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Wiltshire ( or ) is a ___MASK75___ in South West ___MASK10___ with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset , Somerset , Hampshire , Gloucestershire , Oxfordshire and Berkshire . The ___MASK98___ was Wilton but Wiltshire Council is now based in the new ___MASK98___ of Trowbridge . Wiltshire ___MASK7___ is the ___MASK92___ for most of the ceremonial county of Wiltshire , in the West of England , created in April 2009 . It is the successor authority to Wiltshire County ___MASK7___ ( 1889  2009 ) and also to four district councils  Kennet , North Wiltshire , Salisbury , and West Wiltshire  all of which had been created in 1973 and were abolished in 2009 . Trowbridge is the ___MASK98___ of Wiltshire , England on the River Biss in the west of the county , south east of Bath , Somerset , from which it is separated by the Mendip Hills which rise to the west . Lindum ___MASK46___ , was the Roman name for the ___MASK57___ which is now the City of Lincoln in Lincolnshire . It was founded as a Roman Legionary Fortress during the reign of the Emperor Nero ( 58 - 68 ) or possibly later . ___MASK39___ from Roman tombstones suggests that Lincoln was first garrisoned by the Ninth Legion , " Hispana " which probably moved from Lincoln to found the fortress at York around c . 71 A . D . Lindum was then garrisoned by the Second Legion " Aduitrix ", which then went on to Chester in 77 - 8 A . D . Oxfordshire ( or ; abbreviated Oxon ) is a ___MASK75___ in South East ___MASK10___ bordering on Warwickshire ( to the north / north - west ), Northamptonshire ( to the north / north - east ), Buckinghamshire ( to the east ), Berkshire ( to the south ), Wiltshire ( to the south - west ) and Gloucestershire ( to the west ). Aquae Sulis was a small ___MASK91___ in the Roman ___MASK14___ of Britannia . Today it is the English city of Bath , Somerset . Lindinis or Lendiniae was a small ___MASK91___ in the Roman ___MASK14___ of Britannia . Today it is known as Ilchester , located in the English county of Somerset in the United Kingdom . Dorset ( or archaically , Dorsetshire ) is a ___MASK75___ in South West ___MASK10___ on the English Channel coast . The ceremonial ___MASK75___ comprises the non - ___MASK71___ , which is governed by Dorset County Council , and the ___MASK92___ areas of Poole and Bournemouth . Covering an area of , Dorset borders Devon to the west , Somerset to the north - west , Wiltshire to the north - east , and Hampshire to the east . The ___MASK98___ is Dorchester which is in the south . After the reorganisation of local government in 1974 the ___MASK75___ ' s border was extended eastward to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch . Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation , while the rest of the ___MASK75___ is largely rural with a low population density . Somerset is a ___MASK75___ in South West ___MASK10___ which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north , Wiltshire to the east , Dorset to the south - east and Devon to the south - west . It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel , its coastline facing southeastern Wales . Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the ___MASK58___ Avon . Somerset ' s ___MASK98___ is Taunton . The Fosse Way was a Roman ___MASK86___ in England that linked Exeter (" Isca Dumnoniorum ") in South West England to Lincoln (" Lindum Colonia ") in Lincolnshire , via Ilchester (" Lindinis "), Bath (" Aquae Sulis "), Cirencester (" Corinium ") and Leicester (" Ratae Corieltauvorum "). North Wraxall is a small ___MASK26___ and a civil parish in Wiltshire , England . The ___MASK26___ is west of Chippenham , a short distance to the north of the A420 road to Bristol . A ___MASK98___ is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within the county , or it has been established over time as the " de facto " main town of a county . The concept of a ___MASK98___ eventually became detached from its original meaning of where the county administration or county hall is based . In fact , many county towns are no longer part of the administrative county . For example , Nottingham is administered by a unitary authority entirely separate from the rest of Nottinghamshire . Many county towns are classified as cities , but all are referred to as county towns regardless of whether city status is held or not . Lincolnshire ( or ; abbreviated Lincs ) is a ___MASK75___ in the east of ___MASK10___ . It borders Norfolk to the south east , Cambridgeshire to the south , Rutland to the south west , Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west , South Yorkshire to the northwest , and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north . It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just , ___MASK10___ ' s shortest ___MASK75___ boundary . The ___MASK98___ is Lincoln , where the ___MASK75___ council has its headquarters . Berkshire ( or , abbreviated Berks ) is a ___MASK75___ in south east ___MASK10___ , west of London . It was recognised as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of