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Umbria
Montefalco Sagrantino (red Secco andPassito) (Province of Perugia)
Torgiano Rosso Riserva (red riserva only))  (Province of Perugia)

Veneto
Bardolino Superiore (red) (Province of Verona)
Recioto di Soave (white normale, Classico and Spumante) (Province of Verona)
Soave Superiore (whitenormale, Classico and Riserva) (Province of Verona)
Recioto di Gambellara (since 2008)
Prosecco Superiore di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene

Related pages
 Wine
 Italy
 Tuscany

Italian food
This is a list of food from the area of Tuscany, Italy.

Tuscany
Italian food
Karpenisi is a mountainous Greek city. It is a small city in Eyritania district. Karpenisi is the capital of Eyritania prefecture. Eyritania prefecture has the most mountains of any other prefecture of Greece. There are mountains everywhere in the Eyritania prefecture. The highest point of Karpenisi is at the top of the Tymphristos Mountain, which is 2,315 meters high. Around 7,300 people live in Karpenisi, says the census taken in 2001. Karpenisi is built at an altitude of 960 meters.  It sits on the slopes of the Tymphristos mountain. Lamia is east of Karpenisi. Karpenisi is smaller town than Lamia. Lamia also serves the district of Karpenisi.

Winter resort

Today, Karpenisi is one of the most important winter resorts in Greece. In winter, many Greeks go there in order to do winter sports. The people visiting go skiing and hiking in the forests of Karpenisi. Karpenisi is surrounded by a fir forest. 

Cities in Greece
Empoli is a town in Tuscany, Italy, about 30 km southwest of Florence. It is 30 m above sea-level, to the south of the Arno. The plain  of the town has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. Empoli is on the main railway line from Florence to Pisa and is well joined with the city of Siena. 

Empoli has a long tradition as an agricultural centre. It has given its name to a local kind of artichoke.

History
Empoli was already settled in the time of the early Roman Empire, and still existed in the 4th century AD. The river near the city was a good route for the trade of agricultural products, together with the local amphorae. 
Since the 8th century Empoli grew as a town around the castle, known as Emporium or Empolis. In 1119 it was controlled by Guidi. In 1182 it went under Florentine rule. In 1260, after the Battle of Montaperti, Empoli was the seat of a famous council in which Farinata degli Uberti opposed the destruction of Florence. Later Empoli became an important fortress.
Important places and monuments
The Piazza Farinata degli Uberti, also known as Piazza dei Leoni ("Lions Square"), in the middle there is a fountain by Luigi Pampaloni (1827). Here lies the Collegiata di Sant'Andrea, the main city's monument.
The Palazzo Ghibellino is the former palace of the Guidi counts. It was probably built in the 11th century.
The Palazzo Pretorio was the Town Hall in the Middle Ages.

In the frazione of Pontorme is the house of the painter Pontormo.
Important people from Empoli
Giovanni da Empoli (1483–1518), navigator
Jacopo Carrucci, better known as Pontormo (1494–1556), painter
Jacopo da Empoli (1551–1640), painter
Alessandro Marchetti (1633–1714), mathematician and writer
Giuseppe del Papa (1648–1735), doctor and philosopher
Ippolito Neri (1652–1708), doctor and poet
Renato Fucini (1843–1921), writer
Giuliano Vanghetti (1861–1940), orthopaedist
Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924), musician
Alberto Castellani (1884–1932), Eastern countries scholar
Mentore Maggini (1890–1941), astronomer
Remo Scappini (1908–1994), politician and anti-Fascist militant
Carlo Rovini (1932–1988), poet and writer

Sport
Empoli's main football team is Empoli F.C., which is currently playing in Serie B.

Twin cities
 Sankt Georgen an der Gusen, Austria
 Aubervilliers, France
 Besançon, France
 Toledo, Spain
 Namur, Belgium

References

Empoli
Igoumenitsa is a small Greek city. It has a population of about 9,644 people. It is found in the north-western part of Greece in the Ipiros periphery. It is a city built along the coast of the Ionian Sea. It has a big port which links Igoumenitsa with the Italian cities of Bari, Ancona and Brintezi. It is the second important port of Greece along the Ionian Sea, after the port in the city of Patras.

Cities in Greece
Larderello is a frazione of the comune of Pomarance, in Tuscany in central Italy. Larderello is famous for its geothermal productivity.
History 
The region was known from ancient times for its volcanic nature and for the very hot springs. The Romans used its sulphur springs for bathing. In 1827, François de Larderel, a Frenchman, invented a way of extracting boric acid from the volcanic mud by using steam to separate the two. The town Larderello has the name in honour of Larderel's work. The region was the site of a pioneering experiment in the production of energy from geothermal sources in 1904. Prince Piero Ginori Conti tested the first geothermal power generator on 4 July 1904, at the Larderello dry steam field in Italy. It was a small generator that lit four light bulbs. Later, in 1911, the world's first geothermal power plant was built there. In 1911, the world's first geothermal power plant was built in the Valle del Diavolo ("Devil's Valley"), named for the boiling water in the area. Larderello now produces 10% of the world's entire supply of geothermal electricity, amounting to 4,800 GWh per year.
References 
 
 "Steaming Forward" , Time magazine, June 16, 2003

Volcanoes of Italy
Settlements in Pisa
The Minneapolis Millers were an ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey Association. A famous player who played for the Millers was Tiny Thompson.

