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2344:List of English districts by population density
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3438:Innovations and discoveries
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366:Local Government Act 1894
259:used for the purposes of
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388:as sub-divisions of the
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2459:Subdivisions of England
1071:Staffordshire Moorlands
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646:Westmorland and Furness
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378:administrative counties
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317:Subdivisions of England
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551:UA = unitary authority
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305:directly elected mayor
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3022:Settlement of Britain
2378:Open Geography Portal
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433:Metropolitan boroughs
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360:and as the basis for
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2545:
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