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</table>RBhttps://wikishire.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Great_Britain&diff=63801&oldid=prevHighest User: Protected "Great Britain" ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))2019-06-11T05:32:57Z<p>Protected "<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>" ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Surrounding Great Britain are countless smaller islands and islets, of which some 803 are shown on Ordnance Survey Maps with a distinct coastline and several thousand more exist which are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">too </del>small to be shown as anything but a dot. <ref>[http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/didyouknow/howmany/q_14_27.html Ordnance Survey map statistic]</ref>.  The main islands off the coast are the single islands of [[Anglesey]] and the [[Isle of Wight]], and island groups; the [[Hebrides]], the [[Isles of Scilly]], [[Orkney]] and further off [[Shetland]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Surrounding Great Britain are countless smaller islands and islets, of which some 803 are shown on Ordnance Survey Maps with a distinct coastline and several thousand more exist which are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">toо </ins>small to be shown as anything but a dot. <ref>[http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/didyouknow/howmany/q_14_27.html Ordnance Survey map statistic]</ref>.  The main islands off the coast are the single islands of [[Anglesey]] and the [[Isle of Wight]], and island groups; the [[Hebrides]], the [[Isles of Scilly]], [[Orkney]] and further off [[Shetland]].</div></td></tr>
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</table>Highest Userhttps://wikishire.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Great_Britain&diff=32588&oldid=prevOwain: /* Flora */2015-08-07T12:35:47Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Flora</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Great Britain''' is the largest island of the British Isles, and is reckoned the ninth largest island in the world.  It contains 83 [[Counties of the United Kingdom|counties]]. The whole island is within the United Kingdom and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">indeed </del>makes up for most of its territory.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Great Britain''' is the largest island of the British Isles, and is reckoned the ninth largest island in the world.  It contains <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">3 countries and </ins>83 [[Counties of the United Kingdom|counties]]. The whole island is within the United Kingdom and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it </ins>makes up for most of its territory.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Zacwill16https://wikishire.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Great_Britain&diff=20558&oldid=prevRB at 09:47, 21 March 20142014-03-21T09:47:19Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Great Britain''' is the largest island of the British Isles, and is reckoned the ninth largest island in the world.  It contains 83 [[Counties of the United Kingdom|counties<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] and three countries: [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales</del>]]. The whole island is within the United Kingdom and indeed makes up for most of its territory.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Great Britain''' is the largest island of the British Isles, and is reckoned the ninth largest island in the world.  It contains 83 [[Counties of the United Kingdom|counties]]. The whole island is within the United Kingdom and indeed makes up for most of its territory.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Great Britain lies to the east of [[Ireland]], which at its nearest point between [[Kintyre]] and [[County Antrim]] is no more than 12 miles away, and to its southeast is Europe, which is as close as to 21 miles away at the Straits of Dover.  The island is physically connected with Europe by way of the Channel Tunnel, the longest undersea rail tunnel in the world which was completed in 1993.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Great Britain lies to the east of [[Ireland]], which at its nearest point between [[Kintyre]] and [[County Antrim]] is no more than 12 miles away, and to its southeast is Europe, which is as close as to 21 miles away at the Straits of Dover.  The island is physically connected with Europe by way of the Channel Tunnel, the longest undersea rail tunnel in the world which was completed in 1993.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Great Britain''' is the largest island of the British Isles, and is reckoned the ninth largest island in the world.  It contains 83 [[Counties of the United Kingdom|counties]]. The whole island is within the United Kingdom and indeed makes up for most of its territory.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Great Britain''' is the largest island of the British Isles, and is reckoned the ninth largest island in the world.  It contains 83 [[Counties of the United Kingdom|counties<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] and three countries: [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales</ins>]]. The whole island is within the United Kingdom and indeed makes up for most of its territory.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Great Britain lies to the east of [[Ireland]], which at its nearest point between [[Kintyre]] and [[County Antrim]] is no more than 12 miles away, and to its southeast is Europe, which is as close as to 21 miles away at the Straits of Dover.  The island is physically connected with Europe by way of the Channel Tunnel, the longest undersea rail tunnel in the world which was completed in 1993.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Great Britain lies to the east of [[Ireland]], which at its nearest point between [[Kintyre]] and [[County Antrim]] is no more than 12 miles away, and to its southeast is Europe, which is as close as to 21 miles away at the Straits of Dover.  The island is physically connected with Europe by way of the Channel Tunnel, the longest undersea rail tunnel in the world which was completed in 1993.</div></td></tr>
</table>Zacwill16https://wikishire.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Great_Britain&diff=4982&oldid=prevRoot: /* Outside links */2011-11-15T20:23:38Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Outside links</span></span></p>
