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ID: 7009602
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009602
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Falkirk (inhabited place)  Falkirk (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 56 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 56.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 003 46 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -3.7667  decimal degrees

Note: Noted as site of two Anglo-Scottish battles; in 1298, Edward I defeated Scottish forces led by Wallace & in 1746, Scots were victorious; royal burgh from 1646 until Rebellion of 1715; ironworks, coal mining & coach building developed in 18th & 19th cen.

Names:
Falkirk (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Fawkirk (C,V)
Eaglais Bhreac (C,V)
Varia Capella (H,V)  ............ Latin name

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 Falkirk (unitary authority)  ................  Falkirk (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Falkirk (inhabited place)  ....................  Falkirk (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  established as a Roman fort
town (C)
industrial center (C)
mining center (C)
battlefield (H)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Eaglais Bhreac..........  [VP]
.............................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 288
Falkirk..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Blue Guide: Scotland (1980) 108
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 666
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 65
Fawkirk..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 288
Varia Capella..........  [VP]
..........................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 288
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Blue Guide: Scotland (1980) 108
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 288
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 666
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2595891
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 65
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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