England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country’s parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world’s first industrialised nation.
The Kingdom of England – which after 1535 included Wales – ceased being a separate sovereign state on 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union put into effect the terms agreed in the Treaty of Union the previous year, resulting in a political union with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.
In 1801, Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland (through another Act of Union) to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Websites
- Amersham & District Philatelic Society
- Association Of Essex Philatelic Societies
- Association of Sussex Philatelic Societies
- Banbury Stamp Society
- Barnet and District Philatelic Society
- Barnsley Philatelic Society
- Bath Postal Museum
- Bromley & Beckenham Philatelic Society
- Burton Philatelic Society
- Cornwall Philatelic Federation
- Falmouth & District Philatelic Society
- Federation of South Wales Philatelic Societies
- Federation of Surrey Philatelic Societies
- Forschungsgemeinschaft Großbritannien
- Hampshire Philatelic Federation
- Ipswich Philatelic Society
- Mid Anglia Philatelic Federation of Philatelic Societies
- Midland Philatelic Federation
- North East of England Philatelic Association
- North Western Federation of Philatelic Societies
- Reading & District Philatelic Society
- Southport Stamp & Postcard Club
- Thames Valley & District Philatelic Federation
- Wessex Philatelic Federation
- Yorkshire Philatelic Association