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1394:Reading Old
1319:Ash, Surrey
1078:Biggleswade
825:Moseley Bog
746:Sutton Park
716:Queens Park
636:Cofton Park
404:Roger Tonge
201:Bourn Brook
197:Lapal Canal
102: /
77:Coordinates
50:Established
1714:Categories
1512:Lyme Regis
1507:Ilfracombe
1452:Bath Abbey
1447:Barnstaple
1439:South West
1296:South East
1186:North West
1153:North East
1128:Letchworth
928:Perry Barr
891:Reservoirs
867:Lodge Hill
857:Handsworth
845:Cemeteries
706:Perry Park
651:Grove Park
587:Birmingham
527:070930188X
488:"Cemetery"
417:References
408:Crossroads
380:Shropshire
376:Abdon Burf
335:Ordovician
285:Iron Cross
251:War graves
235:architect
178:Birmingham
87:52°26′24″N
1730:Selly Oak
1113:Hoddesdon
930:(covered)
913:Edgbaston
310:Cadbury's
174:Selly Oak
90:1°57′29″W
1527:Tiverton
1359:Hastings
968:Category
918:Frankley
862:Key Hill
118:61 acres
58:Location
1687:By city
1532:Torquay
1269:Burials
1108:Hitchin
1073:Baldock
948:Related
923:Lifford
903:Bartley
775:Gardens
592:England
207:History
182:England
134:Website
71:England
68:Country
45:Details
1699:London
1219:Darwen
1036:Laceby
882:Witton
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390:Austin
326:Chopin
244:Quaker
1041:Louth
934:Perry
898:Aston
497:4 May
265:First
1678:York
522:ISBN
499:2020
393:Mini
267:and
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