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ID: 7010540
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010540
Record Type:
administrative
Bury (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 53 36 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 53.6000
decimal degrees
Long: 002 18 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.3000
decimal degrees
Note:
Bisected by River Irwell; once site of an Anglo-Saxon stronghold; woolen & cotton industry, established in 14th cen., expanded in 19th cen.; other industries include papermaking, machinery & metalwork; famous for its black pudding.
Names:
Bury
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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Europe
(continent) (
P
)
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United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
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England
(country) (
P
)
................
Manchester, City and Borough of
(county) (
P
)
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Bury
(borough) (
P
)
........................
Bury
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was an Anglo-Saxon center
town (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
manufacturing center (
C
)
administrative center (
C
)
............
administrative headquarters of the metropolitan borough
regional capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Bury..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 671
...........
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
36
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 671
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2591412
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
36
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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