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Homerton is a district in East London, England, in the London Borough of Hackney. [1]

99 relations: A Discourse on the Love of Our Country, Abigail Adams, American Revolution, Ancient Rome, Asian Dub Foundation, Babyshambles, Bethnal Green, Birmingham, Blue plaque, Cambridge, Cardinal Pole Roman Catholic School, Carnegie library, City Academy, Hackney, City of London, Clifford Jarvis, Dalston, Dissenter, East End of London, Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway, Edmund Burke, Elephant (album), England, English Dissenters, French Revolution, Fulling, Glam rock, Glorious Revolution, Graeae Theatre Company, Gravel Pit Chapel, Hackney (parish), Hackney Brook, Hackney Central, Hackney Central railway station, Hackney Downs, Hackney Marshes, Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency), Hackney Wick, Homerton College, Cambridge, Homerton railway station, Homerton University Hospital, International Institute of Social History, John Adams, Joseph Priestley, Joseph Priestley and Dissent, Knights Templar, Lea Bridge, Lead paint, Leyton, Leyton Orient F.C., London Borough of Hackney, ..., London Charterhouse, London County Council, London Overground, Lower Clapton, Marc Bolan, Mary Wollstonecraft, Matchbox (brand), Miniscule of Sound, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Newington Green Unitarian Church, Nonconformist, North London Railway, Old Jewry Meeting-house, Pamphleteer, Pete Doherty, Polymath, Poor relief, President of the United States, Priestley Riots, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Ralph Sadler, Ray Winstone, Red Saunders (photographer), Reflections on the Revolution in France, Revolution Controversy, Richard Price, River Lea, Shoreditch, South Hackney, St Augustine's Tower Hackney, Stoke Newington, Stratford, London, Sutton House, London, Sutton Place, Hackney, Tanning (leather), Temple Mills, The Libertines, The White Stripes, Thomas Paine, Thomas Sutton, Toe Rag Studios, Tom Hunter, Tudor period, Unitarianism, University College London, University of Cambridge, Victorian architecture, World War II, 8-track tape. Expand index (49 more) »

A Discourse on the Love of Our Country

A Discourse on the Love of Our Country is a speech and pamphlet delivered by Richard Price in England in 1789, in support of the French Revolution, equating it with the Glorious Revolution a century earlier in England.

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Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams (née Smith; November 22, [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the closest advisor and wife of John Adams, as well as the mother of John Quincy Adams.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.

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Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

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Asian Dub Foundation

Asian Dub Foundation (ADF) is an English electronica band that combines the musical styles rapcore, dub, dancehall and ragga.

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Babyshambles

Babyshambles is an English rock band established in London.

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Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green is a district in Greater London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and part of the historic East End in East London.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Blue plaque

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.

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Cambridge

Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately north of London.

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Cardinal Pole Roman Catholic School

Cardinal Pole Catholic School is a mixed, voluntary aided secondary school located in the Homerton area of the London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom.

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Carnegie library

A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

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City Academy, Hackney

The City Academy, Hackney is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Homerton area of the London Borough of Hackney, England.

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City of London

The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London.

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Clifford Jarvis

Clifford Jarvis (August 26, 1941 – November 26, 1999) was an American hard bop and free jazz drummer, who in the 1980s moved to London, England, where he died.

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Dalston

Dalston is a district of East London, England, north east of Charing Cross.

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Dissenter

A dissenter (from the Latin dissentire, "to disagree") is one who disagrees in matters of opinion, belief, etc.

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East End of London

The East End of London, usually called the East End, is the historic core of wider East London, east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London, and north of the River Thames.

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Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway

The Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway in east London connected the Royal Docks with the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR).

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Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke (12 January 17309 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman born in Dublin, as well as an author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, who after moving to London in 1750 served as a member of parliament (MP) between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons with the Whig Party.

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Elephant (album)

Elephant is the fourth studio album by American rock duo The White Stripes.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Dissenters

English Dissenters or English Separatists were Protestant Christians who separated from the Church of England in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution (Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799.

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Fulling

Fulling, also known as tucking or walking (spelt waulking in Scotland), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and making it thicker.

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Glam rock

Glam rock is a style of rock that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s performed by musicians who wore outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter.

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Glorious Revolution

The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange, who was James's nephew and son-in-law.

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Graeae Theatre Company

Graeae Theatre Company is a British organisation composed of artists and managers with physical and sensory disabilities.

