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Crowborough is a town in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. [1]

109 relations: A. A. Milne, A26 road, All Saints' Day, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ashdown Forest, Aspidistra (transmitter), Battle of Arnhem, BBC, BBC News, Beacon Academy, Brighton, Cate Blanchett, Charlie Cox, Civil parish, Communist Party of Great Britain, County town, Crawley, Crowborough Athletic F.C., Crowborough railway station, David Jason, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Derek Rayner, Baron Rayner, Dirk Bogarde, Ditchling Beacon, Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Dylan Hartley, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, East Croydon station, East Sussex, EastEnders, Edenbridge, Kent, England, France, Genesis (band), Greater Manchester, Groombridge, Guy Fawkes Night, Hadlow Down, Hailsham, Hartfield, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Hip hop, Horwich, Hyperlocal, Irish language, Isaac Roberts, James Dagwell, Jehst, Kent, ..., Kent and Sussex Courier, Kerry Katona, Kim Woodburn, Leith Hill, Lewes, Lewes Bonfire, Lions Clubs International, List of current places of worship in Wealden, List of former places of worship in Wealden, Local World, London, London Bridge station, Luxford House, Maresfield, Marilyn (geography), Marks & Spencer, Mayfield and Five Ashes, Mereworth, Mid-Sussex Football League, Montargis, NASA, New Forest, Newhaven, East Sussex, Norman Thorne, Ordnance Survey, Oxted line, Parish, Pembury Hospital, Piers Sellers, Preparatory school (United Kingdom), Princess Royal Hospital (Haywards Heath), Racquetball, Richard Jefferies, Robert Henry Cain, Ross Kemp, Rotherfield, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Sherlock Holmes, Sister city, South East Today, Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway), Squash (sport), Surrey, Tennis, Tim Waterstone, Tom Baker, Tom Driberg, Tony Stratton-Smith, Topographic prominence, Uckfield, Uckfield railway station, Van der Graaf Generator, Wadhurst, Waterstones, Weald, Wealden, Wealden (UK Parliament constituency), Wealden iron industry, Winnie-the-Pooh. Expand index (59 more) »

A. A. Milne

Alan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems.

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A26 road

The A26 road is one of the three cross-country two-digit numbered roads in the southeast of England, the others being the A25 road and A27 road.

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All Saints' Day

All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, Hallowmas, Feast of All Saints, or Solemnity of All Saints, is a Christian festival celebrated in honour of all the saints, known and unknown.

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes.

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Ashdown Forest

Ashdown Forest is an ancient area of tranquil open heathland occupying the highest sandy ridge-top of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Aspidistra (transmitter)

Aspidistra was a British medium wave radio transmitter used for black propaganda and military deception purposes against Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Battle of Arnhem

The Battle of Arnhem was a major battle of the Second World War fought in and around the Dutch towns of Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Wolfheze, Driel and the surrounding countryside from 17–26 September 1944.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Beacon Academy

Beacon Academy (formerly Beacon Community College) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Crowborough in the English county of East Sussex.

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort on the south coast of England which is part of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, 47 miles (75 km) south of London.

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Cate Blanchett

Catherine Elise Blanchett, (born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actress and theatre director.

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Charlie Cox

Charlie Thomas CoxBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com (born 15 December 1982) is an English actor known for his roles as Matt Murdock / Daredevil in Marvel's Daredevil TV series by Netflix, Tristan Thorn in Stardust, Jonathan Hellyer Jones in The Theory of Everything and Owen Sleater in the second and third seasons of HBO's Boardwalk Empire.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

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Communist Party of Great Britain

The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was a British communist party which was the largest communist party in Great Britain, although it never became a mass party like those in France and Italy.

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County town

A county town in Great Britain or Ireland is usually, but not always, the location of administrative or judicial functions within the county.

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Crawley

Crawley is a town and borough in West Sussex, England.

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Crowborough Athletic F.C.

Crowborough Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Crowborough, East Sussex, England.

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Crowborough railway station

Crowborough railway station is on the branch of the Oxted Line in England, serving the town of Crowborough, East Sussex.

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David Jason

Sir David John White, (born 2 February 1940), known professionally by his stage name David Jason, is a British actor known especially for his comedic roles.

