Image by Xavier Donat, 2005-05-04 11:48:09
England and Britain are famous worldwide for its many British Icons from Boudeca, Queen Chief of the Iceni Tribe, Football, Mini Skirt to the Mini Car and I thought I would tell its British history and list some of the most famous Icons from the 7th Century to the present day. British Icon’s have dominated the world with British Royalty, British Music, British Fashion, British Movie Stars, British Saints, British Buildings, British inventions, British Discoveries and British Sports.
The UK, Great Britain, Albion, this Sceptred Isle – however you refer to this small island perched up on the north western edge of the European continent, one thing that is undeniable is that nowhere else on Earth, from any country, has there been such a massive global impact.
Whether in the form of symbols of power as with the British Union Flag, in the guise of the person as with W. Churchill or Princess Diana, or in the form of chic design, as with the mini and mini-skirt in the Swinging Sixties, The Beatles, or the simple yet powerful Oasis logo from the Britpop era of the Nineties, British icons have been at both the forefront and in the background of history, decorating the past and how we perceive it.
In taking a closer look at our British Icons and history, hopefully you can gain a better understanding of the United Kingdom, its people, and what makes us tick.
Below is a list of my favourite British Icons:
King Alfred The Great
2) Boudeca, Queen Chief of the Iceni Tribe
3) King Edward the Confessor ( I am Related to )
4) Queen Elizabeth the 1st
5) Queen Victoria
6) Queen Elizabeth the 2nd.
7) William Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
9) Agatha Christie ( Author of Miss Marple and Poiret )
10) J.K Rowling ( Author of the Harry Potter Books )
11) Sir Terry Pratchett ( Author of the Disc World Books )
12) James Herbert ( Horror Story writer of many novels including The Rats )
13) Sir Christopher Wren ( I am related to )
13b) Sir Isambard Kingdom Brunel
13c) James Watt ( Inventor of the Steam Engine )
13d) George Stevenson ( Inventor of the Steam Train )
13e) Sir Isaac Newton
13f) Charles Darwin
14) Rudyard Kipling ( Author of the Jungle Book )
14b) H.G. Wells ( Author of The Time Traveller )
14c) Arthur Conan Doyle ( Author of Sherlock Holmes )
14d) Bram Stoker ( Author of Count Dracula )
14e) Mary Shelley ( Author of Frakenstein )
14) Sir Walter Raleigh
15) Sir Francis Drake
16) Duke Of Marlborough
17) Admiral Lord Nelson
18) Duke of Wellington
19) Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
20) Robert Walpole, 1st. Earl of Orford ( Regarded as the first Prime Minister in the modern sense );
21) William The Pit The Younger ( introduced the first Income tax )
22) Charles Grey, The Earl Grey ( restriction of employment of children; reform of the poor Laws, abolition of Slavery )
23) Sir Robert Peel ( Created the first National Police Force )
24) Edward Smith -Stanley, The Earl Derby. ( Father of the Conservative party ).
25) Benjamin Disraeli ( Queen Victoria’s favorite Prime Minister )
26) Sir Winston Churchill ( Saviour of the world by defeating Hitler, Mussolini and Japanese Emporer )
27) Lady Margarat Thatcher ( First female prime minister and creator of Privatisation ).
28) The 1966 England World Cup Winning Team
29) The Portsmouth F.Cup Winning Team from 2008
30) Sir Ian Botham
31) David Beckham
32) Lord Sebastian Coe
33) Steve Ovett
34) Virginia Wade
35) David Bedford
36) Johnny Wilkinson
37) Torvil and Dean
38) Jennifer Ennis
39) Dame Kelly Holmes
40) Freddie Mercury
41) Elton John
42) Queen
43) Electric Light Orchestra ( ELO )
44) The Beatles
45) Annie Lennox
45b) Pink Floyd
45c) Genesis
46d) The Spice girls
46) Tom Baker
47) Lord Olivier
48) Sir Roger Moore
49) Cary Grant
50) Peter Davidson
51) John Pertwee
British Sports and Other Icons Given To the World
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Cricket
England Football Team
Portsmouth F. C. ( My Favorite Football Club – Pompey )
Sheffield F.C 1857 ( The Oldest Football Club In The World )
Wembley Stadium and Football Association ( Home of Football )
Wimbledon Tennis Championship ( Home of Tennis )
Saint Andrews ( Home Of Golf )
Lords Cricket Ground ( Home of Cricket )
The Jockey Club ( Home of Horse Racing )
Sebastian Coe
Steve Ovett
Steven Redgrave
The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
David Beckham
George Best
Lester Piggett
Lewis Hamilton
Ian Botham
W.G.Grace
Andrew Flintoff
The England 1966 World Cup Winning Football Team
Speedway
Football / Soccer
English Premier League
American Football – Adapted from English Rugby
Rugby League
Rugby Union
Billiards
Snooker
Croquet
Curling
The Boat Race
Squash
Bowls
Tennis
Badminton
Table Tennis
Rounders
Softball
Baseball – Adapted from Rounders and Softball
Modern Olympic Games Held from 1846 Village of Wenlock by Dr. William Penny Brookes
Horse Racing
Polo
Show Jumpingarts
Modern Archery
Bar Billiards
Shove A Ha’penny
Golf
Skittles
Yachting and Sailing
Bobsleigh
Skeleton
Real Tennis
Hovercraft Racing
Field Hockey
Ten Pin
Darts
Boxing
Bowls
Pigeon Racing
Greyhound Racing
Stag Hunting
Fox Hunting
Otter Hunting
Angling
Formula One ( The First Ever Formula One race was Held in England in 1948 )
Boccia
A to Z British Games and Icons
British Games
Card Sharp
Ludo
Bingo
Cribbage
Crossword Puzzles
Jigsaw Puzzles
Reversi
Anexation
Snakes and ladders
Quoits
Shove Ha’penny
Shoffe Groat
