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St Mary's Church, Mellor

St Mary's Church is in Church Lane, Mellor, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.

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St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn

St Bede's RC High School is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Blackburn in the English county of Lancashire.

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St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn

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River Roddlesworth

The River Roddlesworth is a river in Lancashire, England, a tributary of the River Darwen.

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River Roddlesworth

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Hoghton

Hoghton is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 802. Brindle and Hoghton ward also includes the parish of Brindle.

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Hoghton

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St Andrew's Church, Blackburn

St Andrew's Church is in Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican church designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley. The foundation stone was laid in December 1866, but the church was not consecrated until 1877. As first built, the church seated 652, and cost £6,000. Its plan is cruciform, consisting of a nave, north and south transepts, and a chancel with a polygonal apse. There is an incomplete tower in the angle between the south transept and the ch

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Corporation Park, Blackburn

Corporation Park is a traditional Victorian park in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It was landscaped by William Henderson and opened in 1857. Corporation Park is regarded as the main formal park in Blackburn and is used mainly by local people for general recreation, walking and dog walking, as well as for its tennis, bowling and football facilities.

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Corporation Park, Blackburn

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River Blakewater, Lancashire

The River Blakewater is a river running through Lancashire, originally giving the name to the town of Blackburn, which meant dark coloured stream. However, the river gradually became known as Blackwater.

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River Blakewater, Lancashire

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Samlesbury Hall

Samlesbury Hall is a historic house in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England, six miles (10 km) east of Preston. It was built in 1325 by Gilbert de Southworth, and was the primary home of the Southworth family until the early 17th century.

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Mellor Brook

Mellor Brook is a village which straddles the borders of the Boroughs of Ribble Valley and South Ribble in Lancashire, England. The village population at the 2011 census was 2,467.

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St Silas' Church, Blackburn

St Silas' Church is in Preston New Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

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St Silas' Church, Blackburn

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Mellor, Lancashire

Mellor is a village situated in the Borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish at the census of 2011 was 2,262.

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Mellor, Lancashire

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Perry Woods

Perry Woods is a 67.9-hectare (168-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Kimbolton in Cambridgeshire. It is composed of three woods, the larger Perry West Wood and the smaller Perry Wood and Ash Wood.

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Perry Woods

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Thurleigh Castle

Thurleigh Castle, also known as Bury Hills, was a medieval castle in the civil parish of Thurleigh, in the county of Bedfordshire, England.

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Thurleigh Castle

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RAE Bedford

RAE Bedford was a research site of the Royal Aircraft Establishment between 1946 and 1994. It undertook aircraft experimental development work.

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RAE Bedford

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Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire

Kimbolton is a town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. Kimbolton is about 9 miles (14 km) west of Huntingdon and 14 miles (23 km) north of Bedford.

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Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire

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Gaynes Hall

Gaynes Hall is a Grade II* listed Georgian mansion set in 20 acres (81,000 m2) of parkland in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside. Located in the village of Perry, Huntingdon the building was requisitioned during the Second World War and was also the residence of Sir Oliver Cromwell for 21 years.

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Gaynes Hall

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Church of All Saints, Little Staughton

Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed church in Little Staughton, Bedfordshire, England. Originally known as the Church of St Margaret, it was largely built in the 15th century, with some earlier features. Much of the detail and many of the furnishings were destroyed during the reformation. The spire was damaged by lightning in 1900, and restored in 1910. The church became a listed building in 1964.

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Church of All Saints, Little Staughton

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Church of St Peter, Pertenhall

Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed church in Pertenhall, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964.

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Church of St Peter, Pertenhall

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Melchbourne

Melchbourne is a village in the civil parish of Melchbourne and Yielden, in the Bedford borough of Bedfordshire, England. The village is located west of Swineshead and east of Yelden.

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Melchbourne

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Bedford Autodrome

Bedford Autodrome is an autodrome based on the former site of RAE Bedford, in the village of Thurleigh, Bedfordshire. It is owned by former Formula One driver Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation.

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Bedford Autodrome

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RAF Little Staughton

Royal Air Force Little Staughton or more simply RAF Little Staughton is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) south of Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire and 4.2 miles (6.8 km) west of St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England.

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RAF Little Staughton

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North Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Bedfordshire is a county constituency in Bedfordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system, from the 1983 general election until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

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North Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kimbolton Castle

Kimbolton Castle is a country house in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England. It was the final home of King Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Originally a medieval castle but converted into a stately palace, it was the family seat of the Earls and Dukes of Manchester from 1615 until 1950. It now houses Kimbolton School.

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Kimbolton Castle

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Perry, Cambridgeshire

Perry is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, approximately 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Huntingdon. Perry is in Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and historic county of England. Perry is on the shore of a reservoir, Grafham Water, a few miles from the market town of St Neots.

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Perry, Cambridgeshire

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