15 March, 2011

Places (UK) (1)

Cardiff
1. very recommend site: http://www.heritagecities.com/ (Britain's Heritage cities)
* Bath
* Canterbury
* Chester
* Durham
* Lincoln
* Oxford
London
* Stratford
* York
2. oldukphotos.com (Westminster abbey; Big Ben; etc.)
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* Fraserburgh (Scots: The Broch):
- is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
- Fraserburgh Academy
• Wisdom is the Key to Life.
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Dover - Calais
* Stamford, Lincolnshire (The finest stone town in England):
- The town of Stamford is situated 100 miles north of London, just off the A1, which was the old Great North Road leading to York and Edinburgh. (source: stamford.co.uk)
- A brief history of Stamford, Lincolnshire
- Stamford, Lincolnshire (travel photos)
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* Northumbria:
- @England's North East region (englandsnortheast.co.uk) (Hisrory of Northumbria)
- Borderlands: Northumberland
Elvet Bridge, Durham,
North East England
- tartan pattern
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* Canterbury (shire county: Kent) is an historic English cathedral city.
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* Dover:
- Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England.The surrounding chalk cliffs have become known as the White cliffs of Dover, and the narrow sea passage nearby – the Strait of Dover.
White cliffs of Dover
- Dover Castle -- Guardian of the 'Gateway to England'
- Dover Castle is one of the largest castles in England, proudly standing on top of the White Cliffs, overlooking busy port of Dover. The castle guards the shortest crossing point to continental Europe. (It is only 21 miles (34 km) between Dover and France.)
- History of Dover Castle (chiddingstone.kent.sch.uk)
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* Peterborough (Cambridgeshire, England, UK)
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Durham Cathedral
* Ely, Cambridgeshire, England:
- Ely Cathedral church
- www.emersonkent.com
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* Durham /ˈdʌrəm/ /ˈdʊrəm/: -- North East England
- (thisisdurham.com - tourism website)
- Durham is a city in the North East of England.
- Durham castle, Durham Cathedral, Elvet bridge, river Wear.
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* York:
- Yorkshire (HQ: York) is the largest county in United Kingdom.
Ely Cathedral
- York Minster
- York attractions list (britainexpress.com)
- York360.co.uk - old postcards of York
- yorkshire-england.co.uk The city of York ♥
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* Exeter - South West of England:
- Exeter is a city in Devon, England. The city is on the River Exe, about 60km northeast of Plymouth, and about 110km southwest of Bristol.
- Exeter - Capital city of Devon (exeter-devon.co.uk)
Burghley House,
Stamford, Lincolnshire
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* Herefordshire - a county in the West Midlands region of England.

- HQ: Hereford
- beef: Probably Hereford's most famous export is its beef cattle - Hereford cattle.
* Hereford is a cathedral city. It lies on the River Wye, approx. 26km east of the border with Wales.
- River Wye; Wye Bridge
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map Saxons
* Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is the second largest town in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, after Telford. It lies on the River Severn.
- Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury on 12 February 1809 at The Mount House.
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* Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. It lies on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales.
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* Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England.
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* Hampshire:
Canterbury Cathedral
- Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England, UK.
- HQ: Hampshire's county town is Winchester.
- The port cities: Southampton, Portsmouth
- Winchester Cathedral
- Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
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* The New Forest, Hampshire, England.
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* Alnwick is a small market town in north Northumberland, England.
Westminster Abbey
at night
- Alnwick castle is the second largest inhabited castle in England after Windsor Castle, and has been home of the Earls and Dukes of Northumberland since 1309. It has featured in many film and television productions over the years, and was seen recently in 'Elizabeth', 'Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves' and 'Robin of Sherwood'. The castle grounds are used as the location for some of Hogwarts' exteriors, for example the scene where Harry and his classmates have their first flying lesson with broomsticks (The movie Harry Potter). (exteriors: ngoại cảnh)
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* Devizes:
- Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The town is about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Chippenham and about 11 miles (18 km) east of Trowbridge.
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Battle Abbey
* Salisbury:
- Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire - South West England, and the only city in the county.
- Wiltshire has so many places of interest, e.g. Stonehenge (located about 13 km north of Salisbury).
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* Evesham:
- Evesham is a market town and a civil parish in the Local Authority District of Wychavon in the county of Worcestershire (West Midlands region), England.
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* Marlborough:
crop circle, Devizes,
England, 1999
- Marlborough is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire (region: South West of England) on the Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath. It is reputed to have one of the widest high streets in Britain, second only to Stockton-on-Tees.
- Marlborough market
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* Lewes:
- Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, South East of England.
- Lewes castle
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Salisbury Cathedral
* Gwynedd (Wales):
- Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd.
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* Woodstock, Oxfordshire:
- Woodstock is a small town 13 km northwest of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. It is the location of Blenheim Palace. Blenheim Palace is a country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the only non-royal non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace.
Yorkshire flag
- Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace in 1874 and is buried in the nearby village of Bladon.
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* Montgomery, Powys, Wales:
- Welcome to Montgomery (montgomery-powys.co.uk): There are many towns and cities all over the globe which are proud to be called Montgomery, the capital of the State of Alabama in the USA is probably the most populous and Sainte Foy de Montgommery or Saint Germain de Montgommery in  Basse-Normandie may be the oldest, but this web site is dedicated to Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, a historically important little town (call it a village and you will be hounded by the Town Council for ever) situated deep in the Welsh Marches, the border country between  Wales and England (21 miles west of Shrewsbury). Originally the county town of Montgomeryshire (now part of Powys), Montgomery has a population of 1256 (2001 census) and is one of the most attractive towns in Wales.
- the Montgomery castle
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* Welsh Marches:
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* Surrey:
- Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties.
counties of England
county map

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