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	Westminster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London.
		Westminster is situated south west of the City of London and half a mile (0.8 km) south west of Charing Cross.
		The nearby Palace of Westminster came to be the principal royal residence after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and later housed the developing Parliament and law courts of England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westminster (597 words)

	Westminster Resource Page - westminster real estate
		Westminster is situated westminster assembly of divines city of westminster colorado westminster braces westminster choir college south west national westminster bank of the City of London and half a mile (0.8 km) real estate new westminster south westminster colorado homes west of Charing Cross.
		The Abbey became the traditional westminster abby venue of the university of westminster coronation of the kings of England.
		The nearby westminster dog show Palace of Westminster came to be the city of westminster principal royal residence after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and later housed the developing Parliament and law courts of England.
	www.forensico.com /For-List_of_Colleges_We_-_Z-/Westminster.html (772 words)

	Westminster - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Westminster is the area located immediately to the west of the ancient City of London, in the centre of the wider conurbation of London.
		The name was historically used to describe the area around Westminster Abbey – the West Minster, or church, that gave the area its name – which has been the seat of the government of England for more than nine hundred years.
		The name is also used for the modern administrative entity of the City of Westminster, which covers a wider geographical area encompassing the former villages of Marylebone, Paddington and Tyburn – now collectively described as London's West End.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Westminster (500 words)

	Westminster - TheBestLinks.com - British Empire, City of London, England, Parliament of the United Kingdom, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Westminster is the name of a city that covers much of central London, located to the west of the ancient City of London, and which has been the principal seat of government in England for more than nine hundred years.
		The Palace of Westminster came to be the principal royal residence after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and later housed the developing Parliament and law courts of England.
		The neighbouring Westminster Abbey became the traditional venue of the coronation of the kings of England.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Westminster.html (291 words)

	Westminster - Wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Westminster is an area in central London, part of the City of Westminster.
		"Westminster" is often used as shorthand for the Palace of Westminster, which houses the Parliament of the United Kingdom and also, in a similar but contrary way, for the government (rather than legislature), which has many departments in the area (see Whitehall).
		"Westminster" is also sometimes used as shorthand for Westminster Abbey, the traditional place of coronation and burial for English monarchs, or for Westminster School, an English public school.
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	London - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Westminster was once a distinct town, and has been the seat of the English royal court and government since the mediæval era.
		Eventually, Westminster and London grew together and formed the basis of London, becoming England's largest – though not capital – city (Winchester was the capital city of England until the 12th century).
		The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster is generally regarded as the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/l/o/n/London.html (6874 words)

	Westminster tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Westminster tube station on the London Underground serves the Circle, District and Jubilee lines.
		It was originally opened as Westminster Bridge on December 24, 1868 and was given its present name in 1907.
		As with other stations on the Jubilee Line Extension, the Jubilee Line platforms at Westminster have a glass barrier, with its own set of sliding doors, between the platform and the tracks to assist in controlling air circulation (and presumably, extra safety).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westminster_tube_station (426 words)

	John Dryden Encyclopedia Articles @ ParodyAndHumor.com (Parody and Humor) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As a humanist grammar school, Westminster maintained a curriculum which trained pupils in the art of rhetoric and the presentation of arguments for both sides of a given issue.
		His years at Westminster were not uneventful, and his first published poem, an elegy with a strong royalist feel on the death of his schoolmate Henry, Lord Hastings from smallpox, alludes to the execution of King Charles I, which took place on 30 January 1649.
		Dryden died in 1700 and is buried in Westminster Abbey.
	www.parodyandhumor.com /encyclopedia/John_Dryden (1471 words)

	Abbey - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Westminster Abbey is another example of a great Benedictine abbey, identical in its general arrangements, so far as they can be traced, with those described above.
		The small cloister lay to the south-east of the larger cloister, and still farther to the east we have the remains of the infirmary with the table hall, the refectory of those who were able to leave their chambers.
		The abbot's house formed a small courtyard at the west entrance, close to the inner gateway.Considerable portions of this remain, including the abbot's parlour, celebrated as "the Jerusalem Chamber," his hall, now used for the Westminster King's Scholars, and the kitchen and butteries beyond.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Abbey (6432 words)

