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  2. Shepperton - Wikipedia

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    Shepperton is a village in the Spelthorne district, in north Surrey, England, around 15 mi (24 km) south west of central London.The settlement is on the north bank of the River Thames, between the towns of Chertsey and Sunbury-on-Thames.

  3. List of castles in England - Wikipedia

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    Before the list itself, a discussion of its scope includes lengthy lists of buildings excluded from the main lists for various reasons. The Castellarium Anglicanum, an authoritative index of castles in England and Wales published in 1983, lists over 1,500 castle sites in England. [2] Many of these castles have vanished or left almost no trace.

  4. Shirburn Castle - Wikipedia

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    The land on which Shirburn resides was part owned the Norman nobleman Robert D'Oyly who accompanied William the Conqueror on his conquest of England in 1066. Various nineteenth century sources, stemming in the main from a short "History of Shirburn Castle" compiled by Lady Macclesfield in 1887, state that D'Oyly constructed a castle there, which was described as having been surrendered to ...

  5. Castles in Great Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion of England in 1066. . Although a small number of castles had been built in England in the 1050s, the Normans began to build motte and bailey and ringwork castles in large numbers to control their newly occupied territories in England and the ...

  6. Shepparton - Wikipedia

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    Shepparton (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ p ər t ən /) [4] (Yortayorta: Kanny-goopna) [5] is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately 181 kilometres (112 mi) north-northeast of Melbourne.

  7. Queenborough Castle - Wikipedia

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    Queenborough Castle, also known as Sheppey Castle, is a 14th-century castle, the remnants of which are in the town of Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent in England. The castle and the associated planned town were built on the orders of King Edward III from 1361 and named in honour his wife, Queen Philippa .

  8. Castle Cary - Wikipedia

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    Castle Cary (/ ˌ k ɑː s əl ˈ k ɛər i /) is a market town and civil parish in south Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north west of Wincanton and 8 miles (12.9 km) south of Shepton Mallet, at the foot of Lodge Hill and on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett.

  9. City of Greater Shepparton - Wikipedia

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    The City of Greater Shepparton is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 2,422 square kilometres (935 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 68,409. [ 1 ]

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