Ice hockey teams in the United States
There were two different American Hockey Associations:

 American Hockey Association (1926–1942) – A minor pro league existing between 1926 and 1942.

 American Hockey Association (1992–1993) – A minor pro league existing between 1992 and 1993.
Teams
 Buffalo Majors (1930-31 to 1931-32)
 Chicago Cardinals (1926-27)
 Chicago Shamrocks (1930-31 to 1931-32)
 Dallas Texans (1941-42; joins USHL in 1945)
 Detroit Greyhounds (1926-27)
 Duluth Hornets (1926-27 to 1932-33)
 Fort Worth Rangers (1941-42; joins USHL in 1945)
 Kansas City Americans (1940-41 to 1941-42)
 Kansas City Greyhounds (1932-33 to 1939-40)
 Kansas City Pla-Mors (1927-28 to 1931-32; joins USHL in 1945)
 Minneapolis Millers (1926-27 to 1930-31; 1936-37 to 1941-42; joins USHL in 1945)
 Minneapolis Warriors (1935-36)
 Oklahoma City Warriors (1933-34 to 1935-36)
 Omaha Knights (1939-40 to 1941-42; joins USHL in 1945)
 St. Louis Flyers (1928-29 to 1941-42)
 St. Paul Saints (1926-27 to 1929-30; 1932-33; 1935-36 to 1941-42; joins USHL in 1945)
 Tulsa Oilers (1928-29 to 1931-32; 1932-33 to 1941-42; joins USHL in 1945)
 Wichita Blue Jays (1932-33)
 Wichita Skyhawks (1935-36 to 1939-40)
 Wichita Vikings (1933-34)
 Winnipeg Maroons (1926-27 to 1927-28)
Champions
The Harry F. Sinclair Trophy was awarded to the league champions.

 1926-27 — Duluth Hornets
 1927-28 — Minneapolis Millers
 1928-29 — Tulsa Oilers
 1929-30 — Kansas City Pla-Mors
 1930-31 — Tulsa Oilers
 1931-32 — Chicago Shamrocks
 1932-33 — Kansas City Greyhounds
 1933-34 — Kansas City Greyhounds
 1934-35 — St. Louis Flyers
 1935-36 — St. Louis Flyers
 1936-37 — Minneapolis Millers
 1937-38 — St. Louis Flyers
 1938-39 — St. Louis Flyers
 1939-40 — Omaha Knights
 1940-41 — St. Louis Flyers
 1941-42 — Omaha Knights

Defunct ice hockey leagues
Ice hockey leagues in Canada
Ice hockey leagues in the United States
1926 establishments in the United States
1920s establishments in Canada
1942 disestablishments
1940s disestablishments in the United States
20th-century disestablishments in Canada
Bellevue is a small hamlet near the Crowsnest Pass of the Rocky Mountains found in southern Alberta, Canada.  About 350 people live in Bellevue.  It is currently part of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, where about 6,500 people live.

Hamlets in Alberta
The College of William & Mary in Virginia (also known as The College of William & Mary, The College, William & Mary, or W&M) is a public university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1693 by a Royal Charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II. It is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.

William & Mary educated U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Tyler as well as other key figures important to the development of the nation, including U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, Speaker of the House Henry Clay and 16 signers of the Declaration of Independence. In 2008, the college had 5,850 undergraduate students and 2,042 graduate and professional students in and gave 1,454 bachelors, 440 masters, and 209 professional degrees.
Campus 
The Sir Christopher Wren Building is both the oldest college building in the United States and a National Historic Landmark. The building, nicknamed just the "Wren Building", got its new name in 1931 to honor the English architect Sir Christopher Wren. The first building, in 1699, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Not much is known about how the first building looked.  It burned down within a few years of its completion.

References

Other websites 

William and Mary
1693 establishments in North America
1690s establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
17th-century establishments in Virginia
Colonial Athletic Association
Tramway tracks are used on tramways or light railways. Grooved rails (or girder rails) are normally used to let the trams run on streets. This is called "street-running". Like normal rail tracks, tram tracks consist of two parallel steel rails.

Tram rails can be placed in several surfaces. Standard rails can be put on sleepers like railway tracks, or with grooved rails on concrete sleepers into street surfaces (pavement) for street running.  Another environmentally-friendly or ecologically-friendly alternative is to lay tracks into grass turf surfaces. This is known as grassed track (or track in a lawn). It was first used in Liverpool in 1924.

