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The pre-decimal currency used until 1971: twelve pennies to a shilling, twenty shillings to a pound, and a supporting cast of guineas,…

Britain's national mapping agency, founded to map Scotland after the Jacobite rising, and producer of the walking maps used by everyone who…

The two island groups off the north coast of Scotland — Norse rather than Gaelic in heritage, and Scottish only since 1469.

A shop licensed to sell alcohol for consumption elsewhere — the British equivalent of a liquor store, and universally shortened to "the…

London's reusable smartcard for public transport, now largely superseded by simply tapping a contactless bank card or phone.