The history of London, the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, extends over 2000 years. In that time, it has become one of the world's most...
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London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 8,866,180 in 2022. Its wider metropolitan area is...
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covers the history of the English city of London through the early 20th century, from 1900 to the outbreak of World War II in 1939. London entered the...
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The history of the London Underground began in the 19th century with the construction of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway...
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Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major...
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guide for London (Ontario). London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324...
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London is a home rule-class city in Laurel County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 8,053 at the time of...
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The history of African presence in London may extend back to the Roman period. Using bioarchaeology, DNA analysis and the examination of grave goods in...
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the world in a perilous position". London Zoo. 10 June 2020. London Zoo. "History of London Zoo". "Venues". London Zoo. Retrieved 3 March 2023. "Animal...
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London is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Ohio, United States. Located about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of the Ohio capital of Columbus...
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demography of London is analysed by the Office for National Statistics and data is produced for each of the Greater London wards, the City of London and the...
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The London Museum (formerly known as the Museum of London) is a museum in London, covering the history of the city from prehistoric to modern times, with...
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Greater London is an administrative area in England, coterminous with the London region, containing most of the continuous urban area of London. It contains...
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Great Smog of London, or Great Smog of 1952, was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952. A period of unusually cold...
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workforce, is the historic core of London, and has an administrative history distinct from that of the rest of the metropolis, of which its separate police...
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The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is Europe's tallest cantilevered...
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County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London. It was created as part of the general...
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College London (UCL) was founded on 11 February 1826, under the name London University, as a secular alternative to the strictly religious universities of Oxford...
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London is a city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,039 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Russellville Micropolitan Statistical...
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both in terms of participants and spectators, in London. London has several of England's leading men's football clubs. The city is the home of seventeen men's...
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The name of London is derived from a word first attested, in Latinised form, as Londinium. By the first century CE, this was a commercial centre in Roman...
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building in the Moorgate area of the City of London, England. It is off Gresham and Basinghall streets, in the wards of Bassishaw and Cheap. The current...
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a notable history of being largely based in the City. The name London is now ordinarily used for a far wider area than just the City. London most often...
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City of London Corporation, officially and legally the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, is the local authority of the City of London...
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The Anglo-Saxon period of the history of London dates from the end of the Roman period in the 5th century to the beginning of the Norman period in 1066...
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University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England...
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of London are or were the direct or indirect tributaries of the upper estuary of the Thames (the Tideway) that were built over during the growth of the...
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The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status in Greater London, England. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and...
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The London Underground is a metro system in the United Kingdom that serves Greater London and the home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire...
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relevant date to celebrate London's history. 24% of people chose the day that Big Ben first kept time in 1859. The first London History Day took place on 31...
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