The Auchinleck Manuscript | Manuscripts Online. The Auchinleck Manuscript provides a unique insight into the English language and literature that Chaucer and his generation grew up with and were influenced by Contents Main URL auchinleck.nls.uk Description The Auchinleck Manuscript is one of the National Library of Scotland's greatest treasures. Produced in London in the 1330s, it provides a unique insight into the English language and literature that Chaucer and his generation grew up with and were influenced by. The manuscript volume has held a prominent place in discussions of the history and development of Middle English.
Scope This resource is particularly useful to scholars of language, literature and the history of book production. The electronic edition includes a full transcription of the manuscript's 44 texts, accompanied by high-quality colour digital images of the manuscript pages. Introductory reading Wiggins, A. Wiggins, A. Technical Methods Editorial and transcription policy Special Characters About the project About the project. Historypin: First World War Centenary. Between 2014 and 2018, thousands of communities are investigating and commemorating the impact of the First World War. You can use the Historypin First World War Centenary hub to find local projects, contribute to them and share your own. The First World War Centenary hub provides a digital home for these projects, drawing materials together so that people can find and take part in local commemorative activities. The First World War Centenary hub has been created in partnership with the Heritage Lottery Fund, Imperial War Museums, Arts and Humanities Research Council and JISC.
Cymraeg Rhwng 2014 a 2018, mae miloedd o gymunedau ledled y DU yn arwain gweithgareddau lleol er mwyn archwilio a choffáu'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Mae canolbwynt Canmlwyddiannol y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf wedi'i greu mewn partneriaeth â Chronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri, Imperial War Museums [Amgueddfeydd Ymerodrol Rhyfel], Cyngor Ymchwil y Celfyddydau a'r Dyniaethau a JISC. Operation War Diary. Historypin: The Digital War Memorial: British army pathfinder regiment. Interactive maps. Historical GIS. GUY FAWKES DAY | My English Blog. Literature. Halloween | History of Halloween | Trick or Treating | Making Jack-o'-lanterns.
Halloween is a festival that takes place every year on October 31. It is a time when children and adults dress up in costumes, go trick or treating and make jack-o-lanterns from empty pumpkins . Halloween goes back to the customs and traditions of the Celts , who lived between Ireland and Northern France about 2000 years ago.
They were pagans who did not believe in god. They thought that witches , demons and the spirits of dead people wandered around the world on the evening before November 1. They lit bonfires to scare them away and they tried to confuse these demons by wearing the same clothes that they did. They also offered them something to eat. In ancient Rome the festival of Pomona was held in honour of the Roman goddess of fruits and gardens. Today Halloween is celebrated mainly by children who dress up as ghosts, witches and other evil spirits . The jack-o’-lantern is closely connected with Halloween.
A Jack-o'-lantern for Halloween Words A.D. History. Victorians. Tudors. BBC History - BBC History. Medieval Demographics Made Easy. Fantasy worlds come in many varieties, from the "hard core" medieval-simulation school to the more fanciful realms of high fantasy, with alabaster castles and jeweled gardens in the place of the more traditional muddy squalor. Despite their differences, these share a vital common element: ordinary people. Most realms of fantasy, no matter how baroque or magical, can not get by without a supply of ordinary farmers, merchants, quarreling princes and palace guards. Clustered into villages and crowding the cities, they provide the human backdrop for adventure. Of course, doing the research necessary to find out how common a large city should be, or how many shoemakers can be found in a town, can take up time not all GMs have available.
This article is a distillation of broad possibilities drawn from a variety of historical reference points, focusing more on results than on the details that create them. Population Density: How Many In That Kingdom? Population Spread An Example Kingdom: Chamlek. The Abolition of Slavery Project. British life and culture. Great Britain Family Names. BBC Three - Our World War - Our World War: Interactive Episode.