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Gravel Pit Chapel

The Gravel Pit Chapel was established in 1715–16 in Hackney, then just outside London, for a Nonconformist congregation, which by the early 19th century began to identify itself as Unitarian.

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Hackney (parish)

Hackney is a parish in the historic county of Middlesex.

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Hackney Brook

The Hackney Brook is one of the subterranean rivers of London.

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Hackney Central

Hackney Central is the central district of the London Borough of Hackney in London, England.

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Hackney Central railway station

Hackney Central is a station on the North London Line in the district of Hackney Central, East London.

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Hackney Downs

Hackney Downs is a park and an area of historically common land in the Lower Clapton area of the London Borough of Hackney.

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Hackney Marshes

Hackney Marshes is an area of grassland on the western bank of the River Lea in the London Borough of Hackney.

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Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)

Hackney South and Shoreditch is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Meg Hillier of the Labour Party and of the Co-operative Party.

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Hackney Wick

Hackney Wick is an area of east London in the London Borough of Hackney and Tower Hamlets, adjacent to the boundary with Old Ford in Tower Hamlets.

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Homerton College, Cambridge

Homerton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.

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Homerton railway station

Homerton is a station on the North London Line in the district of Homerton, East London and the station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground.

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Homerton University Hospital

Homerton University Hospital is a hospital in Homerton, Hackney, east London.

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International Institute of Social History

The International Institute of Social History (IISG) is one of the largest archives for labour, left and social history in the world.

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John Adams

John Adams (October 30 [O.S. October 19] 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as the first Vice President (1789–1797) and second President of the United States (1797–1801).

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Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley FRS (– 6 February 1804) was an 18th-century English Separatist theologian, natural philosopher, chemist, innovative grammarian, multi-subject educator, and liberal political theorist who published over 150 works.

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Joseph Priestley and Dissent

Joseph Priestley (13 March 1733 (old style) – 8 February 1804) was a British natural philosopher, political theorist, clergyman, theologian, and educator.

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Knights Templar

The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Salomonici), also known as the Order of Solomon's Temple, the Knights Templar or simply as Templars, were a Catholic military order recognised in 1139 by papal bull Omne Datum Optimum of the Holy See.

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Lea Bridge

Lea Bridge is a neighbourhood and electoral ward in the Clapton area of the London Borough of Hackney.

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Lead paint

Lead paint or lead-based paint is paint containing lead.

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Leyton

Leyton is a district of east London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, located north-east of Charing Cross in the United Kingdom.

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Leyton Orient F.C.

Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club in Leyton, London, England.

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London Borough of Hackney

The London Borough of Hackney is a London Borough in Inner London, United Kingdom.

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London Charterhouse

The London Charterhouse is a historic complex of buildings in Smithfield, London, dating back to the 14th century.

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London County Council

London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected.

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London Overground

London Overground (also known simply as the Overground) is a suburban rail network serving London and its environs.

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Lower Clapton

Lower Clapton is a district of East London in the London Borough of Hackney, lying immediately north of Hackney Central, the borough's administrative and retail centre.

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Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, and poet.

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Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights.

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Matchbox (brand)

Matchbox is a popular toy brand which was introduced by Lesney Products in 1953, and is now owned by Mattel, Inc.

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Miniscule of Sound

The Miniscule of Sound is a performance given in a small wooden structure described as "The World's Smallest Niteclub".

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National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the largest membership organisation in the United Kingdom.

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Newington Green Unitarian Church

Newington Green Unitarian Church (NGUC) in north London is one of England's oldest Unitarian churches.

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Nonconformist

In English church history, a nonconformist was a Protestant who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the established Church of England.

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North London Railway

The North London Railway (NLR) company had lines connecting the north of London to the East and West India Docks in the east of the city.

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Old Jewry Meeting-house

The Old Jewry Meeting-house was a meeting-house for an English Presbyterian congregation, built around 1701, in the Old Jewry in the City of London.

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Pamphleteer

Pamphleteer is a historical term for someone who creates or distributes pamphlets, unbound (and therefore inexpensive) booklets intended for wide circulation.

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Pete Doherty

Peter Doherty (born 12 March 1979) is an English musician, songwriter, actor, poet, writer, and artist.

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Polymath

A polymath (πολυμαθής,, "having learned much,"The term was first recorded in written English in the early seventeenth century Latin: uomo universalis, "universal man") is a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas—such a person is known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems.

