located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entity aythorpe roding windmill
Borders are geographic boundaries ___MASK88___ 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 ___MASK23___ 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 ___MASK88___ buffer zones . A difference has also been established in academic scholarship between border and frontier , the latter denoting a state ___MASK88___ mind rather than state boundaries . Aythorpe Roding is a village and civil parish in ___MASK86___ , ___MASK97___ and is one of The Rodings of ___MASK86___ . It is located ___MASK71___ from the county town of ___MASK1___ . The village is in the district of ___MASK32___ and in the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden . The village has its own Parish Council . Aythorpe Roding Windmill is a Grade II * listed ___MASK17___ mill at Aythorpe Roding , ___MASK86___ , ___MASK97___ which has been restored to working order . A windmill is a mill that converts the energy ___MASK88___ wind into rotational energy by means ___MASK88___ vanes called sails or blades . Centuries ago , windmills usually were used to mill grain , pump water , or both . Thus they often were gristmills , windpumps , or both . The majority ___MASK88___ modern windmills take the form ___MASK88___ wind turbines used to generate electricity , or windpumps used to pump water , either for land drainage or to extract groundwater . The Celtic Sea (; ) is the area ___MASK88___ the ___MASK44___ off the south coast ___MASK88___ Ireland bounded to the ___MASK27___ by Saint George ' s Channel ; other limits include the ___MASK66___ Channel , the English Channel , and the Bay ___MASK88___ Biscay , as well as adjacent portions ___MASK88___ Wales , Cornwall , ___MASK73___ , and Brittany . The southern and western boundaries are delimited by the continental shelf , which drops away sharply . The Isles ___MASK88___ Scilly are an archipelago ___MASK88___ small islands in the sea . The ___MASK17___ mill is the earliest type ___MASK88___ European windmill . The defining feature is that the whole body ___MASK88___ the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical ___MASK17___ , around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind . The earliest ___MASK17___ mills in ___MASK97___ are thought to have been built in the 12th century . The earliest working ___MASK17___ mill in ___MASK97___ still used today is to be found at Outwood in ___MASK10___ . It was built in 1665 . The earliest remaining example ___MASK88___ a non - operational mill can be found in Great Gransden in Cambridgeshire , built in 1612 . Their design and usage peaked in the 18th and 19th centuries and then declined after the introduction ___MASK88___ high - speed steam - driven milling machinery . Many still exist today , primarily to be found in Northern Europe and Great Britain . The term " peg mill " or " peg and ___MASK17___ mill " ( in which the " ___MASK17___ " was the tailpole used to turn the mill into the wind ) was used in north west ___MASK97___ , and " stob mill " in north east ___MASK97___ , to describe mills ___MASK88___ this type . The Irish Sea (, , , ___MASK65___ - Scots : " Airish Sea "), separates the islands ___MASK88___ 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 ___MASK64___ Coast ___MASK88___ ___MASK49___ in the north by the North Channel . Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea , followed by the Isle ___MASK88___ Man . The sea is occasionally , but rarely , referred to as the Manx Sea . ___MASK82___ ___MASK47___ is the ___MASK82___ part or region of ___MASK47___ . Although no definitive borders or definition exists for the term , geographically , ___MASK82___ ___MASK47___ may be considered to consist approximately of all of ___MASK47___ above the 52nd parallel north ; which includes ( from ___MASK64___ to ___MASK27___ ) ___MASK2___ or all of : Iceland , the Republic of Ireland , the Isle of Man , the United Kingdom , the Faroe Islands , the Netherlands , ___MASK82___ Germany , ___MASK40___ , Norway , Sweden , ___MASK82___ Poland , Finland , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania and ___MASK71___ Russia . However , narrower definitions may also be used based on other geographical factors , such as climate and ecology . Greenland , geographically a part of North America , is politically a part of the Kingdom of ___MASK40___ , and may be included depending on the definition . The ___MASK72___ Sea is a marginal sea ___MASK88___ the ___MASK44___ located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , ___MASK7___ , 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 ___MASK88___ around . The Rodings ( or Roothings ) are a group ___MASK88___ villages in ___MASK86___ , ___MASK97___ , the largest group in the country to bear a common name . They are believed to be the remnants ___MASK88___ a single Anglo - Saxon community known as the " Hroðingas ", led by " Hroða ", who sailed up the River Thames and along a tributary in the sixth century and settled in the area . This was one ___MASK88___ the tribal areas that were absorbed into the Kingdom ___MASK88___ ___MASK86___ . The River Roding and the villages