The winter of 2010–11 was a weather event that brought heavy snowfalls, record low temperatures, travel chaos and school disruption to the islands of...
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The British Isles are an archipelago off the northwest coast of Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland along with smaller surrounding...
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Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles List of mountains of the British Isles by height Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles Lists...
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activity in the British Isles occurred during the Early Middle Ages, the 8th to the 11th centuries CE, when Scandinavians travelled to the British Isles to...
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The Neolithic period in the British Isles lasted from c. 4100 to c. 2,500 BC. Constituting the final stage of the Stone Age in the region, it was preceded...
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The British Isles are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great...
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The history of the British Isles began with its sporadic human habitation during the Palaeolithic from around 900,000 years ago. The British Isles has...
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inhabiting the region approximately 900,000 years ago during the Paleolithic. Notable invasions of the British Isles including the Roman conquest of Britain, Viking...
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The Isles of Scilly have an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb). The average annual temperature is 12.0 °C (53.6 °F), the warmest place in the British Isles. Winters...
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The British Isles have few endemic species due to past frequent glaciations and because of the proximity to Continental Europe and former land bridges...
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Cave Genetic history of the British Isles Happisburgh footprints Kents Cavern List of prehistoric structures in Great Britain Pakefield Paviland Pontnewydd...
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Outer Hebrides (redirect from Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Western Isles))
əɲ ˈiəɾ] or na h-Innse Gall, 'Islands of the Strangers'; Scots: Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean...
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confusions over time. In the summers of 1941 to 1945, during the Second World War, Britain was two hours ahead of GMT and operating on British Double Summer Time...
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thalassocratic Kingdom of the Isles, which included the Isle of Man. Magnus III, King of Norway from 1093 to 1103, reigned as King of Man and the Isles between 1099...
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The Northern Isles (Scots: Northern Isles; Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan a Tuath; Old Norse: Norðreyjar; Norn: Nordøjar) are a chain (or archipelago)...
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was born in the British Isles, specifically at the George Hotel, Huddersfield in 1895 when the Northern Rugby Football Union broke away from the Rugby Football...
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The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is an organisation founded in 1932 for the study of birds in the British Isles. The Prince of Wales has been patron...
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(2007). "Winter 1947 in the British Isles". Weather. 62 (3): 61–68. Bibcode:2007Wthr...62...61B. doi:10.1002/wea.66. S2CID 123612433. Archived from the original...
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The winter of 2009–10 in the United Kingdom (also called The Big Freeze of 2010 by British media) was a meteorological event that started on 16 December...
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settlement of the Northern Isles. By that time the croft lands had clearly been in use for centuries. Between the 9th and 15th centuries, Fair Isle was a Norwegian...
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The winter of 2009–2010 in Europe was unusually cold. Globally, unusual weather patterns brought cold, moist air from the north. Weather systems were...
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an area of 209,331 km2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It...
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The British Isles Bowls Championships is a tournament held between the champions of their respective nations, from England, Scotland, Wales, a combined...
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The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (ISSC) operates the principal shipping service from Penzance, in Cornwall, to the Isles of Scilly, located 28 miles...
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by the shipwreck of the Virginia Company's Sea Venture in 1609, and renamed The Somers Isles—is still known by its older Spanish name, Bermuda. In 1620...
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years of service. MV Hebridean Isles (nicknamed "Heb Isles" amongst crew and passengers alike) was constructed at Cochrane Shipbuilders's yard in Selby...
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Agenys) is the southernmost populated island of the Isles of Scilly. Thus the island's Troy Town Farm is the southernmost settlement in the United Kingdom...
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Bermuda (redirect from The Somers Isles)
known as the Bermudas or Somers Isles) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the American...
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the 11th to the 19th centuries to explain the origins of the surnames in the British Isles. The study found that over 90% of the 45,602 surnames in the...
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Dimbola Lodge on the Isle of Wight. A solo exhibition of portraits was at the Winter Gardens, Ventnor, from September to October 2010, and another at Dimbola...
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