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Derek Rayner, Baron Rayner

Derek George Rayner, Baron Rayner (30 March 1926 – 26 June 1998) was an English businessman who was chairman and chief executive of Marks & Spencer plc (now generally known as M&S), one of the major British retailers who revived and rapidly expanded the company in the 1980s.

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Dirk Bogarde

Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor and writer.

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Ditchling Beacon

Ditchling Beacon is the third-highest point on the South Downs in south-east England, behind Butser Hill (270 m; 886 ft) and Crown Tegleaze (253 m; 830 ft).

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963.

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Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey is a historical period drama television series set in England in the early 20th century, created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece.

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Dylan Hartley

Dylan Hartley (born 24 March 1986) is a New Zealand-born rugby union player who plays at hooker for England and Northampton Saints.

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E. E. Evans-Pritchard

Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard, FBA (21 September 1902 – 11 September 1973), known as E. E. Evans-Pritchard, was an English anthropologist who was instrumental in the development of social anthropology.

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East Croydon station

East Croydon is a railway station and tram stop in the town of Croydon, Greater London, England, and is in Travelcard Zone 5.

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East Sussex

East Sussex is a county in South East England.

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EastEnders

EastEnders is a British soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since 1985.

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Edenbridge, Kent

Edenbridge is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Genesis (band)

Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey in 1967.

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Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2,782,100.

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Groombridge

Groombridge is a village of about 1,600 people.

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Guy Fawkes Night

Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain.

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Hadlow Down

Hadlow Down is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.

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Hailsham

Hailsham is a civil parish and the largest of the five towns in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England.

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Hartfield

Hartfield is a civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England.

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High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

The High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is situated in south-east England.

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Hip hop

Hip hop, or hip-hop, is a subculture and art movement developed in the Bronx in New York City during the late 1970s.

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Horwich

Horwich is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

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Hyperlocal

Hyperlocal is information oriented around a well-defined community with its primary focus directed toward the concerns of the population in that community.

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Irish language

The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.

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Isaac Roberts

Isaac Roberts FRS (27 January 1829 – 17 July 1904) was a Welsh engineer and businessman best known for his work as an amateur astronomer, pioneering the field of astrophotography of nebulae.

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James Dagwell

James Dagwell is a British journalist working predominantly as a senior television news producer in the UK broadcasting industry.

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Jehst

William G. 'Billy' Shields (born 1979), better known by his stage name Jehst, is an English rapper and co-founder of hip hop label YNR Productions.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Kent and Sussex Courier

The Kent and Sussex Courier is an English regional newspaper, published in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

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Kerry Katona

Kerry Jayne Elizabeth Kay (born Katona, formerly McFadden and Croft; born 6 September 1980) is an English singer and media personality.

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Kim Woodburn

Patricia Mary Woodburn (née McKenzie; 25 March 1942), known as Kim Woodburn, is an English television presenter and expert cleaner who is best known for co-presenting the British television programme How Clean Is Your House? and from 2007 - 2009, starred in the Canadian series Kim's Rude Awakenings.

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Leith Hill

Leith Hill is a wooded hill to the south west of Dorking, Surrey, England.

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Lewes

Lewes is the county town of East Sussex and formerly all of Sussex.

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Lewes Bonfire

Lewes Bonfire or Bonfire, for short, describes a set of celebrations held in the town of Lewes, Sussex that constitute the United Kingdom's largest and most famous Bonfire Night festivities, with Lewes being called the bonfire capital of the world.

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Lions Clubs International

Lions Clubs International (LCI) is an international secular, non-political service organization established originally in 1916 in chicago, Illinois by Melvin Jones.

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List of current places of worship in Wealden

There are more than 130 current places of worship in Wealden, the largest of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex.

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List of former places of worship in Wealden

In Wealden, the largest of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex, there are 41 former churches, chapels and places of worship which are now used for other purposes or are disused.

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Local World

Local World Holdings Ltd. is a large regional newspaper publisher in the UK that publishes around 100 print titles and more than 70 websites.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Bridge station

London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Southwark, south-east London.

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Luxford House

Luxford House is a 16th-century Grade II listed building near Crowborough, East Sussex.

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Maresfield

Maresfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.

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Marilyn (geography)

A Marilyn is a mountain or hill in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland or Isle of Man with a prominence of at least 150 metres (492 ft), regardless of absolute height or other merit.

