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ID: 7012004
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7012004
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ipswich (inhabited place)  Ipswich (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 05 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.0833  decimal degrees
Long: 001 10 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 1.1667  decimal degrees

Note: Located at head of Orwell estuary; flourished as agricultural port from Middle Ages to 17th cen.; industry began in 19th cen.; noted for 16th-cen. Christchurch Mansion & Sparrow House; was home of painter Thomas Gainsborough & Cardinal Woolsey.

Names:
Ipswich (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Gipeswic (H,V)

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 England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Suffolk (county)  ................  Suffolk (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Ipswich (inhabited place)  ....................  Ipswich (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of East Anglia (general region)  ................  East Anglia (general region) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Ipswich (inhabited place)  ....................  Ipswich (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was important medieval center
city (C)
county seat (C)
agricultural center (C)
market center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Gipeswic..........  [VP]
.................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 445
Ipswich..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 445
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 419
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 372
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 89
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 345
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 445
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 419
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 372
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2599568
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 89
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 345
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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