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Encyclopedia > London (disambiguation)
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London is the capital city of the United Kingdom. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ...


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Places in England

Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London and forms one of the nine regions of England. ... The County of London (in red), super imposed upon todays Greater London area, to show the difference in size with post-1965 Borough boundaries The County of London was an administrative county of England from 1888 to 1965. ... London is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... Commuters from East Anglia arrive at Liverpool Street Station The London Commuter Belt or London Metropolitan Area is the name given to the built-up area surrounding and running into Greater London but not administered as part of it. ... The system of London postal districts predate the introduction of postcodes throughout the United Kingdom in the 1960s and have been adapted over time. ... London Apprentice is a hamlet approximately 2 miles south of St. ... London Colney is a village in Hertfordshire, England. ...

Places in Northern Ireland

  • Londonderry (or Derry), Northern Ireland's second city, located on the River Foyle.

WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...

Places in Canada

  • London, Ontario
  • London District, Ontario, an historic district in Upper Canada
  • A number of electoral districts in Ontario:
    • Elgin—Middlesex—London, a federal and provincial electoral district
    • London East, a former federal electoral district
    • London—Fanshawe, a federal and provincial electoral district
    • London—Middlesex, a former federal electoral district
    • London North Centre, a federal electoral district
    • London West, a federal and provincial electoral district

Flag Nickname: The Forest City Location Coordinates , Government Country Province County Canada Ontario Middlesex County Settled Incorporated 1826 (as village) 1855 (as city) City Mayor Governing Body MPs MPPs Anne Marie DeCicco London City Council Sue Barnes (LPC) Joe Fontana (LPC) Irene Mathyssen (NDP) Joe Preston (CPC) Chris Bentley (OLP... The London District was a historic district in Upper Canada. ... Elgin—Middlesex—London is a federal and provincial electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Ontario. ... London East was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Ontario. ... London—Fanshawe is a federal and provincial electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Ontario. ... London—Middlesex was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Ontario. ... London North Centre is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. ... London West is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. ...

Places in South Africa

  • London, Limpopo
  • London, Mpumalanga (Graskop)
  • London, Mpumalanga (Noordprovincie)
  • East London

East London (Afrikaans: Oos-Londen, Xhosa: Imonti) is a city in southeast South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province at 32. ...

Places in the United States

London is a city located in Pope County, Arkansas. ... London is a census-designated place located in Tulare County, California. ... London is a city located in Laurel County, Kentucky, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,692 (5,757 in 1990). ... London Township is a township located in Freeborn County, Minnesota. ... London is a city that was established in 1810 to serve as the seat of Madison County. ... London is a settlement along U.S. Highway 377 in Kimble County, Texas. ... London Mills is a village located in Fulton County, Illinois. ... London Township may be any of these places in the United States: London Township, Kansas London Township, Michigan London Township, Minnesota This township article is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Londontowne is a census-designated place located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. ...

Other places

  • London, Belize
  • London, Equatorial Guinea
  • London, Finland, a section of Jakobstad
  • London, Kiribati, a small city on Kiritimati
  • London, Nigeria
  • Isla London, an island in the Magallanes Region of Chile
  • London Arch, a natural arch in Victoria, Australia
  • London Bridge (disambiguation)
  • London Road, the name of a vast number of roads
  • Little London, the name of a number of places
  • New London, the name of several places

London Arch London Arch is a natural arch in the Port Campbell National Park, Australia. ... London Bridge can be: A bridge in London (England, United Kingdom), see London Bridge A bridge in Lake Havasu City (Arizona, United States), see London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) A neighbourhood in Virginia Beach (Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States), see London Bridge (Virginia Beach) London Bridge railway station A natural... London Road is a common name for many roads in the United Kingdom that go towards London. ... Little London may refer to any of the following places: Little London, Andover, Hampshire Little London, Bradford Little London, Brill, Buckinghamshire Little London, Cambridgeshire Little London, Cornwall Little London, East Sussex Little London, Essex Little London, Gloucestershire Little London, Herefordshire Little London, Isle of Man Little London, Kent Little London... New London is the name of at least 21 geographic names in North America. ...

