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ID: 7008744
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008744
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Llanelli (inhabited place)  Llanelli (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 40 34 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.6761  decimal degrees
Long: 004 09 24 W  degrees minutes   Long: -4.1567  decimal degrees

Note: Small village until 18th cen.; lead & copper industries began in 1804 & tinplate after 1847; became a port for nearby coalfields until docks closed in 1951; has small steel mill; castle of Roger of Salisbury built in 1106 located in surrounding district.

Names:
Llanelli (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Llanelly (NA,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 Wales (country)  ............  Wales (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Carmarthenshire (unitary authority)  ................  Carmarthenshire (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Llanelli (inhabited place)  ....................  Llanelli (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
industrial center (C)
mining center (C)
port (H)  ............  until 1951

Sources and Contributors:
Llanelli..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 422
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Llanelly..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 422
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2601532
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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