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Encyclopedia - Crawley: Encyclopedia Ii - Crawley - Structure
Crawley's 13 neighbourhoods are as follows: Bewbush Broadfield Furnace Green Gossops Green Ifield Langley Green Maidenbower Northgate Po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counties Of Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Counties Of Ireland - Local Government
The original pattern of 32 counties evolved over many years from the original Norman conquest of Ireland. The Local Government (Ireland) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Councillor: Encyclopedia Ii - Councillor - United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, all local authorities are overseen by elected councillors. These include: unitary authorities county councils, di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brooklyn Cyclones: Encyclopedia - Brooklyn Cyclones
The Brooklyn Cyclones are a minor league baseball team, affiliated with the New York Mets. The Cyclones play at KeySpan Park just off th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brooklyn Nets Arena: Encyclopedia - Brooklyn Nets Arena
The Brooklyn Nets Arena is a proposed US$3.5 billion sports arena, business and residential complex to be built partly on a platform over...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parliament Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - Parliament Of The United Kingdom
United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics of the United Kingdom Parliament The Crown: Queen Elizabeth II House of Lor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgage: Encyclopedia - Burgage
Burgage is a medieval land term used in England and Scotland, well established by the 13th century. A burgage was a town ("borough") rent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Bronx: Encyclopedia - The Bronx
The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. It is coterminous with Bronx County of the State of New Yor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edgar Bergen: Encyclopedia - Edgar Bergen
Edgar John Bergen (born February 16, 1903; died September 30, 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloqu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlottenburg: Encyclopedia - Charlottenburg
Charlottenburg is an area in Berlin, formerly a borough, now part of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. It is home to Gedenkstätte Plötzensee,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brighton Beach: Encyclopedia - Brighton Beach
Brighton Beach is a community on Coney Island in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City, USA. It is bounded by the community of Coney Isl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centralia Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia - Centralia Pennsylvania
Centralia is a borough located in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Although as recently as 1981 there were over 1,000 residents, the popula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canterbury: Encyclopedia - Canterbury
Canterbury is a cathedral city in the City of Canterbury district of Kent in South East England. Canterbury is the seat of the Archbisho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgher: Encyclopedia - Burgher
Burgher can refer to: A title. In the European Middle Ages, a burgher was any freeman of a burgh or borough; or any inhabitant of a boro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augsburg: Encyclopedia - Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. It is the capital of the Swabia administrative region of Bavaria, and is located at the conf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1984: Encyclopedia - 1984
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 1984 - Events. 1984 - January. January 1 - Brunei beco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 42nd Street Manhattan: Encyclopedia - 42nd Street Manhattan
42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known for its theaters, especially near the intersecti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Queens: Encyclopedia - Queens
Queens is the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in area. It is coterminous with Queens County in the U.S. state of New York a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia - Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France. Located on the river Seine in the country's north, it is a major cultural and political ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Dershowitz: Encyclopedia - Alan Dershowitz
Alan Morton Dershowitz (born September 1, 1938) is an American lawyer and jurist. He has spent most of his career at Harvard Law School, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antony Hauts-de-seine: Encyclopedia - Antony Hauts-de-seine
2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military perso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bourges: Encyclopedia - Bourges
2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military perso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boulogne-billancourt: Encyclopedia - Boulogne-billancourt
2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military pers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bedfordshire: Encyclopedia - Bedfordshire
Alistair Burt, Nadine Dorries, Patrick Hall, Kelvin Hopkins, Margaret Moran, Andrew Selous Bedford Mid Bedfordshire South Bedfordshire L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charter Trustees: Encyclopedia - Charter Trustees
In the United Kingdom, Charter Trustees are set up to maintain the continuity of a town charter or city charter after a district with the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bridgwater: Encyclopedia - Bridgwater
Bridgwater in Somerset, England, is a market town, the administrative centre of the Sedgemoor district, and the leading industrial town i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clinton: Encyclopedia - Clinton
Clinton may refer to a number of persons or places. Clinton - Persons. Clinton - Use as a First Name. Clinton as a word is a noun mean...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Councillor: Encyclopedia - Councillor
