East Anglia

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cultural region historic region

East Anglia is a historic region in the east of England, known for its flat, rural landscapes, medieval market towns, and significant role in early Anglo-Saxon and later English history.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
East Angles 2
eastern England 2
Region of East Anglia 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
borderedBy Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lincolnshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalDuringAngloSaxonPeriod Rendlesham NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate maritime climate ⓘ
containsCity Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norwich NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsRegion Norfolk Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suffolk Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Broads NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Fens NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTown Bury St Edmunds NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ely NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Yarmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ipswich NERFINISHED ⓘ
King's Lynn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lowestoft NERFINISHED ⓘ
Newmarket NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saffron Walden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thetford NERFINISHED ⓘ
country England ⓘ
hasCharacteristic fenland ⓘ
flat landscape ⓘ
low-lying terrain ⓘ
marshland ⓘ
rural landscape ⓘ
hasDialect East Anglian English NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity farming ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasPart Cambridgeshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peterborough NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Kingdom of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance early Anglo-Saxon kingdom ⓘ
important in early English Christianisation ⓘ
knownFor Anglo-Saxon history ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
arable farming ⓘ
coastal scenery ⓘ
medieval market towns ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
eastern England NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf England NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone Europe/London NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Botulf → associatedWith → East Anglia ⓘ
Saint Botolph → associatedWith → East Anglia ⓘ
Mercia → borderedBy → East Anglia ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Angles
Norfolk, England → hasHistoricRegion → East Anglia ⓘ
subject surface form: Norfolk
Breckland line → locatedIn → East Anglia ⓘ
Diocese of Ely → locatedIn → East Anglia ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern England
Norfolk, England → locatedIn → East Anglia ⓘ
subject surface form: Norfolk
Norwich railway station → locatedIn → East Anglia ⓘ
River Wensum → locatedIn → East Anglia ⓘ
Terrington St Clement → locatedIn → East Anglia ⓘ
West Anglia Main Line → locatedIn → East Anglia ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern England
Wiggenhall St Germans → locatedIn → East Anglia ⓘ
Suffolk, England → locatedInRegion → East Anglia ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Angles
Greater Anglia → operatesInRegion → East Anglia ⓘ
Norfolk → partOf → East Anglia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Region of East Anglia
The Broads → partOf → East Anglia ⓘ
Botwulf → region → East Anglia ⓘ
Flitcham → region → East Anglia ⓘ
Iken, Suffolk → region → East Anglia ⓘ
Ipswich Town F.C. → region → East Anglia ⓘ
Stoke Ferry → region → East Anglia ⓘ
Terrington St John → region → East Anglia ⓘ
Walpole St Peter → region → East Anglia ⓘ
Wisbech → region → East Anglia ⓘ
M11 motorway → regionServed → East Anglia ⓘ
West Anglia Main Line → routeNumber → East Anglia ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Anglia
Christopher Cockerell → workLocation → East Anglia ⓘ