People

Artur London, (born February 1, 1915, Ostrava, Moravia, Austria-Hungary - died November 8, 1986 in Paris, France), was a Czech Communist politician and co-defendant in the Prague Trials. ... Bobby London (1950 - ) is an underground comix and mainstream comics artist. ... Frank London is a New York City-based trumpeter, bandleader, and composer, and one of the most prominent American musicians active in klezmer music. ... Fritz Wolfgang London (March 7, 1900–March 30, 1954) was a Jewish German-American physicist for whom the London force is named. ... Gene London (born 1931) was a childrens television host in Philadelphia. ... George London (May 30, 1919–March 24, 1985) was a Canadian-born concert and operatic baritone. ... George London (1681-1714) was an English nurseryman and garden designer. ... Herbert (Herb) London (1939-) is an American conservative, professor, and author. ... Photograph of Jack London. ... Jason Paul London (November 7, 1972 in San Diego, California) is a film and television actor. ... Jay London (born September 12, year unknown, in The Bronx) is an American stand-up comic whose one-liner jokes made him a favorite on NBCs Last Comic Standing. ... Jeremy Michael London (born November 7, 1972) is an American actor, of partial Cherokee Native American descent. ... Jerry London has been a director and producer of a wide range of American TV shows and movies for almost forty years. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... John Carl Kuehne (6 February 1942 - 12 February 2000), better known as John London, was an American musician and songwriter, and was involved in several Hollywood television and movie productions. ... Talk radio host John London. ... Julie London Julie London (September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress who was known for her smoky, sensual voice and role as Nurse Dixie McCall RN on the television show Emergency! (1972–1977). ... LaToya Renee London (born December 29, 1978 in San Francisco, California) is an American R&B and soul singer and actress, who was the fourth-place finalist on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol. ... Meyer London (1871-1926) was one of two Socialist Party members elected to the United States Congress. ... Pamela London (born September 23, 1973) is a female boxer from Guyana. ... Paul Michael London (born April 16, 1980 in Austin, Texas) is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the SmackDown! brand where he is one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with his tag team partner, Brian Kendrick. ... Sondra London is known to some as the queen of the serial killer groupies. ... Stacy London stars in What Not to Wear as a stylist, with her partner Clinton Kelly. ... Tom London (August 24, 1889 - December 5, 1963) was an American actor who, by some counts, is credited with appearing in the most movies in the history of Hollywood. ... London Levi Fletcher (born May 19, 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American football linebacker who currently plays for the Buffalo Bills of the NFL. Recently it was discovered that he will be playing with the name London Fletcher-Baker in 2006. ... Drummer for the band Samhain (band). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Music

London were a four piece punk band formed in London in 1976 and were best known for their wild stage act. ... // Track listing Walk in the Shadows (Tate, Wilton) I Dream in Infrared (Tate, Wilton) The Whisper (DeGarmo) Gonna Get Close to You (Dal Bello) The Killing Words (DeGarmo, Tate) Surgical Strike (DeGarmo, Wilton) Neue Regel (DeGarmo, Tate) Chemical Youth (We Are Rebellion) (Tate, Wilton) London (DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton) Screaming in... London 0 Hull 4 is a 1986 album by The Housemartins. ... London 66-67 is a little-known and unauthorised EP of Pink Floyd music, containing two lost tracks, a longer version of Interstellar Overdrive and Nicks Boogie. These tracks were originally recorded for Peter Whiteheads film Tonite Lets All Make Love In London on January 11 and... London 86 (Song/Musical group/band) was founded in 1995 in Berlin, Germany. ... London Calling, a double album released by The Clash in December, 1979, marked the bands critical and commercial breakthrough. ... The London Cowboys is a punk band formed by Punk renegades Steve Dior and Barry Jones, formerly of The Idols in the 1980s. ... London Elektricity is a musical collective and (subsequently) band. ... London MIX is Cecas album that contains remixed songs from her previous albums (mostly from Gore od ljubavi). It contains the following songs: Zamalo (London Mix) Pazi s kime spavas (London Mix) Zabranjeni grad (London Mix) Plan B (London Mix) Gore od ljubavi (London Mix) Ne gusi me (London... London Posse were one of the earliest groups to emerge from the British hip hop scene, intially being formed by Sipho the Human Beatbox who asked friends Rodney P, Bionic and DJ Biznezz to join him for a tour of the US supporting Mick Jones (formerly of The Clash) new... Also known as just the Quireboys in the UK. From quireboys. ... London Records is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 through the 1980s. ... The London Sinfonietta is a British chamber orchestra based in London. ... London SS was Mick Jones and Paul Simonons band prior to joining up with Joe Strummer and Terry Chimes to form The Clash. ... A London Symphony is the second symphony composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams. ... London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. ... The London symphonies, sometimes called the Salomon symphonies after the man who brought Haydn to London,were composed by Joseph Haydn between 1791 and 1795. ... Joseph Haydns Symphony No. ... The London Symphony Orchestra (frequently abbreviated to LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. ... Future Sound of London (often abbreviated to FSOL) is a British electronic music band, the duo of Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans. ... Live in London can refer to albums by various bands: Live in London (The Beach Boys) Live in London (Amon Düül II) Live in London (Gary Numan) Live in London (Judas Priest) Live in London (Peggy Lee) Live in London (Steppenwolf) Live in London (The Strokes) Live in London... Streets of London is a song written by Ralph McTell. ... Take London is the 7th album released by The Herbaliser. ...

