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Aberdeen

Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous Scottish city.

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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the self-regulatory organisation of the advertising industry in the United Kingdom.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Ards and North Down Borough Council

Ards and North Down Borough Council is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015.

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Armagh

Armagh (Ard Mhacha,, "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish.

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Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is a local authority that was established on 1 April 2015.

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Bangor, County Down

Bangor is a city and seaside resort in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the southern side of Belfast Lough.

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Bangor, Gwynedd

Bangor is a cathedral city and community in Gwynedd, North Wales.

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Bath and North East Somerset

Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) is a unitary authority district in Somerset, South West England.

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Bath, Somerset

Bath (RP) is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, in England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.

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Bermuda

Bermuda (historically known as the Bermudas or Somers Isles) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.

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Bradford

Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, England.

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Brechin

Brechin (Breichin) is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland.

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the city of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England.

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Brighton and Hove

Brighton and Hove is a unitary authority with city status in East Sussex, England.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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British History Online

British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources on medieval and modern history of Great Britain and Ireland.

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British overseas cities

British overseas cities on British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are remaining key places of the former far-reaching British Empire, which was a vast holding of many regions, countries, protectorates and territories. List of cities in the United Kingdom and British overseas cities are lists of cities by population.

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British Overseas Territories

The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the 14 territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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Caer

Caer (cair or kair) is a placename element in Welsh meaning "stronghold", "fortress", or "citadel", roughly equivalent to an Old English suffix (-ceaster) now variously written as ''-chester''.

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Cambridge

Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Canterbury

Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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Carlisle

Carlisle (from Caer Luel) is a cathedral city in the ceremonial county of Cumbria in England.

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Cathedral

A cathedral is a church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate.

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Celtic Britons

The Britons (*Pritanī, Britanni), also known as Celtic Britons or Ancient Britons, were an indigenous Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain from at least the British Iron Age until the High Middle Ages, at which point they diverged into the Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons (among others).

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Celtic Christianity

Celtic Christianity is a form of Christianity that was common, or held to be common, across the Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages.

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Centre for Cities

The Centre for Cities is an independent, non-partisan urban policy research unit and a charity registered in England.

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Ceremonial counties of England

Ceremonial counties, formally known as counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies, are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed.

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Charter trustee

In England and Wales, charter trustees are set up to maintain the continuity of a town charter or city charter after a district with the status of a borough or city has been abolished, until such time as a civil parish council or in larger settlements, a town council is established.

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Chelmsford

Chelmsford is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England.

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Cheshire West and Chester

Cheshire West and Chester is a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England.

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Chester

Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England-Wales border.

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Chester (district)

Chester was a non-metropolitan local government district of Cheshire, England from 1974 to 2009.

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Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.

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Chichester District

Chichester is a local government district in West Sussex, England.

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City of Bradford

Bradford, also known as the City of Bradford, is a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England.

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City of Brussels

The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the Flemish Region (from which it is separate) and Belgium.

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City of Canterbury

Canterbury, also known as the City of Canterbury, is a local government district with city status in Kent, England.

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City of Carlisle

The City of Carlisle was a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city.

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City of Chelmsford

The City of Chelmsford is a local government district with borough and city status in Essex, England.

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City of Colchester

The City of Colchester is a local government district with city status in Essex, England, named after its main settlement, Colchester.

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City of Doncaster

The City of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England.

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City of Durham (district)

The City of Durham was, from 1974 to 2009, a non-metropolitan district of County Durham in North East England, with the status of borough and city.

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City of Lancaster

The City of Lancaster, or simply Lancaster, is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England.

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City of Leeds

Leeds, also known as the City of Leeds, is a metropolitan borough with city status in West Yorkshire, England.

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City of London

The City of London, also known as the City, is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the ancient centre, and constitutes, along with Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London and one of the leading financial centres of the world.

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City of Milton Keynes

The City of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority area with both borough and city status, in Buckinghamshire.

