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ID: 1050935
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1050935
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Motherwell (inhabited place)  Motherwell (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 55 47 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 55.7833  decimal degrees
Long: 004 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -4.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Located in Clydeside urban area; united with Wislaw burgh in 1920; was site of largest steelworks in Britain before World War I; other industries include railroads & engineering; pilgrimage site, Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, located in nearby Carfin.

Names:
Motherwell (preferred,C,V,English,U)

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 Scotland (country)  ............  Scotland (country) (P)
Hierarchy of North Lanarkshire (unitary authority)  ................  North Lanarkshire (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Motherwell (inhabited place)  ....................  Motherwell (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
industrial center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Motherwell..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 429
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 361
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 429
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 361
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2603504
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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