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Subject: Re: [Ess] Dictionaries - was Great Chishall burial
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:21:47 EDT
In a message dated 11/06/2008 10:55:39 GMT Standard Time,
writes:
Have I done it again, when was the UK created? I thought it was from the
reign of James I of England and James VI of Scotland
The "United Kingdom of Great Britain" began in 1707 with the Act of Union
(between England and Scotland). Prior to that, they were separate kingdoms which
happened to share the same monarch. Though the Stuarts called themselves
"King of Great Britain", the national Parliamesnts were entirely separate until
the AoU.
--
Mike Stone - Peterborough, England
For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers' God.
Thou hast made thy children mighty, By the touch of the mountain sod.
Thou hast led thy chosen Israel To freedom's last abode.
For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers' God.
(Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, No 35)
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