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Yeovil is an English town and civil parish in the district of South Somerset, with a population of 45,000. [1]

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A30 road

The A30 is a major road in England, running WSW from London to Land's End.

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A37 road

The A37 is a major road in south west England.

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Abbey Barn, Yeovil

The Abbey Barn in Preston Plucknett, Yeovil, Somerset, England was built around 1420 by John Stourton (died 1438), in conjunction with the Abbey Farm House.

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Abbey Farm House, Yeovil

The Abbey Farm House in Yeovil, Somerset, England was built around 1420 and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

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AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland (branded as Leonardo Helicopters since January 2016) was a helicopter design and manufacturing company.

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AgustaWestland AW101

The AgustaWestland AW101 is a medium-lift helicopter used in both military and civil applications.

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AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat

The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat (previously called the Future Lynx and Lynx Wildcat) is an improved version of the Westland Super Lynx military helicopter designed to serve in the battlefield utility, search and rescue and anti-surface warfare roles.

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Alastair Sim

Alastair George Bell Sim, CBE (9 October 1900 – 19 August 1976) was a Scottish character actor who began his theatrical career at the age of thirty, but quickly became established as a popular West End performer, remaining so until his death in 1976.

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Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great (Ælfrēd, Ælfrǣd, "elf counsel" or "wise elf"; 849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899.

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Alison Adburgham

Alison Adburgham (28 January 1912 – 23 May 1997) was an English journalist, author and social historian.

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Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that evolved out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the Protestant Reformation.

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Anglo-Saxon charters

Anglo-Saxon charters are documents from the early medieval period in England, which typically made a grant of land, or recorded a privilege.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Azores

The Azores (or; Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal.

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Æthelweard (son of Alfred)

Æthelweard (d. 920 or 922) was the younger son of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith.

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Babylon Hill

Babylon Hill in Dorset is a 2.2 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest designated in 1977.

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BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security, and aerospace company.

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Baptists

Baptists are Christians distinguished by baptizing professing believers only (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and doing so by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling).

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Barnsley F.C.

Barnsley Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.

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Barry Took

Barry Took (19 June 192831 March 2002) was an English writer, television presenter and comedian.

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Barwick, Somerset

Barwick is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated south of Yeovil in the South Somerset district and on the border with Dorset.

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Berry's Coaches

Berry’s Coaches is a coach operator based in Taunton, Somerset.

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Biometrics

Biometrics is the technical term for body measurements and calculations.

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Black Death

The Black Death, also known as the Great Plague, the Black Plague, or simply the Plague, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351.

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Boundary commissions (United Kingdom)

The boundary commissions in the United Kingdom are non-departmental public bodies responsible for determining the boundaries of constituencies for elections to the House of Commons, the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales.

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Bournemouth University

Bournemouth University (abbreviated BU) is a public university in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, with its main campus situated in neighbouring Poole.

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Bradford Abbas

Bradford Abbas is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, southeast of Yeovil and southwest of Sherborne.

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Bridgwater and Taunton College

Bridgwater and Taunton College is a further education college based in Bridgwater, Somerset, England.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city and county in South West England with a population of 456,000.

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Bristol and Exeter Railway

The Bristol & Exeter Railway (B&ER) was an English railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge broader than the standard-gauge railways.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.

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Brympton

Brympton is a civil parish and electoral ward in Somerset, England.

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Brympton d'Evercy

Brympton d'Evercy (also known as Brympton House) is a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England.

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Bucklers Mead Academy

Buckler's Mead Academy is a secondary school and specialist Technology College in Yeovil, Somerset, England.

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Cavalier

The term Cavalier was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier Royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679).

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Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family.

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Chard, Somerset

Chard is a town and a civil parish in the English county of Somerset.

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Chris Weale

Christopher "Chris" Weale (born 9 February 1982) is a former English professional footballer who is a goalkeeper coach for Exeter City.

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Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil

The Church of St John the Baptist in Yeovil, Somerset, England was built in the late 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

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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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Clifton Maybank

Clifton Maybank is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Dorset.

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Closworth

Closworth is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, south of Yeovil in the South Somerset district, on the border with Dorset.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Convection

Convection is the heat transfer due to bulk movement of molecules within fluids such as gases and liquids, including molten rock (rheid).

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Corscombe

Corscombe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, in the West Dorset administrative district.

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Counts of Eu

This is a list of the counts of Eu, a French fief in the Middle Ages.

