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Tavistock (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 32 44 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.5456 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 08 40 W degrees minutes |
Long: -4.1444 decimal degrees |
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Note: Market town that originally was a prehistoric settlement; in the 10th century it was a Saxon site with an abbey; it is was of the four stannary towns after tin was discovered in the 13th century. |
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| Tavistock (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Tavestoc (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Tavestocha (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Devon (county) (P) |
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Tavistock (inhabited place) (P) |
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