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Lydford (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 38 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.6333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 06 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -4.1000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Stands on Dartmoor's western foothills, surrounded on three sides by deep valleys; King Alfred made it one of four fortified 'burhs' in the 9th century; much of the earth rampart remains; 12th-century castle served as an infamous prison for 500 years; the present tower rebuilt in the 13th century; juridical center of the tin-mining industry; 13th-century granite church of St. Petrock is next to the castle. |
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| Lydford (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Lidford (NA,V,English,U)
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| Lideford (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Lideforda (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Lideforde (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Lidefort (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Tideford (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Devon (county) (P) |
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Lydford (inhabited place) (P) |
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