Clan Buchanan
Clan Buchanan (Na Cananaich) is a Highlands Scottish Clan whose origins are said to lie in the 1225 grant of lands on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond to clergyman Sir Absalon of Buchanan by the Earl of Lennox.
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British United Provident Association Limited, trading as Bupa , is a British multinational health insurance and healthcare company with over 43 million customers worldwide.
Wyndham's Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by actor/manager Sir Charles Wyndham (the other is the Criterion Theatre). Located on Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster, it was designed c. 1898 by W. G. R. Sprague,…
Rockstar North
Rockstar North (Rockstar Games UK Limited; formerly DMA Design Limited) is a British video game developer and a studio of Rockstar Games based in Edinburgh. The studio is best known for creating the Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto series,…
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint Limited is the United Kingdom's official maker of British coins. It is currently located in Llantrisant, Wales, where it moved in 1968.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current…
Polish Air Force Memorial
The Polish Air Force Memorial (informally Polish War Memorial) is a war memorial in West London, England in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. Over 18,000 men…
Felixstowe
Felixstowe is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk District of Suffolk, England. The estimated population in 2017 was 24,521. The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container port in the United Kingdom. Felixstowe is…
Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 and estimated at 20,645 in 2019. The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older…
Woolwich
Woolwich is a market town in south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Oswestry
Oswestry (; Croesoswallt) is an ancient market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads.
Runcorn
Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port within the Borough of Halton in Cheshire, England meaning the town is a part of Liverpool City Region. It lies on the south bank of the River Mersey, where the estuary narrows to form the…