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Royal Leamington Spa

(Encyclopedia)Royal Leamington Spa lĕmˈĭngtən [key], town (1991 pop. 42,953), Warwickshire, central England, on the Leam River, a tributary of the Avon. The town, with its mineral springs, is primarily a health...

Consett

(Encyclopedia)Consett kŏnˈsət [key], town, Durham, NE England. The major economic focus is on engineerin...

Broadstairs and Saint Peter's

(Encyclopedia)Broadstairs and Saint Peter's, town, Kent, SE England. The town is in the region known as the Isle of Thanet. It is a residential area and resort and wa...

Felling

(Encyclopedia)Felling, town, Gateshead metropolitan district, NE England. Felling is an industrial suburb of Gateshead and part of the Newcastle upon Tyne industrial ...

Hoylake

(Encyclopedia)Hoylake, town, Wirral metropolitan district, NW England, on the Wirral peninsula at the mouth of the Dee River. Located in the Greater Liverpool metropo...

Bodmin

(Encyclopedia)Bodmin, town, Cornwall, SW England. Bodmin was the county seat for Cornwall, but local government offices are now in Truro. Bodmin was formerly a busy m...

Bootle

(Encyclopedia)Bootle, town, Sefton metropolitan district, NW England, at the mouth of the Mersey River. It has extensive docks adjacent to those of Liverpool. Besides...

Glossop

(Encyclopedia)Glossop glŏsˈəp [key], town, Derbyshire, central England. It is a residential suburb of Ma...

Altrincham

(Encyclopedia)Altrincham ôlˈtrĭng-əm [key], town, Trafford metropolitan district, W central England. A suburb of Manchester, it has a textile-printing industry and engineering works...

Berwick-upon-Tweed

(Encyclopedia)Berwick-upon-Tweed bĕrˈĭk [key], former district, Northumberland, NE England, at the mouth of the Tweed River. The district included the Holy Islands and the Farne Islands and extended SW to the Ch...