Literature and publishing

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The London Gazette , front page from Monday 3 - 10 September 1666, reporting on the Great Fire of London. ... Boswells London Journal is his second most popular work, after his Life of Johnson. ... London Labour and the London Poor is an extraordinary work of Victorian journalism by Henry Mayhew. ... Harro5 23:13, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... London Suite is a play by Neil Simon, later made into a 1996 film. ... The Illustrated London News was a magazine founded by Herbert Ingram and his friend Mark Lemon, the editor of Punch magazine. ... Edward Rutherford was born in Salisbury, England. ...

Food

London Broil is a beef-based food dish that involves cooking flank or round steak close to a cooking source by way of broiling or grilling. ... London Grill is a meal in a can offering from HP, also famed for their eponymous table sauce, HP Sauce. ...

Sport

London Caledonians F.C. was a football club based in London, England. ... The London Gryphons are a W-League franchise based in London, Ontario, Canada. ... Australian rules football club in London, England. ... London Irish are a rugby union club in England. ... Conference: Western Division: Midwest Founded: 1965 Home Ice: John Labatt Centre Capacity: 9,100 Ice Size: 200 x 85 City: London, Ontario, Canada Colours: Green, Gold, Black, and White Head Coach: Dale Hunter General Manager: Mark Hunter The London Knights are an ice hockey team from London, Ontario, Canada, playing... The London Majors Baseball Club is an amateur mens baseball team from London, Ontario, Canada. ... Crowds turn out on the Victoria Embankment to watch the London Marathon 2005 Fun runners surge out of the Blackfriars Bridge underpass onto the Victoria Embankment; four hours down and two miles to go The London Marathon is a marathon race that has been held each year in London since... Year Founded 1991 Year Retired 1998 City London, England Team Colors Red, Royal Blue and White Championships 1 (1991) The London Monarchs were a franchise in NFL Europe and its predecessor league, the World League of American Football (WLAF). ... Conference: Western Division: Midwest Founded: 1965 Home Ice: John Labatt Centre Capacity: 9,100 Ice Size: 200 x 85 City: London, Ontario, Canada Colours: Green, Gold, Black, and White Head Coach: Dale Hunter General Manager: Mark Hunter The London Knights are an ice hockey team from London, Ontario, Canada, playing... The London Olympics (London hosting the Olympic Games) have taken place twice, with a third scheduled for 2012. ... League: Elite Ice Hockey League Founded: 2003 Home Ice: Lee Valley Ice Centre Capacity: 1200 Ice Size: 184ft x 85ft City: London, United Kingdom Colours: Red and White Head Coach: n/a Ownership: Roger Black London Racers are a British ice hockey club based in London, England that are former... London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union team in England. ... London Skolars are a rugby league team based at the New River Stadium in the Haringey area of north London. ... Article title is . ... London Wasps is an English rugby union team. ... London Welsh Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in London that currently plays in National Division One, the second level of the English rugby union league system (below the Guinness Premiership). ... The London Werewolves were an independent Frontier League baseball team based out of London, Ontario, Canada. ... 2005 Run London home-page Run London (2001- ) is an annual 10 km run, organised by Nike and held within London, UK. It is the second largest running event in London, behind the Marathon, and is unique in having a new theme and marketing campaign each year. ...

Finance

The London bullion market, often referred to as London gold market is entirely different from, but often confused with the London Metal Exchange. ... An informal group of private creditors on the international stage. ... The London Metal Exchange or LME is the futures exchange with the worlds largest market in options and futures contracts on base and other metals. ... London Scottish Bank PLC is a British bank specialising in: Direct lending Personal loans Home collected credit Debt collecting Secured Lending Factoring Reinsurance External links www. ... EDX London Ltd is the London Stock Exchanges derivatives market, operating a wide variety of services including futures and options. ...

Military

Film and broadcasting: Battalions of the London Regiment early 1900s by Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927) The London Regiment is a Territorial Army regiment in the British Army. ... The London Scottish Regiment is a unit of the British Army founded in 1793 as the Highland Armed Association of London and now part of the London Regiment. ... The British 47th (1/2nd London) Division was a first_line Territorial Force division. ... The British 56th (1/1st London) Division was a first-line Territorial Army division. ... The British 60th (2/2nd London) Division was the second of two second_line Territorial Force divisions formed from the surplus of London recruits in 1914. ... Twelve ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS London, after the city of London. ... The Saunders-Roe London was the most successful design of the Saunders-Roe company. ...

