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The 14 British Overseas Territories ( BOT ) are territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the ___MASK60___ . They are those parts of the former ___MASK96___ that have not chosen independence or have voted to remain British territories . Most of the inhabited territories are internally self - governing , with the UK retaining responsibility for defence and foreign relations . The rest are either uninhabited or have a transitory population of military or scientific personnel . They share the British monarch ( Elizabeth II ) as head of state . The charter became part of English political life and was typically renewed by each monarch in turn , although as time went by and the fledgling English Parliament passed new laws , it lost some of its practical significance . At the end of the 16th century there was an upsurge in interest in Magna Carta . Lawyers and historians at the time believed that there was an ancient English constitution , going back to the days of the Anglo - Saxons , that protected individual English freedoms . They argued that the Norman invasion of 1066 had overthrown these rights , and that Magna Carta had been a popular attempt to restore them , making the charter an essential foundation for the contemporary powers of Parliament and legal principles such as " habeas corpus ". Although this historical account was badly flawed , jurists such as Sir Edward Coke used Magna Carta extensively in the early 17th century , arguing against the divine right of kings propounded by the Stuart monarchs . Both James I and his son Charles I attempted to suppress the discussion of Magna Carta , until the issue was curtailed by the English Civil War of the 1640s and the execution of Charles . The political myth of Magna Carta and its protection of ancient personal liberties persisted after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 until well into the 19th century . It influenced the early American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies and the formation of the American Constitution in 1787 , which became the supreme law of the land in the new republic of the ___MASK99___ . Research by Victorian historians showed that the original 1215 charter had concerned the medieval relationship between the monarch and the barons , rather than the rights of ordinary people , but the charter remained a powerful , iconic document , even after almost all of its content was repealed from the statute books in the 19th and 20th centuries . The Acts of Union 1800 ( sometimes erroneously referred to as a single Act of Union 1801 ) united the ___MASK11___ and the Kingdom of Ireland ( previously in personal union ) to create the ___MASK45___ with effect from 1 January 1801 . Both Acts , though since amended , still remain in force in the United Kingdom , but have been repealed in the Republic of Ireland . The ___MASK26___ was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the 10th century  when it emerged from various Anglo - Saxon kingdoms  until 1707 , when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain . The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of ___MASK10___ and the Parliament of Scotland . The Acts created a new unified Kingdom of Great Britain and dissolved the separate English and Scottish parliaments in favour of a single parliament , located in the former home of the English parliament in the Palace of Westminster , near the City of London . This lasted nearly a century , until the Acts of Union 1800 merged the separate British and Irish Parliaments into a single Parliament of the United Kingdom with effect from 1 January 1801 . The Tamar is a river in south west ___MASK10___ , that forms most of the border between Devon ( to the east ) and Cornwall ( to the west ). The area is a World Heritage Site due to its historic mining activities . The Parliament of ___MASK12___ , officially the Estates of Parliament , was the legislature of the ___MASK44___ . The parliament , like other such institutions , evolved during the Middle Ages from the king ' s council of bishops and earls . It is first identifiable as a parliament in 1235 , during the reign of Alexander II , when it was described as a " colloquium " and already possessed a political and judicial role . By the early fourteenth century , the attendance of knights and freeholders had become important , and from 1326 commissioners from the burghs attended . Consisting of the " three estates " of clergy , nobility and the burghs sitting in a single chamber , the parliament gave consent for the raising of taxation and played an important role in the administration of justice , foreign policy , war , and all manner of other legislation . Parliamentary business was also carried out by " sister " institutions , such as General Councils or Convention of Estates . These could carry out much business also dealt with by parliament  taxation , legislation and policy - making  but lacked the ultimate authority of a full parliament . The Celtic Sea (; ) is the area of the ___MASK86___ off the south coast of Ireland bounded to the east by Saint George ' s Channel ; other limits include the Bristol Channel , the English Channel , and the Bay of Biscay , as well as adjacent portions of Wales , Cornwall , Devon , and Brittany . The southern and western boundaries are delimited by the continental shelf , which drops away sharply . The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago of small islands in the sea . Grampound in ___MASK28___ , was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of ___MASK10___ , then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1821 . It was represented by two Members of Parliament . The Parliament of ___MASK10___ was the legislature of the ___MASK26___ . In 1066 , William of Normandy introduced what , in later centuries , became referred to as a feudal system , by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants - in - chief ( a person who held land ) and ecclesiastics before making laws . In 1215 , the tenants - in - chief secured Magna Carta from King John , which established that the king may not levy or collect any taxes ( except the feudal taxes to which they were hitherto accustomed ), save with the consent of his royal council , which gradually developed into a parliament . Camborne (' Crooked Hill ') is a town and civil parish in west ___MASK28___ , UK . It is at the western edge of a conurbation comprising Camborne , Pool and Redruth . St Austell is a civil parish and major town in ___MASK28___ , ___MASK10___ , UK . It is situated on the south coast , approximately