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564:"Wealden Iron Series 2"
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812:at Wikimedia Commons
420:Wealden iron industry
884:Villages and hamlets
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544:on 13 January 2016
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481:Bexhill and Battle
454:Elizabeth Glaister
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1156:Twelve Oaks
1136:Staplecross
1131:Springfield
1126:Silver Hill
1121:Sedlescombe
1101:Rye Harbour
1096:Rye Foreign
1086:Ponts Green
1036:Kent Street
1021:Hurst Green
1011:Hollingrove
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1076:Pett Level
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976:Etchingham
966:Dallington
921:Brightling
891:Ashburnham
502:References
460:Governance
183:South East
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1166:Westfield
1146:Ticehurst
1141:Stonegate
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961:Crowhurst
951:Cliff End
946:Catsfield
548:7 October
486:Prior to
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1051:Northiam
996:Flimwell
664:21 April
522:26 April
440:Tamworth
404:Hastings
139:District
116:TQ852239
1161:Udimore
1081:Playden
931:Burwash
901:Beckley
810:Beckley
786:10 June
735:31 July
414:History
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350:50°59′N
334:England
310:Website
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488:Brexit
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