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City of Peterborough

Peterborough, or the City of Peterborough, is a local government district with city status in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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City of Preston, Lancashire

The City of Preston, or simply Preston, is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England.

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City of Salford

Salford, also known as the City of Salford, is a metropolitan borough with city status in Greater Manchester, England.

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City of Sheffield

The City of Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England.

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City of St Albans

St Albans, also known as the City and District of St Albans, is a local government district with city status in Hertfordshire, England.

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City of Sunderland

Sunderland, also known as the City of Sunderland, is a metropolitan borough with city status in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England.

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City of Wakefield

Wakefield, also known as the City of Wakefield, is a local government district with city status and a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England.

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City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status in Greater London, England.

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City of Winchester

Winchester, or the City of Winchester, is a local government district with city status in Hampshire, England.

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City of York

The City of York, officially simply "York", is a unitary authority area with city status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.

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City status in Ireland

In Ireland, the term ''city'' has somewhat differing meanings in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. List of cities in the United Kingdom and City status in Ireland are lists of cities in Europe.

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City status in the United Kingdom

City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to specific centres of population, which might or might not meet the generally accepted definition of cities. List of cities in the United Kingdom and city status in the United Kingdom are cities in the United Kingdom.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Civitas

In Ancient Rome, the Latin term civitas (plural civitates), according to Cicero in the time of the late Roman Republic, was the social body of the cives, or citizens, united by law (concilium coetusque hominum jure sociati).

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Colchester

Colchester is a city in northeastern Essex, England.

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A community (cymuned) is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales.

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A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain.

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Conurbation

A conurbation is a region comprising a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area.

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County Durham

County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), is a ceremonial county in North East England.

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County Durham (district)

County Durham is a local government district in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England.

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Coventry

Coventry is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne.

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Crown Dependencies

The Crown Dependencies are three offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, both located in the English Channel and together known as the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland.

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Cumberland (unitary authority)

Cumberland is a unitary authority area in Cumbria, England, which means that is a non-metropolitan county and district.

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De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae

(On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain, sometimes just On the Ruin of Britain) is a work written in Latin in the late fifth or sixth century by the British religious polemicist Gildas.

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De facto

De facto describes practices that exist in reality, regardless of whether they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms.

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De jure

In law and government, de jure describes practices that are legally recognized, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality.

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Demographics of the United Kingdom

The population of the United Kingdom was estimated at in.

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Derby

Derby is a city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England.

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Derry

Derry, officially Londonderry, is the largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland.

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Derry City and Strabane District Council

Derry City and Strabane District Council (Comhairle Chathair Dhoire agus Cheantar an tSratha Báin; Ulster-Scots: Derry Cittie & Stràbane Destrìck Cooncil) is the local authority for Derry and Strabane district in Northern Ireland.

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Derry/Londonderry name dispute

The names of the city and county of Derry or Londonderry in Northern Ireland are the subject of a naming dispute between Irish nationalists and unionists.

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Districts of England

The districts of England (officially, local authority districts, abbreviated LADs) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government.

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Doncaster

Doncaster is a city in South Yorkshire, England.

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Douglas, Isle of Man

Douglas (Doolish) is the capital city and largest settlement of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,677 (2021) and an area of.

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Dundee

Dundee (Dundee; Dùn Dè or Dùn Dèagh) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland.

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Dunfermline

Dunfermline (Dunfaurlin, Dùn Phàrlain) is a city, parish, former Royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth.

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Durham, England

Durham (locally) is a cathedral city and civil parish in the county of Durham, England.

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Early modern Britain

Early modern Britain is the history of the island of Great Britain roughly corresponding to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

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East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England.

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East of England

The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom.

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Economic history of the United Kingdom

The economic history of the United Kingdom relates the economic development in the British state from the absorption of Wales into the Kingdom of England after 1535 to the modern United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the early 21st century.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Elgin, Moray

Elgin (Ailgin; Eilginn) is a historic town (former cathedral city) and formerly a royal burgh in Moray, Scotland.

