city status in the United Kingdom in West Sussex, England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Ancient Rome past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings....
Burgess Hill
Burgess Hill

Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex. Located 38 miles  south of London, 10 miles  north of Brighton and Hove, and 29&n...
, East Grinstead
East Grinstead

East Grinstead is a town and civil parish in the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex, West Sussex in England near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders....
, Littlehampton
Littlehampton

Littlehampton is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, located on the east bank at the mouth of the River Arun....


West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....

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Todmorden
Todmorden

Todmorden is a market town and civil parish, within the Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Upper Calder Valley and has a total population of 11,826....
Denby Dale
Denby Dale

Denby Dale is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England, to the South East of Huddersfield....
, Denholme
Denholme

Denholme is a small town and civil parish in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is about eight miles west of Bradford. Seven miles from Keighley and roughly the same distance from Halifax, West Yorkshire....
, Featherstone
Featherstone

Featherstone is a town in the City of Wakefield district, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies south-west of Pontefract and has a population of 16,375....
, Hebden Royd
Hebden Royd

Hebden Royd is a civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 9,092....
, Hemsworth
Hemsworth

Hemsworth is a small town on the edge of West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield.It was a one-industry town, where coal mining employed the vast majority of residents, and the closure of the pits under Conservative Party governments led to huge levels of unemployment and deprivation in th...
, Holmfirth
Holmfirth

Holmfirth is a small town located on the A6024 road in the Holme Valley, within the Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. centred upon the confluence of the River Holme and the River Ribble, West Yorkshire, Holmfirth is six miles south of Huddersfield, and broadly consists of stone-built cottages nestled in the Pennines....
†, Ilkley
Ilkley

Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, in the North of England England. Ilkley civil parish includes the adjacent village of Ben Rhydding and is a ward within the City of Bradford....
, Kirkburton
Kirkburton

Kirkburton is a village, civil parish and local government ward in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England, lying five miles southeast of Huddersfield, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees....
, Meltham
Meltham

Meltham is a small town and civil parish within the Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Holme Valley, below Wessenden Moor, four and a half miles south-west of Huddersfield on the edge of the Peak District....
, Normanton
Normanton, West Yorkshire

Normanton is a town and civil parish within the City of Wakefield of West Yorkshire, England. It is northeast of Wakefield and southwest of Castleford, and at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, the population of Normanton was given as 14,958....
, Otley
Otley

Otley is a market town and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Wharfe. Historic counties of England a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town has a total resident population of 14,348....
, Ripponden
Ripponden

Ripponden is a village and civil parish within the Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England, near Halifax, West Yorkshire, on the River Ryburn. It is the site of a Roman settlement, and there is a Roman Road over nearby Blackstone Edge, a rocky ridge of millstone grit....
, Silsden
Silsden

Silsden is a town and civil parish situated in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the northern slope of the River Aire river valley between Keighley and Skipton....
† Subsequently renamed Holme Valley
Holme Valley

Holme Valley is a large civil parish in the Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 25,049 . Its administrative centre is in Holmfirth....
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Wiltshire
Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....

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Calne
Calne

Calne is a town in central Wiltshire, England. It is situated at the southern extreme of the county's North Wiltshire local government district and at the northwestern extremity of the North Wessex Downs hill range, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
, Devizes
Devizes

Devizes is a small market town and civil parish in the heart of the England county of Wiltshire, in the southern United Kingdom....
, Malmesbury
Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Malmesbury is a south Cotswolds town and civil parish in south west England in the county of Wiltshire. The town is close to Cirencester, Chippenham, Wiltshire and Swindon and surrounded by rivers on three sides....
, Marlborough
Marlborough

Marlborough is a market town in the England county of Wiltshire on the A4 road , the old main road from London to Bath, Somerset....
, Wilton
Wilton, Wiltshire

Wilton is a town in Wiltshire, , England, with a rich heritage dating back to the Anglo-Saxons. Today it is dwarfed by its larger and more famous neighbour, Salisbury, but still has a range of notable shops and attractions, including Wilton House....
Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham
Melksham

Melksham is a medium-sized English town, lying on the Bristol Avon. It lies in the north of the West Wiltshire district, in the county of Wiltshire....
, Trowbridge
Trowbridge

Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England, situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, approximately 12 miles southeast of Bath, Somerset....
, Warminster
Warminster

Warminster is a town in western Wiltshire, England, by-passed by the A36 road, and near Frome, Somerset and Westbury, Wiltshire. It has a population of about 17,000 and is part of the West Wiltshire district....
, Westbury
Westbury, Wiltshire

Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the England county of Wiltshire, most famous for the Westbury White Horse....