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    Birdlip is a village and civil parish, in the Cotswold district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding...
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  • William Birdlip (fl. 1402–1417) of Gloucester, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Gloucester in...
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    development of the A420 and the road has been diverted to the south. The Birdlip bypass, opened in 1988, avoided a steep (16%) gradient as the road descended...
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    The Air Balloon is a road junction and former pub in Birdlip, Gloucestershire, England. The junction is on the A417 at a significant congestion point...
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    Valley about 2 miles (3 km) from Stroud on the B4070 road from Stroud to Birdlip. Slad was the home of Laurie Lee, whose novel Cider with Rosie (1959) is...
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    Knap House Quarry, Birdlip (grid reference SO925147) is a 1.80-hectare (4.4-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified...
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    Authority ATC centre at Shannon. The HF radio communication station at Birdlip, Gloucestershire, England, provided HF communications to the Civil Aviation...
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  • Aston Hill, Princes Risborough, and Cirencester. It would return via Birdlip Hill, Aston Rowant, and High Wycombe, a distance of 235 miles. A hill climb...
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  • 'squires', old men 'masters', the Squire himself 'He' and who remembered the Birdlip stagecoach, Kicker Harris the old coachman... Lee's own family breaks up...
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    Teddington, at the end of the tidal reach of the River Thames Air Balloon, Birdlip, Gloucestershire. Near a field where early ascents were made. Rusty Bicycle...
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  • 1998 rock opera by Jon Gutwillig of The Disco Biscuits The Air Balloon, Birdlip, an 18th-century pub and major road junction in Gloucestershire, England...
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    marlstones of the Middle Lias form a prominent shelf that now carries the B4070 Birdlip Road which passes below the Chimney. The hill itself is formed of a series...
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    forces. Origo was born as Iris Margaret Cutting at Beechwood Cottage, Birdlip, Gloucestershire, England, to the American diplomat William Bayard Cutting...
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    Gloucester, and certain other roads therein mentioned. Cirencester to Birdlip Hill Road Act 1795 35 Geo. 3. c. 141 28 April 1795 An act to enlarge the...
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    produced up until the Roman conquest. Two notable examples include the Birdlip and Langton Herring mirrors. Greek caryatid mirror, mid 5th century BCE...
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    Welton and Gemmell. All saw active service, and two were lost in action. Birdlip (T218), completed 11 December 1941: torpedoed, W Africa, 13 June 1944 Bredon...
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    Majesty, for repairing the Roads from the City of Gloucester to the Top of Birdlip Hill, and from the Foot of the said Hill to the Top of Crickley Hill. Roxburgh...
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    for repairing the Road from Cirencester, in the County of Gloucester, to Birdlip Hill, in the said County. St. Martin in the Fields (Poor Relief) Act 1770...
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    roads in Hinckley) when the A47 northern bypass was built. B4070 A417 at Birdlip, Gloucestershire Stroud Originally ran from Stonehouse to Claypits. Due...
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    Cotswold Hills it consists of the Salperton Limestone, Aston Limestone and Birdlip Limestone formations. The limestones are rich in organic material. The...
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    widening and improving the Roads from the City of Gloucester to the Top of Birdlip Hill, and from the Foot of the said Hill to the Top of Crickley Hill, in...
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    repairing the Road leading from Cirencester, in the County of Gloucester, to Birdlips Hill, in the said County. Naval Prize Act 1746 (repealed) 20 Geo. 2. c...
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    Act for repairing the Highways from the City of Gloucester to the Top of Birdlip Hill (being the Road to London), and from the Foot of the said Hill to...
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  • Bengrove, Berkeley, Berkeley Vale, Berry Hill, Beverston, Bibstone, Bibury, Birdlip, Bishop's Cleeve, Bishop's Norton, Bisley, Bisley-with-Lypiatt, Bitton...
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    Royal assent (or the start of session) Long title Road from Cirencester to Birdlip Hill Act 1815 (repealed) 55 Geo. 3. c. i 23 March 1815 (Repealed by Cirencester...
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    concurrency 97.0 156.1 A46 (Bath Road) – Stroud, Leckhampton, Shurdington, Birdlip 98.8 159.0 Princess Elizabeth Way (A4013 north) - Swindon Village Southern...
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    2)) Rodburgh and Birdlip Road (Glos.) Act 1800 (repealed) 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. xliii 30 May 1800 (Repealed by Lightpill and Birdlip Road Act 1855 (c.cvi))...
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    built on site in 2002 and house 175 students divided into 6 blocks (May, Birdlip, Cooper's, Crickley, Robinswood and Chalford). Additional Gloucester-based...
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    1406 Simon Broke William Birdlip Parliament of Sep 1407 John Bisley Roger Ball Parliament of Oct 1411 John Bisley William Birdlip Parliament for May 1413...
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  • HMS Bellwort, a Flower-class corvette, and three ASW trawlers, Arran, Birdlip and Fandango. The Senior Officer (Escort) was Lt. NFR Gill, the captain...
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