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Hampshire (county) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 51 05 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.0833 decimal degrees |
Long: 001 10 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.1667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Part of Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the 4th century; includes small Bronze Age farms, Iron Age hill forts, and Roman roads; county first mentioned in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 755; remained in episcopal see of Winchester 676-1927; besieged by Danes in the 9th and 11th centuries. |
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Hampshire (preferred,C,V,O,English,U)
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Hants (C,V,English,U)
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............ | abbreviation |
HAM (C,V)
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............ | abbreviation |
County of Hampshire (NA,V,English,U)
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Hampshire, County of (NA,V,English,U)
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UKF2 (NA,V,FIPS)
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Place Types: |
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county (preferred, C) |
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second level subdivision (C) |
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agricultural land (C) |
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administrative division (C) |
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first level subdivision (C) |
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Bronze Age (H) |
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