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ID: 4012034
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/4012034
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Wark (inhabited place)  Wark (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 55 38 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 55.6333  decimal degrees
Long: 002 16 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.2667  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the south bank of the river Tweed, the border between England and Scotland. Site of the ruins of Wark on Tweed castle (also called Carham Castle), originally an early 12th century motte-and-bailey that was strategically important in the wars between Scotland and England.

Names:
Wark (preferred,C,V,English-P,U)
Wark on Tweed (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 England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Northumberland (county)  ................  Northumberland (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Wark (inhabited place)  ....................  Wark (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Wark..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
...........  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
...........  Buildings: Northumberland (1957)
...........  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1987) 759
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 213
Wark on Tweed..........  [VP]
..........................  Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (1998)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Buildings: Northumberland (1957)
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1987) 759
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2610903
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 213
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Gazetteer of British Place Names [online] (2004-)

 

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