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The earliest cities (Latin: civitas) in Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule.The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" (Old Welsh: cair) which was mentioned in De Excidio Britanniae [c] and Historia Brittonum.
This is a list of towns in England.. Historically, towns were any settlement with a charter, including market towns and ancient boroughs.The process of incorporation was reformed in 1835 and many more places received borough charters, whilst others were lost.
Roman Britain. Map from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. A partial list of Roman place names in Great Britain. [1]This list includes only names documented from Roman times. For a more complete list including later Latin names, see List of Latin place names in Brit
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Bristol (/ ˈ b r ɪ s t əl / ⓘ) is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. [9] [10] Built around the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south.
Traditional arrangement of the Roman provinces after Camden, [1]. This is a list of cities in Great Britain during the period of Roman occupation from 43 AD to the 5th century.
City map of Stavanger ().. A city map is a large-scale thematic map of a city (or part of a city) created to enable the fastest possible orientation in an urban space.The graphic representation of objects on a city map is therefore usually greatly simplified, and reduced to generally understood symbology.
The Acts of Union 1707 declared that the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland were "United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain". [p] [22] The term "United Kingdom" has occasionally been used as a description for the former Kingdom of Great Britain, although its official name from 1707 to 1800 was simply "Great Britain". [23]