Complete Clue List
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1. (With 4A)(1215) Charter of Rights signed by King John (Two words, first word)
4. (With 1A)(1215) Charter of Rights signed by King John (Two words, second word)
7. Title bestowed upon the author in 24A
8. (1483) Geoffrey Chaucer publishes "The Canterbury ___"
9. (1573) Birth year of a significant English architect; ___ Jones
10. (1600) British stock company formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region (Acronym)
11. (1455) Conflict between Houses Plantagenet, Lancaster & York; Wars of the ___
14. (1963) African country, capital Nairobi, gains independance from the UK
17. (1633) Birth of a man most famous for the diary he kept; Samuel ___
20. (1898) FR Simms builds the first armed petrol engine vehicle; Simms ___ Scout
23. (1930) Founding of charitable organisation providing young people accommodation (Acronym)
24. (1859) Birth of the creator of "Sherlock Holmes"; Arthur ___ Doyle
25. (1915) Born Doreen English, once owner Hawthornden Castle, Scotland (Surname by marriage please)
26. (Roman era) Oldest bridge in Chester, Cheshire constructed; ___ Dee Bridge
27. (1981) Release of influential 2nd album by UK post-punk band Gang of Four; "___ Gold"
28. (1947) Asian country, capital New Delhi, gained independence from the UK
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1. (19th Cent) Early electrochemical measuring device used in UK; Reason ___
2. (12th Cent) Founding of principal place of worship of the Church of Scotland; St. ___ Cathedral
3. (1762) Print reply to Henry Howard's bawdy ballad published; "The ___ of Great Britain"
4. (1916) Birth of man proposed double helix structure of the DNA; Francis ___
5. (1837-1901) Years that were considered Queen Victoria's ___
6. (1778) Greeting Capt James Cook may have received on first landing in Hawaii
12. (1917) Establishment of this British order of chivalry (Acronym)
13. (672) Cambridgeshire Romanesque cathedral, founded as an abbey by Ęthelthryth
15. (1931) One of England's two principal Opera Houses founded (Acronym)
16. (1897) Name of one of three narrow guage British locomotives constructed
17. (297CE) First written mention of this Scottish tribal unit by Roman writer Eumenius
18. (1788) UK establishes ___ or exile colony on the east coast of Australia
19. (664) Place where King Oswiu of Northumbria ruled that they'd calculate Easter; ___ of Whitby
20. (1885) Messianic figure led the uprising defeating General Gordon at Khartoum
21. (1189?1192) Led by Richard I, these are the years of the ___ Crusade
22. (1929) Birth of UK church music composer, sang opera as Margaret Lensky; Margaret ___