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| | British Isles (terminology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | It is claimed by the United Kingdom (as part of the Isle of Harris), whilst its surrounding continental shelf (but not the island itself) is claimed by the Republic of Ireland, Iceland and Denmark (through the Faroe Islands). | | | Although the Channel Islands are associated with the United Kingdom politically, geographically they are clearly an outcrop of the nearby French geology, and are indeed the last remaining parts of the former Duchy of Normandy still under the crown of the United Kingdom. | | | Islands of the North Atlantic = a suggested replacement term for the British Isles, without the same political connotations. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_(terminology)
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| | Great Britain. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | Blair’s strong support for the invasion, and the failure to find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, were factors in Labour’s third-place finish in the June, 2004, local elections; the results reflected the British public’s dissatisfaction with the country’s involvement in Iraq. | | | Disraeli, who had attacked Gladstone for failing to defend Britain& imperial interests, pursued an active foreign policy, determined by considerations of British prestige and the desire to protect the route to India. | | | The nationalization (1956) of the Suez Canal by Egypt touched off a crisis in which Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/65/gr/GreatBri.html
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| | The British Isles and all that ... |
| | Evidence of the offence taken at this usage can sporadically be found in the soc.culture.irish newsgroup. | | | This page is intended to provide some basic geo-political facts about the British Isles and a chronology of significant unions and separations amongst the political entities constructed upon them. | | | Applying the term British, or any of its variants, to citizens of the republic is both incorrect politically and politically incorrect. |
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http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/britishisles
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| | British Isles - History Favorites - Localités/Localities |
| | British History Online (from IHR and History of Parliament, sources from medieval and early modern period) | | | American Friends of the Institute of Historical Research (news and use of IHR, charitable organization) | | | Film Archive (from National Archives, footage of 20th century Britain on Film) |
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http://www.eiu.edu/~localite/britain
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| | British Isles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This usage has been justified by terms used by classical geographers to describe the island group. | | | This use shows how all toponyms - even those such as 'IONA', chosen for their apparent neutrality - can have political connotations. | | | This term has also been appropriated by the British National Party [8], who use it to assert the 'Britishness' of the United Kingdom. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles
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| | British Isles -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | There were a few of German and French backgrounds and a smaller number of Jews and Italians. | | | Overview on this organisation in the island group. | | | The Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom but rather is a crown possession (since 1828) that is self-governing in its internal affairs under the supervision of the British Home Office. |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9273359
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| | Inventors from the British Isles - EnchantedLearning.com |
| | Holmes was also the first person to realize that the Earth was billions of years old (not millions, as had been previously believed). | | | Because of his invention, Shaw was awarded the Order of the British Empire ("OBE") by Queen Elizabeth of England in 1965. | | | A geologic time scale is a diagram that details the history of the Earth's geology, noting major events like the formation of the Earth, the first life forms and mass extinctions. |
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/brit.shtml
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| | GENUKI: United Kingdom and Ireland |
| | The UK BMD web site offers links to over 150 web sites that provide on-line information for UK births, marriages and deaths. | | | The Catholic History Website is a partnership of societies and individuals with an interest in Catholic history in the British Isles since the Reformation. | | | Together, these constitute the British Isles - which is a geographical term for a group of islands lying off the north-west coast of mainland Europe. |
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http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big
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| | GENUKI: British Isles Full Contents |
| | Army: Prisoners of War: in British Hands (1698 - 1919) | | | Army: Prisoners of War: British (1939 - 1953) | | | Material of relevance to the British Isles can also be found on the GENUKI Home page. |
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http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/BIGcontents.html
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| | Proud to be British Australians |
| | This page will keep you up-dated on some of them. | | | This is an independent site for Australians who are proud of their ancestral origins in the British Isles. | | | Formerly the United Kingdom Settlers' Association, it has been representing British migrants and their descendants since its formation in 1967. |
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http://www.geocities.com/athens/acropolis/1850
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| | Welcome to The British Isles |
| | In parts you can still hear Gaelic spoken and we all know about the Scottish expertise in making Whisky! | | | The British Isles is visited by millions of people each year, many returning time and again. | | | Over the coming months it will be expanded to allow you to find information on all aspects of life in the British Isles. |