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Ely, Cambridgeshire

Ely is a cathedral city and civil parish in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about north-northeast of Cambridge, south east of Peterborough and from London.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition

The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is a 29-volume reference work, an edition of the real Encyclopædia Britannica.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Reformation

The English Reformation took place in 16th-century England when the Church of England was forced by its monarchs and elites to break away from the authority of the Pope and the Catholic Church.

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Episcopal see

An episcopal see is, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

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Essex

Essex is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Exeter

Exeter is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon, South West England.

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Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar).

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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Gloucester

Gloucester is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England.

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Great Seal of the Realm

The Great Seal of the Realm is a seal that is used to symbolise the sovereign's approval of state documents.

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Greater London

Greater London is the administrative area of London, which is coterminous with the London region.

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Greater London Authority

The Greater London Authority (GLA), colloquially known by the metonym City Hall, is the devolved regional governance body of Greater London, England.

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Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Hamilton, Bermuda

The City of Hamilton, in Pembroke Parish, is the territorial capital of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England.

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Historia Brittonum

The History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) is a purported history of early Britain written around 828 that survives in numerous recensions from after the 11th century.

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Home Office

The Home Office (HO), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Home Secretary

The secretary of state for the Home Department, more commonly known as the Home Secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom and the head of the Home Office.

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Hove

Hove is a seaside resort in East Sussex, England.

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Inverness

Inverness (Innerness; from the Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000.

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Irish Sea

The Irish Sea is a body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Mannin, also Ellan Vannin) or Mann, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.

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Jamestown, Saint Helena

Jamestown is the capital city of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.

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Kingdom of Ireland

The Kingdom of Ireland (Ríoghacht Éireann; Ríocht na hÉireann) was a dependent territory of England and then of Great Britain from 1542 to the end of 1800.

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Kingdom of Scotland

The Kingdom of Scotland was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, traditionally said to have been founded in 843. Its territories expanded and shrank, but it came to occupy the northern third of the island of Great Britain, sharing a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England. During the Middle Ages, Scotland engaged in intermittent conflict with England, most prominently the Wars of Scottish Independence, which saw the Scots assert their independence from the English.

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Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Kirkwall

Kirkwall (Kirkwa, Kirkwaa, or Kirkwal; Kirkavå) is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland.

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Lancaster, Lancashire

Lancaster is a city in Lancashire, England, and the main cultural hub, economic and commercial centre of City of Lancaster district.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England.

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Leicester

Leicester is a city, unitary authority area, unparished area and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England.

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Letters patent

Letters patent (plural form for singular and plural) are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president or other head of state, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title or status to a person or corporation.

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Lichfield

Lichfield is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England.

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Lichfield District

Lichfield District is a local government district in Staffordshire, England.

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Lincoln, England

Lincoln is a cathedral city and district in Lincolnshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Lisburn

Lisburn is a city in Northern Ireland.

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Lisburn and Castlereagh

Lisburn and Castlereagh is a local government district in Northern Ireland.

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List of ancient Celtic peoples and tribes

This is a list of ancient Celtic peoples and tribes.

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List of Church of England dioceses

There are 42 dioceses of the Church of England.

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List of cities in Wales

Wales has seven cities as of September 2022.

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List of English monarchs

This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up modern England.

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List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom

This is a list of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom.

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List of lord mayors of Leicester

The position of Lord Mayor of Leicester is a mainly ceremonial post, being the title of the chairman of the Leicester City Council.

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List of smallest cities in the United Kingdom

The table displays the 31 smallest official cities in the United Kingdom across three measures. List of cities in the United Kingdom and List of smallest cities in the United Kingdom are lists of cities in the United Kingdom.

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List of towns and cities in Scotland by population

This list of towns and cities in Scotland with a population of more than 15,000 is ordered by population, as defined and compiled by the National Records of Scotland organisation. List of cities in the United Kingdom and list of towns and cities in Scotland by population are lists of cities by population and lists of cities in the United Kingdom.

