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ID: 1028271
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1028271
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Albrighton (inhabited place)  Albrighton (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 38 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.6333  decimal degrees
Long: 002 16 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.2667  decimal degrees

Note: Located northwest of Wolverhampton. Parish church St. Mary Magdalene was completed in around 1181.

Names:
Albrighton (preferred,C,V,English,U)  ............ chartered with this name in 12th century
Albrighton Bridgnorth (C,V,English,U)
Albricstone (H,V,English,U)  ............ meaning farm of Albric, documented in 1086

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Shropshire (county)  ................  Shropshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Albrighton (inhabited place)  ....................  Albrighton (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
village (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Albricstone..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985)
Albrighton..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 9
Albrighton Bridgnorth..........  [VP]
......................................  Gazetteer of British Place Names [online] (2004-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2588018
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 9
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Gazetteer of British Place Names [online] (2004-)

 

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