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ID: 1028866
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1028866
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Claughton (inhabited place)  Claughton (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 54 05 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 54.0833  decimal degrees
Long: 002 40 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.6667  decimal degrees

Note: Small village and civil parish near Lancaster. North of the village is the River Lune, and to the south is Claughton Moor and the fells of the Forest of Bowland. Tudor Claughton Hall is here. Not to be confused with another village of the same name also in Lancashire.

Names:
Claughton (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Lune Claughton (C,V)
Clactun (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 Lancashire (county)  ................  Lancashire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Claughton (inhabited place)  ....................  Claughton (inhabited place) (P)

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

Related geographic places:
distinguished from ....  Claughton .......... (inhabited place)
..................................  (World, Europe, United Kingdom, England, Lancashire) [7027449]

Sources and Contributors:
Clactun..........  [VP]
.................  Domesday Book (1985) 155
Claughton..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Domesday Book (1985) 155
....................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 158
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Lune Claughton..........  [VP]
.............................  Crowl, Historic Britain (1983)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 155
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 158
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2592686
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)

 

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