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Orgreave (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 23 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.3833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 22 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.3667 decimal degrees |
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Note: A coal-mining area near Sheffield. Iron and ore were mined here by the Romans; the name means "pit from which ore was dug." |
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| Orgreave (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Orgreave (British English-P,U,N)
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| Nortgrave (H,V,Anglo-Saxon-P,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Rotherham (unitary authority) (P) |
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Orgreave (inhabited place) (P) |
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