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Duke of Northumberland faces bizarre challenge to his title...duke. Alnwick Castle, the family home in Northumberland, northern England, which celebrated its 700th anniversary this week, was also the backdrop for the film Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett, and the television series Blackadder. The... In this article: Northumberland, Anne Boleyn, Henry Percy, Hogwarts School, London College, Henry V, and New Zealand |
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Stuff | 6 days ago
Kiwi Kevin Percy claims Harry Potter castle
...Middle Ages. The earldom owns nearly 50,000 hectares of land in Britain. Alnwick Castle, the family home in Northumberland, northern England, which celebrated its 700th anniversary this week, was used to film the Hogwarts scenes in the...
In this article: Northumberland, The Dominion Post, College of Arms, Thomas Percy, Harry Potter, London, Cambridge, and Britain
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SPIEGEL ONLINE - International | September 07, 2009
Picture This: Like a Duck to Water
...and opinions about this topic. Thousands of spectators certainly didn't have their ducks in a row here: More than 200,000 blue plastic ducks floated down the River Thames in England on Saturday. The plastic ducks were released during...
In this article: River Thames
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International Herald Tribune | November 01, 2009
Hiking History: England's Ancient Ridgeway Trail
...Age. Situated in southern England, built by our Neolithic ancestors, it's at least 5,000 years old, and may even have existed when England was still connected to continental Europe, and the Thames was a tributary of the Rhine. Once it...
In this article: Thames, Europe, King Alfred, and Lincolnshire
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scotsman.com - Scotland | October 26, 2009
Water bills set to fall but watchdogs warn prices still too high
...the current AGBP312 average to about AGBP290 This could also widen the gap with consumers in England, who are already paying an average of AGBP18 a year more than Scottish Water customers. Only three English water firms a Northumbrian,...
In this article: Scottish Water, Scotland, and Thames
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The Register | October 19, 2009
BMC eats Tideway for discovery tools
...Tideway Systems. Tideway, which gets its name from the 100-mile portion of the River Thames in England that is subject to tides, was founded in 2002 and did a major revamp of its Foundation discovery tool with V7.0. The Foundation tool...
In this article: BMC Software, Tideway Systems, EMC, Cisco Systems, California, Market capitalization, Revenue, BladeLogic, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard
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InRich Sports | October 12, 2009
This View Is Our View
...the 1700s the look of the James from what is now Libby Hill Park was so reminiscent of a similar view of the Thames in Richmond, England that Virginia's capital city got its name from that resemblance. With its 115-year-old Soldiers and...
In this article: Unification Church, Richmond, Civil War, and James River
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England (/ˈɪŋɡlənd/) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental Europe. The mainland of England consists of the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic, but England also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England has been settled by people of various cultures for about 35,000 years, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming the country into the world's first industrialised nation, and its Royal Society laid the foundations of modern experimental science.
- Name:
- England
- Conventional Long Name:
- England
- Capital:
- London
- Language:
- English
- Motto:
- Dieu et mon droit
- Largest City:
- London
- Government type:
- Constitutional monarchy
- Legislature:
- Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Area:
- 50,346
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $1.9 trillion
- GDP (nominal):
- $2.2 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $44,000
- Time Zone:
- GMT
- Currency:
- Pound sterling
- Demonym:
- English
- Currency (code):
- GBP
- Country Calling Code:
- 44
- ccTLD:
- .uk
- Anthem:
- None (de jure)
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