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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  ADDINGTON (Great)	Northamptonshire	ADDINGTON (Great) , a parish in Thrapston district, Northampton; on the river Nen, near Ringstead r. station, 4½ miles SW of Thrapston	Imperial
  Addington, Great and Little	Northamptonshire	Addington, Great and Little , 2 pars. and seat, N. Northamptonsh., on r. Nene, 4½ m. SW. of Thrapston -- G. A., 1230 ac., pop. 316; L. A., 1170 ac., pop. 340.	Bartholomew
  ADDINGTON (Little)	Northamptonshire	ADDINGTON (Little) , a parish in Thrapston district, Northampton; immediately S of Great Addington, and also near Ringstead r. station. Post	Imperial
  BUCKINGHAM	Buckinghamshire	BUCKINGHAM , a town, a parish, a subdistrict, a district, and a hundred, in Bucks. The town stands on a bend	Imperial
  CANTERBURY	Kent Surrey	great Earl of Cork, and Lord Tenterden were natives. The Diocese. —Canterbury, at once as a bishopric, as an archbishopric, and as the metropolitan see of England, dates from St. Augustine. Among its prelates were Dunstan, Theodore, Lanfranc, Anselm, Pascal II., A` Becket, Langton, Bradwardine, Langham, Chichele, Warham, Cranmer, Pole, Parker, Whitgift, Land, Sancroft, Wake, Tillotson, Tenison, Secker, Sutton, and Howley. The archbishop ranks as first peer of the realm, next to the royal family; and places the crown on the sovereign's head, at a coronation. His seats are Lambeth palace and Addington	Imperial
  CROYDON	Surrey	great trade was long carried on in charcoal, occasioning poets to speak of "Croydon clothed in black, " and the colliers of Croydon; but became extinct towards the end of last century. The chief businesses now are the corn trade, brewery-work, and the making of light basket carriages. A defeat of the insurgents against Henry III. took place here in 1264; and a sharp shock of earthquake occurred in 1551. Lord Mayor Gurney was a native; and Howard of Effingham, and Barclay the author of the " Ship of Fools, " were residents. Pop., 20, 325. Houses, 3, 698. The parish includes	Imperial
  Great Addington	Northamptonshire	Great Addington , 4½ miles SW. of Thrapston, Northamptonshire; P.O. See ADDINGTON, GREAT.	Bartholomew
  KENT	Kent	Great Bounds Park, Hatch, High Elms, Hothfield Park, Kennards, Oxenoth, Acrise Court, Addington Place, Angley Park, Aperfield Court Lodge, Ashgrove	Imperial
  KITS-COTTY-HOUSE	Kent	great necropolis of the Belgian settlers in this part of England, and which appears to have been connected, by a stone avenue 7 miles in length, with another group in the parish of Addington	Imperial
  Little Addington	Northamptonshire	Little Addington , 4½ m. SW. of Thrapston, Northamptonshire; P.O. See ADDINGTON, GREAT, &c.	Bartholomew
  LONDON	London London	Great George-street, opposite the S end of King-strect, lies 5½ feet above; the N end of Northumberland-street, Strand, 19½ feet; Essex-street, 27 feet; Wellington-street, Strand, 35½ feet; St. James'-street, 46 ½ feet; the S part of Stratford-place, 59¼ feet; the N part of Drury-lane, 65 feet; Gloucester-place, 70 feet; part of Regent-street, 76 feet; the centre of Regentcircus, 77¼ feet; Cleveland-street, 80¾ feet. The tracts on the S side of the Thames, with few exceptions, are low and flat; but they merge into	Imperial
  MARGATE	Kent	MARGATE , a town, a parish, and a sub-district in Thanet district, Kent. The town stands on the N shore	Imperial
  NORTHAMPTON	Northamptonshire	great floods occurred in 1663 and 1720; a fire consumed 600 houses and one of the churches in 1675; and shocks of earthquake were felt in 1720 and 1776. The desolation by the fire of 1675 affected the greater part of the town, made an easy prey of the houses in consequence of their being chiefly built of wood and covered with thatch, and destroyed property estimated at £150,000 in value; butit led to the obtaining of an act of parliament for re-building the town, and occasioned it to be transformed from a state of meanness	Imperial
  SIDMOUTH	Devon	great sea-encurvature extending from the Isle of Portland on the E to Start point on the W, and 6 miles SSE of Ottery-St. Mary, and 8 S by E of Ottery-Road r. station; was so important as a seaport, in the time of Edward III., as then to send two ships to the siege of Calais; became so far blocked as to be accessible from the sea only by flat-bottomed boats and small fishing-craft; rose into consequence, in recent times, as a sea-bathing resort; gave the title of Viscount to the family of Addington	Imperial

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