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Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer Group plc (also known as M&S) is a major British multinational retailer headquartered in the City of Westminster, London.

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Mayfield and Five Ashes

Mayfield and Five Ashes is a civil parish in the High Weald of East Sussex, England.

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Mereworth

Mereworth is a village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England.

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Mid-Sussex Football League

The Mid-Sussex Football League (currently sponsored by Gray Hooper Holt LLP) is a football competition in England.

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Montargis

Montargis is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France on the Loing river.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

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New Forest

The New Forest is an area of southern England which includes one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in the heavily populated south-east of England.

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Newhaven, East Sussex

Newhaven is a town in the Lewes District of East Sussex in England.

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Norman Thorne

Norman Thorne (c. 1902 – 22 April 1925) was an English Sunday-school teacher and chicken farmer who was convicted and hanged for what became known as the Chicken run murder.

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Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey (OS) is a national mapping agency in the United Kingdom which covers the island of Great Britain.

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Oxted line

The Oxted line is a railway in southern England and part of the Southern franchise.

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Parish

A parish is a church territorial entity constituting a division within a diocese.

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Pembury Hospital

Pembury Hospital was a hospital near Pembury, Kent, England, run by the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, located north-west of the village of Pembury on Tonbridge Road.

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Piers Sellers

Piers John Sellers OBE (11 April 1955 – 23 December 2016) was a British-American meteorologist, NASA astronaut and Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA/GSFC.

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Preparatory school (United Kingdom)

A preparatory school (or, shortened: prep school) in the United Kingdom is a selective, fee-charging independent primary school that caters primarily for children up to approximately the age of 13.

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Princess Royal Hospital (Haywards Heath)

The Princess Royal Hospital is an acute, teaching, general hospital located in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England.

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Racquetball

Racquetball is a racquet sport played with a hollow rubber ball in an indoor or outdoor court.

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Richard Jefferies

John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 – 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels.

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Robert Henry Cain

Major Robert Henry Cain VC TD (2 January 1909 – 2 May 1974) was a Manx recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Ross Kemp

Ross James Kemp (born 21 July 1964) is an English actor, author and investigative journalist.

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Rotherfield

Rotherfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.

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Royal Tunbridge Wells

Royal Tunbridge Wells is a large affluent town in western Kent, England, around south-east of central London by road and by rail.

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Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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South East Today

BBC South East Today is the BBC South East regional television news programme, serving Kent, East Sussex, part of West Sussex and a small part of Surrey.

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Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)

Southern is the brand name used by the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) train operating company on the Southern routes of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise in England.

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Squash (sport)

Squash is a ball sport played by two (singles) or four players (doubles squash) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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Tim Waterstone

Sir Tim Waterstone (born 30 May 1939) is a British businessman, author and philanthropist.

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Tom Baker

Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934) is an English actor.

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Tom Driberg

Thomas Edward Neil Driberg, Baron Bradwell (22 May 1905 – 12 August 1976) was a British journalist, politician, High Anglican churchman and possible Soviet spy, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1942-55, and again from 1959-74.

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Tony Stratton-Smith

Tony Stratton-Smith (29 October 1933 – 19 March 1987) was an English rock music manager, and entrepreneur.

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Topographic prominence

In topography, prominence characterizes the height of a mountain or hill's summit by the vertical distance between it and the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it.

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Uckfield

Uckfield is a town in the Wealden District of East Sussex in South East England.

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Uckfield railway station

Uckfield railway station is the southern terminus of a branch of the Oxted Line in England, serving the town of Uckfield, East Sussex.

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Van der Graaf Generator

Van der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester by singer-songwriters Peter Hammill and Chris Judge Smith and the first act signed by Charisma Records.

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Wadhurst

Wadhurst is a market town in East Sussex, England.

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Waterstones

Waterstones, formerly Waterstone's, is a British book retailer that operates about 250 shops, mainly in the UK and also other nearby countries.

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Weald

The Weald is an area of South East England between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs.

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Wealden

Wealden is a local government district in East Sussex, England: its name comes from the Weald, the remnant forest which was once unbroken and occupies much of the centre and north of this area.

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Wealden (UK Parliament constituency)

Wealden is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Nus Ghani, a Conservative.

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Wealden iron industry

The Wealden iron industry was located in the Weald of south-eastern England.

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Winnie-the-Pooh

Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear, is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowborough

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