History of England
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The territory today known as England became inhabited more than 800,000 years ago, as the discovery of stone tools and footprints at Happisburgh in Norfolk have indicated. The earliest evidence for ea
Stonehenge, erected in several stages from c.3000–2500 BC
Silbury Hill, c. 2400 BC
Artefacts from Bush Barrow at Stonehenge. Wessex culture, Early Bronze Age, c. 1900 BC
View of the ramparts of the hillfort of Maiden Castle (450 BC), as they look today
Parliament of England
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The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great coun
A 16th-century depiction of the Parliament of King Edward I. The lords spiritual are seated to the king's right, the Lords Temporal to his left, and in the centre sit the justices and law officers.
Between 1352 and 1396, the House of Commons met in the chapter house of Westminster Abbey.
Queen Elizabeth I presiding over Parliament, c. 1580 – c. 1600