New England - The indigenous peoples of New England. New England has long been inhabited by Algonquian-speaking native peoples, including the Abenaki, the Penobscot, the Wampanoag, and many others. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Europeans such as Giovanni Verrazano, Jacques Cartier and John Cabot (known as Giovanni Caboto before being based in England) charted the New England coast. They referred to the region as Norumbega, named for a fabulous native city that was supposed to exist there. See also: List of place names in New England of aboriginal origin. New England - Early ...

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Music of England, Music of England - History, Music of England - 16th to 17th Centuries, Music of England - 18th Century, Music of England - 19th Century, Music of England - Early 20th Century, Music of England - The Fifties, Music of England - The modern period, Music of England - Morris dancing, Music of England - Broadside ballads, Music of England - Sussex, Music of England - Yorkshire, Music of England - East Anglia, Music of England - Northumbrian folk, Music of England - Pipes, Music of England - West Country, Music of England - Sea shanties

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Main article: History of England England has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, although the repeated Ice Ages made much of Britain uninhabitable for extended periods until as recently as 20,000 years ago. Stone Age hunter-gatherers eventually gave way to farmers and permanent settlements, with a spectacular and sophisticated megalithic civilisation arising in western England some 4,000 years ago. It was replaced around 1,500 years later by Celtic tribes migrating from Western and continental Europe, mainly from France. ...

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England, England - History, England - Politics, England - Subdivisions, England - Geography, England - Major rivers, England - Major conurbations, England - Economy, England - Demographics, England - English identity, England - Culture, England - Languages, England - Nomenclature, England - Symbols and insignia, England - National anthems

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Main article: History of England England has been inhabited for at least 50,000 years, although the repeated Ice Ages made much of Britain uninhabitable for extended periods until as recently as 20,000 years ago. Stone Age hunter-gatherers eventually gave way to farmers and permanent settlements, with an advanced megalithic civilization arising in western England some 4,000 years ago. It was replaced around 1,500 years later by Celtic tribes migrating from Western and continental Europe, mainly from France. These tribes were kn ...

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England, England - History, England - Politics, England - Subdivisions, England - Geography, England - Major rivers, England - Major conurbations, England - Economy, England - Demographics, England - English identity, England - Culture, England - Languages, England - Nomenclature, England - Symbols and insignia, England - National anthems

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The bank was founded by the Scotsman William Paterson, in 1694 to act as the English government's banker. He proposed a loan of £1.2m to the government; in return the subscribers would be incorporated as The Governor and Company of the Bank of England with banking privileges including the issue of notes. The Royal Charter was granted on July 27, 1694. Public finances were in so dire a condition at the time that the terms of the loan were that it was to be serviced at a rate of 8% per annum, and there was also a service charge of £40 ...

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The Kingdom of England has no specific founding date. The Kingdom can trace its origins to the Heptarchy, the rule of what would later become England by seven minor Kingdoms: East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex, and Wessex. The Kings of Wessex became increasingly dominant over the other kingdoms of England during the 8th century, a process that would continue during the 9th century. Alfred the Great (reigned 871–899) was the first King of Wessex to style himself "King of England". His son Edward the Elder (reigned ...

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Kingdom of England, Kingdom of England - History, Kingdom of England - Commonwealth and Protectorate

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Archaeological evidence indicates that what is now southern England was colonised by humans long before the rest of the British Isles due to its more hospitable climate between and during the various ice ages of the distant past. The first historical mention of the region is from the Massaliote Periplus, a sailing manual for merchants thought to date to the 6th century BC, although cultural and trade links with the continent had existed for millennia prior to this. Pytheas of Massilia wrote of his trading journey to the island around 325 BC. ...

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History of England, History of England - England before the English, History of England - The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Celtic Britain, History of England - England during the Middle Ages, History of England - Tudor England, History of England - Religious Conflict and the Civil War, History of England - The Industrial Revolution, History of England - Recent history

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The History of Anglo-Saxon England covers the history of early medieval England from the end of Roman Britain and the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the 5th century until the Conquest by the Normans in 1066. The 5th and 6th centuries are known archaeologically as Sub-Roman Britain, or in popular history as the "Dark Ages"; from the 6th century larger distinctive kingdoms are developing, still known to some as the Heptarchy; the arrival of the Vikings at the end of the 8th century brought many changes to Britain, and relation ...

