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Albion - the name for England given by a Pliny the elder and Ptolemy.

Bobbies - a name for London policemen.

Riding - an old name for the traditional subdivisions smaller than the country.

The Picts - the oldest inhabitants of Scotland and England.

Public schools - Private schools not run by the state

The Danelaw - a territory ruled by the Vikings from the late 9th century.

"Tube" - the London Underground.

Shires - the name of old administrative units controlled by a sheriff.

Redbricks - universities built in Victorian times from red brick.

"Bangers" - british sausages.

"Luddites" - the saboteurs of the English industrial Revolution.

Don - Professor at Oxford

Bank holiday - national holiday, day off.

Greater London - the English capital with surrounding areas.

Beefeaters - the Yeomen of the guard at the tower of London

Law Lords - the judicial members at the house of lords.

Domesday Book - a survey of English population their property and lands for taxation purposes.

Square mile - the financial center of London.

Simnel cakes - reach fruit cakes eaten on mothering Sunday.

The "West End" - the main theatre district.

The Normans - Viking and slav settlers in France who conquered England in the 11th century.

Cockney - the famous London dialect.