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___MASK90___ is a city and ___MASK23___ in ___MASK96___ England , the county city of ___MASK6___ . ___MASK90___ lies close to the Welsh border , on the River Severn , between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the ___MASK96___ . The ___MASK92___ Thames is a ___MASK92___ that flows through southern ___MASK93___ . At , it is the longest ___MASK92___ entirely in ___MASK93___ and the second longest in the United Kingdom , after the ___MASK92___ Severn . It also flows through Oxford ( where it is called Isis ), ___MASK25___ , Henley - on - Thames and ___MASK75___ . The lower reaches of the ___MASK92___ are called the Tideway , derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington Lock . It rises at Thames Head in ___MASK6___ , and flows into the North Sea via the Thames Estuary . The Thames drains the whole of Greater London . The ___MASK12___ is a county and the largest and second - ___MASK28___ populous island in ___MASK93___ . It is located in the English Channel , about 4 miles ( 6 km ) off the coast of Hampshire , separated by the Solent . The island has resorts that have been holiday destinations since Victorian times , and is known for its mild climate , coastal scenery , and verdant landscape of fields , downland and chines . The Querns is an area ___MASK95___ Cirencester , an ancient market town in the ___MASK2___ hills ___MASK95___ England . Its principle feature is Cirencester Amphitheatre , an impressive ancient monument that is surrounded by many other archaeological features , most notably the extensive Roman Quarries and a huge Roman cemetery , now largely buried beneath the Cirencester ring road . The name ' Querns ' is a direct descendant ___MASK95___ the Anglo - Saxon word ' Crundles ' , meaning a Quarry , albeit a very distorted version . The evolution ___MASK95___ this name can be traced through various historical documents , evolving from Crundles , to Crondles , Cronnes , and Cornes , with the modern name ' Querns ' emerging in the 17th Century . Thus the linguistic memory ___MASK95___ the one - time use ___MASK95___ the area has been preserved over more than 1 , 500 years since quarrying last took place in the area . The Roman quarries cover the side ___MASK95___ what was once a shallow hill descending into town , and run for over half a mile , their extent still recognisable by steep , rugged ground and pleasant , wooded terrain that has been spared the modern development that has taken place in fields surrounding the Querns . Borders are geographic boundaries ___MASK95___ political entities or legal jurisdictions , such as governments , sovereign states , federated states , and other subnational entities . Some borders  such as a state ' s internal administrative border , or inter - state borders within the ___MASK77___ Area  are often open and completely unguarded . Other borders are partially or fully controlled , and may be crossed legally only at designated border checkpoints and border zones may be controlled . Mostly contentious , borders may even foster the setting up ___MASK95___ buffer zones . A difference has also been established in academic scholarship between border and frontier , the latter denoting a state ___MASK95___ mind rather than state boundaries . Continental ___MASK64___ , also referred to as ___MASK87___ ___MASK64___ , or , by Europeans , simply the Continent , is the continuous continent of ___MASK64___ , excluding surrounding islands . In the history ___MASK95___ ___MASK64___ , the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted from the 5th to the 15th century . It began with the fall ___MASK95___ the Western ___MASK67___ and merged into the Renaissance and the Age ___MASK95___ Discovery . The Middle Ages is the middle period ___MASK95___ the three traditional divisions ___MASK95___ Western history : classical antiquity , the medieval period , and the modern period . The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early , High , and Late Middle Ages . ___MASK6___ (; abbreviated Glos .) is a county in South West England . The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills , part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn , and the entire Forest of Dean . Market town or market right is a legal term , originating in the Middle Ages , for a European settlement that has the right to host markets , distinguishing it from a village and city . A town may be correctly described as a " market town " or as having " market rights ", even if it no longer holds a market , provided the legal right to do so still exists . The Isles ___MASK95___ Scilly ( or "") are an archipelago off the south western tip ___MASK95___ the Cornish peninsula ___MASK95___ Great Britain . It is the southernmost location in ___MASK93___ and the United Kingdom , as well as the most westerly in ___MASK93___ . The Royal Agricultural ___MASK79___ or RAU ( previously known as the Royal Agricultural College or RAC ) is a ___MASK79___ located in Cirencester , ___MASK6___ , UK . Established in 1845 , it was the first agricultural college in the English - speaking world . The ___MASK79___ provides more than 30 land - based undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes to students from over 45 countries through the School of Agriculture , the School of Business and Entrepreneurship , the School of Equine and the School of Real Estate & Land Management . Approximately 330 to 360 million people speak English as their first language . More than half ___MASK95___ these ( 231 million ) live in the United States , followed by some 55 million in ___MASK93___ , the first place where English was spoken . The United ___MASK63___ and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European ___MASK87___ , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its ___MASK55___ and the Celtic Sea to its ___MASK55___ - ___MASK55___ - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the ___MASK47___ . ___MASK11___ ( occasionally ; see below for more variations ) is a market town in ___MASK30___ ___MASK6___ , England , 93 miles ( 150 km ) west northwest of London . ___MASK11___ lies on the River Churn , a tributary of the River Thames , and is the largest town in the Cotswold District . It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University , the oldest agricultural college in the English - speaking world founded in 1840 . The town ' s Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection . The Roman name for the town was Corinium , which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the " Dobunni ", having the same root word as the River Churn . The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in 150AD . Claudius Ptolemy (" Klaúdios Ptolemaîos ", ; ) was a Greek writer , known as a mathematician , astronomer , geographer , astrologer , and poet ___MASK95___ a single epigram in the Greek Anthology . He lived in the city ___MASK95___ ___MASK13___ in the Roman province ___MASK95___ ___MASK98___ , wrote in Koine Greek , and held Roman citizenship . Beyond that , few reliable details ___MASK95___ his life are known . His birthplace has been given as Ptolemais Hermiou in the Thebaid in an uncorroborated statement by the 14th - century astronomer ___MASK34___ Meliteniotes . This is a very late attestation , however , and there is no other reason to suppose that he ever lived anywhere else than ___MASK13___ , where he died around AD 168 . The Dobunni were one ___MASK95___ the Iron Age tribes living in the ___MASK61___ prior to the Roman invasion ___MASK95___ Britain . There are seven known references to the tribe in Roman histories and inscriptions . