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The Chinese were the first to use the bristle toothbrush, going back to the Tang Dynasty (619 CE to 907 CE). They arrived in Europe via Chinese tra...

Cast iron bottle openers were made in many shapes and sizes, often very cheeky featuring naked ladies. Many have also been made to commemorate Roya...

Regular exercise helps lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, significantly lowering the chances of heart disease, whilst also improving ment...

The borough of Guildford measures 104.6 square miles (270.9 km2). Home to Guildford Castle, it is the only royal residence ever to be built in Surr...

Sark is an island measuring 2.10 square miles (5.45 km2), and is one of the few remaining places in the world where cars are banned from roads and ...

The county of Wales measures 8,023 square miles (20,779 km2). Wales has more castles per square mile than any other European country. Famous people...

Norwich measures 20.3 square miles (52.6 km2). Norwich was England’s second biggest city for more than 700 years, and Norfolk England’s most populo...

Norfolk measures 2,074 square miles (5,372 km2) and is the driest county in the UK. Sandringham in North Norfolk, is home to the Queen’s country re...

Southampton measures 28.1 square miles (72.8 km2). It is the only city in the UK with a geothermal power station, ranking among the cities in the U...

Liverpool measures 43.2 square miles (111.8 km2). The city impressively holds the Guinness Book of Records for being the "Capital of Pop". No other...

Scotland measures 30,090 square miles (77,933 km2). A nation of innovators, from architectural techniques to scientific discoveries, inventions fro...

Ireland measures 32,595 square miles (84,421 km2). Although the celtic cross and shamrock are both associated with Ireland, the national symbol is ...

Hertfordshire measures 634 square miles (1,643 km2). The county is home to several places of interest, including Hatfield House, St Albans Cathedra...

Cardiff measures 54 square miles (140 km2). The city was the first Fair Trade capital in the world, and also proud to have more green spaces per pe...

Worcestershire measures 672 square miles (1,741 km2). As well as being a university city, it is home to the famous Worcester Cathedral, whilst bein...

The city of Belfast measures 51 square miles 132 km2 and is the second largest city in Ireland. It was granted city status by Queen Victoria in 188...

Somerset measures 1,332 square miles (3,450 km2). The county is home to over 10,000 listed buildings as well as over 500 ancient monuments. The cou...

Measuring 14.4 square miles (37.3 km2), Cork City is Ireland's third largest city (behind Dublin and Belfast) and county cork is the largest county...

The towns of Brighton and Hove formed a unitary authority in 1997. Being England's most populous seaside resort, it measures 33.80 square miles (82...

Derby is home to the world's factory ever built - the Silk Mill. The Derby Rib Attachment which revolutionised the manufacture of ribbed hose stock...

Greater Manchester measures 493 square miles (1,276 km2) with a population of nearly 3 million people. It is home to the country's first free publi...

Measuring 604 square miles (1,565 km2), with a population of over half a million people, the county that borders Greater London to the south east, ...

The county measures 2,534 square miles (6,564 km2) with a population of around 800,000 people. Devon is home to the country's oldest bakery, the la...

Measuring 981 square miles (2,542 km2), with a population of around 420,000 people, the county contains the Jurassic coast which was the first natu...

The county measures 1,466 square miles (3,798 km2) with a population of around 750,000 people. The most easterly point within mainland Britain is N...

Gloucestershire measures 1024 square miles (1024 km2) with a population of over 600,000 people. The region has been the setting for a number of hig...

Containing Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay, the city of Canterbury measures 119.24 square miles (308.84 km2) with a population of over 160,000...

Measuring 1442 square miles (3736 km2), the county has a population of over 1.8 million people. It is home to the famous White Cliffs at Dover as w...

The city measures 12.4 square miles (32 km2) with a population of around 50,000 people. Containing over 630 listed buildings, of which 569 are loca...

The city’s name originally comes from the Irish word Dubhlinn meaning “dark pool” - came from the tidal pool of River Poddle. The largest city and ...

The city was an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages. In 1209 the University of Cambridge was founded, and much of the city’s ...

Measuring 213 square miles (551.7 km2), Leeds has a population of nearly 800,000 people - the second highest population of any local authority dist...

The city measures 102 square miles (264 km2) with a population of around half a million people, ranking the city as the seventh most populous city ...

Originally with the saxon name of Bricstow until 1204, Bristol was founded in 1000 as a trading centre. The city and county measuring 20 square mil...

The city of Birmingham measures 103.4 square miles (267.8 km2) with a population of over 1.1 million people, making it the most populous city in th...

A double hemisphere hand coloured map of the world, Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica by Pierre-Jean Mariette (1603-1657) published in Paris. ...