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The Making of Britain, 1066-1783
From foreign invasion
to contests for the crown, from civil war at home to rebellion in the
Colonies, this gallery investigates the Army’s role in creating and
defending the nation state of Great Britain we know today.
Britain
Express
Online source for
UK hotel accommodation and travel information - all you need to know
about places to stay and places to visit in England, Scotland, and
Wales.
Britain.tv
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THE
GATEWAY TO THE UK
Providing information, and
interaction for all things UK
UK
Villages Online
UK Villages
Online with unique interactive village map, discussion forums, and
webmaster resources.
List of UK Towns and
Cities
Part of the UK on the Web
Network. British
Towns and Villages Network
The British Towns
and Villages Network is a geographical directory of the Counties,
Boroughs, Districts, Towns and Villages of England, Scotland and Wales
in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Funny
Place Names In The UK
Saucy
Seaside Postcards
Neil's
Saucy Postcards
Beside
the Seaside -
Tribute to Benny Hill
British
Prime Ministers Since 1770
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Infoplease.com
Rampant
Scotland
10,000+
Scottish-related Links, regularly updated.
A
Half Century of British No1 Hits
The ORIGINAL
detailed listing of All the British Number One hits from 1950 to the
present day.
Brits
In America
Everything for
British Expats in America.
The
British Royal Mint
Contains
information about coins and coin-making in the past and present day, the
Mint's own history and current activities as well as offering a
beautifully presented and comprehensive catalogue of collector coins and
medals which are currently available to buy and a lively discussion
forum focused on numismatic issues.
Coins
of England and Great Britain
Wimbledon
The Official Web
Site - News & Photos - The
Championships - Tickets - Debentures -
Museum.
Pubs.com
provides a
directory of over 100 traditional pubs in London. Each entry has
essential information, historical background and photographs.
UK
Wine Directory
British
Biographies
Welcome
to Superfast START UK
All your
favourite catalogues, All in one place, All just a click away.
Silverhairs
This site is
aimed at assisting older people with hardware and software problems.
Seniority.co.uk
Over 50s, people
aged 50 (ish!) or over in the UK, over 50 channels to share your
interests, sport, travel, leisure, gardening, diy etc...
Silver
Surfers
The site for the
over 50's
1000s of great sites: health, travel, money, hobbies, food, music, art,
books, news, jobs, shops & sports
UK
Competitions
UK Competitions
exists to get you entered in to the best free competitions to be found
in the UK. Grouping them all together in one place, to increase your
winning chance to walk away with some of the best prizes the Internet
has to offer. Our list of competitions and prizes is growing daily,
giving you more choice in what you can win.
Deafsign.com
Interactive information
site on deafness and British sign language (BSL). Details of teaching
materials and resources. Section for schools with illustrated signs and
finger spelling games.
Battersea
Dogs Home
Full of
information not only about the home's work in rescuing, reuniting,
rehabilitating and rehoming dogs and cats, but about responsible pet
ownership in general.
The
North Wales Index
The Mid
Wales Index
The South
Wales Index
Art & Culture,
Computers & Technology, House & Home, Leisure & Recreation,
Tourism etc. Thousands of sites...
The
History of the Metropolitan Police Service
A comprehensive
history of the Metropolitan Police from 1829 to the present. In these
pages you will find descriptions of famous and lesser known events
throughout the history of The Met as well as biographies of key figures
and details of famous cases.
The
Highway Code
Essential reading
for everyone. Its rules apply to all road users: pedestrians, horse
riders and cyclists as well as motorcyclists and drivers.
Orkney
Links Galore!!
Weather. sports and pastimes.
news and general news sites | music and
festivals schools and colleges | local information. accommodation ...
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Images
of England
Images of
England, working in partnership with over 1,500 volunteer photographers,
is building a digital library of photographs of England's 370,000 Listed
Buildings. Text and images will be added to this site regularly during
the project and many thousands are there for you to view now.
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The
United Kingdom Parliament
See
today’s business and future events.
Directory of MPs, Peers & Offices.
Visiting Parliament
Includes Commons
Home Page and Lords
Home Page.
UK
Passport Service
Passport
applicants can complete forms online. They'll then receive a printed
form to sign in the mail.
UK
Online
The main point of entry
to UK government websites.
1901
Census for England & Wales
Preparing
for Emergencies
Public safety is
the Government's number one priority - and people need to remain alert and
aware. We must be prepared to deal with any emergency, whatever it is or
wherever it comes from.
UK on the Web
UK on the Web - Offers
Hotels and accommodation in UK with tourism, dating, jobs, cars for
sale, businesses, UK Community ,UK websites, business opportunity,
Franchise For Sale, UK Businesses, entertainment and leisure guides,
things to do, sport, going out. Incorporating UK Businesses, Cars for
sale, Jobs, Hotels and bed and breakfast, Free Classifieds, homes and
Property sales, online dating, Shopping and UK Business Opportunity.
Royal
Mail
Royal Mail's new
information and services portal including products and services from Royal
Mail, United Kingdom mail services. Track your mail online, search for
postcodes and addresses and find out about UK and International mailing
service.
TheBigProject.co.uk
UK Internet Guide with
links to UK Portals and Broadband Guide, including news, travel, sport,
recruitment and finance; UK /British Shopping Websites.
UK
Public Transport Information
overing
all travel by rail, air, coach, bus, ferry, metro and tram within the UK,
(including the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Northern Ireland) and
between the UK and Ireland. Plus all rail, ferry and coach travel between
the UK and mainland Europe. This is THE definitive index to
timetables, fares, ticket-types, passenger facilities and lots more. If
it's not here, it's probably not on the web.
Unusual
Customs
A Calendar of the most unusual customs and traditions of
Britain.
BBC:
England on Film
Film archive documenting the
social and cultural history of the North East and Cumbria.
UK
Directory - a
directory of all sorts of businesses in the UK
Information Britain
... Information
Britain holds all you could ever need to plan a trip to or within the
British Isles. Fancy a night of luxury here?
Up My Street
(UK)
All the facts about
your area, including Property prices, school results, council contacts,
crime statistics, your MP, street maps, a local business finder -
FindMyNearest and classified services including used cars, jobs, items for
sale and local property listings.
Hostels.com
Hostels London
Database.
Victorian
London
Welcome to the Victorian
Dictionary - a guide to the social history of Victorian London.
The
Victorian Web
Victorian
Web Sites
UK
Heritage Railways
A guide to all
steam railways, heritage locomotives, preservation societies and railway
museums in the UK and Ireland.
Northern
Ireland Links
The
Royal Family
The official
web site of the British Monarchy. Information on the history of the
Monarchy, today's royal family and the Royal Art and Residences.
Jaywick
Sands
Jaywick Sands is a holiday village to the East of Clacton in North Essex. It has held off floods and storms.
It was built on a dream of a man in the 30's, it has large sandy beaches.
History Learning Site
The role of women in Great
Britain: 1900 to 1945.
British
Politics
British History
Online
British History Online is the digital
library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary
sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of
Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and personal users around
the world in their learning, teaching and research.
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