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Maps
- Lonely Planet Maps of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland / Northern Ireland
UMD Study in England Program
UMD Library Catalogue
- JSTORE
The Library of Congress
- Global Gateway > Portals to the World > United Kingdom
country profiles
- United Kingdom -- CIA World Factbook
- United Kingdom -- U.S. Department of State
- United Kingdom -- Lonely Planet
  - England
  - Scotland
  - Wales
  - Northern Ireland
  - Gibraltar
    (overseas territory)
  - Isle of Man
    (Crown dependency)
  - Channel Islands
    (Crown dependency)
- United Kingdom -- BBC News
  - England
  - Scotland
  - Wales
  - Northern Ireland
  - Gibraltar
    (overseas territory)
  - Isle of Man
    (Crown dependency)
  - Channel Islands
    (Crown dependency)
- United Kingdom -- NationMaster.com
- United Kingdom -- Library of Congress Country Studies
- United Kingdom -- Wikipedia
  - England
  - Scotland
  - Wales
  - Northern Ireland
  - Gibraltar
    (overseas territory)
  - Isle of Man
    (Crown dependency)
  - Channel Islands
    (Crown dependency)
    - Bailiwick of Guernsey
    - Bailiwick of Jersey
- United Kingdom -- CountryReports.org
Region > Asia > Europe/Russia > Western Europe > U.K. -- Council on Foreign Relations

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general information
- Adminet > World > Western Europe >
  - United Kingdom
  - Jersey
    (Crown dependency)
timelines
- BBC News timelines >
  - United Kingdom
  - England
  - Scotland
  - Wales
  - Northern Ireland
  - Gibraltar
    (overseas territory)
  - Isle of Man
    (Crown dependency)
  - Channel Islands
    (Crown dependency)
- World News Atlas > Europe >
  - England
  - Scotland
  - Wales
  - Northern Ireland
  - Gibraltar
    (overseas territory)
  - Isle of Man
    (Crown dependency)
  - Channel Islands
    (Crown dependency)

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holidays
- United Kingdom and Crown dependencies -- Wikipedia
- Holidays by Country >
  - United Kingdom
  - England
  - Scotland
  - Wales
  - Northern Ireland
  - Gibraltar
    (overseas territory)
  - Isle of Man
    (Crown dependency)
  - Channel Islands
    (Crown dependency)
    - Guernsey and Alderney
    - Jersey
      
      from Q++ Studio
travel
- Northern Ireland Tourist Board
- Visit Britain -- British Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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national anthem
- national-anthems.net > Europe >
  - United Kingdom
  - Scotland
  - Wales
  - Gibraltar
    (overseas territory)
  - Isle of Man
    (Crown dependency)
  - Channel Island
    (Crown dependency)
newspapers / newsnetworks specific to the United Kingdom and its environs
- BBC News Headlines from the UK
  - The Media in the United Kingdom
- ActivePaper Archive: The British Library Online Newspaper Archive
- AllYouCanRead.com > Newspapers > Europe > United Kingdom
- The Internet Public Library > Newspapers > Europe >
  - United Kingdom
  - England
  - Scotland
  - Wales
  - Northern Ireland
  - Gibraltar
    (overseas territory)
  - Isle of Man
    (Crown dependency)
  - Channel Islands
    (Crown dependency)
- OnlineNewspapers.com >
  - United Kingdom
  - England (A to K)
  - England (L to Z)
  - Scotland
  - Wales
  - Northern Ireland
  - Gibraltar
    (overseas territory)
  - Isle of Man
    (Crown dependency)
  - Channel Islands >
    (Crown dependency)
    - Gernsey
    - Jersey
- economist.com > countries >
  - Britain
  - England
  - Scotland
  - Wales
  - Northern Ireland
  - Gibraltar
    (overseas territory)
  - Isle of Man
    (Crown dependency)
  - Channel Islands
    (Crown dependency)
- GlobalEDGE: International Resource Desk > Country Insights >
  - United Kingdom
  - England
  - Scotland
  - Wales
  - Northern Ireland
  - Gibraltar
    (overseas territory)
  - Isle of Man
    (Crown dependency)
  - Channel Islands
    (Crown dependency)
- topix.net » Front Page » World News » Europe » United Kingdom
newspapers / newsnetworks of regional and European scope
- BBC News Headlines from Europe
- BBC Online
- EuroNews
- The New York Times Knowledge Network
- Migration Policy Institute
radio
- OneWorld Radio

