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* 9 April – [[Administration of Estates Act 1925|Administration of Estates Act]] abolishes the legal rule of [[primogeniture]] in [[England and Wales]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1925/cukpga_19250023_en_1|title=Administration of Estates Act 1925 (c. 23)|publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information|OPSI]]|work=Revised Statutes from The UK Statute Law Database|access-date=2010-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925100259/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1925/cukpga_19250023_en_1|archive-date=25 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the remnants of [[gavelkind]] in [[Kent]]; [[Law of Property Act 1925|Law of Property Act]] modernises the law relating to [[real estate]] (both Acts come into effect 1 January 1926).
* 9 April – [[Administration of Estates Act 1925|Administration of Estates Act]] abolishes the legal rule of [[primogeniture]] in [[England and Wales]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1925/cukpga_19250023_en_1|title=Administration of Estates Act 1925 (c. 23)|publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information|OPSI]]|work=Revised Statutes from The UK Statute Law Database|access-date=2010-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925100259/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1925/cukpga_19250023_en_1|archive-date=25 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the remnants of [[gavelkind]] in [[Kent]]; [[Law of Property Act 1925|Law of Property Act]] modernises the law relating to [[real estate]] (both Acts come into effect 1 January 1926).
* May – Britain returns to the [[gold standard]] (the gold bullion standard rather than the specie standard).
* May – Britain returns to the [[gold standard]] (the gold bullion standard rather than the specie standard).
* 1 May – [[Cyprus]] becomes a [[Crown Colony]].<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|author2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=365–366|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* 1 May – [[Cyprus]] becomes a [[Crown Colony]].<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=365–366|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* 29 May – last communication from the British explorer [[Percy Fawcett]], a telegram to his wife, before he disappears in the [[Amazon River|Amazon]].
* 29 May – last communication from the British explorer [[Percy Fawcett]], a telegram to his wife, before he disappears in the [[Amazon River|Amazon]].
* 10 June – [[Dibbles Bridge coach crash (1925)|Dibbles Bridge coach crash]]: a tour coach runs away following brake failure and falls off a bridge near Hebden, North Yorkshire, en route to Bolton Abbey, killing seven passengers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wheels of Industry|publisher=Commercial Motor|url=http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/16th-june-1925/4/wheels-of-industry|access-date=23 August 2014|date=16 June 1925}}</ref>
* 10 June – [[Dibbles Bridge coach crash (1925)|Dibbles Bridge coach crash]]: a tour coach runs away following brake failure and falls off a bridge near Hebden, North Yorkshire, en route to Bolton Abbey, killing seven passengers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wheels of Industry|publisher=Commercial Motor|url=http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/16th-june-1925/4/wheels-of-industry|access-date=23 August 2014|date=16 June 1925}}</ref>

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1925 in the United Kingdom
Other years
1923 | 1924 | 1925 (1925) | 1926 | 1927
Constituent countries of the United Kingdom
England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales
Popular culture

Events from the year 1925 in the United Kingdom.

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See also

References

  1. ^ "New Tweed Bridge". Shields Daily News. 16 January 1925. p. 4.
  2. ^ Goodbye Piccadilly. British Pathé. 16 February 1925. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Administration of Estates Act 1925 (c. 23)". Revised Statutes from The UK Statute Law Database. OPSI. Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  4. ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 365–366. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  5. ^ "Wheels of Industry". Commercial Motor. 16 June 1925. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  6. ^ Hadley Center Ranked EWP.
  7. ^ Tomalin, Norman (1998). Daventry Calling the World (PDF). Whitby: Caedmon. ISBN 0-905355-46-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  8. ^ Philip, Alan Butt (1975). The Welsh Question: Nationalism in Welsh Politics, 1945–1970. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0537-7.
  9. ^ Burns, R. W. (1998). Television: An International History of the Formative Years. London: Institution of Electrical Engineers. p. 264. ISBN 9780852969144.
  10. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  11. ^ "Buses". Exploring 20th century London. Museum of London. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  12. ^ Jones, Eric; Gwyn, David (1989). "The Dam Disaster". Dolgarrog: an Industrial History. Caernarfon: Gwynedd Archives. pp. 113–25. ISBN 0-901337-50-1.
  13. ^ McCartney, Innes (2002). Lost Patrols: Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel. Penzance: Periscope. ISBN 9781904381044.
  14. ^ "Vauxhall's history in Luton". Where I Live – Beds, Herts & Bucks. BBC. August 2002. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  15. ^ The Nobel Peace Prize 1925.
  16. ^ "Merseytravel". Retrieved 7 April 2008.[dead link]
  17. ^ McMurry, Enfys (1999). Hearst's Other Castle. Bridgend: Seren. ISBN 1-85411-228-7.
  18. ^ a b Leavis, Q.D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (rev. ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.
  19. ^ "BILLY MARCH". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  20. ^ "Former Bishop of Clifton Mervyn Alexander dies, aged 85". The BBC. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  21. ^ Whitmore, Greg (6 April 2020). "Honor Blackman – a life in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  22. ^ "Obituary: Margaret Thatcher". BBC News. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  23. ^ Stevenson, Olive (7 January 2010). "Young, Priscilla Helen Ferguson". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/97837. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  24. ^ Patrick Reyntiens, genius of 20th-century stained glass who with John Piper created jewel-like windows for Liverpool and Coventry cathedrals – obituary
  25. ^ "Ian MacNaughton". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  26. ^ McDaniel, Chris. "John M E McTaggart". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  27. ^ Yorke, Peter (2007). William Haggar (1851-1925): fairground film-maker. Bedlinog: Accent Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-905170-87-6. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  28. ^ "Doveton Sturdee". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36364. Retrieved 7 December 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  29. ^ "Milner, Alfred Milner, Viscount" . Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). 1922.
  30. ^ "Rider Haggard Dies in London Hospital. Author of 'She,' 'King Solomon's Mines' and Many Other Novels Was Nearly 69. He Was Knighted in 1912. An Authority on Agriculture and Sociology. Served on Government Missions". The New York Times. 15 May 1925. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  31. ^ "Queen Alexandra, wife of Edward VII". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 7 October 2022.