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1259:"Brief History of High Wycombe"
1147:Tributaries of the River Thames
1043:Prince's Mill (Egham Green) (3)
875:Marsh Green or Upper Marsh Mill
543:Lower, Mill End or Fryer's Mill
202: • coordinates
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91:Physical characteristics
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241: • elevation
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1309:, Far Out Publications
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615:Temple Mill (Gosenham)
1558:Thames drainage basin
1115:Lower Bourne End Mill
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1171:High Wycombe#History
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1481:Passing Denham/Iver
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1232:Pann Mill Watermill
444:Frogmore Paper Mill
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1036:SU 9080 8770
1012:SU 9160 8895
988:SU 9130 8950
964:SU 9100 8997
947:Clapton Mill
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1425:Tributaries
1350:York Stream
1091:Hedsor Mill
638:Bridge Mill
426:: Glory in
424:paper mills
418:as well as
400:water-mills
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150: /
1537:Categories
1501:(man-made)
1411:Great Ouse
1158:References
899:Beech Mill
851:Hedge Mill
448:Lancashire
420:corn mills
384:Bourne End
212:51°34′13″N
195:Bourne End
135:51°38′52″N
85:Bourne End
1505:Wraysbury
1447:Misbourne
1019:Soho Mill
661:Pann Mill
479:Recorded
432:Loudwater
357:River Wye
320:Discharge
262:Discharge
215:0°42′40″W
138:0°48′45″W
1515:Man-made
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1202:7 August
1141:See also
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812:430, 431
740:415, 416
600:419, 420
456:Tasmania
410:and the
67:Counties
52:Location
1522:Jubilee
491:OS Ref
436:Wycombe
394:History
61:England
57:Country
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1290:8 July
1269:7 July
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1437:Gade
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