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To me Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. Although I have been to
Northern Ireland, I only passed through. So I do not have much knowledge about
that part of the UK.
Some of my best memories of travel include England and Scotland. Of course
London is without parallel as a tourist destination for an English speaking
tourist. The sights, the sounds, the everything is great. My memories are so
numerous of time spent there, I could burst recalling them. If you have never
been, then go there as part of any European travel. I fully understand that the
British Isles are not part of the European Continent. But I also see that the
USA AAA guide book for Europe includes Britain so who am I to differ on this
point?
The BBC has quite a collection of web cams they make available to you. Here
are links from their site. Click
HERE to go to their site.
Edinburgh Live Web Cam
Audio Story
Here's some background for the history For the history nuts:
Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th
century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in
advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched
over one-fourth of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw
the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half
witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a
modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the
UN Security Council, a founding member of NATO, and of the Commonwealth, the UK
pursues a global approach to foreign policy; it currently is weighing the degree
of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to
remain outside the European Monetary Union for the time being. Constitutional
reform is also a significant issue in the UK. The Scottish Parliament, the
National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established
in 1999. MORE.
There are many web sites associated with British History and British
Royalty. Check these out: FROM
THE
TUDOR DYNASTY
Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I...plus Lady Jane Grey and
Mary Queen of Scots
PRIMARY
DOCUMENTS
United Kingdom -- Primary
Documents
Britannia: British
Historical Documents
Manuscript
Sources for British History
The
Avalon Project : The British Bluebook
The British Library
Historical Manuscripts Commission's Web Site
Association for
Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections
Guildhall Art Gallery London: Image Database
More primary documents can be found under each topic heading.
TIMELINES
TIMELINE: British
History
Timeline of Britain's
Prehistoric Past
Timeline of Roman
Britain
King Arthur: Timeline
of Arthurian History & Legend
Timeline of the
Early British Kingdoms 410 AD-598 AD
TIMELINE: Anglo Saxon
England 597 AD-687 AD / 688
AD-801 AD / 801
AD-898 AD / 899
AD-977 AD / 978
AD-1066 AD
Timeline of Medieval
Britain
Timeline of the
Reformation and Restoration Periods
Timeline of Britain's
Age of Empire
Wales History Timeline
Timeline of The British
Monarchy
For more timelines, check out specific topics below. Also, check out specific
topics on my Main Table of Contents
or my Maps, Flags,
Timelines pages.
MAPS
The Digital Atlas of England Project
Britannia Maps of the UK
British Isles Antique Maps
Menu
Historical Maps of
Britain
Britannia Maps of the UK
MAP: Anglo-Saxon England
MAP:
The British Empire and Commonwealth after WWI
MAP:
Imperialism in Asia to the Eve of World War I
MAP:
Decline of Colonialism after WWII
For more maps, check out specific topics below. Also, check out specific
topics on my Main Table of Contents
or my Maps, Flags,
Timelines pages.
ANCIENT AND
ROMAN BRITAIN
TIMELINE:
Britain's Prehistoric Past
Prehistoric Britain Index
The Beginnings of
Stonehenge
Mysterious
Places - Stonehenge
This Way to the Northern Frontier:
Tribes and Romans in Northern Britain
TIMELINE: Roman
Britain
TIMELINE: Early
British Kingdoms 410 AD-598 AD
Camelot Village: Rome
Roman Conquest of
Britain
Roman Britain, Part I and Part
2
Boadicea -- Queen
of the Iceni
Boudicca, the Queen of the Iceni
BOADICEA/BOUDICA
Romano-British Sites and Museums
Saxon
Shore Forts
The Landings of Caesar in
Britain, 55 and 54 BC
Hadrian's Wall World Heritage
Site
Roman Military Sites in Britain
Roman Baths Home Page
The History of Plumbing - Roman and
English Legacy
The Celts
and the Holy Roman Empire and Celts
Against the Empire - more on the Celts on my Gaelic
page.
For more on Ancient Rome, visit my Ancient
Rome page.
MEDIEVAL
ENGLAND
General sites, King Arthur, Robin Hood, Anglo-Saxons & the Vikings, Battle
of Hastings, Domesday Book, Becket, Magna Carta, Castles, Feudalism, Knighthood,
Hundred Years War, the Plague, War of the Roses
THE
SUN NEVER SETS ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE
TIMELINE: British
Empire
TIMELINE:
Britain's Age of Empire
MAP - British Empire
in 1914
MAP:
The British Empire and Commonwealth after WWI
A British
Viewpoint on Imperialism
The British Empire
The
British Empire - A Survey
The Sun Never Set on the
British Empire
Britain's Age of
Empire Index
Britain's Twentieth
Century Index
British Empire
British Empire, Possessions
c.1497-1800
Why
did the British Empire expand so rapidly between 1870 and 1900?
