| England - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article (4958 words) |
 | England is named after the Angles, one of a number of Germanic tribes believed to have originated in Angeln in Northern Germany, who settled in England in the 5th and 6th centuries. |
| The conquest of Wales was achieved in the 13th century, when it was annexed to England and gradually came to be a part of that kingdom for most legal purposes, although in the modern era it is more usually thought of as a separate nation (fielding, for example, its own athletic teams). |
| It is bordered to the north by Scotland and to the west by Wales. |
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