Rail infrastructure
Tram technology
Light rail or light rail transit (LRT) is a form of urban rail public transportation. Generally it can carry fewer people and has a lower speed than heavy rail/metro systems, but it can carry more people and has a higher speed than street-running tram systems. The term is normally used to refer to rail systems with rapid transit-style features that usually use electric rail cars operating mostly in private rights-of-way separated from other traffic but sometimes, if necessary, mixed with other traffic in city streets. Modern light rail technology is highly flexible in how it can be used, and whether any given system is considered a true rapid transit system or not depends on its implementation.

Related pages
 Rapid transit
 Subway
 Tram
The London County Council Tramways was a large network of public street tramways. They were formed in 1899. They were run by the council in the County of London, UK. In 1933 they were taken over by the London Passenger Transport Board.

Trams in London
Tram transport in the United Kingdom
The PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) streetcar (tram) design was first built in the United States in the 1930s. The design was very successful in America. After World War II it was allowed to be used in other countries in the world. The PCC car has proved to be a long lasting icon of streetcar design, and PCC cars are still in service in various places around the world.

Tram technology
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is a fund established in the United Kingdom under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993.  The Fund opened for applications in 1994. It uses money raised through the National Lottery to transform and sustain the UK’s heritage. From museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, the natural environment and cultural traditions, HLF provides grants to support all aspects of the UK's diverse heritage.

By 2008, HLF had awarded a total of £4 billion to more than 26,000 projects across the UK.

Conservation organisations of the United Kingdom
Douglas () is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man

History 
In 1869, Douglas became the capital city of Isle of Man.

Other websites 
 Douglas' Website

Isle of Man
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England. It lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne. Gateshead town centre and Newcastle city centre are very close to one another, and together they form the urban core of Tyneside. Gateshead is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.

References
Ambergate is a village in Derbyshire, England, where the River Amber joins the River Derwent.

Villages in Derbyshire
Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, close to its confluence with the  River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster. Its football club, Rotherham United F.C., was founded in 1870.

Notable people 
 Liam Cuckson
 Lee Wilson
 Quavo
 Harry Low

References

Towns in South Yorkshire
Metropolitan boroughs in South Yorkshire
Grimsby (or Great Grimsby) is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England.

9th-century establishments in Europe
Towns in Lincolnshire
Port cities and towns of the North Sea
Port cities and towns of England
Halle (also called Halle an der Saale) is the largest town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It lies in the southern part of the state, on the river Saale. It has about 234,000 inhabitants (2006). It is famous all over the world because Georg Friedrich Handel was born there. In 1904 Reinhard Heydrich was born here who became the most evil Nazi in 1941-1942 .

References

Other websites

 
Urban districts of Saxony-Anhalt
This article is a general one on trams in London. For a specific article on the organisation responsible for running the current generation of trams in London, see London Trams. For a complete list of historical tram operators, see list of tram operators

There have been two separate generations of trams in London, from 1860 to 1952 and from 2000. Between 1952 and 2000 no trams ran in London. 

The decision to abolish the first generation of trams was taken in a way which allowed various interested groups to have a say, but with little or no consultation to or with the general population. The debate was largely about trams on London, and made in a way which reflected the time when the British Labour Party controlled both London and the UK.

The first trams in London were authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1870. They were, of course, horse-drawn at that time, although steam power was also possible.

References 

Trams in London

sv:Londons spårväg
The following is a list of United Kingdom locations, by letter:

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| Essex
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| Sheffield
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| Sheffield
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| Manchester
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| City of Edinburgh
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| City of Stoke-on-Trent
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| Scottish Borders
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| Lancashire
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| Cumbria
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| Greenwich
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| Dumfries and Galloway
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| Devon
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| Staffordshire
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| Dorset
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| West Sussex
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| Devon
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| North Somerset
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| Cheshire
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| Hereford and Worcester
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| Cambridgeshire
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| Warwickshire
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| Hampshire
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| Hampshire
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| Surrey
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| Hampshire
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| Hampshire
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| Shropshire
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| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
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| Powys
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| Carmarthenshire
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| Perth and Kinross
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| Ceredigion
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| Ceredigion
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| Caerphilly
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| Powys
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| Blaenau Gwent
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| Powys
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| Merthyr Tydfil
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| Caerphilly
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| Pembrokeshire
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| Powys
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| Highland
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| Aberdeenshire
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| West Lothian
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| Neath Port Talbot
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| Fife
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| Pembrokeshire
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| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
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| Gwynedd
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| Perth and Kinross
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| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
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| Gwynedd
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| Aberdaughleddau (Milford Haven)
| Pembrokeshire
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| Aberdeen
| City of Aberdeen
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| Gwynedd
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| Fife
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| Neath Port Talbot
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| Gwynedd
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| Pembrokeshire
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| Gwynedd
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| Merthyr Tydfil
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| Perth and Kinross
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| Isle of Anglesey
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| Monmouthshire
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| Leeds
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| Stirling
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| Bridgend
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| Monmouthshire
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| Conwy
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| Gwynedd
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| Bridgend
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| East Lothian
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| Angus
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| Flintshire
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| Wrexham
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| Torfaen
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| Swansea
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| Ceredigion
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| The Vale Of Glamorgan
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| Western Isles
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| Western Isles
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| Argyll and Bute
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| Argyll and Bute
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| Argyll and Bute
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| Argyll and Bute
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| Western Isles
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| Western Isles
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| Western Isles
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| Western Isles
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| Highland
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| Stirling
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| Highland
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| Abhainn Geiraha
| Western Isles
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| Abhainn Ghlas
| Argyll and Bute
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| Abhainn Ghlas
| Perth and Kinross
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| Abhainn Ghlas, Western Isles
| Western Isles
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| Abhainn Ghleann Lubharnadeal
| Argyll and Bute
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| Abhainn Grimersta
| Western Isles
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| Abhainn Leataidh (Lettie River)
| Highland
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| Abhainn Liundale
| Argyll and Bute
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| Abhainn Mhòr
| Argyll and Bute
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| Abhainn Mhòr, Western Isles
| Western Isles
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| Abhainn Mhòr, Argyll and Bute
| Argyll and Bute
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| Abhainn Mhòr a' Ghlinne Ruaid
| Western Isles
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| Abhainn Mhòr Ceann Resort
| Western Isles
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| Abhainn na Cuile
| Argyll and Bute
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| Abhainn na Cloch Àirigh
| Highland
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| Abhainn na Frithe
| Highland
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| Abhainn na Glasa
| Highland
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| Abhainn Osgaig
| Highland
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| Abhainn Poiblidh
| Highland
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| Abhainn Rangail
| Highland
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| Abhainn Rath
| Highland
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| Abhainn Ruadh
| Western Isles
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| Abhainn Sithidh
| Highland
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| Abhainn Strath a' Bhathaich
| Highland
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| Abhainn Strath na Sealga Bran
| Highland
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| Abhainn Tìr Chonnaill
| Argyll and Bute
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| A' Bhrideanach
|  Highland
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Abi-Aby