Aunt Sally
Ringing The Bull
Slide thrift
Rings
Caves
3 Mens Morris
Jenga
Shut the box
Bowls
Bagatelle
Stoolball
Bat and Ball
Pitch Penny
Toad in Hole Game
English Morris Dancing
The Valentine Card
William Wordsworth
Oxford University 1096
Cambridge University 1209
Haggis – A Dish first seen in a English Receipe Book from 1615 and loved by the Scots
London Hansom Black Cab
First British canal in AD50
Double Decker Buses ( Routemasters )
History of British Post Box
Histoy of British Telephone Box
Cludge Molliers
English Folk Songs
We British Invented the Fizz and Sparkle in Champagne
Scottish, Irish and English Kilts
History of London Stock Exchange
History of English Sterling Silver and Gold Hallmarks 1300 to present
English Language
English Peoples
British Peoples
Welsh Peoples
Irish Peoples
Scottish Peoples
Union Jack
A Compleat Angler by Charles Cotton and Izaac Walton
The Magna Carta
The Doomsday Book
Anglo Saxon Chronicles
English Jury Service
The English Sherriff
The King James Bible
Beowulf
BagPipes
Tower of London’s Beefeaters or Yeoman of the Guard
Saint Georges Day Englands Patron Saint
Saint Andrews Day Scotlands Patron Saint
Saint Patrick’s Day Ireland’s Patron Saint ( Saint Patrick was an Englishman )
Saint Davids Day Welsh Patron Saint
Listing of All Other British Saints
The City of London ( survey found that over 350 languages are spoken in London Schools )
British Telephone Box
Augustus Pugin
Sir Charles Barry
Sir Christopher Wren ( I am a direct descendent )
Carnaby Street
The Iconic English Pub
Houses of Parliament and Big ben
Number 10 Downing Street
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Oxford Street
Regent Street
Mayfair
London Theatreland
The London Eye
Madame Tussaud Waxworks Museum
Tower Of London
Windsor Castle
Whitechapel ( aka Where Jack The Ripper Killed. aka Mr Tumblety was the Ripper )
To find out more about these British Icons can I suggest to find out more please enter any of the above Icons into a search engine.
Please visit my Funny Animal Art Prints Collection @ http://www.fabprints.com
My other website is called Directory of British Icons: http://fabprints.webs.com
The Chinese call Britain ‘The Island of Hero’s’ which I think sums up what we British are all about. We British are inquisitive and competitive and are always looking over the horizon to the next adventure and discovery.
Copyright © 2010 Paul Hussey. All Rights Reserved.
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Wow that a cool image ! it would be a pleasure to view that on my wall !
Great composition
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I would be interested in your comments
Very very beautiful shot!
I love dynamism of the composition!
Actually I posted this old photo of mine because it will soon be printed for a photo exhibition.
So, caddy359, if you want me to print it and send it to you that’s up to you. The printed format I’ll make for the expo is 50×75 cm.
Thanx Robert Louden and immagini_in_movimento, I think the wide angle used for this one definitely helped with the dynamism.
I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
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WOW!!!
I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?
Wonderful shot!
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This is a gorgeous photo, would be nice to know what kind of boat class it is. Most likly a meter class. do you know?
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Beautiful composition here, black & white works perfectly in this shot.
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Thank you for the nice comments and for the flickr stars
Very nice shot!!!
Thank u for your comment!
See u.
Great wide angle. Sepia works fine here!
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Thanx Luis and Obstinato !
Nice to see you made the interestingness section! It is a great photo!
wow ,, wat great shot
Linda !!!!
Vc fala/entende Português ?
Xavier, varal é uma exhibition sim ! Será em Paraty. Vc conhece Paraty ? Linda cidade perto do Rio!
Somos um grupo de fotógrafos brasileiros e todos são do Flick.
Se vc não entendeu eu posso escrever em Inglês, ok ?
If you didn´t understand Portuguese, let me know and I can write in English, but I don´t know French yet!
I love this shot, I love sailing boats!!!!
Entendo tudo
Não conheco essa cidade mas eu vou viajar la com certeza !!
I whish I could meet you and this group of photographers some day in Brasil !!
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Cultural Boxes, and we’d love to have your photo added to the group.
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called come together, and we’d love to have your photo added to the group.
Belo jeito de estrear a D-70.
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This photographic work of art definitely belonged in The Exhibit (Invite Only)!
amazing yacht
Thanx and some yatchs are more then a hundred years old !
Maybe this one is…
Beautifully shot. tones are fantastic.
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Hi! Great photo!
I am interested in obtaining a print for it. Can you let me know the details?
Thanks,
Kevin
kevinlo@gmail.com
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Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Exotics and Luxury – Cars, Yachts, Houses, Watches, Garages, Jet, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
Beautifully ……………so good