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ID: 7008180
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Record Type: administrative |
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Wiltshire (county) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 55 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.9167 decimal degrees |
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Note: County in southern England; watershed area separating basins of Bristol Channel, English Channel and River Thames; chalk uplands populated in prehistoric times and contains many stone monuments and burial mounds, including Neolithic Stonehenge and Avebury; primarily an agricultural area; administrative center is Trowbridge; Swindon became an independent unitary authority in 1997. |
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| Wiltshire (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Wilts (C,V,English,U)
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............ | abbreviation |
| WIL (C,V)
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............ | abbreviation |
| County of Wiltshire (NA,V,English,U)
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| UKP8 (NA,V,FIPS,English,U)
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| Wiltshire, County of (NA,V,English,U)
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| Wiltescire (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book |
| Wiltunscir (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 870 |
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| county (preferred, C) |
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| second level subdivision (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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