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ID: 1030021
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1030021
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Meltham (inhabited place)  Meltham (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 35 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.5833  decimal degrees
Long: 001 51 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.8500  decimal degrees

Note: A fort, probably Iron Age, is nearby. Modern industries include textiles and engineering.

Names:
Meltham (preferred,C,V,English,U)  ............ recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086
Meltham (British English-P,U,N)
Meltham (Anglo-Saxon-P,U,N)

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 West Yorkshire (county)  ................  West Yorkshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Kirklees (unitary authority)  ....................  Kirklees (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Meltham (inhabited place)  ........................  Meltham (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Meltham..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 489
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 489
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2602869
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Domesday Book (1985) 318

 

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