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567:"Map of Folly Farm"
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97:Coordinates
1512:Categories
1441:Steep Holm
1336:Folly Farm
1246:Avon Gorge
1188:Yeo Valley
1130:Folly Farm
1073:Folly Farm
1017:River Chew
835:Chew Stoke
830:Chew Magna
740:Folly Farm
703:31 October
514:References
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406:, and the
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209:farm house
170:Folly Farm
138:Biological
107:51°20′29″N
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1497:Wiltshire
1471:Yanal Bog
1416:Purn Hill
1140:Councils:
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461:in 1987.
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110:2°33′56″W
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910:Pensford
885:Keynsham
825:Chelwood
820:Camerton
795:Belluton
649:Archived
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