London has been the title of several movies, including A 2005 movie directed by Hunter Richards, see London (2005) at the Internet Movie Database A 2004 movie directed by Chris Granlund and Sam Hobkinson, see London (2004) at the Internet Movie Database A 1994 movie directed by Patrick Keiller, see... London After Midnight is a 1927 silent horror lost film, starring Lon Chaney, Sr. ... London Films was a British film studio founded in 1932 by Alexander Korda. ... London Town is one of the most infamous flops in the history of British cinema. ... LONDON TV is a British digital TV channel shown on SKY digital (EPG channel 244) and in many hotels within London. ... London Voodoo is a 2004 film directed and written by Robert Pratten. ... London Weekend Television (LWT) was (and for legal formalities still is; see below) the ITV contractor for London and the South East, Friday 7:00pm (1968-1982)/5:15pm (1982-2002) to Monday, 5:59am. ... Aliens of London is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on April 16, 2005. ... Jump London DVD cover Jump London is a documentary released by Channel 4 about parkour, or free running. ... Winning London is a movie starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. ... Xfm is a commercial radio station in the United Kingdom. ...

Science

The London Clay is a marine deposit which is well known for the fossils it contains. ... Valence electrons inside a superconductor is like a superfluid. ... In chemistry, the term van der Waals force originally referred to all forms of intermolecular forces; however, in modern usage it tends to refer to intermolecular forces that deal with forces due to the polarization of molecules. ... The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is the leading mathematical society in England. ... The Linnean Society of London is the worlds premier society for the study and dissemination of taxonomy. ... The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a learned society founded in April 1826 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lord Auckland, Sir Humphry Davy, Joseph Sabine, Nicholas Aylward Vigors and other eminent naturalists. ...

Diplomacy

The London Agreement, or formally the Agreement dated 17 October 2000 on the application of Article 65 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents, is a patent law agreement concluded in London on October 17, 2000 and aimed at reducing the cost of translation of European patents granted... The London Agreement between King Hussein of Jordan and Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres, was signed during a secret meeting held at the residence of Lord Mishcon in London on April 11, 1987. ... The London Charter of the International Military Tribunal (usually referred to simply as the London Charter) was the decree that set down the laws and procedures by which the Nuremberg trials were to be conducted. ... The London Conference was held in the United Kingdom in December 1866 and was the final in a series of conferences that led to Canadian confederation in 1867. ... The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, commonly called the London Convention or LC 72, covers the deliberate disposal at sea of wastes or other matter from vessels, aircraft, and platforms. ... The London Naval Treaty was an agreement between the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy and the United States, signed on April 22, 1930, which to regulate submarine warfare and limited military shipbuilding. ... London Pact (Italian Patto di Londra) was a secret pact between Italy and Triple Entente, signed in London on April 26, 1915 by Italy, Great Britain, France and Russia. ... The London Protocol of 1877 was an agreement signed on March 21, 1877 between the United Kingdom and Russia declaring that, in case of a Russian victory in the looming Russo-Turkish War, no large client state would be set up by the occupying Russians. ... Treaty of London may refer to: Treaty of London, 1359 ceding western France to England, repudiated by the Estates-General in Paris, 19 May 1359 Treaty of London, 1604 between England and Spain Treaty of London, 1700, also known as the Second Partition Treaty. ...

Transport

London Airport is the name of several airports: London, England London Biggin Hill Airport London City Airport London Gatwick Airport London Heathrow Airport London Luton Airport London Stansted Airport see also Airports of the London region London, Canada London International Airport London, Connecticut Groton-New London Airport This is a... The London and Brighton Railway (L&B) was incorporated in 1837. ... London & Continental Railways (LCR) is the name of the consortium of companies which is building the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, the high-speed railway line linking London with the Channel Tunnel. ... The London & Croydon Railway (L&C) was incorporated in 1835, and the line to West Croydon was opened on 5 June 1839. ... LNER timetable for Autumn 1926 detailing the resumption of services after the General Strike. ... The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR) is a railway line linking Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London with East London and south Essex towns. ...

Miscellaneous

Virginia Company of London Seal The London Company (also called the Virginia Company of London) was an English joint stock company established by royal charter by James I on April 10, 1606 with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. ... London Corresponding Society; a moderate-radical body concentrating on parliamentary reform in the 1790s. ... London Drugs is a large chain of Canadian stores that sell everything from personal care products to computers. ... London Group is an art society based in London, England founded in 1915 when the vorticists came together to encourage and support young avant-garde artists to exhibit their work. ... The London Internet Exchange (LINX) is an Internet Exchange Point situated in London. ... The London monster was a criminal who attacked women in London in 1788-1790. ... Binomial name Platanus x hispanica Muenchh. ... The Diocese of London forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. ...

See also


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Diocese of London, a diocese of the Church of England
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