A councillor is a member of a council (such as a city council), particularly in the United Kingdom, Canada, and other parts of the Common...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counties Of Ireland: Encyclopedia - Counties Of Ireland
The island of Ireland has 32 counties, the Republic of Ireland made up of 26 of these; Northern Ireland comprises the remaining 6. The co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corporation: Encyclopedia - Corporation
A corporation is a legal entity (distinct from a natural person) that often has similar rights in law to those of a natural person. Civil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Varaždin: Encyclopedia - Varaždin
Varaždin (German: Warasdin, Hungarian: Varasd, Latin: Varasdinum) is a city in northwestern Croatia, 81 km north of Zagreb on the highwa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County United States: Encyclopedia - County United States
A county of the United States is a local level of government smaller than a state but generally larger than a city or town, in a U.S. sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Borough: Encyclopedia - County Borough
County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (excluding Scotland), to refer to a boroug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. State: Encyclopedia - U.s. State
A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, with the District of Columbia, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Twickenham: Encyclopedia - Twickenham
Twickenham is a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in the south-west of London. It is best known as the home of Twickenha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Undersheriff: Encyclopedia - Undersheriff
The Undersheriff in American law enforcement is the second in charge of an American Sheriff's Office. The position is usually filled from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crawley: Encyclopedia - Crawley
Crawley is a town and local government district in West Sussex, England. Crawley - Administration. The town is an unparished borough in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vale Royal: Encyclopedia - Vale Royal
Vale Royal is a local government district and borough in Cheshire, North West England. It contains the towns of Northwich, Winsford and F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ward Subnational Entity: Encyclopedia - Ward Subnational Entity
Category: Subnational entities Other related archives9th Ward, Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, Japan, Japanese, Local Government A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warrington: Encyclopedia - Warrington
Warrington is a large town and borough in North West England, between Manchester and Liverpool. It was traditionally in Lancashire, but w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley: Encyclopedia - William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 1521–4 August 1598), was an English politician, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Villa Guadalupe: Encyclopedia - Villa Guadalupe
Villa Guadalupe is a former town near what is now Mexico City which in 1531 was the site of the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Pitt 1st Earl Of Chatham: Encyclopedia - William Pitt 1st Earl Of Chatham
The Right Honourable William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (15 November 1708–11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who achieved his gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Status In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - City Status In The United Kingdom
City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the British monarch to a select group of communities. The status does not apply automatic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - York: Encyclopedia - York
York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. In the 2001 UK census the city had a population of 181...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weymouth: Encyclopedia - Weymouth
The Promenade Weymouth is a town in Dorset, England, situated on a sheltered bay – Weymouth Bay – and the natural harbour formed by t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palace Of Westminster: Encyclopedia - Palace Of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster, known also as the Houses of Parliament, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Square Park: Encyclopedia - Washington Square Park
Washington Square Park is a public park located within the Manhattan borough of New York City. One of more than 1,700 parks in New York C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wednesbury: Encyclopedia - Wednesbury
Wednesbury is a town in England's Black Country, part of the Sandwell metropolitan borough in West Midlands. Wednesbury - History. Wedn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consolidated City-county: Encyclopedia - Consolidated City-county
In American local government, a consolidated city-county, metropolitan municipality or regional municipality is a city and county that ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westbury Wiltshire: Encyclopedia - Westbury Wiltshire
Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire. The bury part of the town's name is a form of borough...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - York Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia - York Pennsylvania
York is a city located in York County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 40,862. It is the county s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Borough Park: Encyclopedia - Borough Park
Borough Park (sometimes rendered as Boro Park) is a neighborhood in the New York City, USA borough of Brooklyn. Borough Park contains one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Riding: Encyclopedia - Riding
In the British Isles since Anglo-Saxon times and in modern times in Canada, a riding is traditionally a sub-division (especially in three...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgh: Encyclopedia - Burgh
Burgh (pronounced burruh) is a Scots language word denoting the highly autonomous units of local government in Scotland, with rights to r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gettysburg Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Gettysburg Pennsylvania - History