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List of towns in the United Kingdom

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a town traditionally was a settlement which had a charter to hold a market or fair and therefore became a "market town".

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List of urban areas in the United Kingdom

This is a list of the most populous urban areas in the United Kingdom based on the 2011 census, as defined by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). List of cities in the United Kingdom and list of urban areas in the United Kingdom are united Kingdom geography-related lists.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered local government in Scotland on 16 May 1975.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994

The Local Government etc.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London boroughs

The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London, England; each is governed by a London borough council.

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Lord mayor

Lord mayor is a title of a mayor of what is usually a major city in a Commonwealth realm, with special recognition bestowed by the sovereign.

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Lord provost

A lord provost (Àrd-Phrobhaist) is the convenor of the local authority, the civic head and the lord-lieutenant of one of the principal cities of Scotland.

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Luton

Luton is a town and unitary authority with borough status in Bedfordshire, England, with a population at the 2021 census of 225,262.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Medway

Medway is a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Kent, South East England.

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Metropolitan borough

A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England.

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Metropolitan Borough of Westminster

The Metropolitan Borough of Westminster was a metropolitan borough in the County of London, England, from 1900 to 1965.

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Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes is a city in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London.

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Milton Keynes City Council

Milton Keynes City Council is the local authority for the City of Milton Keynes, a local government district in Buckinghamshire, England.

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Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840

The Municipal Corporations Act (Ireland) 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 108), An Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland, was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 10 August 1840.

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National Archives of Scotland

The National Archives of Scotland (NAS) is the previous name of the National Records of Scotland (NRS), and are the national archives of Scotland, based in Edinburgh.

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Nennius

Nennius – or Nemnius or Nemnivus – was a Welsh monk of the 9th century.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (RP), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England.

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Newport, Wales

Newport (Casnewydd) is a city and county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, northeast of Cardiff.

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Newry

Newry is a city in Northern Ireland, standing on the Clanrye river in counties Down and Armagh.

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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (Irish: Comhairle Ceantair an Iúir, Mhúrn agus an Dúin) is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015.

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Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England.

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North East England

North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes.

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North West England

North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

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Northampton

Northampton is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Norwich

Norwich is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England of which it is the county town.

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Nottingham

Nottingham (locally) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England.

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Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics (ONS; Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament.

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Office of Public Sector Information

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.

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Old Sarum

Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury.

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Olney, Buckinghamshire

Olney (rarely, rarely) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.

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Perth, Scotland

Perth (Scottish English:; Peairt) is a centrally located Scottish city, on the banks of the River Tay.

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Perthshire Society of Natural Science

Perthshire Society of Natural Science (PSNS) is one of the oldest scientific societies in Scotland, having been established in 1867.

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Peterborough

Peterborough is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II

The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II was the international celebration in 2022 marking the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.

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Preston, Lancashire

Preston is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England.

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Primacy of Ireland

The Primacy of Ireland belongs to the diocesan bishop of the Irish diocese with highest precedence.

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Primary urban area

A primary urban area (PUA) is an area defined by the Department for Communities and Local Government in the United Kingdom as a statistical tool for analysing the major cities of England, originating as part of their State of the English Cities report and database.

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Principal areas of Wales

The principal areas of Wales, comprising the counties and county boroughs of Wales, are a form of subdivision in Wales.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.

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Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a town and borough in Berkshire, England.

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Ripon

Ripon is a cathedral city and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.

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Roman cities in Britain

This is a list of cities in Great Britain during the period of Roman occupation from 43 AD to the 5th century.

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Royal burgh

A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter.

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Royal charter

A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent.

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Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic and consisting of the island of Saint Helena, Ascension Island, and the archipelago of Tristan da Cunha (including Gough Island).

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Salford

Salford is a cathedral city in Greater Manchester, England.

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Salisbury

Salisbury is a cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne.

