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Madame_Tussaud's¹

An exhibition of waxworks established by Marie Tussaud in central London in 1835.

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Margateº

A town on the south bank of the Thames estuary that developed as a tourist resort from the early 19th century and was a popular destination for excursionists

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Merthyrº

Merthyr Tydfil an industrial town in the valleys of south-east Wales

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Synonyms - Merthyr_Tydfilº
Monument¹

The monument commemorating the Great Fire of London (1666) stands near the northern end of London Bridge.at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, It is 202 feet (62 m) high

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   The Monument
   depicted by
   Sutton Nicholls,
c. 1753.

 

Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Great_Fire_of_London [accessed 10Aug2019]

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morven¹

Morvern, historically also spelt Morven, is a peninsula and traditional district in the Highlands, on the west coast of Scotland. It is bounded on the north by Loch Sunart and Glen Tarbert, on the south east by Loch Linnhe and on the south west by the Sound of Mull

Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morvern [accessed 05Nov2019]

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Mossley_Bank

Location not identified. It is presumably somewhere on the Glasgow and South-western railway line.

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