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Poor relief

In English and British history, poor relief refers to government and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Priestley Riots

The Priestley Riots (also known as the Birmingham Riots of 1791) took place from 14 July to 17 July 1791 in Birmingham, England; the rioters' main targets were religious Dissenters, most notably the politically and theologically controversial Joseph Priestley.

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Prince Rupert of the Rhine

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland (17 December 1619 – 29 November 1682) was a noted German soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century.

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Ralph Sadler

Sir Ralph Sadler PC, Knight banneret (1507 – 30 March 1587; also spelled Sadleir, Sadlier) was an English statesman, who served Henry VIII as Privy Councillor, Secretary of State and ambassador to Scotland.

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Ray Winstone

Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone (born 19 February 1957) is an English film and television actor.

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Red Saunders (photographer)

Red Saunders is a professional photographer who combines his photographic practice with cultural, artistic, musical, and political activism.

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Reflections on the Revolution in France

Reflections on the Revolution in France is a political pamphlet written by the Irish statesman Edmund Burke and published in November 1790.

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Revolution Controversy

The Revolution Controversy was a British debate over the French Revolution, lasting from 1789 through 1795.

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Richard Price

Richard Price (23 February 1723 – 19 April 1791) was a British moral philosopher, nonconformist preacher and mathematician.

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River Lea

The River Lea in England originates in Leagrave, Luton in the Chiltern Hills and flows generally southeast, east, and then south through east London where it meets the River Thames, the last looping section being known as Bow Creek.

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Shoreditch

Shoreditch is a district and Church of England parish in the borough of Hackney in Greater London, England and is part of both Central London and the East End.

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South Hackney

South Hackney is a district in the London Borough of Hackney situated north east of Charing Cross.

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St Augustine's Tower Hackney

St Augustine's Tower stands in St John's Church Gardens, in Hackney Central, in the London Borough of Hackney, just off the southern end of the Narrow Way (formerly Church Street).

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Stoke Newington

Stoke Newington is an area occupying the north-west part of the London Borough of Hackney in north-east London.

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Stratford, London

Stratford is a town and parish in London, in the London Borough of Newham.

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Sutton House, London

Sutton House is a Grade II*-listed Tudor manor house in Homerton High Street, Hackney, London, England.

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Sutton Place, Hackney

Sutton Place, is a small street in the London Borough of Hackney.

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Tanning (leather)

Tanned leather in Marrakesh Tanning is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather.

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Temple Mills

Temple Mills is a northerly part of Stratford, south of Leyton, located on the boundary of the London borough of Newham and Waltham Forest in east London Temple Mills was home to a marshalling yard and wagon works belonging to the Great Eastern Railway.

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The Libertines

The Libertines are an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât (vocals/guitar) and Pete Doherty (vocals/guitar).

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The White Stripes

The White Stripes were an American rock band formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan.

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Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; – In the contemporary record as noted by Conway, Paine's birth date is given as January 29, 1736–37. Common practice was to use a dash or a slash to separate the old-style year from the new-style year. In the old calendar, the new year began on March 25, not January 1. Paine's birth date, therefore, would have been before New Year, 1737. In the new style, his birth date advances by eleven days and his year increases by one to February 9, 1737. The O.S. link gives more detail if needed. – June 8, 1809) was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary.

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Thomas Sutton

Thomas Sutton (1532–1611) was an English civil servant and businessman, born in Knaith, Lincolnshire.

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Toe Rag Studios

Toe Rag Studios is an analogue recording studio located in Hackney, London, England.

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Tom Hunter

Sir Thomas Blane Hunter (born 6 May 1961) is a Scottish businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

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Tudor period

The Tudor period is the period between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales and includes the Elizabethan period during the reign of Elizabeth I until 1603.

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Unitarianism

Unitarianism (from Latin unitas "unity, oneness", from unus "one") is historically a Christian theological movement named for its belief that the God in Christianity is one entity, as opposed to the Trinity (tri- from Latin tres "three") which defines God as three persons in one being; the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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University College London

University College London (UCL) is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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Victorian architecture

Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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8-track tape

The 8-track tape (formally Stereo 8; commonly known as the eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, or simply eight-track) is a magnetic tape sound-recording technology that was popular in the United States from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when the Compact Cassette format took over.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homerton

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