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ID: 7010023
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010023
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Jarrow (inhabited place)  Jarrow (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 54 58 50 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 54.9806  decimal degrees
Long: 001 27 03 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.4508  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the south bank of the River Tyne; noted for St. Paul's Church and a ruined monastery begun in 681; economic depression in 1920s-1930s precipitated many hunger marches; possibly was on or near the site of, the Roman fort of Danum along Hadrian's Wall.

Names:
Jarrow (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Danum (C,V)
Jarrow-on-Tyne (NA,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 Tyne and Wear (county)  ................  Tyne and Wear (county) (P)
Hierarchy of South Tyneside (borough)  ....................  South Tyneside (borough) (P)
Hierarchy of Jarrow (inhabited place)  ........................  Jarrow (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
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 Northumbria (historical region)  ................  Northumbria (historical region) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Jarrow (inhabited place)  ....................  Jarrow (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was important early center
town (C)
port (C)
mining center (C)
monastic center (H)  ............  from the 6th century

Sources and Contributors:
Danum..........  [VP]
..............  Perseus Digital Library (2000-) accessed 03/09/2001
Jarrow..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1970)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 6; 506
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 92
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Jarrow-on-Tyne..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1970)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 6; 506
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2599654
..................  Perseus Digital Library (2000-) accessed 03/09/2001
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 92
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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