The Borough of Gettysburg was founded in 1786 by James Gettys, whose father Samuel built a tavern there in 1761. It is the county seat of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Juneau City And Borough Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Juneau City And Borough Alaska - History
From before the time of European settlement in the Americas, the Gastineau Channel was a favorite fishing ground for local Tlingit Indian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bound Brook New Jersey: Encyclopedia Ii - Bound Brook New Jersey - History
The town was first settled in 1681. A wooden bridge over the Raritan River was erected as early as 1761 and named Queen's Bridge in 1767....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bridgwater: Encyclopedia Ii - Bridgwater - History
Bridgwater is mentioned both in the Domesday Book and in earlier in earlier Saxon chronicles dating from around 800. It was formerly part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kenai Peninsula Borough Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenai Peninsula Borough Alaska - Geography
The borough has a total area of 64,114 km² (24,755 mi²). 41,474 km² (16,013 mi²) of it is land and 22,640 km² (8,741 mi²) of it is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woking: Encyclopedia Ii - Woking - Facilities
Woking has a modern shopping centre called The Peacocks and an older shopping area, Wolsey Place. [2] The main area for evening entertain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parliament Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Parliament Of The United Kingdom - History
In the medieval period there were three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, and these developed separate parliaments. The 1707 Act...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parliament Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Parliament Of The United Kingdom - History
In the medieval period there were three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, and these developed separate parliaments. The 1707 Act...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burnley: Encyclopedia Ii - Burnley - History
Burnley grew up as an industrial town in the 19th century, with its economy being based upon textile manufacturing (cotton spinning and w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jersey Girl 2004 Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Jersey Girl 2004 Film - Plot Outline
Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) is a powerful media publicist in New York City who loses his wife (Jennifer Lopez) in childbirth. To avoid his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Williamsport Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Williamsport Pennsylvania - Geography
Williamsport is located at 41°14'40" North, 77°1'7" West (41.244428, -77.018738)GR1. + GR1. According to the United States Census Burea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boulogne-billancourt: Encyclopedia Ii - Boulogne-billancourt - Miscellaneous
The animated TV show Code: Lyoko is reportedly set in Boulogne-Billancourt. (source: French English) The headquarters of Renault lies in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bristol Bay Borough Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Bristol Bay Borough Alaska - Geography
The borough has a total area of 2,299 km² (888 mi²). 1,308 km² (505 mi²) of it is land and 991 km² (383 mi²) of it is water. The to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woodbine New Jersey: Encyclopedia Ii - Woodbine New Jersey - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 2,716 people, 773 households, and 558 families residing in the borough. The population density is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bishop's Castle: Encyclopedia Ii - Bishop's Castle - Facilities
Although it is smaller than many villages, Bishop's Castle has all the facilities of a small town. It has a post office, two banks, butch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northwest Arctic Borough Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Northwest Arctic Borough Alaska - Geography
The borough has a total area of 105,573 km² (40,762 mi²). 92,976 km² (35,898 mi²) of it is land and 12,597 km² (4,864 mi²) of it is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Berlin-reinickendorf: Encyclopedia Ii - Berlin-reinickendorf - Parts Of Town
Reinickendorf is split in ten parts, here sorted in declining order of population: Reinickendorf (73,847), Märkisches Viertel (35,833), ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeast Blackout Of 1965: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeast Blackout Of 1965 - Effect And Aftermath
Power resupply was uneven. New York City was dark by 5:27. Parts of Brooklyn were repowered by 11:00, the rest of the borough by midnight...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North Wales Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - North Wales Pennsylvania - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 3,342 people, 1,299 households, and 869 families residing in the borough. The population density i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley: Encyclopedia Ii - William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley - Early Life
Cecil was born in Bourne, Lincolnshire in 1520, the son of Richard Cecil, owner of the Burghley estate (then in Northamptonshire, now in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Pitt 1st Earl Of Chatham: Encyclopedia Ii - William Pitt 1st Earl Of Chatham - Politics In The Commons
His maiden speech was delivered in April 1736, in the debate on the congratulatory address to the king on the marriage of the Prince of W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boston Borough: Encyclopedia Ii - Boston Borough - History
The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the former borough of Boston with Boston Rural District. Until 1974, Lincolnshir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bedfordshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Bedfordshire - History
