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Title: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4
"England" to "English Finance"

Author: Various

Release Date: June 21, 2010 [EBook #32940]

Language: English

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Transcriber's notes:

(1) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
paragraphs.

(2) The following typographical error has been corrected:

Article ENGLISH FINANCE: "Almost at the opening of the age of
parliamentary taxation one of the older sources of revenue ceased.
The pressure of popular opinion forced Edward I. to decree the
expulsion of the Jews (1290), though he naturally desired to retain
such profitable subjects." 'opinion' amended from 'opinon'.

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA

A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE
AND GENERAL INFORMATION

ELEVENTH EDITION

VOLUME IX, SLICE IV

England to English Finance

ARTICLES IN THIS SLICE:

ENGLAND ENGLEWOOD
ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF ENGLISH CHANNEL
ENGLEFIELD, SIR FRANCIS ENGLISH FINANCE
ENGLEHEART, GEORGE

ENGLAND. Geographical usage confines to the southern part of the island
of Great Britain the name commonly given to the great insular power of
western Europe.[1] In this restricted sense the present article deals
with England, the predominant partner in the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, both as containing the seat of government and in
respect of extent, population and wealth.

1. TOPOGRAPHY.

England extends from the mouth of the Tweed in 55 deg. 46' N. to Lizard
Point in 49 deg. 57' 30" N., in a roughly triangular form. The base of
the triangle runs from the South Foreland to Land's End W. by S., a
distance of 316 m. in a straight line, but 545 m. following the larger
curves of