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| Abingdon
| Oxfordshire
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| Abinger Common
| Surrey
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| Abinger Hammer
| Surrey
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| Abington
| Northamptonshire
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| Abington
| South Lanarkshire
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| Abington Pigotts
| Cambridgeshire
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| Abington Vale
| Northamptonshire
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| Abingworth
| West Sussex
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| Ab Kettleby
| Leicestershire
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| Ab Lench
| Hereford and Worcester
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| Ablington
| Wiltshire
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| Ablington
| Gloucestershire
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| Abney
| Derbyshire
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| Aboyne
| Aberdeenshire
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| Abraham Heights
| Lancashire
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| Abram
| Wigan
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| Abriachan
| Highland
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| Abridge
| Essex
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| Abronhill
| North Lanarkshire
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| Abshot
| Hampshire
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| Abson
| South Gloucestershire
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| Abthorpe
| Northamptonshire
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| Abune-the-hill
| Orkney Islands
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| Aby
| Lincolnshire
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Aca-Ach
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| Acarsaid
| Highland
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| Acaster Malbis
| York
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| Acaster Selby
| North Yorkshire
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| Accrington
| Lancashire
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| Acha
| Argyll and Bute
| 
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| Achachork
| Highland
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| Achahoish
| Argyll and Bute
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| Achairn Burn
| Highland
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| Achaleven
| Argyll and Bute
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| Achalone
| Highland
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| Acha Mor
| Western Isles
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| Achanamara
| Argyll and Bute
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| Achanelid
| Argyll and Bute
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| Ach'an Todhair
| Highland
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| Achaphubuil
| Highland
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| Acharacle
| Highland
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| Achargary
| Highland
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| Acharn
| Angus
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| Acharn
| Perth and Kinross
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| Achavandra Muir
| Highland
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| Achddu
| Carmarthenshire
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| Achfary
| Highland
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| Achfrish
| Highland
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| Achgarve
| Highland
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| Achiemore
| Highland
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| A' Chill
| Highland
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| Achiltibuie
| Highland
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| Achina
| Highland
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| Achinahuagh
| Highland
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| Achindarroch
| Highland
| Highland
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| Achininver
| Highland
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| Achintee
| Highland
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| Achintraid
| Highland
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| Achleck
| Argyll and Bute
| 
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| Achluachrach
| Highland
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| Achlyness
| Highland
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| Achmelvich
| Highland
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| Achmore
| Highland
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| Achmore
| Highland
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| Achnacarnin
| Highland
| 
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| Achnacarry
| Highland
| 
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| Achnacloich
| Highland
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| Achnacroish
| Argyll and Bute
| 
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| Achnaha
| Highland
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| Achnahanat
| Highland
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| Achnahannet
| Highland
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| Achnahard
| Argyll and Bute
| 
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| Achnairn
| Highland
| 
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| Achnasheen
| Highland
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| Achosnich
| Highland
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| Achray Water
| Stirling
| 
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| Achreamie
| Highland
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| Achriesgill
| Highland
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| Achrimsdale
| Highland
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| A' Chruach
| Perth and Kinross
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| Achtalean
| Highland
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| Achterneed
| Highland
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| Achtoty
| Highland
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| Achurch
| Northamptonshire
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| Achuvoldrach
| Highland
| Highland
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|-
| Ackenthwaite
| Cumbria
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| Ackergill
| Highland
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| Acklam
| Middlesbrough
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| Acklam
| North Yorkshire
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| Ackleton
| Shropshire
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| Acklington
| Northumberland
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| Ackton
| Wakefield
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| Ackworth Moor Top
| Wakefield
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| Acle
| Norfolk
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| Acocks Green
| Birmingham
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| Acol
| Kent
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| Acomb
| Northumberland
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| Acomb
| York
| 
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| Acre
| Oldham
| 
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| Acrefair
| Wrexham
| 
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| Acres Nook
| Staffordshire
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| Acton
| Dorset
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| Acton
| Shropshire
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| Acton
| Hereford and Worcester
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| Acton
| Suffolk
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| Acton
| Ealing
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| Acton
| Wrexham
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| Acton
| Staffordshire
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| Acton
| Cheshire
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| Acton Beauchamp
| Hereford and Worcester
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| Acton Bridge
| Cheshire
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| Acton Burnell
| Shropshire
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| Acton Green
| Hereford and Worcester
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| Acton Green
| Ealing
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| Acton Pigott
| Shropshire
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| Acton Place
| 
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| Acton Place
| Suffolk
| 
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| Acton Reynald
| Shropshire
| 
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| Acton Round
| Shropshire
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| Acton Scott
| Shropshire
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| Acton Trussell
| Staffordshire
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| Acton Turville
| South Gloucestershire
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|-
| Adabroc
| Western Isles
| 
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| Adambrae
| West Lothian
| 
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| Adam's Green
| Dorset
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| Adbaston
| Staffordshire
| 
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| Adber
| Dorset
| 
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| Adbolton
| Nottinghamshire
| 
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| Add
| Argyll and Bute
| 
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| Adderbury
| Oxfordshire
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| Adderley
| Shropshire
| 
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| Adderley Green
| City of Stoke-on-Trent
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| Addiewell
| West Lothian
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| Addingham
| Bradford
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| Addingham Moorside
| Bradford
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| Addington
| Cornwall
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| Addington
| Buckinghamshire
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| Addington
| Croydon
| 
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| Addington
| Kent
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| Addinston
| Scottish Borders
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| Addiscombe
| Croydon
| 
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| Addlestone
| Surrey
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| Addlestonemoor
| Surrey
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| Addlethorpe
| Lincolnshire
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| Adel
| Leeds
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| Adeney
| Shropshire
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| Adeyfield
| Hertfordshire
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| Adfa
| Powys
| 
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| Adforton
| Hereford and Worcester
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| Adgestone
| Isle of Wight
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| Adisham
| Kent
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| Adlestrop
| 
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| Adlestrop
| Gloucestershire
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| Adlingfleet
| East Riding of Yorkshire
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| Adlington
| Cheshire
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| Adlington
| Lancashire
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| Adlington Park
| Wigan
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| Admaston
| Shropshire
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| Admaston
| Staffordshire
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| Admington
| Warwickshire
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| Adpar
| Carmarthenshire
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| Adsborough
| Somerset
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| Adscombe
| Somerset
| 
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| Adstock
| Buckinghamshire
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| Adstone
| Northamptonshire
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| Adswood
| Stockport
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| Adur
| West Sussex
| 
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| Adversane
| West Sussex
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| Advie
| Highland
| 
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| Adwalton
| Leeds
| 
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| Adwell
| Oxfordshire
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| Adwick le Street
| Doncaster
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| Adwick upon Dearne
| Doncaster
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Ae

|-
| Ae
| Dumfries and Galloway
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| Aeron
| Ceredigion
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Af

|-
| Afan
| Neath Port Talbot
| 
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| Affetside
| Bolton
| 
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| Affleck
| Aberdeenshire
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| Affpuddle
| Dorset
| 
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| Affric
| Highland
| 
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| Afon Carno
| Powys
| 
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| Afon Dulas
| Ceredigion
| 
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| Afofyrny
| Powys
| 
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| Afoitha
| Wrexham
| 
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| Afon Grannell
| Ceredigion
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| Afon Gwydderig
| Powys
| 
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| Afon Hydfer
| Powys
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| Afon Llynfi
| Powys
| 
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| Afon Mydyr
| Ceredigion
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| Afon Taf Fawr
| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
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| Afon Taf Fawr
| Powys
| 
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| Afon Twrch
| Powys
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| Afon Twrch
| Powys
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| Afon-wen
| Flintshire
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| Afoen
| Gwynedd
| 
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| Afon y Foel
| Conwy
| 
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| Afton
| Isle of Wight
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| Aftoater
| East Ayrshire
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Ag
Ag