See also main Bedfordshire history article The first recorded use of the name was in 1011 as "Bedanfordscir," meaning "Beda's ford" (rive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boulogne-billancourt: Encyclopedia Ii - Boulogne-billancourt - History
The original name of the commune was Boulogne-sur-Seine (meaning "Boulogne upon Seine"). On January 1, 1860, the city of Paris was enlarg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yakutat City And Borough Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Yakutat City And Borough Alaska - Geography
Yakutat is located at 59°32′42″N, 139°42′1″WGR1. Yakutat is in a isolated location in lowlands along the Gulf of Alaska. It is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augsburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Augsburg - History
The city was founded in 15 BC in the reign of Roman emperor Augustus as a garrison called Augusta Vindelicorum. It was laid waste by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - York Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - York Pennsylvania - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 40,862 people, 16,137 households, and 9,246 families residing in the city. The population density ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuneaton And Bedworth: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuneaton And Bedworth - History
The Nuneaton and Bedworth district was created in 1974 from the mergers of two previous authorities. Nuneaton had gained the status of a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oakland New Jersey: Encyclopedia Ii - Oakland New Jersey - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 12,466 people, 4,255 households, and 3,565 families residing in the borough. The population densit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corporation: Encyclopedia Ii - Corporation - Legal Status
The law typically views a corporation as a fictional person, a legal person, or a moral person (as opposed to a natural person); United S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - People And Culture
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - Demographics. According to the census of 2000, there are 334,563 people, 143,739 households, and 74,169 famil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Manchester - Medieval Growth
Manchester was an unimportant market town during the Middle Ages, it was originally part of the Hundred of Salford. In 1223 Manchester ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cirencester: Encyclopedia Ii - Cirencester - History
Cirencester - Roman Corinium. When the Romans built a fort where the Fosse Way crossed the Churn, to hold two quingenary alae tasked wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Lorenz: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Lorenz - Biography
Christian Lorenz - Early Years. His family background is vague. Lorenz has a brother who is three years older. He was brought up and st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rotten Borough: Encyclopedia Ii - Rotten Borough - Rotten Boroughs
In some constituencies and boroughs, due to the small number of electors, the post of Member of Parliament could effectively be bought. B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plötzensee: Encyclopedia Ii - Plötzensee - Plötzensee Prison
The prison, an old Prussian institution built between 1869 and 1879, lay near the lake, but in the neighbouring borough of Charlottenburg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plum Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Plum Pennsylvania - Geography
Plum is located at 40°29'39" North, 79°45'16" West (40.494110, -79.754477)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the boroug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parish Subnational Entity: Encyclopedia Ii - Parish Subnational Entity - Scotland Wales And Ireland
In Wales the equivalent body to a Parish council is termed a Community council. The administrative counties of Scotland were sub-divided ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prospect Park Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Prospect Park Pennsylvania - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 6,594 people, 2,577 households, and 1,600 families residing in the borough. The population density...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Lincolnshire: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Lincolnshire - Pre-roman And Roman
Lincolnshire before the Romans was a Druid nation, a subdivision of the Iceni tribe, called the Coriceni, and were driven to this part of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilmington Delaware: Encyclopedia Ii - Wilmington Delaware - History
The area now known as Wilmington was first colonized by settlers from Sweden and Finland about 1638, establishing the colony on New Swede...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palace Of Westminster: Encyclopedia Ii - Palace Of Westminster - Interior
The Palace of Westminster includes approximately 1,100 rooms, 100 staircases, and 3 miles (5 km) of passageways. The building includes fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim: Rabbinical Seminary Of America: Encyclopedia Ii - Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim: Rabbinical Seminary Of America - Characteristics
There are four primary characteristics of this Yeshiva that distinguish it from others in its genre: (1) There is an emphasis upon unfold...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - History
Paris - Origins. The area of Paris was settled by the Celtic Parisii from around 250 BC. These people, known as boatmen and traders, es...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - York: Encyclopedia Ii - York - History And Tourism
York - Roman York. York is renowned for its history, which is preserved in its architecture. The city was founded during the reign of R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheltenham: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheltenham - Outline
Cheltenham - Education. Cheltenham is a major centre for education. In addition to the internationally known Cheltenham Ladies' College...   » Read the article