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Orford Castle (+V)(+P)

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Can you find the names of 14 castles in the grid below?

Start from the letter at the centre and move a letter at a time left, right, up or down (not diagonally). The next word follows on from the word before it. No letters are used more than once and a few are not used at all.

SDNIWAYBEAU
OWICKDAWEAM
RRAWREWSRRI
KNHDCVNAACS
EMONOOOBSIR
NHHCLDCREPA
ICEUFANOHSC
LISTERAOCTR
WRFPFALKEOE
OHDNURGARWT
RTELPORCHES
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Now find 13 cathedrals

HESTSTERNOR
CLOEEAWHCIW
IPTRCVELLSS
HESBUOLGREA
CTIRTHWELTL
DEDOUCERLEI
RRPFOATEWXS
OBEASNSROEB
FOHCHTECOYU
EROUGERBURR
REHNLOCNILY
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Now find 14 abbeys

RSHORETINTA
EPEHCEWYFEV
URYROCVAERD
BUBSEKWETNN
NRYWESTMINS
OTSALGATNUT
ELCELTILNOE
EOHAMTNOEFR
VEJHBASCWDB
VRESEvEKYNY
AULXWHITBAL
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