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ID: 7010009
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010009
Record Type:
administrative
Hexham (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 54 58 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 54.9667
decimal degrees
Long: 002 06 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.1000
decimal degrees
Note:
Site of 7th-century abbey church of St. Andrew; was leading market town of Tyndale district in the 13th century, but suffered from raids by Scots; site of battle where Yorkists defeated Lancastrians in 1464, and of uprising in 1569.
Names:
Hexham
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
England
(country) (
P
)
................
Northumberland
(county) (
P
)
....................
Hexham
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
England
(country) (
P
)
................
Northumbria
(historical region) (
P,
H
)
....................
Hexham
(inhabited place) (
P,
H
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
episcopal see (
C
)
............
since 673
battlefield (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Hexham..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................
Blue Guide: England (1980)
673
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 907
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Blue Guide: England (1980)
673
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 907
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2598615
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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