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Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, with Warwick as its county town. Its western part once lay in the kingdom of the Hwicce and the rest in Mercia. It contains Warwick and Kenilworth castles, Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, and the site of the Battle of Edgehill of 1642.

Warwickshire
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Warwickshire. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/warwickshire
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