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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:42, 17 May 2008	280×370 (9 KB)	21stCenturyGreenstuff (Talk \| contribs)	(Image created by User:Saltmarsh using an outline reproduced from Ordnance Survey map data by permission of the Ordnance Survey © Crown copyright 2001. NB: Due to restrictions detailed in its [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/site/legal/ co)