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Peace Museum

The Peace Museum in Saltaire, West Yorkshire is the only museum in the UK dedicated to the history and stories of peace, peacemakers and the peace movement.

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Facit railway station

Facit railway station served Facit near Whitworth, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, from 1870 until closure to passengers in 1947 and freight in 1963.

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Church of St John the Divine, Holme Chapel

The Church of St John the Divine is in Burnley Road, Holme Chapel, a village in the civil parish of Cliviger, near Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Blackburn, and the church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was built between 1788 and 1794, replacing a small chapel, and is in simple Classical style. Above the west front is a bell turret with an octagonal cupola, and inside the c

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Water, Lancashire

Water is a hamlet in the borough of Rossendale, in Lancashire, England. Located north of the village of Lumb. It is mostly made of a few homes, farms, a bistro called "The Water Trough", a primary school and industrial estates. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 835.

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Borough of Rossendale

Rossendale is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Bacup and its largest town is Rawtenstall. It also includes the towns of Haslingden and Whitworth. The borough is named after the Rossendale Valley, the upper part of the valley of the River Irwell.

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Bacup railway station

Bacup railway station served the town of Bacup, in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, from 1852 until its closure in 1966. It was the terminus of two lines: one from Rawtenstall and the other from Rochdale.

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Bacup

Bacup is a town in the Rossendale Borough in Lancashire, England, in the South Pennines close to Lancashire's boundaries with West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. The town is in the Rossendale Valley and the upper Irwell Valley, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Rawtenstall, 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Rochdale, and 7 miles (11 km) south of Burnley. At the 2011 Census, Bacup had a population of 13,323.

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Rawtenstall Town Hall

Rawtenstall Town Hall is a municipal building in Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. The building, which served as the offices and meeting place of Rawtenstall Borough Council and has been converted for commercial use, is a locally listed building.

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Alder Grange School

Alder Grange School is a secondary school and sixth form located in the east Lancashire town of Rawtenstall, England.

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Alder Grange School

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Hill Top Colliery

The Hill Top Colliery in Sharneyford between Bacup and Todmorden was, until 2014, the last coal mine still in operation in Lancashire.

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Alloway

Alloway is a suburb of Ayr, and former village, in South Ayrshire, Scotland, located on the River Doon. It is best known as the birthplace of Robert Burns and the setting for his poem "Tam o' Shanter". Tobias Bachope, the mason responsible for the construction of Hopetoun House, Craigiehall, and Kinross House, also hailed from Alloway. Some historic parts of the village make up a conservation area.

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Newton-on-Ayr railway station

Newton-on-Ayr railway station is a railway station serving the Newton on Ayr neighbourhood in the town of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

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Newton-on-Ayr railway station

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Auld Kirk of Ayr

Auld Kirk of Ayr is a 17th-century Category A listed church in Ayr. The church sits on the site of an earlier monastery.

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Auld Kirk of Ayr

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Burns Statue Square drill hall, Ayr

The Burns Statue Square drill hall is a military installation in Ayr.

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Burns Statue Square drill hall, Ayr

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Ayr railway station (1839-1857)

Ayr railway station was a railway station serving the town of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. From October 1850, it became part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

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Ayr railway station (1839–1857)

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Belmont Academy

Belmont Academy is an 11-18 non-denominational secondary school located in the Belmont area of Ayr, in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The school is operated by South Ayrshire Council, with Kevin Boyd serving as the Head Teacher of Belmont Academy since 2022. Belmont Academy is the largest secondary school in South Ayrshire based on pupil intake, with a total of 1,225 pupils enrolled at the school in 2023-2024.

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Ayr Academy

Ayr Academy is an 11-18 non-denominational secondary school situated within the Craigie Estate area at University Avenue in Ayr, South Ayrshire. It is the sixth largest secondary school in South Ayrshire, with a pupil roll of 607 in 2023-2024. Established during the thirteenth century in 1233, Ayr Academy is one of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom and Scotland.

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Belmont, Ayr

Belmont is an area within the south of the town of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. It was developed for local authority housing before the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, around Belmont Avenue, Chalmers Avenue and Morton Road. In the late 1950s, work commenced on a much larger council housing development at South Belmont, in an area enclosed by Peggieshill Road, Fenwickland Avenue, Burnbank Road and Dalmellington Road. The main services within the Belmont area are Belmont Academy, which w

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Ayr Station Hotel fire

The Ayr Station Hotel fire occurred in Ayr, Scotland on 25 September 2023. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were first alerted to a fire at the derelict Ayr Station Hotel building, a Category B Listed Building next to Ayr railway station. Three arrests were made, one 13-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy were arrested shortly after the fire, with a third, another 13-year-old boy, being arrested by Police Scotland on Wednesday 27 September.

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Wolterton Hall

Wolterton Hall, is a large country house in the ecclesiastical parish of Wickmere with Wolterton and the civil parish of Wickmere in the county of Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. The present hall was commissioned by Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton and completed in 1742, it was designed by the architect Thomas Ripley who was a protégé of Lord Walpole and his brother Sir Robert Walpole.

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Cawston railway station

Cawston was a railway station in Cawston, Norfolk. It was part of the Great Eastern Railway network for a large portion of its existence. It was on the line between County School and Aylsham. It closed in 1952, the station building is now a private residence. It can be seen from the Marriott's Way footpath.

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Cawston, Norfolk

Cawston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Cawston, Norfolk

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Itteringham

Itteringham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Hevingham

Hevingham is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of the English county of Norfolk. The village is located between the A140 and the B1149.

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Hevingham

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