The Development
of Empire: Narratives of Colonialism and Resistance in British Literature
British
Empire Studies - Resources and Links
British
Empire Studies - International Directory
Maritime History and
Naval Heritage Homepage
NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITISH &
INDIAN ARMIES.
LIBERALISM
AND THE BREAK-UP OF THE SEA-BORNE EMPIRES
IMPERIALISM
TIMELINE:
New Imperialism
TIMELINE:
Decolonization: 1917-1970
MAP - British Empire in
1914
MAP:
Imperialism in Asia to the Eve of World War I
MAP:
The British Empire and Commonwealth after WWI
MAP:
Decline of Colonialism after WWII
A British
Viewpoint on Imperialism
British Empire, Possessions
c.1497-1800
Empire in Africa, Asia and the
Pacific
A
History of British Imperialism
Kipling's
Imperialism
The
New Imperialism
Colonialism and Imperialism
Resource
Early
Colonial Period in Africa
A Short History of
the Opium Wars
Family History in India
Ambition and
Angst in the Lives of Indian Civil Servants, 1880-1950
Curzon,
Mary Victoria Leiter
British Policy Towards the
Ottoman Empire
The Lawrence of
Arabia Factfile
T.E. LAWRENCE / LAWRENCE OF
ARABIA / FOREIGN LEGION
Emperor's
English: Language as a Technology of Rule in British West Africa
Imperialism
Resources
British Imperialism
in Action: Australia and India
British
Rule in India, by William Jennings Bryan
Also, drop by my Non-Western
Cultures page and check the history sites for Africa, India, and China.
WORLD WARS & MILITARY
World
War I
BBC - History
-World War I
British Policy Towards the Ottoman
Empire
Biography: David
Lloyd George
The Lawrence of
Arabia Factfile
Dreadnought: arms race of
battleships between Great Britain and Germany, USA and Japan
World War One
- The Maritime War
Aftermath: When the Boys Came
Home
Aftermath: The Unknown Warrior
The Unknown
Warrior at Westminster Abbey
For much more, please visit my World
War I page.
World War II
BBC Online -
WorldWar II History
World War II - A British Focus
British
WWII Evacuee's Discussion Group
Memories
Project : Stories from the 1940's
FIGHTER COMMAND - BATTLE OF BRITAIN
1940
World War 2 British Home Front Propaganda
Posters
A Brief History of the Security
Service(Brtish MI5)
MI5 The Security Service
Maple Leaf Up Presents the Canadian Army
Overseas in WW2
Luftwaffe over
Bristol,1940-44
Eden Camp - super site on World War II
in England
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston
Churchill and Great Britain's Finest Hour
Peace For Our Time
by Neville Chamberlain
Interwar Appeasement as
Naivete:Why Did Only Churchill See It?
An Appeasement History
Their Finest
Hour: The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain
Britain During WWII
The Sinking ofthe
Repulse and Prince of Wales, Dec. 10, 1941
BRITISH NAVAL
VESSELS LOST AT SEA 1939-45
The Royal Canadian
Armoured Corps In WWII
Maritime History and Naval
Heritage Homepage
For much more, please visit my World
War II page.
General and Various Military Topics
BBC - History - Wars
& Conflict
Britains Small Wars: 1945-2001
Imperial War Museum - the national museum of
war and conflict
Falkland Islands War
British Light Infantry Regiments
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire
and Commonwealth
Ships of the Old Navy, A
History of Sailing Ships of the Royal Navy
Extracts from the Naval
Chronicle
More Extracts from the Naval
Chronicle
Victoria Cross Awards
Prior to WWI
Maritime History and Naval
Heritage Homepage
NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITISH & INDIAN
ARMIES
For more, visit my Military
History, Info, Stats page.
THE BRITISH INVASION of the 1960s
Drop
by my Music and RETRO-The
50s, 60s, 70s, & 80s pages for info on the BEATLES, ROLLING STONES, MARY
QUANT and the MINI-SKIRT!