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Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara (Santa Bárbara, meaning) is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Second city of the United Kingdom

The second city of the United Kingdom is typically held to be either Birmingham or Manchester, between which the title is disputed. List of cities in the United Kingdom and second city of the United Kingdom are cities in the United Kingdom.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it.

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South East England

South East England is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes.

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South West England

South West England, or the South West of England, is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom.

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Southampton

Southampton is a port city in Hampshire, England.

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Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea, commonly referred to as Southend, is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in south-eastern Essex, England.

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Southwell, Nottinghamshire

Southwell is a minster and market town, and a civil parish, in the district of Newark and Sherwood in Nottinghamshire, England.

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St Albans

St Albans is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton.

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St Asaph

St Asaph (Llanelwy "church on the Elwy") is a cathedral city and community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales.

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St Davids

St Davids or St David's (Tyddewi,, "David's house”) is a cathedral city in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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St Davids and the Cathedral Close

St Davids and the Cathedral Close is a community in western Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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St Davids Cathedral

St Davids Cathedral (Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi) is an Anglican cathedral situated in St Davids, Britain's smallest city, in the county of Pembrokeshire, near the most westerly point of Wales.

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St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland)

St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Ardeaglais Phádraig, Ard Mhacha) is a Church of Ireland cathedral in Armagh, Northern Ireland.

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Stanley, Falkland Islands

Stanley (also known as Port Stanley) is the capital city of the Falkland Islands.

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Stirling

Stirling (Stirlin; Sruighlea) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh.

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Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of.

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Sub-Roman Britain

Sub-Roman Britain is the period of late antiquity in Great Britain between the end of Roman rule and the Anglo-Saxon settlement.

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Subdivisions of Scotland

For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" (comhairlean), which are all governed by single-tier authorities designated as "councils".

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Sui generis

Sui generis is a Latin phrase that means "of its/their own kind" or "in a class by itself", therefore "unique".

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Sunderland

Sunderland is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England.

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Swansea

Swansea (Abertawe) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales.

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The Courier (Dundee)

The Courier (known as The Courier & Advertiser between 1926 and 2012) is a newspaper published by DC Thomson in Dundee, Scotland.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Theodor Mommsen

Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist.

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Time immemorial

Time immemorial (Ab immemorabili) is a phrase meaning time extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition, indefinitely ancient, "ancient beyond memory or record".

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Town

A town is a type of a human settlement.

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Treaty of Union

The Treaty of Union is the name usually now given to the treaty which led to the creation of the new state of Great Britain.

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Truro

Truro (Cornish Standard Written Form) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Ulster Scots dialect

Ulster Scots or Ulster-Scots (Ulstèr-Scotch, Albainis Uladh), also known as Ulster Scotch and Ullans, is the dialect of Scots spoken in parts of Ulster, being almost exclusively spoken in parts of Northern Ireland and County Donegal.

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Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national government.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Urban district (England and Wales)

In England and Wales, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area.

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Wakefield

Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Wells, Somerset

Wells is a cathedral city and civil parish in Somerset, located on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, south-east of Weston-super-Mare, south-west of Bath and south of Bristol.

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West Mersea

West Mersea is a town and electoral ward in Essex, England.

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West Midlands (county)

West Midlands is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the larger West Midlands region of England.

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West Midlands (region)

The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of International Territorial Level for statistical purposes.

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West Midlands conurbation

The West Midlands conurbation is the large conurbation in the West Midlands region of England.

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West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.

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Westminster

Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in London, England.

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Winchester

Winchester is a cathedral city in Hampshire, England.

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Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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Worcester, England

Worcester is a cathedral city in Worcestershire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Wrexham

Wrexham (Wrecsam) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales.

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Wrexham County Borough

Wrexham County Borough (Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) is a county borough, with city status, in the north-east of Wales.

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York

York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss.

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Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes.

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2009 structural changes to local government in England

On 1 April 2009 structural changes to local government in England took place which reformed the local government of seven non-metropolitan counties: Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, County Durham, Shropshire, Northumberland, and Wiltshire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the_United_Kingdom

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