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Strand

(Encyclopedia)Strand, street in London, England, roughly parallel with the Thames River, running from the Temple to Trafalgar Square. It is a street of law courts, hotels, theaters, and office buildings and is the ...

Highgate

(Encyclopedia)Highgate, residential area within Camden, Islington, and Haringey boroughs, London, England. The house where Francis Bacon died is in Highgate, and Herbert Spencer, George Eliot, and Karl Marx are bur...

Big Ben

(Encyclopedia)Big Ben, the bell in the Parliament tower (Westminster Palace), London, England. It was named for Sir Benjamin Hall, commissioner of works when the bell was installed in 1856. The name is often used t...

Caterham and Warlingham

(Encyclopedia)Caterham and Warlingham kāˈtərəm, wôrˈlĭng-əm [key], town, Surrey, SE England...

Cheshunt

(Encyclopedia)Cheshunt chĕsˈənt [key], town, Hertfordshire, SE England. A suburb of London, it is a mark...

Taylor, Sir Robert

(Encyclopedia)Taylor, Sir Robert, 1714–88, English architect. The son of a stonemason, he began his career as a sculptor's apprentice and was later employed to carve the pediment of Mansion House in London. He th...

Rochdale

(Encyclopedia)Rochdale rŏchˈdāl [key], metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 97,282), NW England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Roch River. The city's chief industry is the spinning and weaving of...

Salford

(Encyclopedia)Salford sŏlˈfərd, sôlˈ– [key], city and metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 96,525), NW England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Irwell River. Salford was long an important texti...

Hoddesdon

(Encyclopedia)Hoddesdon hŏdzˈdən [key], city, Hertfordshire, E central England. A residential suburb of ...

Cumberland, former county, England

(Encyclopedia)Cumberland, former county, N England. In 1974, Cumberland became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Cumbria. ...