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ID: 7027247
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7027247
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Pirton (inhabited place)  Pirton (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 57 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.9500  decimal degrees
Long: 000 19 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -0.3167  decimal degrees

Note: Once fortified, the village is clustered around Toots Hill, on top of which are ramparts of a Norman castle.

Names:
Pirton (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Peritone (H,V)  ............ 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 Pirton (inhabited place)  ....................  Pirton (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
village (C)
fortified settlement (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Peritone..........  [VP]
.................  Domesday Book (1985) 137
Pirton..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Domesday Book (1985) 137
.................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 577
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 137
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 577
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2605375
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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