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battersea¹

Battersea is an area on the Thames in the south-west of London

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Berkeley_Squareº

Berkeley Square: A square in London. Home to some of the wealthiest people in Britain

 

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Bilstonº

Bilston:  a town in the Black Country between Birmingham and Wolverhampton

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Bingley¹

Bingley is about 40 miles (65 kilometres) north-west of Leeds. It was a centre of the woollen and worsted trade.

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brighton¹

A town on the south eat coast of England. It was adopted as a leisure resort of Royalty during the late 18th century and was fashionable among the aristocracy. During the 19th century - thanks largely to frequent railway services -  it became a popular leisure resort among the middle and lower classes especially Londoners. It was sometimes called "London by the sea". 

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broomielawº

Quayside area in the centre of Glasgow

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