How did English appear in India?
How did English appear in India? Do Indians really speak it nowadays? Read the whole history of English in India in this blog post!
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England
England got its name from the Germanic tribe called the Angles. It derived from the Old English name Englaland, which means land of the Angles.
Now England is divided into 9 regions and 48 ceremonial counties and is governed by the Parliament of the UK.
Click on the region you'd like to know about!
Some basic information
CLIMATE
England has a temperate maritime climate: it is mild (in winter the temperatures don't go much lower than 0°C and in summer - not higher than 32°C). Rainfall is higher in the west, and parts of the Lake District receive more rain than anywhere else in the country.
FOLKLORE
Common English folkloric characters include pixies, elves, trolls, goblins. There are also many different legends: about Offa of Angel and Wayland the Smith, Robin Hood and his Merry Men of Sherwood.
CUISINE
Traditional examples of English food include: Yorkshire pudding, Sunday roast and gravy. Other popular meals are fish and chips and the full English breakfast, which consists of bacon, sausages, grilled tomatoes, fried bread, baked mushrooms, beans and eggs.
ARCHITECTURE
There are a lot of monuments that were erected during the prehistoric period: Stonehenge, Castlerigg, Rudston Monolith, etc.
It was the Romas who founded the first cities and towns such as London, Bath, York, Chester.
After the Norman Conquest in 1066 various castles were built in England: the Tower of London, Windsor Castle, Durham Castle, Warwick Castle.
GEOGRAPHY
England is the closest part of mainland Britain to the European continent.
The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, even though the River Thames is the longest one in England and flows through southern England including London.
Most of England's landscape consists of low hills and plains. The northern uplands include the Pennines.
Stonehenge
Windsor Castle
the Pennines
To know about each region of England, click on the map above! You'll find each region's history, culture, main places of interest and other things. All the drawings you'll see were made by me :)
You can start with North West of England.
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