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Plymouth, city, England

(Encyclopedia) Plymouth, city and unitary authority (1991 pop. 238,583), SW England, on Plymouth Sound. The three towns that Plymouth has comprised since 1914 are Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport…

Portsmouth, city, England

(Encyclopedia) Portsmouth, city and unitary authority (2011 pop. 205,056), S England, on Spithead Channel. The city includes Portsea (naval station), Southsea (residential district and resort), and…

Portland, town, England

(Encyclopedia) Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important…

Cambridge, city, England

(Encyclopedia) Cambridge, city and district, Cambridgeshire, E central England, on the River Cam. The city, set in flat country, is most famous as the…

Boston, borough, England

(Encyclopedia) Boston, borough and district, E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a…

Bradford, city, England

(Encyclopedia) Bradford, city and metropolitan borough, N central England, on a small tributary of the Aire River. It is a center of the worsted…

Carlisle, city, England

(Encyclopedia) Carlisle, city and district, Cumbria, NW England, near the junction of the Caldew, Eden, and Petteril rivers. The city of Carlisle is an…

Taunton, city, England

(Encyclopedia) TauntonTauntontônˈtən, tänˈ– [key], city (1991 pop. 47,793), county seat of Somerset, SW England, on the Trove River. Its industries include the manufacture of textiles, shirts, gloves…

Wilton, town, England

(Encyclopedia) Wilton, town (1991 pop. 4,005), Wiltshire, S central England. Carpets have been made in Wilton for centuries. Felt and farm machinery are other important products. Three sheep fairs…