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    The National Archives (TNA; Welsh: Yr Archifau Cenedlaethol) is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Its parent department...
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  • of archives in the United Kingdom. As of 2009[update] there were 122 national, 654 local, 328 university, 1,224 special and 61 business archives. UK...
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  • taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 (during the Second World War)...
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    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off...
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    National parks of the United Kingdom (Welsh: parciau cenedlaethol; Scottish Gaelic: pĂ ircean nĂ iseanta) are areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic...
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  • National archives are the archives of a country. The concept evolved in various nations at the dawn of modernity based on the impact of nationalism upon...
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  • objects (UFOs) in the United Kingdom. Many more sightings have become known since the gradual release, between 2008 and 2013, of the Ministry of Defence's...
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    (NDIIPP) National Digital Library Program (NDLP) Project Gutenberg UK Government Web Archive at The National Archives (United Kingdom) UK Web Archive WebCite...
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    Symbols of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is a list of the national symbols of the United Kingdom, its constituent countries...
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    Since 1922, the United Kingdom has been made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland...
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    The population of the United Kingdom was estimated at almost 67.6 million people in 2022. It is the 21st most populated country in the world and has a...
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    The United Kingdom national debt is the total quantity of money borrowed by the Government of the United Kingdom at any time through the issue of securities...
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    The BFI National Archive is a department of the British Film Institute, and one of the largest film archives in the world. It was founded as the National...
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    The National Archives (United Kingdom), Cust 3. Thomas Laslett, Timber and Timber Trees, London (1875), p.178 The National Archives (United Kingdom), Cust...
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    The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies...
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    of United Kingdom citizens are recorded by regular surveys, the four major ones being the national decennial census, the Labour Force Survey, the British...
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    The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary...
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    The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (initialism: UKSC) is the final court of appeal in the United Kingdom for all civil cases, and for criminal cases...
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    The economy of the United Kingdom is a highly developed social market economy. It is the sixth-largest national economy in the world measured by nominal...
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    The national flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag. The design of the Union Jack dates back to the Act of Union 1801...
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    In the United Kingdom, military conscription has existed for two periods in modern times. The first was from 1916 to 1920, and the second from 1939 to...
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  • Thirty-year rule (category The National Archives (United Kingdom))
    other countries' national archives also adhere to a thirty-year rule for the release of government documents. In the United Kingdom, the Public Records...
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  • The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery established in 1994 in the United Kingdom. It is regulated by the Gambling Commission, and...
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    The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the 14 territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming...
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    The United Kingdom uses Greenwich Mean Time (also known as Western European Time or UTC) and British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) (also known as Western European...
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    The United Kingdom national football team are a football team that represents the United Kingdom. Despite football being the most popular sport in the...
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    British. Ethnicity in the United Kingdom is formally recorded at the national level through a census. The 2011 United Kingdom census recorded a reduced...
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  • services of the United Kingdom. The OPSI is part of the National Archives of the United Kingdom and is responsible for Crown copyright. The OPSI announced...
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    Below are lists of the countries and territories that were formerly ruled or administered by the United Kingdom or part of the British Empire (including...
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  • number of national museums in the United Kingdom, which are owned and operated by the state. The national museums of the UK are funded by the Department...
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