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http://www.the-british-isles.com
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| | Coded List of Freshwater Algae |
| | These further diatom taxa have been taken from Krammer and Lange-Bertalot (1986 - 1991). | | | Truly marine blue-green algae are included in the Coded List, as floristic accounts of this group often combine freshwater and marine environments, and there are relatively few species in the British Isles restricted to the sea. | | | The Coded List exists as a downloadable file which includes many diatom taxa found elsewhere in Europe, but not reported for the British Isles. |
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http://www.nwl.ac.uk/~loissys/algal_coded_list.htm
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| | British Isles |
| | For more information, contact Terry or Richard Barton. | | | A special Sponsorship has been established to help Barton families in the British Isles pay the cost of testing. | | | We'll be glad to explain the DNA testing portion of our global research. |
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http://www.bartonsite.org/inc_family_history/britishisles.htm
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| | British Isles - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about British Isles |
| | She could not see the world divided into separate compartments of good people and bad people, any more than she could believe so implicitly in the rightness of her own thought as to wish to bring the population of the British Isles into agreement with it. | | | Now the people who lived in the British Isles long ago were not English. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/British+Isles
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| | Britannia: British History & Travel |
| | Either way, the Saxon, English and British men and women who wear/wore the crown are colorful figures whose lives and reigns are in the spotlight in this section. | | | Sometimes they led the march of history and at other times they followed in its swath. | | | The internet's most comprehensive treatment of the Times, Places, Events and People of British History. |
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http://www.britannia.com
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| | Biographies - British Isles |
| | This biography from the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive must be read to be believed. | | | This British geologist studied the fossils of the Arabian Peninsula and did much to popularize paleontology in his books. | | | About>Homework Help>Geology> Careers & People> Biographies> Biographies - By Country> Biographies - British Isles |
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http://geology.about.com/od/biographies_brit/index_a.htm
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| | British Isles |
| | There are two large islands, Britain and Ireland, and a large host of small ones; these include the Shetland, Orkney, and Hebrides groups, as well as numerous others. | | | George II was the last British sovereign to personally lead troops into battle, at Dettingen, 16 June, 1743. | | | This page covers the Isle from the 5th century on, including the later English inheritance. |
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http://www.hostkingdom.net/gbrindex.html
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| | Chistmas In British Isles |
| | The hanging of greens, such as holly and ivy, is a British winter tradition with origins far before the Christian era. | | | Father Christmas, these days, is quite similar to the American Santa, but his direct ancestor is a certain pagan spirit who regularly appeared in medieval mummer's plays. | | | The word "carol" means "song of joy." Most of the popular old carols we sing today were written in the nineteenth century. |
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http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/british.html
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| | Asia Times Online Community and News Discussion - How many British Isles are there? |
| | Finally, do not forget the numerous British (or former British) Isles in the Pacific, since sub-leased to America for a Royal sum of several used destroyers during the 2nd World War. | | | In addition to [in]famous "The British Falkland Islands" which is several thousand miles away from the original [and very, very close to the Continent of South America] and quite close as the crow flies to the country of Argentina there is another "British Isle". | | | In the case of Madagascar there is not one single isle close to Scotland that claims it is Madagascaran? |
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http://forum.atimes.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2824
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| | British History Online |
| | British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. | | | Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research. | | | The Victoria County History volume for this cathedral city and the two hundreds of the island is now live. |
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| | Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - British Isles |
| | After fifteen years in general trade for British Shipowners, she was sold to Thomas Shute and Company, of Liverpool, for whom she sailed until 1914. | | | Terms and Conditions of Use, Privacy Statement, and Trademark Information | | | In 1903, while outward bound in the Bay of Biscay on her first voyage under Captain James P. Barker, she overhauled the five-masted bark Preussen, and on the same voyage she posted her best day's run ever of 383 miles in twenty-four hours. |
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http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_015100_britishisles.htm
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| | Changeling Legends from the British Isles |