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Crewkerne

Crewkerne is a town and electoral ward in Somerset, England, situated south west of Yeovil and east of Chard in the South Somerset district close to the border with Dorset.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-marketPeter Wilby, New Statesman, 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London.

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Damory Coaches

Damory Coaches is a bus and coach operator based in Blandford Forum in Dorset, England.

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Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Districts of England

The districts of England (also known as local authority districts or local government districts to distinguish from unofficial city districts) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government.

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Diurnal motion

Diurnal motion (lit, from dies, lit. "day") is an astronomical term referring to the apparent daily motion of stars around Earth, or more precisely around the two celestial poles.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.

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Dorchester, Dorset

Dorchester is the county town of Dorset, England.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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Earl of Arundel

Earl of Arundel is the oldest extant earldom and the oldest extant peerage in the Peerage of England.

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Earl of Bedford

Earl of Bedford is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England and is currently a subsidiary title of the Dukes of Bedford.

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East Coker

East Coker is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England.

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EFL League Two

The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the third and lowest division of the English Football League (EFL) and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system.

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Electoral district

An electoral district, (election) precinct, election district, or legislative district, called a voting district by the US Census (also known as a constituency, riding, ward, division, electoral area, or electorate) is a territorial subdivision for electing members to a legislative body.

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Elim Pentecostal Church

The Elim Pentecostal Church is a UK-based Pentecostal Christian denomination.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.

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English Football League

The English Football League (EFL) is a league competition featuring professional football clubs from England and Wales.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.

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European Parliament

The European Parliament (EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU).

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Evershot

Evershot is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated in the West Dorset administrative district approximately south of Yeovil in Somerset.

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FA Cup

The FA Cup, known officially as The Football Association Challenge Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football.

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FA Women's Super League

The Football Association Women's Super League (FA WSL) is the highest league of women's football in England.

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Fingerprint

A fingerprint in its narrow sense is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger.

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First Hampshire & Dorset

First Hampshire & Dorset is a bus operator providing services in the counties of Hampshire and Dorset.

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First West of England

First West of England First West of England Limited formerly First Somerset & Avon Limited formerly First Bristol Buses Limited formerly Bristol Omnibus Company Limited formerly Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company Limited is a bus operator providing services in Bristol, Bath, Somerset, South Gloucestershire and West Wiltshire.

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First-past-the-post voting

A first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting method is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins.

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Fleet Air Arm

The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft.

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Flora Twort

Flora Caroline Twort (24 June 1893 – 1985) was an English painter who specialised in watercolours and pastels of the scenes and people of Petersfield, Hampshire.

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Folly

In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of garden ornaments usually associated with the class of buildings to which it belongs.

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Football League Third Division

The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 and again from 1958 until 1992.

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Fosse Way

The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England that linked Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) in South West England to Lincoln (Lindum Colonia) in Lincolnshire, via Ilchester (Lindinis), Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium) and Leicester (Ratae Corieltauvorum).

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Further education

Further education (often abbreviated FE) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is education in addition to that received at secondary school, that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.

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Great Western Railway (train operating company)

First Greater Western Limited, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the Greater Western railway franchise.

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Halstock

Halstock is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated in the West Dorset administrative district approximately south of Yeovil in Somerset.

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Hamstone

Hamstone is the name given to a honey-coloured building stone from Ham Hill, Somerset, England.

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Heart of Wessex Line

The Heart of Wessex Line, also known as the Bristol to Weymouth Line, is a railway line that runs from to to Weymouth in England.

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Heather Stanning

Heather Mary Stanning OBE (born 26 January 1985) is a retired British professional rower, a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team, and Royal Artillery officer.

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Heelys

Heelys, formerly known as Heeling Sports Limited, is a brand of roller shoe (marketed by Heelys, Inc.) that have one or more removable wheels embedded in each sole, similar to inline skates, allowing the wearer to walk, run, or, by shifting their weight to their heels, roll.

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Hemington, Somerset

Hemington is a village and civil parish north west of Frome, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Huish Park

Huish Park is a football stadium located in Yeovil, Somerset, England.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Hundred of Stone

The Hundred of Stone is one of the 40 historical Hundreds in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, dating from before the Norman conquest during the Anglo-Saxon era although exact dates are unknown.

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Ian Botham

Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is an English former cricketer and current cricket commentator.

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Ian Carmichael

Ian Gillett Carmichael, OBE (18 June 1920 – 5 February 2010) was an English actor best known for his roles in the films of the Boulting brothers such as Private's Progress (1956) and I'm All Right Jack (1959).

