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England is closer than any other part of mainland Britain to the European continent. It is separated from France (Hauts-de-France) by a 21-mile (34 km) [108] sea gap, though the two countries are connected by the Channel Tunnel near Folkestone. [109] England also has shores on the Irish Sea, North Sea and Atlantic Ocean.
Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales.
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]
Author: Jean Louis de Lolme: Short title: Constitution de l'Angleterre; File change date and time: 10:29, 30 March 2015: Date and time of digitizing: 10:29, 30 March 2015
Londres, Catamarca, Argentina, formally "San Juan de la Ribera de Londres" or "Londres de la Nueva Inglaterra" Londres, Lot-et-Garonne, a former commune of France, now part of Puymiclan; Nueva Londres, a town in the Caaguazú department of Paraguay
Lowther Lodge, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) headquarters, designed by Richard Norman Shaw. The RGS was founded on 16 July 1830 under the name Geographical Society of London as an institution to promote the 'advancement of geographical science'.
The books are compact and intended to meet the needs of both specialists and the general reader. Each contains an extensive introduction to the architectural history and styles of the area, followed by a town-by-town – and in the case of larger settlements, street-by-street – account of individual buildings.
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or alternatively referred to as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) [1] [2] are the fourteen 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.