|-
| Agar Nook
| Leicestershire
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| Agbrigg
| Wakefield
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| Aggborough
| Hereford and Worcester
| 
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| Agglethorpe
| North Yorkshire
| 
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| A' Ghairbhe
| Highland
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| Aglionby
| Cumbria
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| Agneash
| Isle of Man
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Ai
|-
| Aifft
| Denbighshire
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| Aigburth
| Liverpool
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| Aike
| East Riding of Yorkshire
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| Aike Beck
| East Riding of Yorkshire
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| Aiketgate
| Cumbria
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| Aikton
| Cumbria
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| Ailby
| Lincolnshire
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| Ailsa Craig
| South Ayrshire
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| Ailstone
| Warwickshire
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| Ailsworth
| Cambridgeshire
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| Aimes Green
| Essex
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| Ainderby Quernhow
| North Yorkshire
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| Ainderby Steeple
| North Yorkshire
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| Aingers Green
| Essex
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| Ainley Top
| Kirklees
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| Ainsdale
| Sefton
| 
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| Ainstable
| Cumbria
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| Ainsworth
| Bury
| 
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| Ainthorpe
| North Yorkshire
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| Aintree
| Sefton
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| Aird
| Western Isles
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| Aird
| Western Isles
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| Aird Adhanais
| Western Isles
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| Aird a Mhachair
| Western Isles
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| Aird a' Mhulaidh
| Western Isles
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| Aird Asaig
| Western Isles
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| Aird Brenish
| Western Isles
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| Aird Choinnich
| Western Isles
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| 
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| Aird Dhail
| Western Isles
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| Airdens
| Highland
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| Aird Mhanais
| Western Isles
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| Aird Mhighe
| Western Isles
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| Aird Mhighe
| Western Isles
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| Aird Mhòr
| Western Isles
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| Aird na Monadh
| Western Isles
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| Aird nan Sruban
| Western Isles
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| Aird of Sleat
| Highland
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| Airdrie
| North Lanarkshire
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| Aird Ruairidh
| Western Isles
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| Aird Shleibhe
| Western Isles
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| The Aird
| Highland
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| Aird Thunga
| Western Isles
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| Airdtorrisdale
| Highland
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| Aird Uig
| Western Isles
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| Aire
| Wakefield
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| Aire
| Lincolnshire
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| Aire
| North Yorkshire
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| Aire and Calder Navigation
| North Yorkshire
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| Aire and Calder Navigation
| Lincolnshire
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| Aire and Calder Navigation
| North Yorkshire
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| Airedale
| Wakefield
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| Aire View
| North Yorkshire
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| Airidh a Bhruaich
| Western Isles
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| Airlie
| Angus
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| Angus
| 
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| Airmyn
| East Riding of Yorkshire
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| Airntully
| Perth and Kinross
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| Airor
| Highland
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| Airth
| Falkirk
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| Airthrey Castle
| Stirling
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| Airton
| North Yorkshire
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| Airy Hill
| North Yorkshire
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| Aisby
| Lincolnshire
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| Aisby
| Lincolnshire
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| Aisgernis
| Western Isles
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| Aish
| Devon
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| Aish
| Devon
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| Aisholt
| Somerset
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| Aiskew
| North Yorkshire
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| Aislaby
| Stockton-on-Tees
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| Aislaby
| North Yorkshire
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| Aislaby
| North Yorkshire
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| Aisthorpe
| Lincolnshire
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| Aith
| Shetland Islands
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| Aithnen
| Powys
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| Aithsetter
| Shetland Islands
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Ak

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| Akeld
| Northumberland
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| Akeley
| Buckinghamshire
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| Suffolk
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locations: Aa-Ak
Clay Cross is a former mining town in north east Derbyshire, England. It is six miles south of Chesterfield. It is the former Roman road Ryknield Street. Near by settlements are North Wingfield, Tupton, Pilsley, Ashover, and Tibshelf.

Villages in Derbyshire
The Talyllyn Railway () is a narrow-gauge preserved railway in Wales. It runs for  from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn. The line was opened in 1866 to carry slate from the quarries at Bryn Eglwys to Tywyn. It was the first narrow gauge railway in Britain authorised by Act of Parliament to carry passengers using steam haulage. Despite severe under-investment, the line remained open, and in 1951 it became the first railway in the world to be preserved as a heritage railway by volunteers.
Since preservation, the railway has operated as a tourist attraction. It has increased the amount of rolling stock it has. It has done this by buying and building new locomotives and carriages. In 1976, an extension was opened along the former mineral line from Abergynolwyn to the new station at Nant Gwernol. In 2001, the preservation society celebrated its 50th anniversary. In 2005 a major rebuilding and extension of Tywyn Wharf station took place. This included a much-expanded facility for the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum.