| | Moore's cottage was very comfortable; and with most work suspended for the ancient day of festivities in honor of the Sun, reborn after its death at the hands of the Powers of Darkness, all conditions were favorable for hearing about fairies, and this may explain why such important results were obtained. | | | A tailor came to the house to work on a day when all the folks were out cutting corn, and the idiot was left with him. | | | A woman who lived near Breage Church [Isle of Man] had a fine girl baby, and she thought the piskies came and took it and put a withered child in its place. |
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http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/britchange.html
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Become A British Isles Explorer: Software |
| | This would be excellent to use if a child was doing a topic or project on the British Isles. | | | Become a British Isles Explorer would be a good buy for children aged 7-11 years old and it would really extend their understanding of the British Isles. | | | Being British myself I really feel that DK have neglected a lot of facts and information that should have been included, nevertheless, I do not regret buying BECOME A BRITISH ISLES EXPLORER as it still offers some information to my children that they did not have before. |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004UCNP
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| | BRITISH PAGAN DATABASE, Welcome |
| | The British Pagan Database was a place where pagans of any belief structure, from anywhere within the British Isles could add there details to an on-line web site. | | | As some of you out there may remember, a couple of years ago (2003ish). | | | They could also view the details of other like minded pagans both in their local area and throughout the British Isles. |
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http://www.british-pagan-database.org.uk
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| | Utah British Isles Association |
| | Many Utahns are proud of their ancestral origins in the British Isles and desire to share with their children and their community the culture and heritage of the United Kingdom and Ireland. | | | Utah has a higher percentage of British Americans than any other state. | | | Yielding a total of 48% of Utahns claiming ancestry from the British Isles compared to only 27% of the total US population! |
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http://www.utahbrits.org
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| | BBC - Science & Nature - British Isles: A Natural History |
| | Listen to Alan's interview on Radio 5 Live. | | | All you need to piece together the story behind how the British isles has changed, with tips on collecting and identifying your own rock and mineral samples. | | | Join the survey on the Open University site. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/britishisles
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| | BBC - British Isles - A User's Guide To Natural History |
| | You can find out more about the series here. | | | Find out in our journey into the world of palaeo-biology. | | | Discover why following the trails of snails reveals important data about climate change, and take part in a major piece of scientific investigation with The Great British Snail Hunt. |
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http://www.open2.net/naturalhistory
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| | Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators - British Isles |
| | This is the website of the British Isles region of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the only international organisation to support both published and unpublished writers and illustrators of children's books. | | | Links to other websites are provided as a service but we have no control over these external sites and can take no responsibility for their content. | | | Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators - British Isles |
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http://www.britishscbwi.org
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| | Engand Genealogy, Scotland Genealogy, Wales Genealogy |
| | From the Emerald to the Channel Isles, the British Islands have played a major part in the genealogy of this world's citizens. | | | England Genealogy and Ireland Genealogy is often difficult to track down on the web, these pages are beginning to present new data for your use, as well as guide you in finding the latest UKI genealogy on the web. | | | These pages are dedicated to providing you access to all of the online genealogy data for these isles. |
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http://www.bigenealogy.com
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| | British Isles |
| | A sea chart of one of the most problematic areas of British waters: the Scillies were always a hazard to ships entering the English Channel before the technique of calculating longitude at sea was solved. | | | It was on these islands that Sir Cloudesley Shovell wrecked an English fleet, inspiring the Royal Society to create the Longitude Prize, a cash sum for the solution to the longitude problem, eventually won by John Harrison and his chronometer. | | | Decorative map of the British Isles, after Blaeu. |
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http://www.leejacksonmaps.com/brit.htm
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| | Seventh-day Adventist Church - United Kingdom and Ireland |
| | In the case of donations for local church use (or where the Gift Aid element can be earmarked for a particular local church), the donor has the option of selecting his or her preferred recipient church from a list. | | | BUC News is a free weekly email newsletter produced by the Communication department of the British Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. | | | Rex Riches' British Adventist History Book - full html version now available on the web |
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| | Ancient British Isles |
| | Brittany-Bretagne.com website is more extensive than the Isle of Man site. | | | Dalriada exists to preserve and promote the culture, customs, language, mythology and folklore of the native Celtic peoples within the British Isles and Ireland. | | | These pages for Isle of Man (and Isle of Man II) aren't overly useful for ancient history, but it's a start. |
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http://www.bmarch.atfreeweb.com/Ancient_Brit.htm
