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ID: 7011291
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011291
Record Type:
administrative
Beaminster (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 50 48 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 50.8000
decimal degrees
Long: 002 45 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.7500
decimal degrees
Note:
Medieval market town; industries over the centuries included tanning, wool and sail-cloth, pottery, tiles, bricks, and clay pipes; growth has been slow due to its relatively isolated position and a number of devastating fires.
Names:
Beaminster
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Beiminstre
(
H
,
V
,
Anglo-Saxon-P
,
U
,
N
)
............
recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
England
(country) (
P
)
................
Dorset
(county) (
P
)
....................
Beaminster
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
market center (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Beaminster..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.......................
Domesday Book (1985)
89
.......................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
Beiminstre..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Domesday Book (1985)
89
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Domesday Book (1985)
89
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2589491
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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