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ID: 7009107
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009107
Record Type:
administrative
Paisley (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 55 50 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 55.8333
decimal degrees
Long: 004 26 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -4.4333
decimal degrees
Note:
Originally a village which grew around Cluniac abbey founded in 1163; major textile center since early 18th cen.; famous for its "paisley" shawls, which were based on Asian designs; other industries include food-processing & shipbuilding.
Names:
Paisley
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Hierarchical Position:
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Europe
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United Kingdom
(nation) (
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Scotland
(country) (
P
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Glasgow
(unitary authority) (
P
)
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Paisley
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
developed around 12th-cen. abbey
city (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
manufacturing center (
C
)
shipbuilding center (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Paisley..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 67
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 67
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2604963
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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