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government resources
- The Embassy of the United Kingdom in the United States
- The Embassy of the United States in England
- U.S. International Information Programs: Europe and Eurasia -- U.S. policy and issues related to Europe and Eurasia
- UK National Archives
- The Commonwealth Secretariat
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Commonwealth Foundation
The European Union >
- United Kingdom
- Activities
- Documents
- European Youth Portal
- Information Sources
- Languages
- News
- Regional Policy
European Union related WebSites

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language
- British English
- British English -- Wikipedia
- dictionaries from yourdictionary.com
  - English
  - Irish
  - Scottish
  - Welsh
  - Manx

Wikipedia >
- English language
- Irish language
- Welsh language
- Scottish language
- Manx language

food
- eLook.org > European Recipes > British
- British cuisine -- Wikipedia
- World Food Habits: Bibliography -- Robert Dirks
- Britain -- Anthropology of Food-Food Science
- World Hearth Circle of International Cooking > British

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religion
- Internet Sacred Text Archive >
  - England
  - Legends and Sagas
  - Wicca and Neo-Paganism
  - Shakespeare
- Sacred Destinations > United Kingdom -- Holly Hayes
- Sacred Contexts -- British Library

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the arts
- Timeline of Art History > British Isles > -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895 -- bartleby.com
- Royal Photographic Society
- Moving History -- a guide to UK film and television archives in the public sector
- Rossetti Archive
- Tate Etc. -- Tate Online
- British Film Institute: Interviews
- Visual Arts Data Service -- The University College for the Creative Arts
- Royal Academy of Arts
- Peter Doig -- Tate Britain
- Tate Britain

cities

Major Cities > England -- Lonely Planet
World Heritage Cities

Historic Cities > Countries > United Kingdom >

Cambridge

Dover

Edinburgh

London

Historic Cities > Countries > Gibraltar >

Gibraltar

The Official Roman Baths Museum Web Site in the City of Bath

architecture

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other WebSites
- Famous British People
- Lists of British people -- Wikipedia
- BRITISH SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY: A Retrospective Jonathan Spencer Annual Review of Anthropology. Volume 29, Page 1-24, Oct 2000 Abstract | Full Text | PDF (96 KB) | Related
- Glimpses of the Unmentionable in the History of British Social Anthropology E R Leach Annual Review of Anthropology . Volume 13, Page 1-24, Oct 1984 Citation | PDF (2061 KB) | Related
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Observer -- United Kingdom
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- National Statistics Online
- Historic Scotland -- Scottish Executive Education Deparatment
- Charting the Nation: Maps of Scotland, 1550-1740 -- Edinburgh University Library
- UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences
- Geograph British Isles
- WEEE Man (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment)
- History Trail -- BBC
- Global Voices Online -- Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School
- Open2.net -- The Open University and the BBC
- A Picture of Britain: an exhibition celebrating the British landscape -- Tate Online
- H-Net Discussion Networks -- Humanities and Social Sciences ONLINE
  - H-Albion -- British and Irish History
- British History Online -- Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust
- Farming Today -- BBC
- Roma / Travelers [see also Gypsy and Traveler Studies] -- The Patrin Web Journal: Romani Culture and History
- Scottish Executive
- Collect Britain: Putting History in Place -- British Library
- Greenwood's Map of London 1827 -- Mark Annand
- UNESCO WebWorld Portals >> Observatory Portal on the Information Society >> Regions >> [International] >> Europe >> United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Migration Information Source -- Migration Policy Institute
  - European Migration
  - United Kingdom
  - Global Data Center
- Celtic Names of the British Isles -- daire.org
- British and Irish Archaeology
- Penny Illustrated Paper -- Collect Britain
- British Museum -- Ancient Greece
- LearningSpace -- The Open University
- Workshop of the World: The West Midlands region of England
- Online Historical Population Reports -- UK Data Archive, University of Essex
- Sea Your History -- Royal Naval Museum and other partners in Britain
- Digital Image Collections -- Cambridge University Library
- How We Are: Photographing Britain -- Tate Britain
- Human Rights -- UK National Archives
- Southwell Union Workhouse, 1834-1871 -- The [UK] National Archives
- Migrant Integration Policy Index -- British Council
- Best of the Web: UK
- The Americas -- The British Museum
- British Empire Exhibition 1938 -- Digital Design Studio (DDS), Glasgow School of Art

Bibliography
- Royal Historical Society Bibliography -- The Royal Historical Society
  An authoritative guide to what has been written about British and Irish history from the Roman period to the present day
United Kingdom Slides

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