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Back to feedAttack on RUC Birches barracks
On 11 August 1986, the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base at The Birches near Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The unmanned base was raked with gunfire before being destroyed by a 200 pounds (91 kg) bomb, which was driven through the gate of the base in the bucket of a JCB digger.
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View pinBallygawley bus bombing
The Ballygawley bus bombing was a roadside bomb attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on a bus carrying British soldiers in Northern Ireland. It occurred in the early hours of 20 August 1988 in the townland of Curr near Ballygawley, County Tyrone. The attack killed eight soldiers and wounded 28. In the wake of the bombing, the British Army began ferrying its troops in and out of County Tyrone by helicopter.
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View pinEskra Emmetts GAC
Eskra Emmetts is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the hamlet of Eskra in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It also takes in the Hamlet of Newtownsaville.
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View pinClogher Éire Óg GAC
Clogher Éire Óg is a Gaelic Athletic Association club. The club is based in Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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View pinFavour Royal
Favour Royal is a manor and estate in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is located in the townland of Favor Royal Demesne, around 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Augher, close to the Irish border. It is within the parish of Errigal-Trough which is part of the historic barony of Clogher.
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View pinAugher St Macartan's GAC
Augher St Macartan's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Augher, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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View pinClogher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Clogher was a borough constituency in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It represented the "city" of Clogher in County Tyrone. The city, actually no more than a village, gained its importance as the site of the cathedral of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clogher. The constituency was a rotten borough in the gift of the bishop. When the constituency was disestablished, bishop John Porter's claim for £15,000 compensation was disallowed.
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View pinAugher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Augher was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until the Acts of Union 1800 came into force on 1 January 1801.
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View pinAlkerton, Oxfordshire
Alkerton is a village in the civil parish of Shenington with Alkerton, in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England. It is on the county boundary with Warwickshire, about 5 miles (8 km) west of Banbury.
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View pinWhichford
Whichford is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Shipston-on-Stour. The parish adjoins the county boundary with Oxfordshire and the village is about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) north of the Oxfordshire town of Chipping Norton.
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View pinShutford
Shutford is a village and civil parish in the Cherwell district, in Oxfordshire, England, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Banbury. The village is about 475 feet (145 m) above sea level. In 2011 the parish had a population of 476. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shutford like this:"SHUTFORD, a chapelry in Swalcliffe parish, Oxford; 5 miles W of Banbury r. station. It has a postal pillar-box under Banbury. Acres, 640. Real property, £2,840. Pop.,
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View pinSouth Newington
South Newington is a village and civil parish on the south bank of the River Swere in the Cotswold Hills in Oxfordshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 285.
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View pinHook Norton F.C.
Hook Norton Football Club is a football club based in Hook Norton, near Banbury, Oxfordshire England. They are currently members of the Banbury District & Lord Jersey Premier Division and play at the Bourne.
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View pinBalscote
Balscote or Balscott is a village in the civil parish of Wroxton, Oxfordshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Banbury. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the place-name as Berescote. Curia regis rolls from 1204 and 1208 record it as Belescot. An entry in the Book of Fees for 1242 records it as Balescot. Its origin is Old English, meaning the cottage, house or manor of a man called Bælli.
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View pinNorth Newington
North Newington is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Banbury. The 2011 census recorded the parish population as 324. The parish is nearly 2 miles (3 km) long east - west and about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide north - south. Sor Brook, a tributary of the River Cherwell, forms part of the eastern boundary of the parish and the B4035 road forms part of the southern boundary. The village is just west of Sor Brook, about 430 feet (130 m) above sea level
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View pinDuck End House
Duck End House is an early-17th-century property, probably a manor house, in the parish of Rollright, near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England.
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View pinBloxham railway station
Bloxham railway station served the village of Bloxham in northern Oxfordshire, England.
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View pinShenington Airfield
Shenington Airfield, previously known as RAF Edgehill, is an Aerodrome located west of Shenington, Oxfordshire. It is owned by Shenington Airfield Ltd, and leases use of the site to various organisations, predominately the Edgehill Gliding Centre.
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View pinCherington, Warwickshire
Cherington is a village and civil parish beside the River Stour about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Shipston-on-Stour. Cherington is contiguous with the village of Stourton.
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View pinCompton Wynyates
Compton Wynyates is a Tudor country house in Warwickshire, England, a Grade I listed building. The Tudor period house is constructed of red brick and built around a central courtyard. It is castellated and turreted in parts. Following action in the Civil War, half-timbered gables were added to replace damaged parts of the building.
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View pinShenington with Alkerton
Shenington with Alkerton is a civil parish in the Cherwell district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It comprises the village of Shenington, which was an exclave of Gloucestershire until the Counties Act 1844 transferred it to Oxfordshire and the village of Alkerton, which was always part of Oxfordshire. It covers 9.60 km2 and as at the 2011 census had a population of 425 people.
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View pinMilcombe
Milcombe is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Banbury, Oxfordshire.
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View pinHook Norton ironstone quarries (Baker)
The Hook Norton ironstone quarries (Baker) were ironstone quarries at Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England, operating from the 1890s to the end of the First World War. Two sites were quarried and it was the only Hook Norton ironstone quarry business to be locally owned.
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View pinSt Peter ad Vincula, South Newington
The Parish Church of Saint Peter ad Vincula, South Newington is the Church of England parish church of South Newington, a village about 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Banbury in Oxfordshire. The church is one of only 15 in England dedicated to St Peter ad Vincula, after the basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome.
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