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ID: 1029771
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1029771
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Knutsford (inhabited place)  Knutsford (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 18 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.3000  decimal degrees
Long: 002 22 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.3667  decimal degrees

Note: King Canute (Cnut) supposedly forded the Lily here in the 11th century, hence the name; by 18th century it was the fourth largest town in the county, the "Metropolis of the Eastern Hundreds;" Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) immortalized town in her novel "Cranford".

Names:
Knutsford (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Cunetesford (H,V,Anglo-Saxon-P,U,N)  ............ recorded in the Domesday Book 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 Cheshire (county)  ................  Cheshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Knutsford (inhabited place)  ....................  Knutsford (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Cunetesford..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 49
Knutsford..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Domesday Book (1985) 49
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 102
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 49
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2600535
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 102
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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