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1559:Osbaldeston
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1253:Hurst Green
1173:Balderstone
1002:Winmarleigh
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599:, pp.17-18
531:23 November
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437:Winter Hill
418:Beacon Fell
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1873:Categories
1849:Stock Beck
1766:White Hill
1715:Ribble Way
1694:Stonyhurst
1663:Topography
1629:Waddington
1609:Simonstone
1584:Ribchester
1574:Ramsgreave
1519:Hothersall
1509:Grindleton
1363:Waddington
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370:Landranger
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149:53°53′59″N
126:Prominence
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1780:Waterways
1708:Footpaths
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1614:Slaidburn
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1564:Paythorne
1549:Newsholme
1529:Longridge
1489:Easington
1469:Clitheroe
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177:Geography
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