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  • Stevenage
    Stevenage

    …by British planners under the New Towns Act, 1946, with the aim of catering to the needs of London’s overspill population. The old town, with its old coaching inns, 12th-century church, 16th-century grammar school, and market (granted 1281), forms one neighbourhood. The main shopping centre, from which vehicles are excluded,…

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    …by British planners under the New Towns Act, 1946, with the aim of catering to the needs of London’s overspill population. The old town, with its old coaching inns, 12th-century church, 16th-century grammar school, and market (granted 1281), forms one neighbourhood. The main shopping centre, from which vehicles are excluded,…

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