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Dunsop Bridge

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Dunsop Bridge is a village in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, north-west of Clitheroe, south-east of Lancaster and west of Skipton. [1]

62 relations: Amounderness Hundred, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Æthelstan, Bowbearer, Bowland Forest High, Brennand Farm, Brussels, BT Group, Burnley, Catholic Church, Centre points of the United Kingdom, Charles Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan, Civil parish, Clitheroe, Confluence, E. W. Pugin, Epsom Derby, Forest of Bowland, Good Friday, Great Britain, Historic counties of England, Horse racing, Hubertus, Hunting, John Towneley, Kettledrum (horse), Lancashire, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster, Lancashire, Lead, Liberty (division), Listed buildings in Bowland Forest High, Lordship of Bowland, Maastricht, Middle Ages, Patron saint, Payphone, Pendle witches, Rain, Ranulph Fiennes, Ribble Valley, Ribble Valley (UK Parliament constituency), Richard Roskell, River Dunsop, River Hodder, River Ribble, Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham, Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège, Royal forest, Shorthorn, ..., Skipton, Society of Jesus, Stonyhurst, The Crown, Towneley family, Towneley Park, United Kingdom weather records, University of Cambridge, West Riding of Yorkshire, Whitewell, Wulfstan (died 956), Yorkshire. Expand index (12 more) »

Amounderness Hundred

The Amounderness Hundred is one of the six subdivisions of the historic county of Lancashire in North West England, but the name is older than the system of hundreds first recorded in the 13th century and might best be described as the name of a Norse wapentake.

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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is an area of countryside in England, Wales or Northern Ireland which has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.

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Æthelstan

Æthelstan or Athelstan (Old English: Æþelstan, or Æðelstān, meaning "noble stone"; 89427 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to 939.

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Bowbearer

In Old English law, a Bowbearer was an under-officer of the forest who looked after all manner of trespass on vert or venison, and who attached, or caused to be attached, the offenders, in the feudal Court of Attachment.

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Bowland Forest High

Bowland Forest High is a civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England, covering some of the Forest of Bowland.

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Brennand Farm

Brennand Farm is often claimed to be the true centre of Great Britain.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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BT Group

BT Group plc (trading as BT and formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company with head offices in London, United Kingdom.

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Burnley

Burnley is a market town in Lancashire, England, with a population of 73,021.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Centre points of the United Kingdom

There has long been debate over the exact location of the geographical centre of the United Kingdom, and its constituent countries, due to the complexity and method of the calculation, such as whether to include offshore islands, and the fact that erosion will cause the position to change over time.

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Charles Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan

Charles Towneley Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan (born 6 September 1945), is a British Conservative party politician.

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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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Clitheroe

Clitheroe is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley, approximately northwest of Manchester, in Lancashire, England.

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Confluence

In geography, a confluence (also: conflux) occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join together to form a single channel.

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E. W. Pugin

Edward Welby Pugin (11 March 1834 – 5 June 1875) was an English architect, the eldest son of architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and Louisa Barton.

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Epsom Derby

The Derby Stakes, officially the Investec Derby, popularly known as the Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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Forest of Bowland

The Forest of Bowland, also known as the Bowland Fells, is an area of barren gritstone fells, deep valleys and peat moorland, mostly in north-east Lancashire, England with a small part in North Yorkshire (before 1974, some of the area was in the West Riding of Yorkshire).

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Good Friday

Good Friday is a Christian holiday celebrating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Anglo-Saxons and others.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Hubertus

Saint Hubertus or Hubert (656 – 30 May 727) became Bishop of Liège in 708 AD.

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Hunting

Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping animals, or pursuing or tracking them with the intent of doing so.

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John Towneley

John Towneley (16 February 1806 – 21 February 1878) was an English Whig politician.

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Kettledrum (horse)

Kettledrum (1858–1885) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.

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Lancaster Castle

Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire.

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Lancaster, Lancashire

Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, England. It is on the River Lune and has a population of 52,234; the wider City of Lancaster local government district has a population of 138,375. Long a commercial, cultural and educational centre, Lancaster gives Lancashire its name. The House of Lancaster was a branch of the English royal family, whilst the Duchy of Lancaster holds large estates on behalf of Elizabeth II, who is also the Duke of Lancaster. Lancaster is an ancient settlement, dominated by Lancaster Castle, Lancaster Priory Church and the Ashton Memorial. It is also home to Lancaster University and a campus of the University of Cumbria.

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Lead

Lead is a chemical element with symbol Pb (from the Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.

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Liberty (division)

A liberty was an English unit originating in the Middle Ages, traditionally defined as an area in which regalian right was revoked and where the land was held by a mesne lord (i.e. an area in which rights reserved to the king had been devolved into private hands).

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Listed buildings in Bowland Forest High

Bowland Forest High is a civil parish in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England.

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Lordship of Bowland

The Lordship of Bowland is an historic feudal barony associated with the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, England.

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Maastricht

Maastricht (Limburgish: Mestreech; French: Maestricht; Spanish: Mastrique) is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands.

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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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Patron saint

A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, or particular branches of Islam, is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family or person.

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Payphone

A payphone (alternative spelling: pay phone) is typically a coin-operated public telephone, often located in a telephone booth or a privacy hood, with pre-payment by inserting money (usually coins) or by billing a credit or debit card, or a telephone card.

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Pendle witches

The trials of the Pendle witches in 1612 are among the most famous witch trials in English history, and some of the best recorded of the 17th century.

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Rain

Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then becomes heavy enough to fall under gravity.

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Ranulph Fiennes

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE (born 7 March 1944), commonly known as Ranulph "Ran" Fiennes, is a British explorer and holder of several endurance records.

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Ribble Valley

Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England.

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Ribble Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Ribble Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1992 by Nigel Evans, a Conservative.

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Richard Roskell

Bishop Richard Butler Roskell (15 August 1817 – 27 January 1883) was the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham.

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River Dunsop

The River Dunsop is a river in the Forest of Bowland in Northern England.

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River Hodder

The River Hodder is a river in Lancashire, England.

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River Ribble

The River Ribble runs through North Yorkshire and Lancashire in Northern England.

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Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham

The Bishop of Nottingham is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham in the Province of Westminster.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège (Dioecesis Leodiensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Belgium.

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Royal forest

A royal forest, occasionally "Kingswood", is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, and Scotland.

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Shorthorn

The Shorthorn breed of cattle originated in the North East of England in the late 18th century.

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Skipton

Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Society of Jesus

The Society of Jesus (SJ – from Societas Iesu) is a scholarly religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in sixteenth-century Spain.

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Stonyhurst

Stonyhurst is the name of a rural estate owned by the Society of Jesus near Clitheroe in Lancashire, England.

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The Crown

The Crown is the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their sub-divisions (such as Crown dependencies, provinces, or states).

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Towneley family

The Towneley or Townley family are an English family whose ancestry can be traced back to Norman England.

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Towneley Park

Towneley Park is owned and managed by Burnley Borough Council and is the largest and most popular park in Burnley, Lancashire, England.

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United Kingdom weather records

As of 27 June 2018, the records as recorded by the Met Office were: The United Kingdom weather records note the most extreme weather ever recorded in the United Kingdom, such as the most and fewest hours of sunshine and highest wind speed.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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West Riding of Yorkshire

The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England.

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Whitewell

Whitewell is a hamlet within the civil parish of Bowland Forest Low and Ribble Valley borough of Lancashire, England.

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Wulfstan (died 956)

Wulfstan (died December 956) was Archbishop of York between 931 and 952.

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire (abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom.

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References

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

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