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ID: 7027195
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7027195
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ashwell (inhabited place)  Ashwell (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 02 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.0333  decimal degrees
Long: 000 09 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -0.1500  decimal degrees

Note: Large village located under a spur of the Hertfordshire Chilterns; has wide, uninterrupted views over neighboring Cambridgeshire & Bedfordshire; prosperous in the Middle Ages; there is a 146 ft church tower begun in early 14th cen. & built of clunch.

Names:
Ashwell (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Asceuuelle (H,V)  ............ recorded in 1086
Escewelle (H,V)  ............ recorded in 1086

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 Hertfordshire (county)  ................  Hertfordshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Ashwell (inhabited place)  ....................  Ashwell (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
village (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Asceuuelle..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 136
Ashwell..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Domesday Book (1985) 135
.................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 31
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Escewelle..........  [VP]
....................  Domesday Book (1985) 136
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 135; 136
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 31
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2588680
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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