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History of Anglo-Saxon England - Sources History of Anglo-Saxon England - Migration: Fifth to Sixth Centuries History of Anglo-Saxon England - Seventh to Eighth Centuries History of Anglo-Saxon England - First Viking Age: Ninth Century History of Anglo-Saxon England - Formation of England: Tenth Century History of Anglo-Saxon England - The Second Viking Age and the Norman Conquest: Eleventh Century

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The setting down of the current structure of districts in England began in 1965 when Greater London and its 32 London boroughs were created. They are the oldest type of district still in use. In 1974 metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties (also known as 'shire counties') were created across the rest of England and were spilt into Metropolitan districts and Non-metropolitan districts. The status of the London boroughs and metropolitan districts changed in 1986 when they absorbed the functions and some of the powers ...

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Districts of England, Districts of England - History, Districts of England - Types, Districts of England - Metropolitan districts, Districts of England - Non-metropolitan district, Districts of England - Unitary authorities, Districts of England - London boroughs, Districts of England - Trivia

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The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom, sometimes known as "The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" or "The Old Lady". The nearest London Underground station, and thus a busy commuter stop, is Bank station. Bank of England - Functions of the Bank. It performs all the recognized functions of a central bank -- to maintain price stability, and subject to that, to support the economic policy of Her Majesty's Government (Bank of England Act 1998) in order to promote economic gro ...

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Bank of England - Functions of the Bank Bank of England - History Bank of England - Banknote issues
Bank of England - 10/- Bank of England - £1 Bank of England - £5 Bank of England - £10 Bank of England - £20 Bank of England - £50 Bank of England - £1000000
Bank of England - Chief Cashiers of the Bank of England Bank of England - Governors of the Bank of England

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The Wars of the Roses culminated in the eventual victory of the relatively unknown Henry Tudor, Henry VII, at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, where the Yorkist Richard III was slain, and the succession of the Lancastrian House was ultimately assured. Whilst in retrospect it is easy for us to date the end of the Wars of the Roses to the Battle of Bosworth Field, Henry VII could afford no such complacency. Before the end of his reign, two pretenders would try to wrest the throne from him, aided by remnants of the Yorkist faction at home ...

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History of England, History of England - England before the English, History of England - The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Celtic Britain, History of England - England during the Middle Ages, History of England - Tudor England, History of England - Religious Conflict and the Civil War, History of England - The Industrial Revolution, History of England - Recent history

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Main article: History of the Church of England The Church of England traces its formal corporate history from the 597 Augustinian mission, stresses its continuity and identity with the primitive universal Western church, and notes the consolidation of its particular independent and national character in the post-Reformation events of Tudor England. Christianity arrived in Britain in the first or second centuries (probably via the tin trade route through Ireland and Spain), and existed independently of the Church of Rome, ...

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Church of England, Church of England - Theology and sociology, Church of England - Governance and administration, Church of England - Appointments, Church of England - History, Church of England - Related churches, Church of England - Financial situation, Church of England - External link

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Between 1974 and 1996 most of Cleveland was incorporated into a non-metropolitan county of the same name, formed from parts of the North Riding of Yorkshire and County Durham. Unlike the traditional geographic area, the county was formed around the Tees estuary and included lands on both sides of the river. It excluded the southernmost parts of traditional Cleveland, including much of the Cleveland Hills, although the original proposal for this county w ...

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Cleveland England, Cleveland England - Heritage, Cleveland England - Recent History, Cleveland England - Identity, Cleveland England - Geography, Cleveland England - Geographical features, Cleveland England - Towns and villages

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Parliament of England - Origins. One may trace the origin of Parliament to the times of the Anglo-Saxons. Anglo-Saxon Kings were advised by a council known as the Witenagemot, whose foremost members were the King's sons and brothers. The Earldormen, or executive heads of the shires, also had seats in the Witenagemot, as did the senior clergymen of the state. The King still possessed ultimate authority, but laws were made only after seeking the advice (and, ...