Windsor Castle by the Queen in 1957 and letters patent issued in 1974 . Berkshire is a ___MASK75___ of historic origin and is a home ___MASK75___ , a ceremonial ___MASK75___ and a non - ___MASK71___ without a ___MASK75___ council . Berkshire County Council was the main ___MASK75___ governance from 1889 to 1998 except for the separately administered County Borough of Reading . Hampshire (; abbreviated Hants , archaically known as the ___MASK75___ of Southampton ) is a ___MASK75___ on the southern coast of ___MASK10___ in the United Kingdom . The ___MASK98___ of Hampshire is Winchester , the former capital city of ___MASK10___ . Hampshire is the most populous ceremonial ___MASK75___ in the United Kingdom ( excluding the metropolitan counties ) with almost half of the ___MASK75___ ' s population living within the South Hampshire conurbation which includes the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth . The larger South Hampshire metropolitan area has a population of 1 , 547 , 000 . Hampshire is notable for housing the birthplaces of the Royal Navy , British Army , and Royal Air Force . It is bordered by Dorset to the west , Wiltshire to the north - west , Berkshire to the north , Surrey to the north - east , and West Sussex to the east . The southern boundary is the coastline of the English Channel and the Solent , facing the Isle of Wight . Cirencester ( occasionally ; see below for more variations ) is a ___MASK49___ in east Gloucestershire , England , 93 miles ( 150 km ) west northwest of London . Cirencester lies on the ___MASK58___ Churn , a tributary of the ___MASK58___ 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 ___MASK58___ Churn . The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in 150AD . Isca Dumnoniorum , also known simply as Isca , was a ___MASK91___ in the Roman ___MASK14___ of Britannia at the site of present - ___MASK90___ Exeter in the English county of Devon in the United Kingdom . It served as the tribal capital of the Dumnonians under and after the Romans . The city walls of Exeter ( some 70 % of which survive ) mark the former perimeter of Isca and excavations in the 1970s and 1980s verified that the ___MASK91___ was home to a Roman fortress almost certainly for the Second Augustan Legion . The ___MASK91___ seems to have grown up around this fort ( established ) but seems to have gone into decline prior to the Roman withdrawal from Britain . Ilchester is a ___MASK26___ and civil parish , situated on the River Yeo or Ivel , five miles north of Yeovil , in the English county of Somerset . Originally a Roman town , and later a market town , Ilchester has a rich medieval history and was a notable settlement in the county ; around the 12th and 13th centuries it was effectively the county town . It had , however , declined in size and importance by the beginning of the 18th century , and the last markets were held in 1833 . In 1889 the historic corporation that had governed the town ( the Bailiff and Burgesses ) was dissolved . The Shoe is a hamlet in the ___MASK33___ of North Wraxall , in the north - west of Wiltshire in England . It is situated a few miles north of Bath , at the junction of the Fosse Way ( the old Roman ___MASK86___ from Exeter to Lincoln ) and the A420 ( running from Bristol to Oxford ) . The Shoe is named after the inn called The Horse - shoe . Leicester is a ___MASK38___ and ___MASK92___ area in the East Midlands of England , and the ___MASK98___ of Leicestershire . The ___MASK38___ lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest . The A420 is a ___MASK86___ between Bristol and Oxford in England . Between Swindon and Oxford it is a primary route . Gloucestershire (; abbreviated Glos .) is a ___MASK75___ in South West ___MASK10___ . The ___MASK75___ comprises part of the Cotswold Hills , part of the flat fertile valley of the ___MASK58___ Severn , and the entire Forest of Dean . Bristol is a ___MASK38___ , ___MASK92___ area and county in South West England with an estimated population of 449 , 300 in 2016 . It is England ' s sixth and the United Kingdom ' s eighth most populous ___MASK38___ , and the most populous ___MASK38___ in Southern England after London . The ___MASK38___ borders the ___MASK92___ areas of North Somerset and South Gloucestershire , with the historic cities of Bath and Gloucester to the south - east and north - east , respectively . South West ___MASK10___ is one of nine official regions of ___MASK10___ . It is the largest in area , covering and the counties of Gloucestershire , Bristol , Wiltshire , Somerset , Dorset , Devon and Cornwall , as well as the Isles of Scilly . ___MASK34___ million people live in South West ___MASK10___ . Ratae Corieltauvorum or simply Ratae was a ___MASK91___ in the Roman ___MASK14___ of Britannia . Today it is known as Leicester , located in the English county of Leicestershire . Chippenham is an historic ___MASK49___ in Wiltshire , England , east of Bath and west of London . In the 2011 census , the Chippenham community area ' s population was recorded at 45 , 337 , and the built up area of Chippenham had a population of 35 , 800