North Britain

For steamships named North Britain, see SS North Britain.
"North Briton" redirects here. For the newspaper, see The North Briton.
The North British Station Hotel in Edinburgh (now The Balmoral) was the railway hotel (opened 1902) of the North British Railway at Waverley Station.
Opposite is the statue by John Steell of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, the victor of the Battle of Waterloo, in which the Royal North British Dragoons participated as part of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, called the "Union Brigade".

North Britain is a term which has been used, particularly between the 17th and 19th centuries, for either the northern part of Great Britain or Scotland, which occupies the northernmost third of the island.[1][2][3] "North Britains" could also refer to Britons from Scotland; with North Briton later the standard spelling.[4][5] Its counterparts were South Britain, generally used to refer to England and Wales[1][2][3] and West Britain, usually referring to Ireland.

  1. ^ a b "South Britain, or England and Wales. / Bowen, Emanuel / 1747". Davidrumsey.com. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  2. ^ a b Jones, Charles (1997). The Edinburgh history of the Scots ... - Charles Jones - Google Books. ISBN 9780748607549. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  3. ^ a b Griffin, Dustin (2005-11-17). Patriotism and Poetry in Eighteenth ... - Dustin Griffin - Google Books. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521009591. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
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