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Parliament of England, Parliament of England - History, Parliament of England - Origins, Parliament of England - Development, Parliament of England - Union: the Parliament of Great Britain

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Education in England - The Period Before 1950. From August 1833, the parliament of the United Kingdom voted sums of money each year for the construction of schools for poor children, distributed by the Treasury, the first time the state had become involved with education in England and Wales, though a precedent had been set by the parliament of Scotland in 1633 when it introduced a tax to fund the programme of universal education in Scotland begun in 1561. A meeting in Manchester in 1837 ...

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Education in England, Education in England - The Structure of the English Educational System, Education in England - Compulsory Schooling, Education in England - Post 16 Education, Education in England - Adult Education, Education in England - Costs, Education in England - The history of state sponsored education in England, Education in England - The Period Before 1950, Education in England - The Post War Period, Education in England - The Education Reform Act of 1988, Education in England - New Labour's Educational Policies from 1997, Education in England - Categories of Schools, Education in England - Community Schools, Education in England - Foundation Schools, Education in England - Voluntary Aided VA Schools, Education in England - Voluntary Controlled VC Schools

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The Act of Union of 1800 formally assimilated Ireland within the British political process, and created a new country "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" with effect from 1 January 1801, uniting England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. Since then England has not existed as an independent political entity, but as a region it has remained highly dominant in the United Kingdom. The majority of the political and econom ...

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History of England, History of England - England before the English, History of England - The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Celtic Britain, History of England - England during the Middle Ages, History of England - Tudor England, History of England - Religious Conflict and the Civil War, History of England - The Industrial Revolution, History of England - Recent history

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The Act of Union of 1800 formally assimilated Ireland within the British political process, and created a new state "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" with effect from 1 January 1801, uniting England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. Since then England has not existed as an independent political entity, but as a country it has remained highly dominant in the United Kingdom. The majority of the political and econom ...

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History of England, History of England - England before the English, History of England - The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Celtic Britain, History of England - England during the Middle Ages, History of England - Tudor England, History of England - Religious Conflict and the Civil War, History of England - The Industrial Revolution, History of England - Recent history

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The defeat of King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 at the hands of William of Normandy, later styled William I of England and the subsequent Norman takeover of Saxon England led to a sea-change in the history of the small, isolated, island state. William ordered the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey of the entire population and their lands and property for tax purposes. The English Middle Ages were to be characterised ...

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History of England, History of England - England before the English, History of England - The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Celtic Britain, History of England - England during the Middle Ages, History of England - Tudor England, History of England - Religious Conflict and the Civil War, History of England - The Industrial Revolution, History of England - Recent history

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The defeat of King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 at the hands of William of Normandy, later styled William I of England and the subsequent Norman takeover of Saxon England led to a sea-change in the history of the small, isolated, island state. William ordered the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey of the entire population and their lands and property for tax purposes. William ruled over Normandy, then a powerful French kingdom. William and his nobles spoke and conducted court in French, in Normandy as wel ...

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History of England, History of England - England before the English, History of England - The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Celtic Britain, History of England - England during the Middle Ages, History of England - Tudor England, History of England - Religious Conflict and the Civil War, History of England - The Industrial Revolution, History of England - Recent history

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The administrative counties didn't exist prior to 1888, see traditional counties of England for the history of the English counties before then. Administrative counties of England - Introduction of county councils. Main article: Local Government Act 1888 In 1888 the government, led by the Tory Prime Minister Lord Salisbury established county councils for all of England and Wales, covering areas known as administrative counties. Excluded from administrative counties were the county bor ...

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Administrative counties of England, Administrative counties of England - History, Administrative counties of England - Introduction of county councils, Administrative counties of England - Map 1890-1965, Administrative counties of England - Encroachment, Administrative counties of England - Greater London, Administrative counties of England - Map 1965-1974, Administrative counties of England - Abolition

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