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England
is one of the four constituent countries of the UK. Its territory consists geographically central and southern part of Britain, an island it shares with Scotland and Wales, and about 100smaller islands including the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. Scotland bordered on the north, west to Wales, its two-land borders, the sea northwest of Ireland to the southwest by the Celtic Sea,the east by the North Sea and the south by the English Channel.
The Kingdom of England, which since 1284 also included Wales, was an independent state until 1707, when it was signed the Act of Unionwith Scotland, to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1801 Ireland joined the Kingdom of Great Britain creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Flag of England
Flag ofEngland, also known as the Cross of St. George is composed of a vertical cross, dark red that symbolizes St. George on a white cloth.
Raised in 1191, the historical flag of St George became the flag ofEngland in 1278. When combined with the flags of Scotland and patron saint of Ireland, formed the UK flag.

England Shield
The shield of England consists of a single red field in which there are threegolden lions, leopards, langued and armed azure.
The coat of arms of England was introduced by King Richard I during the last decade of the twelfth century, it is believed as a version of the Duchyof Normandy, whose coat is formed by two leopards. Although the figures were identical in both coats in England was passed to consider them as lions.
The shield of England was incorporated into thearms of the British monarch belonging to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Economy
The Bank of England, founded in 1694 by Scottish banker William Paterson, is the UK's central bank. Since its foundingas a private bank acted for the Government of England and continued this role for the United Kingdom, until it was nationalized in 1946. It also has the monopoly on the issuance of tickets for...