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ID: 7009132
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009132
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kilmarnock (inhabited place)  Kilmarnock (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 55 38 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 55.6333  decimal degrees
Long: 004 32 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -4.5333  decimal degrees

Note: Became known in 17th cen. for "Kilmarnock cowls," a type of bonnet & later for its quality carpets; industries include engineering & Johnny Walker whiskey distillery established in 1820; town celebrated in Robert Burns poems, first printed here 1786.

Names:
Kilmarnock (preferred,C,V,English,U)

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 Scotland (country)  ............  Scotland (country) (P)
Hierarchy of East Ayrshire (unitary authority)  ................  East Ayrshire (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Kilmarnock (inhabited place)  ....................  Kilmarnock (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  town was founded in 1591
town (C)
industrial center (C)
manufacturing center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Kilmarnock..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 862
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 101
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 862
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2600023
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 101
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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