Britain,Great Britain,U.K.,UK,United Kingdom,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland- a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the Uni...
The country's fourth major flooding this year saw wild weather pummel parts of southwest New South Wales (NSW) and northeast Victoria overnight, bursting river banks and piling on more pain for flood-weary residents. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Twitter the flash flooding was "cr...
In 1700, 18.7 per cent of the population of England and Wales lived in towns. By 1750 this had risen to 22.6 per cent and by 1801 it reached 30.6 per cent. In the nineteenth century urban growth, thus measured, was still more striking, with 54 per cent of the population living in ...
Small Towns, Large Implications: Social and Cultural Roles of Small Towns in Eighteenth-Century England and Wales First page of article PJ Corfield - Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies 被引量: 2发表: 2010年 Spatial patterns of economic activity: the role of small towns in the rural economy...
This paper will examine population drifts from country towns to cities and from the inland to the coastal regions and, in particular, the outmigration of young people. In doing this, the paper focuses on several small towns in central New South Wales that have been the subject of intensive ...
By 1801 there were 907 in England and Wales. A passion for the post: for 400 years the delivery of letters has been integral to British life. As Royal Mail confronts an uncertain future, Susan Whyman charts the Post Office's development and discovers, through the correspondence of ordinary ...
Still the doctor - by a country mile! Preferences for health services in two country towns in north-west New South Wales. To evaluate whether rural consumer preferences for health services have changed over time or vary across communities with different models of health servic... KB Smith,JS ...
The incidence of thyrotoxicosis was determined in a collaborative study in 12 towns in England and Wales. Cases were ascertained prospectively through biochemistry laboratories carrying out routine thyroid function tests. The annual incidence varied from 9·7 to 49·2 per 100 000. Reassay of sera ...
Included in the line-up is Britain's smallest city, St. David's in south Wales, with a population of less than 2,000. It is best known as the final resting place of St. David, the patron saint of Wales who was born in the year 500 AD. ...
Wales has shared a legal identity with England as the joint entity of England and Wales. The Act of Union with the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707 created the Kingdom of Great Britain, subsuming England, Wales and Scotland into a single political entity. Scotland, along with Northern Ireland, ...