The fictional Skarloey Railway was based on the Talyllyn Railway. This fictional railway formed part of the Railway Series of children's books by The Rev. W. Awdry. The preservation of the line inspired the Ealing Comedy film The Titfield Thunderbolt.
Name and gauge
The origin of the railway's name is uncertain. It could refer to the parish of Talyllyn, which contains its eastern terminus. Or it could come from Tal-y-llyn. Tal-y-llyn is a large glacial ribbon lake at the foot of Cadair Idris  further east. The  gauge of the track is unusual. It was shared by only three other public railways in the United Kingdom: the nearby Corris Railway (which predated the Talyllyn), and the subsequent Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway and Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway.

History
Slate quarrying began in the hills above Tywyn in the 1830s. Although many small quarries and test levels were established, only one major quarry was developed in the region. It was at Bryn Eglwys,  north east of the town.  Underground working began in the early 1840s. By 1847 the quarry was being worked by local landowner John Pughe. The finished slates were sent by packhorse to the wharf at Pennal. They were then transferred to boats for a river trip to Aberdyfi (also known as Aberdovey). Finally they were loaded into seagoing vessels. This was a complex and expensive transportation arrangement which limited the quarry's output.  In 1861 the outbreak of the American Civil War cut off supplies of cotton to the mills of the north west of England. As a result a number of prosperous mill owners looked for new business opportunities to diversify their interests. One such owner was William McConnel of Lancashire. In 1859 he purchased a house near Dolgellau, north of Tywyn
. In January 1864, McConnel formed the Aberdovey Slate Company. The company leased the land including Bryn Eglwys from the landowner, Lewis Morris of Machynlleth.
McConnel set about improving Bryn Eglwys to increase its output. In 1865 his company earmarked money for the construction of a narrow gauge railway connecting the quarry with the port of Aberdyfi. The standard gauge Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway was expanding rapidly from its base at Machynlleth however. In 1863 this railway had reached Tywyn, so McConnel decided to build his line from the quarry to Tywyn. This was the nearest point where slate could be transferred to the standard gauge railway.  This was despite the line's initial isolation from the rest of the system because of difficulties in bridging the estuary of the Afon Dyfi to the south.  An Act of Parliament (28 and 29 Vict, cap cccxv) allowing the company to operate passenger trains as a public railway was given Royal Assent on 5 July 186., The company appointed James Swinton Spooner as engineer for the construction. He laid out plans for a relatively straight line climbing steadily from Tywyn to the quarry and work quickly got underway
. By September 1866 construction had advanced to the point where the Board of Trade inspector Captain Henry Tyler could make an initial inspection and report.
Tyler's report led to an unusual alteration. It was discovered that the loading gauge of the line was too small.  The internal width of the overbridges was only , but the railway's passenger carriages were  wide. This left less than  clearance on either side, which was less than the minimum required clearance of . To alleviate this problem, McConnel proposed that the doors on one side of each carriage be permanently barred and the track slewed off-centre beneath the bridges. This would allow adequate clearance at least on the side with doors and mean that passengers could get out of the carriages if the train stopped underneath a bridge. Tyler agreed to this arrangement, and to this day all carriages on the Talyllyn have doors on one side only, an unusual feature for a public railway. This feature is however shared with the neighbouring Corris Railway, though for different reasons.  Tyler also required that improvements be made to the railway's first two steam locomotives, as locomotive No
. 1 suffered from excessive "vertical motion" and No. 2 was said to suffer from "horizontal oscillation". No. 1 was returned to its manufacturer where a set of trailing wheels was added to reduce the rear overhang. The springs on No. 2 were adjusted and the crank pins shortened to reduce its oscillation.
Success after McConnel: 1886-1880s

The railway opened with two locomotives, one was a carriage and the other carried goods. They were ran under a "one engine in steam" rule to make sure they did not crash into each other. At the beginning, locomotives were kept in a shed made of wood at Ty Dwr at the Abergynolwyn station. This was when the main engineering department of the Tayllyn was being built at . The engineering department opened up on February 17 1867.
When Talyllyn opened there were two train stations it visited, one at Pendre and the other at Abergynolwyn. In 1867, the station at  opened. In 1873,  and  stations opened. Eventually, a line that ran from the Abergynolwyn station to the actual village of Abergynolwyn was opened. People could take an incline down a hill from the station to the town. From there, people could take a one of the many trams that ran through the village. Supplies like coal, building materials, and other things were sent down the incline from the train station to the village.
The railway used steam locomotives when it opened. The two original locomotives were made by Fletcher, Jennings & Co. of Whitehaven in Cumbria. Both of them are still used today but many of the parts inside and outside have been replaced. Talyllyn has a rare gauge. This is thought to match the gauge at Corris Railway. The locomotives at Talyllyn might be the oldest of their kind for making sure they fit that type of gauge. The locomotives, Talyllyn and Dolgoch used to carry slate from the quarry at Tywyn. It also carried other things. Trains that carried people, called passenger trains, traveled between Abergynolwyn, Dolgoch and Pendre. Men who worked on the quarries also traveled on trains, despite those trains not being able to be used by the public. Those trains traveled from Abergynolwyn to Alltwyllt and into Nant Gwernol.
The line was very successful when it opened. As of 1880, 300 people worked in the local slate industry. Over  of slate was sent by train each year. Over 11,500 people first road the trains in 1867. By 1877, over 23,000 people were using the train.

