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ID: 7008510
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008510

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Chepstow (inhabited place)  Chepstow (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 38 14 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.6372  decimal degrees
Long: 002 40 37 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.6769  decimal degrees

Note: Dramatic Chepstow Castle is on a limestone cliff above the River Wye; was one of the largest & most successful of the Norman boroughs on the Welsh March; became fashionable in the 18th cen.; the poet Thomas Gray & the painter William Gilpin worked here.

Names:
Chepstow (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Estrighoiel (H,V)  ............ recorded in 1086
Strigoielg (H,V)  ............ recorded in 1086

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 Wales (country)  ............  Wales (country) (P)
Hierarchy of County of Monmouthshire (unitary authority)  ................  County of Monmouthshire (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Chepstow (inhabited place)  ....................  Chepstow (inhabited place) (P)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Chepstow..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................  Domesday Book (1985) 110
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 44
Estrighoiel..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 115
Strigoielg..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 115
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 110; 115
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2592349
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 44
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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