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The UK is an island nation in Western Europe just off the coast of France. The mainland areas lie between latitudes 49°N and 59°N and longitudes 8°W to 2°E. The UK lies between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, and comes within 35 km (22 miles) of the northwest coast of France, from which it is separated by the English Channel. Northern Ireland shares a 360 km international land boundary with the Republic of Ireland. The UK has a total area of approximately 245,000 km², almost a quarter-of-a-million square kilometres. The UK is made up of several islands. The UK is bordered by four seas: Lakes Find out more about UK Rivers. British Culture, Traditions and Customs. This page has moved to ProjectBritain.com our new British life and Culture website Britain is full of culture and traditions which have been around for hundreds of years.
British customs and traditions are famous all over the world. When people think of Britain they often think of people drinking tea, eating fish and chips and wearing bowler hats, but there is more to Britain than just those things. We have English and British traditions of sport, music, food and many royal occasions.
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A Place in History. Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System (GBHGIS) | Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System (GBHGIS) The Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System is a unique digital collection of information about Britain's localities as they have changed over time. Information comes from census reports, historical gazetteers, travellers' tales and historic maps assembled into a whole that is much more than the sum of its parts. This site tells you more about the project itself and about historical GIS.
A separate website, created by funding from the UK National Lottery and extended and re-launched with funding from the Joint Information Systems Committee, makes this resource available on-line to everyone, presenting our information graphically and cartographically. That site is called A Vision of Britain through Time and presents the history of Great Britain through places. It can be found at www.visionofbritain.org.uk.
Locating London's past: a geo-referencing tool for mapping historical and archaeological evidence, 1660-1800. Locating London´s Past has created an intuitive GIS interface that enables researchers to map and visualize textual and artefactual data relating to seventeenth and eighteenth-century London against a fully rasterised version of John Rocque´s 1746 map of London and the first accurate modern OS map (1869-80). More than this, it makes these data and maps available within a Google Maps container, allowing for the analysis of the data with open source visualization tools. The interface is readily expandable to include additional data sets and maps (both modern and historic).
Building on the partnerships created through the JISC funded Connected Histories project, and through a new collaboration with the Museum of London Archaeological Service (MOLA), Locating London´s Past has produced a working GIS-enabled public web environment that allows existing electronic historical data about London to be repackaged and organised around space. The project incorporates four elements. Britain ( the Empire & Great... ;-) ) Timeline British History for Kids - Uk. Victorian Times. SchoolHistory.co.uk - online history lessons, revision, games, worksheets, quizzes and links.
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Live London Underground map By Matthew Somerville. Data collected: Mon, 05 Sep 2016 08:33:02 +0100 <div style="border: solid 2px #cc0000; padding: 5px; width: 70%; margin: 1em auto;"> I'm afraid that this page requires JavaScript to draw the maps and plot move the trains, which isn't possible with just HTML. However, all the data used to generate the map is accessible and available from <a href=" for London's website</a>.
— Matthew </div> More information Hide What is this? This map shows all trains (yellow dots) on the London Underground network in approximately real time. I have similar things for the London buses and National Rail, and an awesome bookmarkable train times journey planner. . — Matthew How does it work? Live departure data is fetched from the TfL API, and then it does a bit of maths and magic. Who did this? BBC - Dimensions. UK Parliament. The Industrial Revolution, which began three hundred years ago, was a period of unprecedented technological, economic and social change that completely transformed British culture from a largely rural, static society with limited production and division of labour into the world's first modern industrial society. Throughout 2009 the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust will be celebrating 300 years of the Industrial Revolution with various events and activities.
This exhibition uses records held by the Parliamentary Archives to explore and illustrate technological developments during the Industrial Revolution. Fuelling the Industrial Revolution... In 1709 Abraham Darby I developed a method of producing high-grade iron in a blast furnace fuelled by coke rather than charcoal, which was a major step forward in the production of iron as a raw material. Parliamentary Archives, HL/PO/JO/10/3/245/9 'The Iron Bridge' by William Williams. © The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. King's Own Scottish Borderers. The King's Own Scottish Borderers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division.
