WebThe core of Strathclyde is the strath of the River Clyde.The major sites associated with the kingdom are shown, as is the marker Clach nam Breatann (English: Rock of the Britons), the probable northern extent of the kingdom at an early time.Other areas were added to or subtracted from the kingdom at different times.

WebCensorship of stage plays was exercised by the Master of the Revels in England by about 1600 until the English Civil War in 1642.. In 1737, partly as a result of political attacks by Henry Fielding against Robert Walpole, Parliament enacted a law that established "the Examiner of the Stage" (an official in the Lord Chamberlain's office) to censor plays on …

WebThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island …

WebThe Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom.It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain.New peers continued to be created in the Peerage of Ireland until 1898 (the last creation was the …

WebThe Kingdom of Alba (Latin: Scotia; Old Irish: Alba) was the Kingdom of Scotland between the deaths of Donald II in 900 and of Alexander III in 1286. The latter's death led indirectly to an invasion of Scotland by Edward I of England in 1296 and the First War of Scottish Independence.. Alba included Dalriada, but not large parts of the present day Scottish …

WebToponymy in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the study of place names; List of generic forms in place names in Ireland and the United Kingdom; United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names External links. The Gazetteer of British Place Names; This page was last edited on 10 April 2022, at 04:25 (UTC). Text is ...

WebList of organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter is an incomplete list of organisations based in the United Kingdom that have received a royal charter from an English, Scottish, or British monarch.. There are over 900 bodies which have a UK Royal Charter. and a list of these is published by the Privy Council Office.

WebUnited Kingdom employment equality law is a body of law which legislates against prejudice-based actions in the workplace. As an integral part of UK labour law it is unlawful to discriminate against a person because they have one of the "protected characteristics", which are, age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, …

WebThis is a chronological list of the battles involving the Kingdom of Scotland. The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the Scottish allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

WebEast Kilbride (/ ... k ɪ l ˈ b r aɪ d /; Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bhrìghde an Ear [ˈkʲʰiʎə ˈvɾʲiːtʲə əɲ ˈɛɾ]) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a raised plateau to the south of the Cathkin Braes, about eight miles ...