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ID: 7010560
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010560
Record Type:
administrative
Stockport (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 53 24 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 53.4000
decimal degrees
Long: 002 09 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.1500
decimal degrees
Note:
Originally located on S slope of gorge where rivers Tame & Goyt meet to form the Mersey; modern town located on higher ground; cotton spinning center in 19th cen.; mostly residential area for Manchester commuters.
Names:
Stockport
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
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Europe
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United Kingdom
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England
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Manchester, City and Borough of
(county) (
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Stockport
(borough) (
P
)
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Stockport
(inhabited place) (
P
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Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
manufacturing center (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Stockport..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
....................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
....................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XI, 278-279
....................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XI, 278-279
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2608770
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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