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ID: 1050766
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1050766
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Irvine (inhabited place)  Irvine (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 55 36 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 55.6000  decimal degrees
Long: 004 40 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -4.6667  decimal degrees

Note: Present-day city is large, modern industrial center that supports many coal-mining facilities & chemical works; in 1563, Mary Queen of Scots visited here & this event is commemorated each August with Marymass & a procession past Seagate Castle.

Names:
Irvine (preferred,C,V,English,U)

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 Scotland (country)  ............  Scotland (country) (P)
Hierarchy of North Ayrshire (unitary authority)  ................  North Ayrshire (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Irvine (inhabited place)  ....................  Irvine (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 14th cen., redesigned in 1967 to accomodate overpopulation
city (C)
port (C)  ............  was one of Scotland's most important ports by 17th cen., though it later declined
mining center (C)
manufacturing center (C)
industrial center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Irvine..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Blue Guide: Scotland (1980) 140
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 422
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 393
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 90
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Blue Guide: Scotland (1980) 140
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 422
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 393
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2599594
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 90
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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