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Ilfracombe (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 13 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.2167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 07 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -4.1167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Seaside resort with harbor important since the 13th century; St. Nicholas' Chapel on Lantern Hill was the cell of a hermit who guided ships with a light in the 13th century. |
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| Ilfracombe (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Iltracombe (NA,V,English,U)
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| Alfreincoma (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Alfreincome (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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