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Actors/Actresses
and Directors
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Monarchs |
Actors, actresses and directors from film and theatre. |
Monarchs that have ruled since Anglo-Saxon times. |
| Anglo-Saxons
and Danes |
National
Parks |
The two dynasties that ruled post-Roman and pre-Norman England. |
In 2005 the New Forest officially became a National Park. There are
now nine parks in England, three in Wales, two in Scotland and six
in Ireland protecting ancient landscapes of particular importance
and diversity. |
| Areas
of Outstanding Natural Beauty |
Nobel
Prize Winners |
In the last
fifty years forty-one areas have been set aside in England and Wales
with the aim of protecting landscapes of natural beauty and importance.
Nine areas have also been designated in Northern Ireland.
In 2005 the number of AONB's was reduced to forty when the South Hampshire
Coast AONB was de-designated. It now lies in the newly created New
Forest National Park. |
Winners of the six Nobel Prizes for Chemistry, Economics, Literature,
Peace, Physics and Physiology or Medicine awarded annually in Stockholm. |
| Artists
and Architects |
Places
of Interest |
Painters, sculptors, photographers, designers, architects and landscape
gardeners. |
Castles, cathedrals and abbeys, stately homes and palaces, notable
places and other buildings of historical interest. |
| Composers |
Prime
Ministers |
Composers. |
The highest political office in the land since Sir Robert Walpole
became the "prime minister" in 1721. |
| Explorers
and Adventurers |
Royal
Consorts and Heirs |
Explorers and adventurers. |
The Royal
consort, the wife or husband of the ruling monarch, have often been
as influential as the rulers themselves, as have heirs to the throne
who have died before they could become king or queen. |
| Famous
People |
World
Heritage Sites |
Notable women, philosophers and reformers and other people of note
including highwaymen, rebels and spies. |
Natural landscapes and man-made structures of particular cultural
and historical importance protected by the UNESCO. |
| Historic
Events |
Writers
and Poets |
Major battles, rebellions and plots, landings and departures on and
from the coast of Britain, notable achievements and other significant
historical events. |
Poets, novelists and political writers. |
| Inventors
and Scientists |
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Inventors and scientists. |
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