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This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for a significant family or a notable figure in history.
This is a list of notable council estates. Public housing in the United Kingdom has typically consisted of council houses, often built in the form of large estates by local government councils. Becontree in The London Borough of Barking & Dagenham is generally considered to be the largest council estate (in terms of population).
The earliest cities (Latin: civitas) in Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule.The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" (Old Welsh: cair) which was mentioned in De Excidio Britanniae [c] and Historia Brittonum.
It should not be confused with 'urban areas' or 'built-up areas' that are more rigorously defined by the Office for National Statistics – or even city status. Historically, the boundaries of cities within England and the United Kingdom as a whole have remained largely undefined, [citation needed] leading to difficulties in comparisons between ...
In the United Kingdom, some royal residences and episcopal residences are referred to as palaces. In England, Blenheim Palace is the only stately home to bear that title which was not formerly a royal or episcopal residence. In Scotland, some stately homes are called palaces. The list is incomplete.
The Crown Estate is one of the largest property managers in the United Kingdom, administering property worth £15.6 billion, [1] with urban properties, valued at £9.1 billion, [13] representing the majority of the estate by value.
The probe focused on the Duchy of Lancaster, a private estate of 44,748 acres of land in England and Wales owned by King Charles as sovereign, and the Duchy of Cornwall, a private estate of almost ...
List of towns and cities in England by historical population, the development of urban centres in England and before England through time. Settlements in ceremonial counties of England by population, places with 5,000 or more residents by county and the highest populated built-up area in each county. List of English districts by population ...