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  2. Humberston Fitties - Wikipedia

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    Since the 1920s it has evolved to a resort of around 330 chalets and bungalows. [2] The Fitties' lagoon is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. In 2007 the Fitties were featured in the first ever "Quality Coast Awards" (now called "Seaside Awards") for "Best Places to Go for Coastal Isolation" [3] and in 2017 they were declared a conservation ...

  3. Hampton-on-Sea - Wikipedia

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    Hampton-on-Sea is a drowned and abandoned village in what is now the Hampton area of Herne Bay, Kent.It grew from a tiny fishing hamlet in 1864 at the hands of an oyster fishery company, was developed from 1879 by land agents, abandoned in 1916 and finally drowned due to coastal erosion by 1921.

  4. Prefabs in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    In England and Wales this was often in small numbers to rural areas in support of farm workers. The first of these houses were built at Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, in January 1946. [36] There are two basic designs: semi-detached houses with a single storey utility extension and semi-detached dormer bungalows.

  5. Birchington-on-Sea - Wikipedia

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    Birchington-on-Sea is a village in the Thanet district in Kent, England, with a population of 9,961.. The village forms part of the civil parish of Birchington. It lies on the coast facing the North Sea, east of the Thames Estuary, between the seaside resorts of Herne Bay and Margate.

  6. Cassiobury - Wikipedia

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    The Cassiobury Estate is a suburban residential area of Watford in Hertfordshire, England. It is bounded to the south by Cassiobury Park, the main public park in the town, to the west by playing fields next to the River Gade, and to the northeast by Hempstead Road. It is mostly characterised by 1930s Mock Tudor houses.

  7. Shoeburyness - Wikipedia

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    The two villages remained small rural settlements until the 1850s, when a barracks was established in the parish of South Shoebury, later becoming MoD Shoeburyness. A garrison town, known as Shoeburyness, grew around the barracks, taking its name from the ness on the coast at the southern end of the parish.

  8. Hartley, Sevenoaks - Wikipedia

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    The village of Hartley is recorded as Erclei in the Domesday Book of 1086. [2] your girl is a slaves. [3]The name Hartley means "place in the wood where the deer are". The parish church of All Saints dates from the early 12th century, although it probably replaced an earlier Anglo-Saxon building.

  9. Milton Malsor - Wikipedia

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    Milton Malsor is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. [1] The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 761. [2] It is 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Northampton town centre, 45 miles (72 km) south-east of Birmingham, and 66 miles (106 km) north of central London; junction 15 of the M1 motorway is 2 miles (3.2 km) east by road.