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| | ETI BioInformatics - Interactive Flora of the British Isles - A digital encyclopedia |
| | The technical terms in the text are hyperlinked to an extensive glossary to provide an immediate explanation. | | | Full descriptions and identification keys from the printed 2nd edition of Stace’s New Flora of the British Isles (1997) have been incorporated and updated to the present state-of-the-art. | | | This user-friendly DVD-ROM contains an enormous amount of authoritative information on the British flora. |
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http://www.eti.uva.nl/products/catalogue/cd_detail.php?id=183
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| | Dragons of the British Isles |
| | This is a list of the marked locations on the map opposite that have connections with Dragons: | | | Credit should go to the books 'Dragons of the West' by Nigel Pennick and 'British Dragons' by Jacqueline Simpson which gave me a list of Dragon legends to check out for myself. |
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| | Slashfood |
| | Treacle is a type of light molasses that is left over during the sugar refining process. | | | Behind all the other odds and ends, stacked up alongside some canned tomatoes, was this lone, canned Heinz Treacle Pudding. | | | In February, a team of artists spent six days creating rendition of a city out of an unusual building material: biscuits. |
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http://www.slashfood.com/category/british-isles
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| | HS/UK Announcement |
| | HS/UK Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSI, which has three offices in the United States and ten affiliate offices internationally. | | | As the author of the Organisational Culture Inventory and many other Human Synergistics products, I am pleased that we have been able to put together a strong and dedicated team to represent us in the British Isles. | | | Similarly, we will increase our investment in the creation and validation of new simulations, surveys, feedback reports as well as web-based systems to ensure that you receive efficient and timely support. |
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http://www.humansyn.co.uk
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| | British Isles weather diary |
| | There was patchy cloud across Ireland overnight, but a rather cloudy start to the day over Britain. | | | For information relating to past years see 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 2004 and 2005. | | | High pressure spread W to become established across the British Isles on the 15th, with a cool E'ly flow resulting. |
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http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~brugge/diary.html
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| | Quintin Publications British Isles CD-ROMs |
| | Expensive set, but essential to any library which seeks to assist British research." | | | An index of persons named in early chancery proceedings, Richard II (1385) to Edward II (1467), preserved in the Public record office, London. | | | We are planning to scan the following counties. |
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| | Home Guide |
| | Use the "Up" button at the top of each page to get back to this page. | | | The main contents of this guide are pages on each of the 33 British Native Trees. |
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http://www.british-trees.com/guide/home.htm
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| | Home |
| | You can book your flights seven days a week, 24 hours a day. | | | British International operates flights to both St Mary's and Tresco. | | | The fabulous Isles of Scilly lie just 28 miles off the Cornish mainland. |
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| | Cookies, candies, jams, teas, and canned delicacies from England and the British Isles: UK specialty foods |
| | Welcome to British Accents Ltd., located in historic Long Grove, Illinois. | | | England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales offer some of the finest teas, cookies, and candies in the world. | | | Established in 1985, by the Cohen family, we bring you the best variety of food items from Britain. |
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http://british-accents.com
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| | Cookbooks from the British Isles |
| | For ingredients mentioned in these recipes that are not easily found outside the British Isles, look for the hyperlinks where many of them can be ordered from us. | | | A sample recipe is reprinted from each book. | | | The UK Stuff Catalogue is owned and managed by 'The FOBCAT Company Limited', |
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| | British Express - Mail Order and Online Store for Daddies and HP Sauce, Marmite, Tea, Breakfast Cereal, Baked Beans, ... |
| | British Express - Mail Order and Online Store for Daddies and HP Sauce, Marmite, Tea, Breakfast Cereal, Baked Beans, Branston Pickles, Jaffa Cakes, Ambrosia Creamed Rice and more |
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http://www.britishfood.com
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| | Sources of British Isles weather data |
| | The purpose of this page is to bring together those links to meteorological information relevant to the British Isles (including the Republic of Ireland), and surrounding waters. | | | This page is maintained by Roger Brugge r.bruggeREMOVE@rdg.ac.uk | | | Institutional sites in the British Isles - others are mentioned in the sections that follow |
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http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~brugge/bi.html
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| | Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square! |
| | The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect a geographically representative photograph for every square kilometre of the British Isles and you can be part of it. | | | We've reached 25% coverage of the whole of the British Isles in one year! | | | Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square! |
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http://www.geograph.org.uk
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