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Isis, river, England

(Encyclopedia)Isis: see Thames, river, England. ...

(Encyclopedia)Sheffield, city and metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 470,685), N England, at the confluence of the Don River and four tributaries. Sheffield was one of the leading industrial cities of England. It has ...

Poplar, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Poplar, former metropolitan borough, SE England. See Tower Hamlets. ...

Richmond, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Richmond, former municipal borough, SE England. See Richmond upon Thames. ...

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 the Church of Engl...

Hastings, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Hastings, city and district, East Sussex, SE England. A resort and residential city, Hastings is backed by cliffs and has a 3-mi (4.8-km) marine esplana...

Don, river, England

(Encyclopedia)Don dôn [key], river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Pennines, N England. It flows SE through Sheffield, then turns NE and flows past Rotherham and Doncaster to the River Ouse at Goole. Canals ...

Norfolk, county, England

(Encyclopedia)Norfolk nôrˈfək [key], county (1991 pop. 736,700), 2,054 sq mi (5,320 sq km), E England. The county seat is Norwich. Administratively, Norfolk is divided into the districts of Great Yarmouth, North...

Derby, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Derby därˈbē, dûrˈ– [key], city and unitary authority, central England, on the Derwent River. ...

Durham, county, England

(Encyclopedia)Durham, officially County Durham, county, 1,015 sq mi (2,629 sq km), NE England, on the North Sea between the Tees and Tyne rivers; administratively...