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ID: 7010763
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Record Type: administrative |
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Holkham (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 57 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.9500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 49 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 0.8167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Expanded during agrarian revolution after 1750, when scientific farming methods increased food production. The Palladian Holkham Hall (1734-60) was built by Thomas Coke, the Earl of Leicester, and designed by William Kent; the park is by Capability Brown. |
Names: |
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| Holkham (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Holkham (British English-P,U,N)
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| Hoccham (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Hochaham (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Hocham (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Holcham (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Locham (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
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Holkham (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| town (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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