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Otley (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 54 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.9000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 41 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.6833 decimal degrees |
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Note: A town known for its wool for over 1000 years. Other local industries include engineering and tanning. Nearby Bull Stone is prehistoric. A Norman church here has fragments of 8th- and 9th-century crosses. Otley is the birthplace of Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779). |
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| Otley (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Otelai (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Othelai (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Leeds (unitary authority) (P) |
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Otley (inhabited place) (P) |
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