England

Brief History George's Cross

On May 1, 1707, the Kingdom
of England (including Wales)
and the Kingdom of Scotland
merged as a political union
known as the United Kingdom
of Great Britain.
During the 19th and early 20th
century, the rise of Irish
Nationalism emerged
particularly in the Catholic
population. The Anglo-Irish
Treaty of 1921 formed the
Irish Free State and left the
British Commonwealth without
constitutional ties with UK and
6 northern Irish counties
remained part of the United
Kingdom.
The Royal and Parliamentary
Titles Act 1927 renamed the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland to United
Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland.
The national flag of
England, known as St.
George's Cross, has
been the national flag
since the 13th century.
Originally the flag was
used by the maritime
state the Republic of
Genoa.
 A red cross acted as a
symbol for
many Crusaders in the
12th and 13th centuries.
History, What to do
& Where to do.
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 Shopping
Shopping is a passion here, and there's
lots of choice. Food specialities include
jams, marmalades and fruit chutneys or
legendary cakes such as Victoria
sponge and gingerbread. Popular
farmers' markets in Borough, London,
and in Bristol's Corn Street are good
hunting grounds.
For new fashion from young designers,
head for Spitalfields market in London
at the weekends and the Northern
Quarter in Manchester. Vintage and

"God save the Queen!"

retro clothes and objects from the
1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s can be found
in large warehouse shops just-off
London's Brick Lane as well as in
Manchester's Northern Quarter, which
England Sightseeing Open-air cinema (in summer) and outdoor ice
is also good for independent music
skating rinks (in winter) are the latest craze. Rinks
St. Michael's Mount stores.
have opened up in all the big cities.
Cuisine
Poole Harbour Traditional meals have ancient origins,
Great Yarmouth such as bread and cheese, roasted and
stewed meats, meat and game pies,
St. Michael's Mount boiled vegetables and broths, and
freshwater and saltwater fish. The 14th
Nightlife century English cookbook, the Forme
of Cury, contains recipes for these, and
London is packed with theatres, from musicals dates from the royal court of Richard
and big budget plays in West End, to new plays at the
II.
National and the Royal Court.
Other meals, such as fish and chips,
The whole country is peppered with historic pubs which were once urban street
- a very British experience. food eaten from newspaper with salt
and malt vinegar, and pies and
sausages with mashed potatoes, onions,