	London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		London has been one of the world's most important centres of commerce and politics for almost two millennia (although the capital of England was Winchester during most of the Dark Ages).
		The Palace of Westminster, the Clock Tower, and Westminster Bridge, on the River Thames, London
		The term "London" was used for hundreds of years to refer to the conurbation centred on the small City of London in the historic county of Middlesex.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /London (2058 words)

	Westminster Vermont
		1) " Westminster" -- In the context of Westminster Vermont
		The Palace of Westminster came to be the principalroyal residence after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and later housed the developing Parliament and law courts of England.
		The Westminster System is used with some adaptation in manyother nations, particularly in the Commonwealth ofNations and other parts of the former British Empire.
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	London - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The royal court of the English kings was located at nearby Westminster and the land between these two urban centres was built up by the 16th century.
		However, in line with the rest of contemporary Great Britain, religiousattendance in contemporary London is extremely low by both international and historical standards, and the Church of England hasborne the brunt of this decline.
		The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster is the normally regarded as the leader of the Catholic church inEngland and Wales.
	www.world-knowledge-encyclopedia.com /?t=London (4606 words)

	Vermont - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When a New York judge arrived in Westminster with New York settlers in March 1775, violence broke out as angry citizens tookover the courthouse and called a sheriff's posse.
		On January 18, 1777, representativesof the New Hampshire Grants convened during Westminster Convention in Westminster and declared their land an independentrepublic.
		On June 2, a second convention of 72 delegates met at Westminster, known as the"Westminster Convention." At this meeting, the delegates adopted the name "Vermont" on the suggestion of Dr. Thomas Young ofPhiladelphia, a supporter of the delegateswho wrote a letter advising them on how to achieve statehood.
	www.encyclopedia-of-knowledge.com /?t=Vermont (3968 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Big Ben - Calendar Encyclopedia
		Big Ben is the colloquial name of the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, and an informal name for the Great Bell of Westminster, the largest bell in the tower and part of the Great Clock of Westminster.
		The Palace of Westminster and the Clock Tower on the north-eastern end, from Westminster Bridge.
		The tower was raised as a part of Charles Barry's design of a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire on the night of October 16, 1834.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /Big_Ben.htm (2308 words)

	Roundhead - LoveToKnow 1911
		Some of the Puritans, but by no means all, wore the hair closely cropped round the head, and there was thus an obvious contrast between them and the men of fashion with their long ringlets.
		One authority says of the crowd which gathered there: " They had the hair of their heads very few of them longer than their ears, whereupon it came to pass that those who usually with their cries attended at Westminster were by a nickname called Roundheads." John Rushworth (Historical Collections) is more precise.
		According to him the word was first used on the 27th of December 1641 by a disbanded officer named David Hide, who during a riot is reported to have drawn his sword and said he would " cut the throat of those round-headed dogs that bawled against bishops." Clarendon (History of the Rebellion, iv.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Roundhead (294 words)

	Cabinet - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In some countries, particularly those under the Westminster system, the cabinet collectively decides the government's policy and tactical direction, especially in regards to legislation passed by the parliament.
		The day-to-day role of most cabinet members is to serve as the head of one segment of the national bureaucracy, as the head civil servant to which all other employees in that department report.
		Under the Westminster system members of the cabinet are collectively seen as responsible for government policy.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Cabinet (515 words)

	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Under the terms of the merger, the Irish Parliament was abolished, and Ireland was to be represented in the united parliament, meeting in the Palace of Westminster.
		The eventual achievement of Catholic Emancipation in 1829, following a campaign by Daniel O'Connell, who had won election to Westminster and who could not for religious beliefs take the Oath of Supremacy, removed the main negative that had undermined the appeal of the old parliament, the exclusion of Catholics.
		In 1919, Sinn Féin MPs elected to Westminster formed a unilaterally independent Irish parliament in Dublin, Dáil Éireann with an executive under the President of Dáil Éireann, Éamon de Valera.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland (1085 words)

	Westminster System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Westminster System is a democratic system of government modelled after that of the United Kingdom system of government and used in Westminster the seat of government hence its It is used in a number of Commonwealth nations such as Canada Australia Malaysia Singapore Jamaica New Zealand and India and in non-Commonwealth states like Ireland.
		Other ceremonies sometimes associated with the Westminster include an annual Speech from the Throne (or equivalent) in which the Head State gives a special address (written by government) to parliament about what kind of to expect in the coming year and "opening of parliament" ceremonies that often involve presentation of a large ceremonial mace.
		Another convention of the Westminster system at used to be that ministers were responsible the actions of their department (even though departments can be huge bureaucracies with powerful staff) so if the department was responsible a major misjudgement blame would fall on minister regardless of whether they were involved even aware of the situation.
	www.freeglossary.com /Westminster_system (1242 words)

