Londoners

Interesting Fact about the UK 

About 30% of today’s Londoners were born outside the United Kingdom



The 2011 census found that 36.7% of London's population was foreign born (including 24.5% who were born outside of Europe). 

With 3,082,000 residents born abroad in 2014 - London has the largest population number (not percentage) of foreign-born.

The British Empire

Interesting Fact about the UK:

At its zenith in the 18th century the British Empire stretched 20% of the world’s surface and contained a quarter of the world’s population.

British Empire at its territorial peak in 1921

For loads more information about the British Empire check out this website: 
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/

William Burke and William Hare

Interesting Fact about the UK:

William Burke and William Hare are the world’s most notorious body snatchers. 

Over a 12-month period during 1827–1828 they murdered over a dozen people in Edinburgh - Scotland and sold the corpses of their 16 victims to a local anatomy school desperate for fresh bodies to dissect and namely Dr Robert Knox.

Burke and Hare's alleged accomplices were Burke's mistress - Helen McDougal and Hare's wife - Margaret Laird.

For more information check out the following website: http://burkeandhare.com/

William Burke and William Hare

Stonehenge

Interesting Fact about the UK:
Probably built around 3000 B.C. - Stonehenge has stood on England’s Salisbury Plain for more than 5,000 years and is older than the famous Great Pyramids of Egypt.

Stonehenge 

Stonehenge and its surrounding area is a World Heritage Site (added in 1986) and is a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. Stonehenge is owned by the Crown and is managed by English Heritage with the surrounding land owned by the National Trust.

For more details about Stonehenge check out their website: 

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/

Gretna Green

Interesting Fact about the UK:
Gretna Green is a Scottish village in the south of Scotland - very close to the English border and was famous for runaway weddings as many young couples from England choose to dash across the border to get married at Gretna Green.


Why? Because under Scottish law minors do not need to get their parents’ consent at the age of 16 whereas in England parental consent is required until the minor is 18.

Gretna Green 

Today Gretna Green is still one of the world's most popular wedding destinations, hosting over 5,000 weddings each year in the Gretna/Gretna Green area and one of every six Scottish weddings.

Gretna Green - Marriage Anvil 

London Underground

Interesting Fact about the UK:

The London Underground is the oldest in the world. 

The London Underground first opened as an "underground railway" in 1863 and is now part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. The first electrified underground line opened in 1890 making the London Underground the world's first Metro system.

Tube Map 

The 409 escalators in the Tube cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe.

Fish and Chips

Interesting Fact about the UK:

The first fish and chips restaurant was opened in 1860 in London by a Jewish immigrant named Joseph Malin.

Malin's Plaque

For a more in depth history of fish and chips check out the Historic UK website: 

http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Fish-Chips/

Fish & Chips