derived their name from " Hroða ". The typical pronunciation ___MASK88___ the name is "" Roadings "". The Rodings formed a single land unit that was investigated by Stephen Basset . Continental ___MASK47___ , also referred to as ___MASK63___ ___MASK47___ , or , by Europeans , simply the Continent , is the continuous continent of ___MASK47___ , excluding surrounding islands . ___MASK9___ 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 ___MASK66___ Channel to the south . It had a population in 2011 of 3 , 063 , 456 and has a total area of . ___MASK9___ 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 . The Isles ___MASK88___ Scilly ( or "") are an archipelago off the south western tip ___MASK88___ the Cornish peninsula ___MASK88___ Great Britain . It is the southernmost location in ___MASK97___ and the United Kingdom , as well as the most westerly in ___MASK97___ . The English Channel (" the Sleeve " [ hence ] " Sea ___MASK88___ Brittany " " British Sea "), also called simply the Channel , is the body ___MASK88___ water that separates southern ___MASK97___ from northern France , and joins the southern part ___MASK88___ the North Sea to the rest ___MASK88___ the Atlantic Ocean . ___MASK59___ ( or ; abbreviated Cambs .), archaically known as the County ___MASK88___ ___MASK57___ , is an East Anglian county in ___MASK97___ , bordering Lincolnshire to the north , Norfolk to the north - east , Suffolk to the east , Essex and Hertfordshire to the south , and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west . The city ___MASK88___ ___MASK57___ is the county town . Modern ___MASK59___ was formed in 1974 as an amalgamation ___MASK88___ the counties ___MASK88___ ___MASK59___ and ___MASK55___ and Huntingdon and Peterborough , which had been created in 1965 from the historic counties ___MASK88___ ___MASK59___ , Huntingdonshire , the ___MASK55___ and the Soke ___MASK88___ Peterborough . It contains most ___MASK88___ the region known as Silicon Fen . ___MASK49___ ( 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 . In ___MASK97___ , a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties , or their combined form , the unitary authority . It is an administrative parish , in contrast to an ecclesiastical parish . ___MASK1___ is the principal settlement of the City of ___MASK1___ and the county town of Essex , in the East of England . It is located in the London commuter belt , approximately northeast of Charing Cross , London , and approximately from Colchester . The urban area of the city has a population of approximately 120 , 000 , whilst the district has a population of 168 , 310 . The ___MASK60___ is a county and the largest and second - ___MASK2___ populous island in ___MASK97___ . 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 . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large island in the ___MASK72___ ___MASK44___ off the ___MASK71___ 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 . ___MASK97___ is a country that is part ___MASK88___ the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with ___MASK49___ to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies ___MASK71___ ___MASK88___ ___MASK97___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the ___MASK52___ . ___MASK97___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths ___MASK88___ the island ___MASK88___ Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles ___MASK88___ Scilly , and the Isle ___MASK88___ Wight . ___MASK32___ is a local government district in Essex , England led by its council in a central town in the district , Saffron Walden , which is NNE of London . the population of the District at the 2011 Census was 79 , 443 . The United ___MASK83___ 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 ___MASK63___ , 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 ___MASK39___ and the Celtic Sea to its ___MASK39___ - ___MASK39___ - 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 ___MASK12___ . 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 ___MASK88___ previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics . Regardless ___MASK88___ the physical geography , in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League ___MASK88___ Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945 , a resident ___MASK88___ a country is subject to the independent exercise ___MASK88___ legal jurisdiction . Great Gransden is a civil parish and village in the ___MASK76___ ___MASK80___ ___MASK88___ Cambridgeshire , ___MASK97___ . In 2001 , the population ___MASK88___ the parish was 969 people , increasing to 1 , 023 at the 2011 Census . It is 11 miles ( 18 km ) west ___MASK88___ Cambridge . It is notable for the oldest post mill in ___MASK97___ . History . The village ' s name is derived from ' valley ___MASK88___ a man named Granta or Grante '. It was spelled " Grantandene " in 973 and " Grante ( s ) dene " in the 1086 Domesday book . Great Gransden was mentioned in 973 when its land was endowed to Thorney Abbey by Aethelwold , Bishop ___MASK88___ Winchester . The village consisted ___MASK88___ 33 households in 1086 , and the annual rent paid to the lord ___MASK88___ the manor was £ 30 .