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ID: 7010027
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010027
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Durham (inhabited place)  Durham (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 54 46 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 54.7667  decimal degrees
Long: 001 34 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.5667  decimal degrees

Note: Strategically located near River Wear; fortress town of William I the Conqueror (1066-1087), built to defend against Scots; established as educational center by bishops of Durham in 15th cen.; Durham Cathedral began 1093, one of country's largest.

Names:
Durham (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Dunholme (H,V)

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 Durham (county)  ................  Durham (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Durham (inhabited place)  ....................  Durham (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 10th cen. by monks who fled Lindisfarne University
town (C)
county seat (C)
religious center (C)
industrial center (C)
educational center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Dunholme..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 259
Durham..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 648-653
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 259
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 291
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 59
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 648-653
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 259
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 291
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2594983
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 59
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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