Less money is made: 1880s-1910

Starting in the 1880s, the "Grand Tour" was popular with people visiting the area, called tourists. People could take the Talyllyn and Corris trains and go through Tal-y-llyn Lake and Cadair Idris. Then, when they returned, they could use Cambrian Railways trains. The need for slate slowed down for the last twenty years of the 1880s. Many quarries fired people or closed. Even the quarries that dug up more slate due to other quarries closing often closed eventually. This made the need for the trains less, and made the railroad companies make less money.
Eventually, the biggest quarry in the area, Bryn Eglwys closed. Most of the people who had jobs in Abergynolwyn worked at that quarry. Many people were hurt by the closure. A man who lived in Abergynolwyn, named Henry Haydn Jones bought Bryn Eglwys. He also became a MP for the Liberal representing Merioneth. The quarry, which had closed, reopened in January 1911. Haydn Jones had no money to put into the quarry. But, when workers started mining in the quarry they pulled slate from the "Broad Vein" section. That section had slate that was very hard. It was not popular and most people did not want to buy it. They stopped getting slate from the Broad Vein and started getting slate from the "Narrow Vein," which had slate that was softer and that people wanted to buy. It was very expensive to build a new mind in the Narrow Vein. So, to save money, Haydn Jones made very small entrances into the mine, which were considered unsafe by many people
. The sales of slate rose during World War I because people started building new buildings after they were destroyed in the war.
The rental contract on Bryn Eglwys ended in 1942. But, Haydn Jones could renew it each year. People were still visiting the area as tourists. In October 1942, two return trains ran on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The trip was 45 minutes long one way. They did not let people ride the trains on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. In 1946, the was a collapse in Bryn Eglwys. The quarry was called unsafe and people could not use it. It was closed. Haydn Jones kept running the railway and said he would do so until he died. In 1947, most of the railroads in Britain were bought by the government. Talyllyn remained owned by Haydn Jones. Between 1947 and 1949, people could ride the train two days a week. Haydn Jones died on July 2 1950. The railway kept running until October 6.

Preservation

Saving the railway: 1951-1960
In 1949, Tom Rolt, who was a writer, visited the railway. David Curwen, who was a locomotive engineer, visited with him. In the summer of 1950, Rolt wrote a letter to the Birmingham Post. He told them that it was important to rescue Talyllyn. Many people had interest in this. On October 11 1950,  a meeting was held about it in Birmingham at the Imperial Hotel. About 70 people attended. Rolt told them that he thought they should make a committee, or a team, to look into buying the railway. The committee met again on October 23. They met with the people who ran Haydn Jones' finances after he had died.
When the railway re-opened again it needed a lot of work done to it to fix things and update it. They bought two more steam locomotives from Corris Railway in 1951. They were named Sir Haydn and Edward Thomas. In 1951, Sir Haydn became the first new locomotive to travel on Talyllyn Railway in over 80 years. It derailed a lot because the Talyllyn Railway was slightly wider than the Corris Railway. Eventually this was fixed by changing the width of the railway and changing parts of the locomotive wheels. The Edward Thomas needed a lot of service, but it was too expensive to fix. A man who was on the Preservation Society board of directors, John Alcock, had his company, the Hunslet Engine Company fix it for free.
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Another locomotive was donated to the Society by an engineering company in Birmingham called Abelsons Limited. The locomotive was named Douglas. It was built for the depot railway and was used by the RAF Calshot until 1945. It started being used by the public in 1954. Through the 1950s volunteers and Society staff members helped fix the railway tracks.

On May 22 1957, the BBC produced a live television program at the railway. Wynford Vaughan Thomas and Huw Weldon road the train from Dolgoch to Abergynolwyn. As a result of the television program, more people used the train. Over 57,000 people road the train that summer. The money that those people paid helped the Society improve the railway. In 1958, the original Talyllyn locomotive was put back in service.

At the Tywyn Wharf train station a museum was opened. It is called the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum. The first object that was displayed at the museum was the Guinness Brewery locomotive. It was donated to the museum in 1952. The museum opened in 1956.
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References

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Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
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