England, United Kingdom

State: England

Lat/Long: 53.0000, -2.0000

One of the four kingdoms constituting the United Kingdom (along with Ireland, Scotland, and Wales), England was the true political center of the nation during the 19th Century. It was also the hub of the emerging industrial revolution and home to London, capital of the United Kingdom and the largest city in the world.

J. A. Cannon, "England, Kingdom of," Oxford Companion to British History, ed. by John Cannon and Robert Showcroft, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), 337-39; J. A. Cannon, "London, Government and Politics," Oxford Companion to British History, 570-71; "London, Growth of," Jeremy Boulton, Oxford Companion to British History, 571.