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ID: 1103495
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1103495
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Sherwood Forest (woods)  Sherwood Forest (woods)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 10 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.1667  decimal degrees
Long: 001 05 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.0833  decimal degrees

Note: Remnants of royal forest dating from Henry I; famous as the haunt of the legendary Robin Hood, whose legend first appears in the 14th cen., though the story refers to events during the reign of Kings Richard II & John in the 12th-13th cen.

Names:
Sherwood Forest (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 England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Nottinghamshire (county)  ................  Nottinghamshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Sherwood Forest (woods)  ....................  Sherwood Forest (woods) (P)

Place Types:
woods (preferred, C)
forest (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Sherwood Forest..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 856
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 856
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2607638
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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