	Angelina Jolie club: London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Westminster became the seat of the royal court and government (persisting until the present day), whilst its distinct neighbour, the City of London, was a centre of trade and commerce and flourished under its own unique administration, the Corporation of London.
		The Abbey is not to be confused with nearby Westminster Cathedral, a relatively recent edifice which is the largest Roman Catholic cathedral in England and Wales.
		There are other universities, such as University of East London, the University of Westminster and London South Bank University, not part of the University of London, some of which were polytechnic s until UK polytechnics were granted university status in Further and Higher Education Act, 1992, and others which were founded much earlier.
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	Cabinet - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In countries with a presidential system, such as the United States, the cabinet does not function as a collective legislative influence; rather, their primary role is as an unofficial advisory council to the head of government, consisting of the heads of the executive departments they are appointed to lead.
		The Shadow Cabinet, are the leading members, or frontbenchers, of an opposition party, who generally hold critic portfolios "shadowing" cabinet ministers, questioning their decisions and proposing policy alternatives.
		The Westminster cabinet system is the foundation of cabinets as they are known at the federal and state (or provincial) levels of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other Commonwealth of Nations countries whose parliamentary model was closely based on that of Britain.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Cabinet (860 words)

	Cabinet - Money credit free info - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In some countries ¸ particularly tℎose under Westminster system ¸ tℎe cabinet collectively decides tℎe government's policy and tactical direction¸ especially in regard to legislation passed by tℎe parliament.
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	Thomas Hardy Encyclopedia Articles @ Karrnet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The bulk of his work, set mainly in the semi-imaginary county of Wessex, is marked by poetic descriptions, and fatalism.
		His funeral, on 16 January at Westminster Abbey, was a controversial occasion: his family and friends had wished him to be buried at Stinsford but his executor, Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, had insisted he should be placed in Poets' Corner.
		A compromise was reached whereby his heart was buried at Stinsford with Emma and his ashes were interred in the abbey.
	www.karrnet.com /encyclopedia/Thomas_Hardy (1469 words)

	Articles - London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The hall was to prove the basis of a new Palace of Westminster, the prime royal residence throughout the Middle Ages.
		The dominant centre of activity in London is the City of Westminster (including the West End) which is the main cultural, entertainment and consumer district, the location of most of London´s major corporate headquarters outside of the financial services sector, and the centre of the UK´s national government.
		The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster is generally regarded as the leader of the Church in England and Wales.
	www.worldhammock.com /articles/London (7797 words)

	London
		Today Greater London comprises the City of London and 32 London boroughs including the City of Westminster.
		The Isle of Dogs is however witnessing unprecedented commercial change and many restaurants, music and comedy clubs are injecting a more varied atmosphere.
		The London public transport system is one of the few systems in the world to be a tourist attraction in its own right; its infrastructure, however, is, and historically has been, financially stretched and under-resourced, leading to frequent difficulties and delays in making journeys.
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	MapDig - London
		This castle was expanded by later kings and is now known as the Tower of London, serving first as a royal residence and later as a prison.
		In 1097, William II began the building of Westminster Hall, close by the abbey of the same name.
		Within the City of Westminster, the entertainment district of the West End has its focus around Leicester Square, where London film premieres are held, and Piccadilly Circus, with its giant electronic advertisements.
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	West End of London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The term West End is most commonly used to refer to the West End of London, England.
		Located to the west of the historic Roman and Mediaeval City of London, the West End was long favoured by the rich elite as a place of residence because it was more often upwind of the smoke drifting from the crowded city.
		It was also located close to the royal seat of power at Westminster.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /West_End (209 words)

	Big Ben : search word
		Big Ben is the nickname of the Great Bell of Westminster, the hour bell of the Great Clock, hanging in the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, the home of the Houses of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
		The Clock Tower - which contains Big Ben - [[Palace of Westminster, London]] Big Ben is a focus of New Year celebrations in the UK, with radio and TV stations tuning to its chimes to welcome the official start of the year.
		Similarly, on Remembrance Day, the chimes of Big Ben are broadcast to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and the start of two minutes silence.
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