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    The River Anker flows through Nuneaton, England. It is a major tributary of the River Tame, which it joins in Tamworth. The name derives from the old...
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  • Anker or anker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Anker may refer to: Anker (name), people with the given name or surname Anker (noble family) River...
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    tributary River Anker River Sence Bourne Brook which joins the Tame at Fazeley River Bourne which joins the Tame near Whitacre Junction River Blythe River Cole...
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    adjacent to the border with Leicestershire which is here formed by the River Anker. It is situated between the towns of Tamworth and Nuneaton. Atherstone...
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    Hinckley Urban District. It flows into the Anker, which in turn flows into the River Tame. It is part of the wider River Trent catchment, which covers much of...
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    Grade I listed building, is a Norman castle overlooking the mouth of the River Anker into the Tame in the town of Tamworth in Staffordshire, England. Before...
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    (5 km) to the east, while Derbyshire is 6 miles (10 km) to the north. The River Anker runs through the village. The name Polesworth is derived from "pol" meaning...
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    north of Crewe to Ditton Junction via the Runcorn Railway Bridge over the River Mersey. At the northern end, the Caledonian replaced its original Southside...
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    urbanised. The River Tame is fed by the River Rea, River Anker, and the River Blythe, which in turn is fed by the River Cole. The River Sowe and River Sherbourne...
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    Coast Main Line. The line is 51 miles (82 km) long and is named after the River Trent which it follows. It was built to provide a direct route from London...
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    "not much more than a fortified manor". The settlement straddled the River Anker and contained a "large hall for public gatherings" as well as individual...
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    Bradbourne (L) River Manifold (R) River Hamps (R) River Mease (R) River Swarbourn (L) River Tame (R) Holbrook River Anker (R) River Sence (R) Tweed River (L) Bourne...
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    parish in North Warwickshire, England, where Watling Street crosses the River Anker. The population was 2,339 at the 2011 census. It is adjoined with the...
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    Watling Street Roman road, guarding the point where the road crossed the River Anker. The final battle of the rebel queen of the Britons Boudica at the Battle...
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    Warwickshire-Leicestershire border runs parallel to the parish boundary, along the River Anker to the west and the A5 to the south. The village centre is less than...
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    which translates literally as 'settlement by water', referring to the River Anker. 'Etone' was listed in the Domesday Book as a small farming settlement...
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    the north-west) and Coventry (ten miles south-west). The source of the River Anker is near the highest point in the parish, 130 metres. Originally on the...
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    Warwickshire, divided from Leicestershire by a small stream and by the River Anker. Also, Grendon has since enlarged and has a population of 1000. Grendon...
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    the Tamworth Conurbation. The village sits on the south bank of the River Anker. The parish of Bolehall and Glascote, was historically part of Warwickshire...
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    pumping station at the east end of the low level, pumping water from the River Anker below. The original station was demolished in 1961 and a new station...
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    rusticated ashlar stone with 19 arches to bridge the River Anker and was originally known as the Anker Viaduct. By February 1839 the construction was completed...
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    stretch of the River Tame, in the West Midlands of England, from the River Blythe to River Anker is designated as GB104028046440. The Ebro River Transfer,...
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    Ratcliffe Culey where it flows into the River Sence and thenceforth into the River Anker, itself a tributary of the River Tame. At its source a rain drop could...
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    Scientific Interest (SSSI) and nature reserve situated alongside the River Anker, adjacent to the hamlet of Alvecote on the border of Warwickshire and...
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  • was accidentally diverted into a siding at Tamworth crashing into the River Anker with three fatalities. On 27 August 1950, the Irish Mail collided with...
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  • signalman's error. The train crashes through the buffers and ends up in the River Anker. Three people are killed. 26 November – United Kingdom – An express train...
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    signalman's error. The train crashed through the buffers and ended up in the River Anker, killing three people. In 1870, a North Eastern Railway freight train...
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    and is located immediately to the south of the town centre, with the River Anker flowing through it. The park was opened on 6 July 1907 on land donated...
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    It bounded on the northeast by Watling Street, and on the west by the River Anker. The Ward population taken at the 2011 census was 7,256. In 1921 the...
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  • siding, where part of the train crashed through the buffers and into the River Anker. Three people were killed, and thirteen injured. At Tamworth low level...
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