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Cliddesden parish lies two miles to the south of Basingstoke, now separated from it by the M3.

Marshwood in Carhampton parish was wood pasture in 1279 but was partly cleared for a deer park between 1330 and 1355.

This rural village in Leicestershire lies eight miles north-east of Melton Mowbray, on the county border with Lincolnshire.

This rural village in Leicestershire lies eight miles north-east of Melton Mowbray, on the county border with Lincolnshire.

Walton on the Wolds, as its name suggests, stands on the north Leicestershire Wolds.

Seagrave is one of eight parishes in the north Leicestershire wolds whose boundaries form a 'hub-and-spoke' pattern around a former area of common

Seagrave is one of eight parishes in the north Leicestershire wolds whose boundaries form a 'hub-and-spoke' pattern around a former area of common

Walking, carefully, on the beach below the cliffs from Watchet's West Beach to Blue Anchor you can see huge falls of rock in which shine bright fra

When the decision was taken to rewrite the Hampshire volumes in the modern style, Basingstoke was selected as the first area for study because of i

Melton Mowbray's market is mentioned in Domesday Book.

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