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Ilchester

Ilchester is a village and civil parish, situated on the River Yeo or Ivel, five miles north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset.

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Ilminster

Ilminster is a town and civil parish in the countryside of south west Somerset, England, with a population of 5,808.

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Irene Handl

Irene Handl (27 December 1901 – 29 November 1987) was an English character actress who appeared in over a hundred British films.

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Jim Cregan

James Cregan (born 9 March 1946) is an English rock guitarist and bassist, best known for his associations with Family, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel and Rod Stewart.

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg (also known as Jozi, Joburg and Egoli) is the largest city in South Africa and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.

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John Cowper Powys

John Cowper Powys (8 October 187217 June 1963) was a British philosopher, lecturer, novelist, literary critic, and poet.

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John Finnemore (writer)

John David Finnemore (born 28 September 1977) is a British comedy writer and actor.

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John Horsey (died 1564)

Sir John Horsey JP (died 30 January 1564) was a knight of Henry VIII (knighted 22 February 1546) and Lord of the Manors of Clifton Maubank and South Perrott.

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John Parish

John Parish (born 11 April 1959) is an English musician, songwriter, composer and record producer.

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John, King of England

John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216), also known as John Lackland (Norman French: Johan sanz Terre), was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.

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Kingfisher plc

Kingfisher plc is a British multinational retailing company headquartered in London, with regional offices located across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland in locations such as Cardiff, Edinburgh and Dublin.

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Leon Brittan

Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, (25 September 1939 – 21 January 2015) was a British politician, Conservative Member of Parliament, and barrister, as well as a member of the European Commission.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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London

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

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London and South Western Railway

The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922.

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Lord of the manor

In British or Irish history, the lordship of a manor is a lordship emanating from the feudal system of manorialism.

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Low-pressure area

A low-pressure area, low, or depression, is a region on the topographic map where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of surrounding locations.

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Manorialism

Manorialism was an essential element of feudal society.

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Marcus Fysh

Marcus John Hudson Fysh (born 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.

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Martin Cranie

Martin James Cranie (born 26 September 1986) is an English footballer who most recently played for Middlesbrough.

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Martock

Martock is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Merchant

A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Michael Davies (Catholic writer)

Michael Treharne Davies (13 March 1936 – 25 September 2004) was a British teacher and traditionalist Catholic writer of many books about the Catholic Church following the Second Vatican Council.

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Michael Heseltine

Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, (born 21 March 1933) is a British Conservative politician and businessman.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MoD or MOD) is the British government department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by Her Majesty's Government and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.

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Montacute

Montacute is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England, west of Yeovil.

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Montacute House

Montacute House is a late Elizabethan mansion with garden in Montacute, South Somerset.

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Mudford

Mudford is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated from Yeovil in the South Somerset district on the River Yeo.

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Multistorey car park

A multistorey car park (UK English) or parking garage (US English; also called a multistorey, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking structure, parking ramp, parking building, parking deck or indoor parking) is a building designed for car parking and where there are a number of floors or levels on which parking takes place.

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National Character Area

A National Character Area (NCA) is a natural subdivision of England based on a combination of landscape, biodiversity, geodiversity and economic activity.

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National Express Coaches

National Express is an intercity and InterRegional coach operator providing services throughout Great Britain.

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National League (English football)

The National League is an association football league in England consisting of three divisions, the National League, National League North and National League South.

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Newton Surmaville

Newton Surmaville is a small park and house south of Yeovil, Somerset in the district of South Somerset, in England.

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NHS foundation trust

NHS foundation trusts are semi-autonomous organisational units within the National Health Service in England.

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Ninesprings

Ninesprings is a country park situated in the South East of Yeovil, Somerset, the United Kingdom.

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Normalair

Normalair Garrett Limited (NGL), or Normalair, was a British manufacturing company based in Yeovil, Somerset, England, which manufactured high altitude life support equipment for the aerospace industry.

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Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England (in Britain, often called the Norman Conquest or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Paleolithic

The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic is a period in human prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone tools that covers c. 95% of human technological prehistory.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Peter Jones (actor)

Peter Geoffrey Francis Jones (12 June 1920 – 10 April 2000) was an English actor, screenwriter and broadcaster.

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Portreeve

A portreeve or port warden is the title of an historical official in England and Wales possessing authority (political, administrative, or fiscal) over a town.

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Preston Plucknett

Preston Plucknett is a suburb of Yeovil in Somerset, England.

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Preston School

Preston School is a secondary school with specialist Business and Enterprise College status in Yeovil, Somerset, England.

