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43:Coordinates
1834:Categories
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1705:Trowbridge
1610:Somercotes
1600:Shirebrook
1570:St Austell
1535:Pontefract
1455:Mexborough
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161:References
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1715:Walsgrave
1690:Thurnscoe
1475:Newmarket
1445:Markfield
1360:Lingfield
1320:Kettering
1230:Easington
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420:Crayford
122:Football
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104:football
31:Location
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1730:Warwick
1285:Hebburn
1270:Gosport
1200:Coundon
1180:Chester
1125:Bunwell
1040:Belmont
1020:Barwick
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865:Stanley
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805:Romford
770:Preston
500:Kinsley
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460:Halifax
400:Clacton
375:Burnley
152:Closure
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1670:Syston
1430:Maldon
1245:Exeter
1215:Durham
1165:Caxton
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470:Henlow
465:Harlow
445:Exeter
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89:Closed
81:Opened
1710:Upton
1440:March
1425:Luton
1210:Dover
755:Poole
430:Derby
84:1910s
208:ISBN
98:The
92:1982
1240:Ely
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