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ID: 7010796
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010796
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Wymondham (inhabited place)  Wymondham (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 34 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.5667  decimal degrees
Long: 001 07 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 1.1167  decimal degrees

Note: Site of rebellion during reign of Edward VI and Mary (1547-1558). The town's name is confusingly pronounced "Windham."

Names:
Wymondham (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Widmundha (H,V)  ............ recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086
Widmundham (H,V)  ............ recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086
Wimundeham (H,V)  ............ recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086
Wimundham (H,V)  ............ recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086
Windham (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 Norfolk (county)  ................  Norfolk (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Wymondham (inhabited place)  ....................  Wymondham (inhabited place) (P)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Widmundha..........  [VP]
....................  Domesday Book (1985) 196
Widmundham..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 196
Wimundeham..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 196
Wimundham..........  [VP]
....................  Domesday Book (1985) 196
Windham..........  [VP]
.................  Domesday Book (1985) 185
Wymondham..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
....................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1970)
....................  Domesday Book (1985) 196
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1970)
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 196; 185
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2612227
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Domesday Book (1985) 196

 

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