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Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is one of the oldest cities in the United States.

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Railway turntable

In rail terminology, a railway turntable or wheelhouse is a device for turning railway rolling stock, usually locomotives, so that they can be moved back in the direction from which they came.

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Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton

Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton DL (March 1596September 1652) was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War, appointed lieutenant-general under the Marquess of Hertford in the west at the beginning of the conflict.

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Richard Briers

Richard David Briers (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor.

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River Yeo (South Somerset)

The River Yeo, also known as the River Ivel, is a tributary of the River Parrett in north Dorset and south Somerset, England.

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RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron)

Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, or RNAS Yeovilton, (HMS Heron) is an airfield of the Royal Navy and British Army, sited a few miles north of Yeovil, somerset, just off the Dorset border.

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Roger Williams

Roger Williams (c. 21 December 1603 – between 27 January and 15 March 1683) was a Puritan minister, English Reformed theologian, and Reformed Baptist who founded the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

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Roller skates

Roller skates are shoes, or bindings that fit onto shoes, that are worn to enable the wearer to roll along on wheels.

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Rollerblade

Rollerblade is a brand of inline skates owned by Nordica, part of the Tecnica Group of Giavera del Montello, Treviso, Italy.

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Roman roads

Roman roads (Latin: viae Romanae; singular: via Romana meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

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Roman villa

A Roman villa was a country house built for the upper class in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, similar in form to the hacienda estates in the colonies of the Spanish Empire.

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Roundhead

Roundheads were supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War.

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Rugby League Conference

The Rugby League Conference (RLC) (also known as the Co-operative Rugby League Conference as a result of sponsorship from The Co-operative Group), was a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, Scotland and Wales.

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Salisbury and Yeovil Railway

The Salisbury and Yeovil Railway linked Salisbury (Wiltshire), Gillingham (Dorset) and Yeovil (Somerset) in England.

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Sam Weale

Samuel "Sammy" Weale (born 9 February 1982) is a British modern pentathlete who has competed at the Olympic Games.

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Sarah Parish

Sarah Parish (born 7 June 1968) is an English actress.

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School for Scoundrels (1960 film)

School for Scoundrels is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas.

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Screwfix

Screwfix is the United Kingdom's largest multi channel retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products.

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Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (DEBEIS), or informally Business Secretary, is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government.

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Secretary of State for Defence

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Defence (Defence Secretary) is an official within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Ministry of Defence.

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Sherborne

Sherborne is a market town and civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England.

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Show of Hands

Show of Hands is a multi-award-winning English acoustic roots/folk duo formed in 1986 by singer-songwriter Steve Knightley (guitars, mandolin, mandocello, cuatro) and composer and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer (vocals, guitars, violin, viola, mandolin, mandocello).

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Sikorsky Aircraft

The Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Stratford, Connecticut.

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Skateboard

A skateboard is a type of sports equipment used primarily for the sport of skateboarding.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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Somerton

Somerton is a town and civil parish in the English county of Somerset.

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Somerton and Frome (UK Parliament constituency)

Somerton and Frome is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by David Warburton of the Conservative Party.

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South Somerset

South Somerset is a local government district in Somerset, England.

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South Somerset Warriors

South Somerset Warriors were a rugby league team based in Yeovil, Somerset.

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South West Coaches

South West Coaches is a privately owned bus company that operating services around Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire in South West England.

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South West England

South West England is one of nine official regions of England.

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South West England (European Parliament constituency)

South West England is a constituency of the European Parliament.

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South West Rugby League

The South West Rugby League (SWRL) also known as the South West Men's League is a rugby league competition for teams in the South West of England.

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South Western Railway (train operating company)

South Western Railway (SWR) is an English train operating company owned by FirstGroup (70%) and MTR Corporation (30%) that operates the South Western franchise.

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Southern Railway routes west of Salisbury

This article describes the history and operation of the railway routes west of Salisbury built by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) and allied companies, which ultimately became part of the Southern Railway in the United Kingdom.

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Stagecoach South West

Stagecoach South West is a bus operator providing services in Devon and East Cornwall along with coach services to Bristol.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Stephen Potter

Stephen Meredith Potter (1 February 1900 – 2 December 1969) was a British author best known for his parodies of self-help books, and their film and television derivatives.

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Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel are an English glam rock band from the early 1970s.

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Stukely Westcott

Stukely Westcott (1592 – 12 January 1677) was one of the founding settlers of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and one of the original members of the first Baptist Church in America, established by Roger Williams in 1638.