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large island in the ___MASK20___ ___MASK32___ off the ___MASK31___ coast of continental Europe . With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European island and the ninth - largest in the world . In 2011 the island had a population of about 61 million people , making it the world ' s third - most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan . The island of Ireland is situated to the west of it , and together these islands , along with over 1 , 000 smaller surrounding islands , comprise the British Isles archipelago . ___MASK64___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK64___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the ___MASK41___ , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the ___MASK30___ and southeast , ___MASK64___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK64___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK64___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . The Celtic Sea (; ) is the area ___MASK95___ the ___MASK32___ off the south coast ___MASK95___ Ireland bounded to the ___MASK30___ by Saint George ' s Channel ; other limits include the ___MASK3___ Channel , the English Channel , and the Bay ___MASK95___ Biscay , as well as adjacent portions ___MASK95___ Wales , Cornwall , ___MASK1___ , and Brittany . The southern and western boundaries are delimited by the continental shelf , which drops away sharply . The Isles ___MASK95___ Scilly are an archipelago ___MASK95___ small islands in the sea . ___MASK93___ is a country that is part ___MASK95___ the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with ___MASK74___ to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies ___MASK31___ ___MASK95___ ___MASK93___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the ___MASK96___ . ___MASK93___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths ___MASK95___ the island ___MASK95___ Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles ___MASK95___ Scilly , and the Isle ___MASK95___ Wight . The ___MASK92___ Churn is the first tributary ___MASK92___ ___MASK95___ the ___MASK92___ Thames . It rises in the Cotswolds at Seven Springs near ___MASK50___ , ___MASK6___ , England and flows south across the Cotswold dip slope , passing through Cirencester and joining the Thames in the parish ___MASK95___ Cricklade in Wiltshire . Its length from source to confluence with the Thames is considerably greater than the Thames from Thames Head . Its flow is also more consistent than the winterbourne Thames , but the Churn is regarded as a tributary historically and therefore by most geography guides . The length ___MASK95___ the ___MASK92___ Churn is approximately 25 kilometres . The ___MASK92___ Churn is classed as a main ___MASK92___ so therefore is under the jurisdiction ___MASK95___ the Environment Agency as opposed to the local authority . The Irish Sea (, , , ___MASK4___ - Scots : " Airish Sea "), separates the islands ___MASK95___ Ireland and Great Britain . It is connected to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George ' s Channel , and to the Inner Seas off the ___MASK41___ Coast ___MASK95___ ___MASK74___ in the north by the North Channel . Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea , followed by the Isle ___MASK95___ Man . The sea is occasionally , but rarely , referred to as the Manx Sea . ___MASK74___ ( Scots : ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain . It shares a border with England to the south , and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south - west . In addition to the mainland , the country is made up of more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . The English Channel (" the Sleeve " [ hence ] " Sea ___MASK95___ Brittany " " British Sea "), also called simply the Channel , is the body ___MASK95___ water that separates southern ___MASK93___ from northern France , and joins the southern part ___MASK95___ the North Sea to the rest ___MASK95___ the Atlantic Ocean . A village is a clustered human settlement or community , larger than a ___MASK24___ but smaller than a town , with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand . Though often located in rural areas , the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods . Villages are normally permanent , with fixed dwellings ; however , transient villages can occur . Further , the dwellings ___MASK95___ a village are fairly close to one another , not scattered broadly over the landscape , as a dispersed settlement . The ___MASK20___ Sea is a marginal sea ___MASK95___ the ___MASK32___ located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , ___MASK84___ , the Netherlands , Belgium , and France . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") sea on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area ___MASK95___ around . A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city . The size definition for what constitutes a " town " varies considerably in different parts ___MASK95___ the world . A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography . A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state , as a non - sovereign or formerly sovereign political division , or a geographic region associated with sets ___MASK95___ previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics . Regardless ___MASK95___ the physical geography , in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League ___MASK95___ Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945 , a resident ___MASK95___ a country is subject to the independent exercise ___MASK95___ legal jurisdiction . The Corinium Museum in the ___MASK2___ town of Cirencester in England has a large collection of objects found in and around the locality . The bulk of the exhibits are from the Roman town of Corinium Dobunnorum , but the museum includes material from as early as the Neolithic and all the way up to Victorian times . ___MASK80___ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain . It is bordered by England to the east , the Irish Sea to the north and west , and the ___MASK3___ Channel to the south . It had a population in 2011 of 3 , 063 , 456 and has a total area of . ___MASK80___ has over of coastline and is largely mountainous , with its higher peaks in the north and central areas , including Snowdon , its highest summit . The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable , maritime climate .