History[edit] Plaque commemorating the raising of Leven's regiment It was raised on 18 March 1689 by the Earl of Leven to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite forces of James II. It is said that 800 men were recruited within the space of two hours. The Regiment's first action was at the Battle of Killiecrankie on 27 July 1689. Although this battle was a defeat for the Williamite army, the Jacobite commander, Viscount Dundee (Bonnie Dundee), was killed by a volley fired by Leven's Regiment, bringing an end to James II's attempt to save his throne.
The Regiment was judged to have performed well and was granted the privilege of recruiting by beat of drum in the City of Edinburgh without prior permission of the provost.[1] For a period it was known as Semphill's Regiment of Foot, the name under which it fought at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745 and the Battle of Culloden in 1746. UK. Forces Reunited - Find Army Friends, Find RAF Friends, Find Navy Friends.
People Finder UK Australia USA Canada New Zealand Worldwide PeopleFinder Lost Friends Family Schools Friend Finder Genealogy Services Companies 4/3/2013. Britain ( the Empire & Great... ;-) ) New universities. Post-1992 universities that trace their roots to former polytechnics[edit] In addition, the New University of Ulster absorbed Ulster Polytechnic (at Jordanstown) in 1984. Post-1992 universities that are not former polytechnics[edit] Both categories of university award academic degrees, having received university status when the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 came into effect or in the years thereafter, although some of the newest universities may not have the power to award research degrees - the UK Government having separated research degrees from university title criteria.
References[edit] See also[edit] University of Derby. For the further education centre established in 2000, see Derby College. The University of Derby (formerly Derby College of Art and Technology or simply Derby College) is a public university in the city of Derby, England. It traces its history back to the establishment of the Derby Diocesan Institution for the Training of Schoolmistresses in 1851 and gained university status from in 1992 as one of the new universities. The university provides nearly 300 study programmes at undergraduate level. Undergraduate programmes as well as short courses, foundation degrees and postgraduate degrees cover most academic disciplines and subdisciplines.
Currently the university is home to around 22,000 students in all areas of study. History[edit] University of Derby, main campus. Early years[edit] Over the years, two dozen bodies have contributed to the university's formation. Kedleston Road[edit] In 1928, the Technical College split into the Derby School of Art and the Derby Technical College. BritishBattles.com analysing and documenting British Battles from the previous centuries. History For Kids. History. Activehistory.co. History In An Hour - history ebooks and history iPhone apps. History for busy people. Centenaire 194-18.
The East India Company Ltd – reborn and renewed. Swithun. Swithun (or Swithin, Old English: Swīþhūn; died c. 862) was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and subsequently patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. His historical importance as bishop is overshadowed by his reputation for posthumous miracle-working. According to tradition, the weather on his feast day (15 July) will continue for forty days. The precise meaning and origin of Swithin's name is unknown, but it is largely considered to mean 'Pig Man'.[1] Another possible meaning is "strong". Recorded life[edit] Swithun was Bishop of Winchester from his consecration in October 852 or October 853 until his death on 2 July sometime between 862 and 865.[2] However, he is scarcely mentioned in any document of his own time.
His death is entered in the Canterbury manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS F) under the year 861.[3] His signature is appended to the witness lists of several Anglo-Saxon charters. Of these charters three belong to 833,[4] 838, 860–862. Traditional life[edit] ChronoZoom. Conflict History. Explorations-with-infographics--uboats_52e171bfa5179.png (PNG Image, 1500 × 9852 pixels) Race-for-the-south-pole_5181c6812a364.jpg (JPEG Image, 500 × 500 pixels) The-art-of-war_5314e8f74e638_w1500.jpg (JPEG Image, 1500 × 13098 pixels) Maps of War ::: Visual History of War, Religion, and Government. Innovation-in-museums-infographic_52c5a8b1eff73_w1500.jpg (JPEG Image, 1500 × 2121 pixels) - Scaled (31. Celtic Heritage.
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