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493:Liberty of Norton Folgate
451:Kingswood Liberty, Surrey
418:Royal Liberty of Havering
153:Local Government Act 1888
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595:Liberty of Saint Edmund
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685:Liberty of Westminster
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573:Liberty of St Albans
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508:Orton, Staffordshire
380:Everleigh, Wiltshire
328:Liberty of the Clink
230:Inner London borough
161:Soke of Peterborough
993:"Rufford - Runwick"
696:Whitefriars, London
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480:Liberty of the Mint
364:East Medina Liberty
287:Blackfriars, London
126:Havering-atte-Bower
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648:Lowey of Tonbridge
542:Liberty of Rufford
226:Temples Order 1971
118:Liberties Act 1850
110:Archbishop of York
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