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Church
of England | Menu
Archbishop of Canterbury
homepage
ARCHBISHOPS of
CANTERBURY(list with dates)
The Church in Britain
The
Church of England
Westminster Abbey - Place of Worship
and House of Kings
Canterbury Cathedral Official
Website
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL - A part of
KENT RESOURCES
St. Paul's Cathedral London
Church Crawler - lesser
known churches in England
Parallel
Latin/English Psalter, Home Page
Britannia: Monasticism in
Britain
Solemnization of
Matrimony -- Book of Common Prayer
For more, visit my Religions
page.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
Britannia:
British Government on the Web - England, Britain, UK
Britannia: Prime
Ministers - England, Britain, UK
10 Downing Street - PM
hist main
House
of Lords home page
House
of Commons home page
Acts of the UK Parliament
Parliament - Index
BNP, British National Party Multimedia
Britain (Embassy) in the USA
VARIOUS MISC. BRITISH TOPICS
20th
Century Britain
Britain's Twentieth Century
Index
Shackleton's Legendary
Antarctic Journey
Modern History
Sourcebook: Emmeline Pankhurst: My Own Story, 1914
The Emancipation of
Women
Food and Drink
The
National Pub & Brewery History Website
The UK Pub Zone - a guide to UK
Pubs and Inns - covering England/Scotland/Wales
Pub History
Society
Ant Veal's Top 161 UK Pubs
A
Chaucerian Cookery
A History of Tea
The Tea FAQ
Tea - A World Of Tea
For more, visit my FOOD IN
HISTORY & AROUND THE WORLD page.
Towns - Counties - UK Travel
Virtual London - The London Web Site
Britannia: Magical History
Tour - England, Britain, UK
Fishponds Local History Society,
Bristol
Bath Past
The Canterbury Web Site
The Cotswold Hyper Guide
- History and Lore
Sussex History &
Folklore
Photographs of Sussex -
Main page
British English vs. American English
HEL Website - History of the
English Language
Dictionary of English slang and
colloquialisms of the UK
London Slang
English/Cockney Rhyming Slang
World Wide Words: Investigating
international English from a British view
English to English
- The British use different words for things than Americans!
Science - Medicine - Technology
The English Merlin - William
Lilly - 17th century astrologer
An
Online Museum Of Bad Medicine
The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices
The Men That Made the Water
Closet
For more info, check out the Science section on my Other
Subjects page.
Art - Architecture - Antiques
Wren,
Christopher
Half-timberhouses
in Europe
Timber-Framed Houses in England and Wales
Guildhall Art Gallery London: Image Database
Christies Auction House
Welcome to Sotheby's
For more, please visit my Art
& Galleries page.
Music
Folk Music of England, Scotland,
Ireland, Wales and America
English Folksongs
Footlight Notes: The British Music
Hall
For more, please visit my Music
page.
British Transportation and the Chunnel
The unofficial
Eurostar page
Transport for London
The National Railway Museum
A Brief
History of English Canals
British Film and TV
the bfi 100: The Top British
Films of the 20th Century
National British Museum of Photography,
Film & Television
Cine-rhama: the Best of British
Cinema and American and Foreign Films
MMI Review: Profumo
Scandal
For more, please visit my Motion
Pictures, Movies, Film and Television
& Misc. Fine Arts pages.
British Prisons and Asylums
HM Prison Service - Home
Prisons over two Centuries
Executions, Derby,
England, UK, United Kingdom.
Bethlem
Royal Hospital, popularly known as 'Bedlam'
Bedlam
Visits
Jonathan
Swift's A Digression on Madness
Myths - Legends - Ghost Stories - Folklore
British Myths & Legends
Index
Cornish Ghost
Stories
Borley Rectory, the most haunted house
in England
For more, please visit my Myth,
Legend, Folklore, Ghosts page.
For info on King Arthur and Robin Hood, please visit my Medieval
Britain page.
Truly Misc. Topics
Famous Britons
The Language
of Politics -- England and the French Revolution
British Christmas
Traditions
HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM
WICKHAM
Toilet Paper in Tax Law: A 1929
Case Study
The Daily Telegraph
BBC America
Images - Millennium - My
Century: BBC World Service
Guildhall Art Gallery London: Image Database
The British School Boy Uniform
Galleries
THE RURAL HISTORY CENTRE
Museum of London - Welcome to the
story 500,000 years in the making
BRITISH ART &
LITERATURE
British
Author Biographies
VoS English Literature: English
Literature Page
Middle English Glossarial
Database
Anthology of Middle English
Literature (1350-1485)
Beowulf
Resources
Sir Gawain and The Green
Knight: Resources
Geoffrey Chaucer
(ca.1343-1400)
Sixteenth Century
Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
English Literature: Early 17th
Century (1603-1660)
Turn of the Century Fantasy
Illustration
Welcome to Dime
Novels
Guildhall Art Gallery London: Image Database
A
Chronology of the Arts and Crafts Movement
For much more on British Literature, visit my Literature
and Drama and Specific
Authors pages.
For more on British Art, please visit my Art
& Galleries page.
SHAKESPEARE
Did you know? Ghosts appear in 4 Shakespearian plays; Julius Caesar,
Richard III, Hamlet and Macbeth.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the
Internet
The Complete Works of
William Shakespeare
For more on Shakespeare and Renaissance Theatre, visit the DRAMA section on
my Literature and Drama
page.
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