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A brief history and geography of

English


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The British Isles

The British Isles are a group ofislands off the northwest coast ofcontinental Europe which

comprise the island ofGreat Britain, the island ofIreland and a number of smaller islands


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Great Britain

Great Britain is the political term describing the political union of the Kingdoms of England

and Scotland made on 1 May 1707 under Queen Anne of England - "the two kingdoms of

Scotland and England shall...be united into one kingdom by the name of Great Britain".[

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,[12] commonly known as the

United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,[13] is a sovereign state located off the northwestern

coast ofcontinental Europe.


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The Union Jack

When King James VI of Scotland inherited the throne of England and was crowned James I

of England in 1603, the crowns of the Kingdom of England (which since 1535 had included

Wales) and the Kingdom of Scotland were united in a personal union through him. Despitethis Union of the Crowns, each kingdom remained an independent state.


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The Story of English I

The first significant written record of Britain

and its inhabitants was by the GreeknavigatorPytheas, who explored the

coastal region of Britain around 325 BC


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The Story of English II

Roman Britain refers to those parts of the

island of Great Britain controlled by the

Roman Empire betweenAD 43 and 410.

The Romans referred to their province as

Britannia.


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The Story of English IIIMigration ofGermanic peoples to Britainfrom what is now northern Germany and

southern Scandinavia is attested from the

5th century (e.g. Undley bracteate).[8]

Based on Bede's Historia ecclesiastica

gentis Anglorum, the intruding population is

traditionally divided into Angles, Saxonsand Jutes, but their composition was likely

less clear-cut, and may also have included

Frisians and Franks.


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The Story of English IVThe Danelaw, as recorded in theAnglo-

Saxon Chronicle (also known as the

Danelagh;Old English: Dena lagu;

Danish: Danelov), is a historical name

given to the part ofGreat Britain in which

the laws of the "Danes"[1] dominated those

of theAnglo-Saxons.


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The Story of English VThe Norman conquest of England began

in 1066AD with the invasion of the

Kingdom of England by the troops of

William, Duke of Normandy ("William the

Conqueror"), and his victory at the Battle of

Hastings.


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The Story of English VI

Brythonic (Celtic) +

Latin +

Germanic +

Norse +Normand +

--------------------------

= English


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Other Languages?

o P-Celtic

Gaulish

Lepontic

Noric

Galatian

Brythonic

Cumbric

Pictish Old Welsh

Middle Welsh

Welsh

Southwestern Brythonic

Breton

Cornish

o Q-Celtic

Celtiberian Goidelic

Primitive Irish

Old Irish

Middle Irish

Irish

Scottish Gaelic

Manx


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Principal Cities Where are they?Rank City Area Population

(2001)

1 London 1,580 km 7,172,091

2 Birmingham 283 km 970,892

3 Leeds 552 km 715,404

4 Glasgow 177 km 577,869

5 Sheffield 513,234

6 Bradford 467,665

7 Edinburgh 260 km 448,624

8 Liverpool 439,477

9 Manchester 392,819

10 Bristol 380,615

11 Cardiff 305,353

12 Coventry 97 km 300,848

13 Leicester 279,921

14 Belfast 276,459

15 Nottingham 75 km 266,988


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And what about?

St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and

the church of St Tysilio of the red cave.


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Leicester

Coventry


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