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Thames , river, England

(Encyclopedia) ThamesThamestĕmz [key], Rom. Tamesis, principal river of England, c.210 mi (340 km) long. It rises in four headstreams (the Thames or Isis, Churn, Coln, and Leach) in the Cotswold…

Trent , river, England

(Encyclopedia) Trent, river, c.170 mi (270 km) long, rising on Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire, W England. It flows generally NE through central England before joining with the Ouse River to form the…

Bath, city, England

(Encyclopedia) Bath, city (2021 pop. 88,859), Bath and North East Somerset, SW England, in the Avon River valley. Britain's leading winter resort, Bath…

England, Church of

(Encyclopedia) England, Church of, the established church of England and the mother church of the Anglican Communion. In the first half of the 19th cent., the Catholic and apostolic character of…

Essex, county, England

(Encyclopedia) Essex, county, 1,520 sq mi (3,938 sq km) SE England, on the Thames River and the North Sea, one of the “Home Counties” of London.…

Amesbury, town, England

(Encyclopedia) AmesburyAmesburyāmzˈbərē [key], town, Wiltshire, S central England. Located on Salisbury plain, the town is among the oldest continuously settled locations in Great Britain. In 980 the…

Falmouth, town, England

(Encyclopedia) Falmouth Falmouth fălˈməth [key], town, Cornwall, SW England, on a small peninsula between Falmouth…

Coventry, city, England

(Encyclopedia) Coventry Coventry kŏvˈəntrē, kŭvˈ– [key], city and metropolitan borough…

Cornwall, county, England

(Encyclopedia) Cornwall, county, SW England, administratively (since 2009) a unitary authority. Bodmin was the county seat, but the local government is…

Cambridge, city, England

(Encyclopedia) Cambridge, city and district, Cambridgeshire, E central England, on the River Cam. The city, set in flat country, is most famous as the…