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</table>Roothttps://wikishire.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Great_Britain&diff=4485&oldid=prevRB at 08:48, 27 September 20112011-09-27T08:48:20Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Geographically, Great Britain is marked by low, rolling countryside in the east and south, while hills and mountains predominate in the western and northern regions. It is surrounded by over 1,000 smaller islands and islets.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Geographically, Great Britain is marked by low, rolling countryside in the east and south, while hills and mountains predominate in the western and northern regions. It is surrounded by over 1,000 smaller islands and islets.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The traditional measure of the length of Great Britain and the greatest distance between two points is ''[[Land's End to John o' Groats]]''; 603 miles in a straight line between [[Land's End]] in [[Cornwall]] and [[John o' Groats]] in [[Caithness]], or 838 miles using the national road network.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The traditional measure of the length of Great Britain and the greatest distance between two points is ''[[Land's End to John o' Groats]]''; 603 miles in a straight line between [[Land's End]] in [[Cornwall]] and [[John o' Groats]] in [[Caithness]], or 838 miles using the national road network.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Great Britain lies to the east of [[Ireland]], which at its nearest point between [[Kintyre]] and [[County Antrim]] is no more than 12 miles away, and to its southeast is Europe, which is as close as to 21 miles away at the Straits of Dover.  The island is physically connected with Europe by way of the Channel Tunnel, the longest undersea rail tunnel in the world which was completed in 1993.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Great Britain lies to the east of [[Ireland]], which at its nearest point between [[Kintyre]] and [[County Antrim]] is no more than 12 miles away, and to its southeast is Europe, which is as close as to 21 miles away at the Straits of Dover.  The island is physically connected with Europe by way of the Channel Tunnel, the longest undersea rail tunnel in the world which was completed in 1993.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Surrounding Great Britain are countless smaller islands and islets, of which some 803 are shown on Ordnance Survey Maps with a distinct coastline and several thousand more exist which are too small to be shown as anything but a dot. <ref>[http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/didyouknow/howmany/q_14_27.html Ordnance Survey map statistic]</ref>.  The main islands off the coast are the single islands of [[Anglesey]] and the [[Isle of Wight]], and island groups; the [[Hebrides]], the [[Isles of Scilly]], [[Orkney]] and further off [[Shetland]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Surrounding Great Britain are countless smaller islands and islets, of which some 803 are shown on Ordnance Survey Maps with a distinct coastline and several thousand more exist which are too small to be shown as anything but a dot. <ref>[http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/didyouknow/howmany/q_14_27.html Ordnance Survey map statistic]</ref>.  The main islands off the coast are the single islands of [[Anglesey]] and the [[Isle of Wight]], and island groups; the [[Hebrides]], the [[Isles of Scilly]], [[Orkney]] and further off [[Shetland]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Great Britain contains the vast majority of the British population, some 59,500 at the 2001 census.  It contains all but one of the United Kingdom's great cities: the biggest is [[London]], but also [[Birmingham]], [[Bristol]], [[Cardiff]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Glasgow]], [[Leeds]], [[Liverpool]], [[Manchester]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], [[Nottingham]], [[Sheffield]] and [[Southampton]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Great Britain contains the vast majority of the British population, some 59,500<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,000 </ins>at the 2001 census.  It contains all but one of the United Kingdom's great cities: the biggest is [[London]], but also [[Birmingham]], [[Bristol]], [[Cardiff]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Glasgow]], [[Leeds]], [[Liverpool]], [[Manchester]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], [[Nottingham]], [[Sheffield]] and [[Southampton]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In July 1567, Mary Queen of Scots was deposed and her one year old son became King James VI.  This marked both the success of the Reformation in Scotland and the end of the long wars between the kingdoms. On 24 March 1603, King James VI of Scotland succeeded to the throne of England. On 20 October 1604 he proclaimed himself as "King of Great Brittaine, France and Ireland", a title that continued to be used by his successors.<ref>[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/britstyles.htm#1604 Proclamation styling James I King of Great Britain on 20 October 1604]</ref> However, England and Scotland each remained legally in existence as separate <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">countries </del>until 1707, when each parliament passed an Act of Union to ratify the Treaty of Union that had been agreed the previous year. This created a single kingdom <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">n </del>1 May 1707.  This kingdom itself was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dissolved in </del>the wider the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1 January 1801.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In July 1567, Mary Queen of Scots was deposed and her one year old son became King James VI.  This marked both the success of the Reformation in Scotland and the end of the long wars between the kingdoms. On 24 March 1603, King James VI of Scotland succeeded to the throne of England. On 20 October 1604 he proclaimed himself as "King of Great Brittaine, France and Ireland", a title that continued to be used by his successors.<ref>[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/britstyles.htm#1604 Proclamation styling James I King of Great Britain on 20 October 1604]</ref> However, England and Scotland each remained legally in existence as separate <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">kingdoms </ins>until 1707, when each parliament passed an Act of Union to ratify the Treaty of Union that had been agreed the previous year. This created a single kingdom <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on </ins>1 May 1707.  This kingdom itself was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">incorporated into </ins>the wider the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1 January 1801.</div></td></tr>
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