south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon . ___MASK28___ is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area of ___MASK10___ within the United Kingdom . It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea , to the south by the English Channel , and to the east by the county of Devon , over the River Tamar . ___MASK28___ has a population of and covers an area of . The administrative centre , and only city in ___MASK28___ , is Truro , although the town of Falmouth has the largest population for a civil parish and the conurbation of Camborne , Pool and Redruth has the highest total population . The United ___MASK11___ and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the ___MASK86___ , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . Grampound is a village in ___MASK28___ , ___MASK10___ , UK . It is at an ancient crossing point of the River Fal and today is on the A390 road six miles west of St Austell and eight miles east of Truro . Redruth is a town and civil parish in ___MASK28___ , ___MASK10___ , United Kingdom . The population of Redruth was 14 , 018 at the 2011 census . In the same year the population of the Camborne - Redruth urban area , which also includes Carn Brea , Illogan and several satellite villages , stood at 55 , 400 making it the largest conurbation in ___MASK28___ . Redruth lies approximately at the junction of the A393 and A3047 roads , on the route of the old London to Land ' s End trunk road ( now the A30 ), and is approximately west of Truro , east of St Ives , north east of Penzance and north west of Falmouth . Camborne and Redruth together form the largest urban area in ___MASK28___ and before local government reorganisation were an urban district . Devon ( archaically known as Devonshire ) is a county of ___MASK10___ , reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south . It is part of South West ___MASK10___ , bounded by Cornwall to the west , Somerset to the northeast , and Dorset to the east . The City of Exeter is the county town ; seven other districts of East Devon , Mid Devon , North Devon , South Hams , Teignbridge , Torridge , and West Devon are under the jurisdiction of Devon County Council ; Plymouth and Torbay are each a part of Devon but administered as unitary authorities . Combined as a ceremonial county , Devon ' s area is and its population is about 1 . 1 million . ___MASK10___ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and ___MASK76___ to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of ___MASK10___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . ___MASK10___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . Truro is a city and civil parish in ___MASK28___ , ___MASK10___ , United Kingdom . Truro is ___MASK28___ ' s county town and only city , its centre for administration , leisure and retail and had a population recorded in the 2011 census of 18 , 766 . It is the most southern city in mainland Great Britain . People from Truro are known as Truronians . The Parliament of the ___MASK60___ , commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament , is the supreme legislative body in the ___MASK60___ , British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories . It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK and its territories . Its head is the Sovereign of the ___MASK60___ ( currently Queen Elizabeth II ) and its seat is the Palace of Westminster in the City of Westminster , London . The English Channel (" the Sleeve " [ hence ] " Sea of Brittany " " British Sea "), also called simply the Channel , is the body of water that separates southern ___MASK10___ from northern France , and joins the southern part of the North Sea to the rest of the ___MASK86___ . The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords , the two houses of the Parliament of the ___MASK60___ . Commonly known as the Houses of Parliament after its occupants , it is also known as the ' heart of British politics '. The Palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster , in central London . The A390 is a road in ___MASK28___ and Devon , ___MASK10___ . It runs from Tavistock to north west of the city of Truro . Starting in Tavistock , it heads south - westwards towards Liskeard , crossing over the River Tamar and into ___MASK28___ , then through Gunnislake and Callington . Immediately before Liskeard , it merges with the A38 north of the town . It diverges from the A38 at Dobwalls , where it then runs in a south - westerly direction to Truro via Lostwithiel , St . Blazey , and St Austell . It then forms an upside down elongated square loop , and bypasses Truro City Centre . It then heads north west out of the city , where it forms the main corridor into Truro from the west . It passes the Royal ___MASK28___ Hospital and skirts the village of Threemilestone , before linking up with the A30 road at Chiverton Cross , where the A390 terminates . Chiverton Cross is where the A390 trunk road from Truro and the B3277 to St Agnes meet the east - west A30 trunk road . Before the A390 was rerouted away from Chacewater it ended at its junction with the A30 at Scorrier . The ___MASK11___ , officially Great Britain , was a sovereign state in western Europe from 1 May 1707 to 31 December 1800 . The state came into being following the Treaty of Union in 1706 , ratified by the Acts of Union 1707 , which united the kingdoms of ___MASK10___ and Scotland to form a single kingdom encompassing the whole island of Great Britain and its outlying islands . It did not include Ireland , which remained a separate realm . The unitary state was governed by a single parliament and government that was based in Westminster . The former kingdoms had been in personal union since James VI , King of Scots , became King of ___MASK10___ and King of Ireland in 1603 following the death of Queen Elizabeth I , bringing about a " Union of the Crowns ". Also after the accession of George I to the throne of Great Britain in 1714 , the kingdom was in a personal union with the Electorate of Hanover . The River Fal flows through ___MASK28___ , ___MASK10___ , rising at Pentevale on Goss Moor ( between St . Columb and Roche ) and reaching the English Channel at Falmouth . On or near the banks of the Fal are the castles of Pendennis and St Mawes as well as Trelissick Garden . The River Fal separates the Roseland peninsula from the rest of ___MASK28___ . Like most of its kind on the south coast of ___MASK28___ and Devon , the Fal estuary is a classic ria , or drowned river valley . The Fal estuary from Tregony to the Truro River was originally called Hafaraell ( meaning " fallow place ").