1972 disestablishments in the United Kingdom

title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Group of countries that either pegged their currencies to the pound sterling, or actually used the pound as their own currency

British urban guerilla group (1970–1972)

thumb|alt=Former Assizes, Northgate Street, Devizes|Devizes Assize Court, Northgate Street, [[Devizes, Wiltshire, England]] The assizes (), or courts of assize, were periodic courts held around England (and Wales after 1832) until 1972, when together with the quarter sessions they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971 and replaced by a single permanent Crown Court. The assizes exercised both civil and criminal jurisdiction, though most of their work was on the criminal side. The assizes heard the most serious cases, most notably those subject to capital punishment or, later, life imprisonment.