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Wilden, Bedfordshire

Wilden is a village and civil parish located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. The population of 399 in the 2011 Census was estimated at 392 in 2019.

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Keysoe

Keysoe is a village in the civil parish of Bolnhurst and Keysoe, in the Bedford borough of Bedfordshire, England. The Church of St Mary the Virgin is located in the village.

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Bushmead Priory

The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bushmead, commonly called Bushmead Priory, was a monastic foundation for Augustinian Canons, located at Bushmead in the County of Bedfordshire in England. It is a Grade I listed building.

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Upper Dean

Upper Dean is a village located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.

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Melchbourne Preceptory

Melchbourne Preceptory was a priory in Melchbourne, Bedfordshire, England. It was established in the 12th century and disestablished around 1550.

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Riseley, Bedfordshire

Riseley is a village and civil parish located in North Bedfordshire, England. The village name has had alternative spellings in the past such as Rislau, Riseleg, Riselai and Risely, however all these spellings are considered archaic. As of the 2021 census, the population of the village is 1,320, an increase from 1,286 at the 2011 Census.

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Bolnhurst and Keysoe

Bolnhurst and Keysoe is a civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 734, reducing to 719 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the villages of Bolnhurst and Keysoe, and the hamlet of Keysoe Row. The parish is located about eight miles north of Bedford.

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Milecastle 73

Milecastle 73 (Dykesfield) was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY30975937).

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Dykesfield

Dykesfield is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. Occupied since at least Roman times, archaeologists have excavated at Dykesfield. It contains Dykesfield House and nearby is the Solfield marshes.

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Kirkandrews-on-Eden

Kirkandrews-on-Eden or Kirkandrews-upon-Eden, in the past known as Kirkanders, is a village and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Beaumont, in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. The village is 4 miles northwest of Carlisle. Kirkandrews forms part of the Barony of Burgh together with the nearby villages Monkhill, Grinsdale, Rattlingate and Burgh-by-Sands. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 145.

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Westlinton

Westlinton is a small village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It is in the Cumberland district, and is located north of Carlisle, on the A7 road between Carlisle and Longtown. In the south of the parish, and also on the A7, is another small village, Blackford. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 359, increasing to 380 at the 2011 census. North of the village of Westlinton is the River Lyne, which forms the northern boundary of the parish.

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Monkhill, Cumbria

Monkhill is a small village in the civil parish of Beaumont, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Nearby settlements include the small city of Carlisle and the villages of Burgh by Sands and Kirkandrews-on-Eden. Monkhill has a pub called the Drovers Rest Inn and a Methodist Chapel with adjoining School Room which holds local village events. The village is situated on the course of a vallum associated with Hadrian's Wall and is near the narrowest point of the River Eden,

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Monkhill, Cumbria

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Halcrow Stadium

Halcrow Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium in Annan Road, Gretna, Scotland

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Halcrow Stadium

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Cargo, Cumbria

Cargo is a small village near the River Eden on the Solway Plain. Cargo is about 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) northwest of Carlisle in Cumbria in the North West of England. The name Cargo reflects a combination of two languages; from the Celtic word carreg meaning "rock" and from the Old Norse word haugr meaning "hill". Circa 1870, it had a population of 262 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.

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Cargo, Cumbria

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Kirkandrews railway station

Kirkandrews railway station was near Kirkandrews-on-Eden, Cumberland, England. It was on the Port Carlisle Railway branch, and later part of the Silloth branch. The station served the village and the rural district. Kirkandrews closed on 7 September 1964; with the line to Silloth as part of the Beeching cuts.The station building survives as a private dwelling.

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Parkhouse Halt railway station

Parkhouse Halt railway station was built for the nearby RAF Kingstown from 1941 to 1969 on the Waverley Line.

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Parkhouse Halt railway station

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North End, Cumbria

North End is the northernmost part of the village of Burgh by Sands in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England.

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North End, Cumbria

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Lyneside railway station

Lyneside railway station served the hamlet of West Linton, Cumbria, England, from 1861 to 1964 on the Waverley Line.

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Lyneside railway station

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Burgh by Sands Castle

Burgh by Sands Castle was located near the village of Burgh by Sands, Cumbria, England.

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Burgh by Sands Castle

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Rockcliffe railway station

Rockcliffe railway station, later Rockcliffe Halt, served the rural area around Rockcliffe, north of Carlisle in the English county of Cumberland ; it lay some distance from the village. The station was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Rockcliffe is now at Carlisle.

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Rockcliffe railway station

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Carlisle Kingmoor Marshalling Yard

Carlisle Kingmoor Marshalling Yard is a stabling point located in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The depot is situated on the West Coast Main Line and is near Carlisle station.

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Carlisle Kingmoor Marshalling Yard

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Beaumont, Cumbria

Beaumont is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The village lies four miles north-west of Carlisle on the banks of the River Eden. In 2011 the parish had a population of 488.

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Beaumont, Cumbria

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Milecastle 70

Milecastle 70 (Braelees) was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY35155898).

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Milecastle 70

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Harker railway station

Harker railway station served the settlement of Harker, Cumbria, England, between 1861 and 1969 on the Waverley Line.

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Harker railway station

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