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Hebburn

(Encyclopedia)Hebburn hĕbˈûrn [key], town, South Tyneside metropolitan district, NE England, on the Tyne ...

Basildon

(Encyclopedia)Basildon băˈzəldən [key], city and district, Essex, E England. The southern portion is Ba...

Brighouse

(Encyclopedia)Brighouse, town, Calderdale metropolitan district, N central England, on the Calder River. It is a center of wool, cotton, and silk milling and produces...

Charles I, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Charles I, 1600–1649, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1625–49), second son of James I and Anne of Denmark. There were no decisive victories in the civil war until Charles was defeated at...

Bedworth

(Encyclopedia)Bedworth bĕdˈwərth [key], town, Warwickshire, central England. Located in a former coal-mi...

Bishop Auckland

(Encyclopedia)Bishop Auckland ôkˈlənd [key], town, Durham, NE England, on the Wear River. It is a busy market ...

Hatfield

(Encyclopedia)Hatfield, town, Hertfordshire, SE England. Hatfield was designated one of the new towns in 1948 to alleviate overpopulation in London. The plans for thi...

Harwich

(Encyclopedia)Harwich hărˈĭj [key], town, Essex, E central England, on the estuary of the Stour and the ...

Lyme Regis

(Encyclopedia)Lyme Regis līm rēˈjĭs [key], town (1991 pop. 3,447), Dorset, SW England. The town is a tourist resort. Paleontological discoveries have been made in the blue Lias rocks quarried near Lyme Regis. ...

Corby

(Encyclopedia)Corby, town and district, Northamptonshire, central England. Situated over one of the world's largest ironstone fields, Corby has grown rapidly since th...