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Taunton

Taunton is a large regional town in Somerset, England.

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Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas (born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens; 10 July 19118 January 1990) was an English comedian and character actor who became known to a worldwide audience through his films during the 1950s and 1960s.

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The Chesterfields

The Chesterfields were an English indie pop band from Yeovil in Somerset.

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The Park School, Yeovil

The Park School (Yeovil) is an independent, co-educational boarding and day school, in Yeovil, Somerset, England.

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The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation structured in a quasi-military fashion.

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Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet.

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Thornford

Thornford is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley southwest of Sherborne.

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Tintinhull

Tintinhull is a village and civil parish near Yeovil, south west of Ilchester, in Somerset, England.

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Torc

A torc, also spelled torq or torque, is a large rigid or stiff neck ring in metal, made either as a single piece or from strands twisted together.

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Train station

A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot (see below) is a railway facility or area where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight.

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United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elect one member to a parliament or assembly, with the exception of European Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly constituencies which are multi member constituencies.

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University of the West of England, Bristol

The University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE Bristol) is a public university, located in and around Bristol, England, which received university status in 1992.

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Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors.

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Weather vane

A weather vane, wind vane, or weathercock is an instrument for showing the direction of the wind.

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Wessex

Wessex (Westseaxna rīce, the "kingdom of the West Saxons") was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from 519 until England was unified by Æthelstan in the early 10th century.

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West Coker

West Coker is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district.

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West of England line

The West of England line (also known as the West of England Main Line) is a British railway line from, Hampshire, to Exeter St Davids in Devon, England.

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Western Gazette

The Western Gazette is a regional newspaper, published every Thursday in Yeovil, Somerset, England.

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Westfield Academy, Yeovil

Westfield Academy is a secondary school in Yeovil, Somerset, England.

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Westland affair

The Westland affair in 1985–86 was an episode in which Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and her Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Heseltine, went public over a cabinet dispute with questions raised about whether the conventions of cabinet government were being observed and about the integrity of senior politicians.

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Westland Aircraft

Westland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil, Somerset.

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Westland Helicopters

Westland Helicopters was a British aerospace company.

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Westland Sports F.C.

Westland Sports Football Club is a football club based in Yeovil, Somerset England.

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Weymouth, Dorset

Weymouth is a seaside town in Dorset, England, situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey on the English Channel coast.

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William K. Everson

William Keith Everson (8 April 1929 – 14 April 1996) was an English-American archivist, author, critic, educator, collector and film historian.

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Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway

The Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (WS&WR) obtained Parliamentary powers in 1845 to build a railway from near Chippenham to Salisbury and Weymouth.

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Wolf Solent

Wolf Solent is a novel by John Cowper Powys (1872–1963) that was written in rural upper New York State and published by Simon and Schuster in May 1929 in New York City.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency)

Yeovil is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Yeovil College

Yeovil College is a tertiary institution and further education college based in Yeovil, Somerset, England.

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Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust runs Yeovil District Hospital in Yeovil, Somerset, England.

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Yeovil Junction railway station

Yeovil Junction railway station is the busier of two railway stations serving the town of Yeovil in England.

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Yeovil Olympiads Athletics Club

Yeovil Olympiads Athletics Club was the first track and field athletics club in Yeovil, Somerset, England.

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Yeovil Pen Mill railway station

Yeovil Pen Mill railway station is one of two stations serving the town of Yeovil, Somerset, England.

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Yeovil Railway Centre

The Yeovil Railway Centre is a small railway museum at Yeovil Junction on the L&SWR West of England Main Line between Salisbury and Exeter in the U.K..

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Yeovil Scarplands

The Yeovil Scarplands are a natural region in southern England in the counties of Somerset and Dorset.

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Yeovil Town F.C.

Yeovil Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Yeovil, Somerset, England.

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Yeovil Town L.F.C.

Yeovil Town Ladies Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Yeovil, Somerset.

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Yeovil Town railway station

Yeovil Town railway station was a railway station serving the town of Yeovil in Somerset, England.

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Yeovil Without

Yeovil Without is a civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England.

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Yeovil/Westland Airport

Yeovil Aerodrome, sometimes known as Yeovil/Westland (to avoid confusion with nearby RNAS Yeovilton), is located in Yeovil, Somerset, England, west of the town centre.

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Yeoville

Yeoville is a suburb of Johannesburg, in the province of Gauteng, South Africa.

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Yetminster

Yetminster is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset.

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References

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

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