Abbotsbury, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England
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Abbotsbury is a large village and civil parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England; situated 10 miles north-west of Weymouth. The local travel links are located 6 miles from the village to Upwey railway station and 35 miles to Bournemouth International Airport. Also, the main road running through the village is the B3157, connecting Abbotsbury to Bridport and Weymouth.
One and a half miles outside the village, at the top of the limestone hill, is a triangular hill fort, Abbotsbury Castle. In the 11th century, King Canute rewarded the services of Orca, his steward, with land in Abbotsbury, Portesham and Hilton. It's believed there was already a religious community in Abbotsbury, and Orca and his wealthy wife Tola built an Abbey here. The Abbey dominated life in Abbotsbury for 500 years, but was destroyed in the dissolution. The barn survived and is the largest thatched building in the world.
Until the dissolution, Abbotsbury would have been one of the most important villages in the county, and the settlement is laid out around a wide market area. After the decline of its monastery, Abbotsbury became the quiet village it is today.
In 1664, during the English Civil War, Roundheads and Cavaliers clashed at Abbotsbury. Cavaliers besieged the Roundheads in the church tower of St. Nicholas' church, which still bears the scars of musket fire.
During the Second World War, the coastal front was fortified and defended as a part of British anti-invasion preparations of World War II. Later, the Fleet was used as a machine gun training range, and Bouncing bombs were tested there, for the Dambuster sortie (Operation Chastise).
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Aberbeeg, Monmouthshire County (now Blaenau Gwent County Borough), Wales
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Aberdare, Glamorganshire County (now Mid Glamorgan County), Wales
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Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Aberlady, Haddingtonshire (now East Lothian), Scotland
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Abertillery, Monmouthshire County (now Blaenau Gwent County Borough), Wales
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Adams Castle, Christ Church, Barbados, British West Indies
Agincourt is a very-diverse neighbourhood in the Scarborough district of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
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42.65155
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Albert Park, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia
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Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Aldersgate, London, England
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Alderville, Ontario, Canada
-78.06279
44.173531
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Aldgate, Whitechapel, Middlesex County (now in East London, Greater London), England
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Aldgate, Middlesex County (now Greater London), England
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Aldham, City of Colchester District, Essex County, England
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Alexandra, Victoria, Australia
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Alexandra is a town in Victoria , Australia . It is located at the junction of the Goulburn Valley Highway (B340) and Maroondah Highway (B360), 26 kilometres west of Eildon , in the Shire of Murrindindi local government area. At the 2006 Census , Alexandra had a population of 2141.
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Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, New York, USA
-75.918056
44.335833
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Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, USA
-77.047222
38.804722
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Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
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-23.694254
Alice Springs is the second-largest town (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a city) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as "the Alice" or simply "Alice", Alice Springs is situated in the geographic centre of Australia, near the southern border of the Northern Territory. The site is known as Mparntwe to its original inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for thousands of years. Alice Springs has a population of 27,481 people, which makes up 12 percent of the territory's population. Alice averages 576 metres (1,890 ft) above sea level, and the town is nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin.
The town of Alice Springs straddles the usually-dry Todd River on the northern side of the MacDonnell Ranges. The region where Alice Springs is located is known as Central Australia, or the Red Centre, and is an arid environment consisting of several different deserts. In Alice Springs, temperatures can vary dramatically, with an average maximum temperature in summer of 35.6 °C (96.1 °F), and an average minimum temperature in winter of 5.1 °C (41.2 °F).
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All Saints Church of England Churchyard, Wyke Regis, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England
All Saints Church of England Churchyard is also known as:
• All Saints Churchyard
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Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
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40.608333
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Allington, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England
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Allington is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west from the town of Bridport, with which it is physically contiguous; much of Allington lies within Bridport parish.
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Alvaston, Derbyshire County, England
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52.89754
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Alverstoke, Gosport, Southampton County (now Hampshire County), England
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Alverstoke is a village, now within the boundaries of Gosport, Hampshire, England.
Up to the early 19th century, the parish of Alverstoke was about 4.5 miles from north to south, and 2.5 miles from east to west. Large parts of the north and east of the parish were formed into separate parishes between 1840 and 1913. In the late 19th century, Alverstoke became completely built up, and the fields separating it from Gosport disappeared. Thus the parish , which was once a large agricultural one containing the villages of Alverstoke and Gosport, now comprises a smaller and mainly residential area within the Borough of Gosport.
The timeline of the transformation of the village name are:
Alwarestoch/Halwarestoke (11th-13th century)
Alvardestoke (14th century)
Aillewardstoke (15th century)
Alverstoke (16th century)
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Alwoodley, Leeds, Yorkshire County, England
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Alwoodley is a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It's 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the city centre, and is one of the city's most prosperous areas.
Leeds has been known since being mentioned (as "Ledes") in the Domesday Book of 1086, (the name evolved into "Leedes", and finally "Leeds").
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Amherst, Erie County, New York, USA
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Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
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Amherstburg is a Canadian town near the mouth of the Detroit River in Essex County, Ontario. It is approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
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Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa, USA
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42.108333
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Ancón, Panama City, Panama (Panamá)
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Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Yigo, Guam
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Andersen Air Force Base (IATA: UAM, ICAO: PGUA, FAA LID: UAM) is a United States Air Force base on the northern end of the island of Guam, largely within the village of Yigo, but also stretching into Dededo. It sits atop a 500 ft plateau on the extreme northeast portion of the island. The base was named for Brigadier General James Roy Andersen.
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Andersons Creek Cemetery, Warrandyte, Manningham City, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Appley Bridge is a village in West Lancashire, Lancashire, England. It's located off Junction 27 of the M6 motorway and is nestled in the Douglas valley, alongside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
Its location is unique, because the village itself is in West Lancashire, whilst Shevington Vale, the large modern housing developments which lie adjacent to the village, are in Greater Manchester.
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Ararat, Victoria, Australia
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Ararat is a city in south-west Victoria, Australia, about 205 kilometres (130 mi) west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway. Set between mountain ranges and surrounded by fertile grazing country, its estimated population is 8,220. It is named after Mount Ararat, 10 kilometres south west of the town, which was named by Horatio Wills in 1841.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch (Ashby de la Zouch), Leicestershire County, England
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Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
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Ashfield-cum-Thorpe, Suffolk County, England
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Ashfield cum Thorpe is a civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, between the town of Framlingham to the East and the village of Debenham to the West.
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