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ID: 7011875
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011875
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Hemel Hempstead (inhabited place)  Hemel Hempstead (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 45 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.7500  decimal degrees
Long: 000 28 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -0.4667  decimal degrees

Note: Located on NW edge of London; expanded in 1947; one of eight towns designated by British planners to accomodate overspill population from London; industries include paper mills, electronics & light engineering; Norman church here has Roman bricks.

Names:
Hemel Hempstead (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Hamelamestede (H,O)  ............ recorded in 1086

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 Hertfordshire (county)  ................  Hertfordshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Hemel Hempstead (inhabited place)  ....................  Hemel Hempstead (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  chartered in 1539
city (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Hamelamestede..........  [VP]
..........................  Domesday Book (1985) 137
Hemel Hempstead..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.............................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.............................  Blue Guide: Ireland (1979)
.............................  Domesday Book (1985) 137
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 824
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 83
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Blue Guide: Ireland (1979)
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 137
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 824
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2598484
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 83
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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