The data, released from theDepartment of Education, found that students in the south of England are twice as likely to get into Oxbridge than those in the north. There are even three areas in the UK, Salford, Hartlepool and Knowsley, where not a single student m...
The green areas represent the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks. A small part of the Yorkshire Dales National park is now in Cumbria – Dentdale and Garsdale, and the towns/villages – Sedbergh, Dent and Garsdale. The counties surrounding Cumbria are shown in the map below. ...
It is a large political map of North America that also shows many of the continent's physical features in color and shaded relief. Major lakes, rivers, cities, roads, country/province/territory boundaries, coastlines and surrounding islands are all shown on the map. ...
Brampton, city, regional municipality of Peel, southeastern Ontario, Canada, located on Etobicoke Creek, just west of Toronto. Brampton, founded about 1830, was named after the English birthplace of John Elliott, one of its founders. During the city’s d
Albans and the surrounding district grew as part of the suburban expansion of London. The district became part of the Green Belt surrounding London, and development has been limited since the mid-20th century. In addition to the town of St. Albans, the city (district) includes rural areas ...
Though the first local unit of organization must have been the congregation, the church was soon making use of the administrative divisions of the Roman Empire. Normally each bishop became responsible for the church in a recognized civitas; that is, an urban centre with its surrounding territorium...