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1685:Trowbridge
1590:Somercotes
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1550:St Austell
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1670:Thurnscoe
1455:Newmarket
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1740:Winsford
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1700:Walsoken
1665:Thornley
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865:Swaffham
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1710:Warwick
1265:Hebburn
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785:Romford
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480:Kinsley
475:Ipswich
440:Halifax
380:Clacton
355:Burnley
157:Closure
144:History
132:Opening
116:Origins
110:Suffolk
35:Suffolk
1650:Syston
1410:Maldon
1225:Exeter
1195:Durham
1145:Caxton
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450:Henlow
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80:Opened
1690:Upton
1420:March
1405:Luton
1190:Dover
735:Poole
410:Derby
201:ISBN
91:1996
83:1949
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