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Many examples are based on locations in London and, in all likelihood, will be meaningless to people unfamiliar with the capital e. g. " Peckham Rye ", meaning " tie " ( as in necktie ), which dates from the late 19th century ; " Hampstead Heath ", meaning " teeth " ( usually as " Hampsteads ”), which was first recorded in 1887 and " Barnet Fair ", meaning " hair ", which dates from the 1850s.

When Dr Blackwell visited London in 1859, Elizabeth travelled to the capital.

On 24 September 2008, Film London, the capital ’ s film and media agency launched The New Black, a two year funding and training programme that will expand opportunities for theatrical exhibition of Black film in London.

Fifteen of the UK ’ s leaders of black film exhibition came together from Wales, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Kent, Essex, and the capital to the Film London offices to attend The New Black Training Programme.

Hong Kong is a favorable destination especially for international firms and firms from Mainland China to be listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange from Hong Kong's highly internationalized and modernized financial industry along with its capital market in Asia, its size, regulations and available financial tools are comparable to London and New York.

In 1665, London was swept by a visitation of the plague, and then, in 1666, the capital was swept by the Great Fire, which raged for 5 days, destroying approximately 15, 000 buildings.

The English capital of London was adopted as the capital of the Union.

Colchester was probably the earliest capital of Roman Britain, but it was soon eclipsed by London with its strong mercantile connections.

Once the 14-year-old king had regained control of the capital and then the whole country, Grindcobbe was tried in the Moot Hall ( on the site of the present-day W H Smith stationery shop, where a plaque commemorates the event ) and adjudged a ' traitor ' alongside John Ball (' the mad priest of Kent ', one of the rebel leaders who had escaped from Smithfield, London to Coventry ) and more than a dozen others.

As London grew, Hertfordshire became conveniently close to the English capital ; much of the area was owned by the nobility and aristocracy, this patronage helped to boost the local economy.

London, the capital of the United Kingdom ( England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland ), has a recorded history dating back over 2, 000 years.

This self-proclaimed " Army of God " marched on London, taking the capital as well as Lincoln and Exeter.

Control of the London trained bands was the most strategically critical, because they could protect the radical members of Parliament from armed intervention against them by any soldiers which Charles had near the capital.

As the second English football club to float on the London Stock Exchange in 1991, the club raised significant capital, with which it further developed its commercial strategy.

London is known as the capital of global " mining houses " such as Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, and Anglo American PLC.

Exactly when Mellitus and his party arrived in England is unknown, but he was certainly in the country by 604, when Augustine consecrated him as bishop in the province of the East Saxons, making Mellitus the first Bishop of London after the Roman departure ( London was the East Saxons ' capital ).

One Foot used Bournemouth to film some exterior sequences because of its favourable climate, easy access to London, and economical benefits relative to filming in the capital.

Scotland Yard ( officially New Scotland Yard, though an official Scotland Yard never has existed ) is a metonym for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service of the British capital, London.

According to a survey by Forbes magazine, Istanbul, Turkey's financial capital, had a total of 28 billionaires as of March 2010 ( down from 34 in 2008 ), ranking 4th in the world behind New York City ( 60 billionaires ), Moscow ( 50 billionaires ), and London ( 32 billionaires ).

Almost one-third of the population lives in England's southeast which is predominantly urban and suburban, with about 8 million in the capital city of London, the population density of which is just under 13, 000 per square mile.

Probably no English minister ever received in so short a time so many proofs of the confidence and admiration of the public, the capital and all the chief towns voting him addresses and the freedom of their corporations ( e. g., London presented him with the first ever honorary Freedom of the City awarded in history ).

Thus, to cite but one example, the Pax Britannica of the nineteenth century, whether with the British navy ruling the seas or with the City of London ruling world finance, was strictly national in motivation, however much other nations ( e.g., the United States ) may have incidentally benefited.

John, an engineer and anthropologist with a doctorate from the London School of Economics, headed the rural development division of USOM, the United States Operations Mission administering U.S. aid.

* 1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London, England.

* 1870 – Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.

* 2001 – The Real IRA detonates a car bomb in Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom injuring seven people.

John Newton Late Rector of the United Parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw, London: Volume 1, Nathan Whiting, London.

* Aga Khan III, " Memoirs of Aga Khan: World Enough and Time ", London: Cassel & Company, 1954 ; published same year in the United States by Simon & Schuster.

* 1930 – The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.

* 1776 – American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.

Franklin earned the title of " The First American " for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity ; as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies, then as the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation.

Barges towed by a tugboat on the River Thames in London, England, United Kingdom

The Balfour Declaration of 1926, a report resulting from the 1926 Imperial Conference of British Empire leaders in London, was named after the British statesman Arthur Balfour, first Earl of Balfour, Lord President of the Council and a previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

In 1952, Chaplin left the US for what was intended as a brief trip home to the United Kingdom for the London premiere of Limelight.

For instance, since 2006, annual Canada Day celebrations have been held at Trafalgar Square — the location of Canada House — in London, England ; initiated by the Canadian community in the United Kingdom, endorsed by the Canadian High Commission, and organised by a private promotions company, the event features Canadian performers and a demonstration of street hockey, among other activities.

Courses in chemical engineering offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) in the United States, Owen's College in Manchester, England and University College London suffered under similar circumstances.

Clement Martyn Doke ( 16 May 1893 in Bristol, United Kingdom – 24 February 1980 in East London, South Africa ) was a South African linguist working mainly on African languages.

However, in 1962 the London Beth Din and the Chief Rabbi Israel Brodie, who formed the leadership of the United Synagogue, the UK's Orthodox establishment, refused to allow his appointment on grounds of heresy because in his 1957 book We Have Reason to Believe, Jacobs had rejected the conception of a literal, verbal revelation of the Torah.

In response, Jacobs and many of the New West End congregants established the New London Synagogue, which became the center of Masorti Judaism in the United Kingdom.

Charlton share local London derbies with Millwall, Crystal Palace ; and with east London club West Ham United.