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ID: 7011047
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011047
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Newcastle under Lyme (inhabited place)  Newcastle under Lyme (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 002 14 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.2333  decimal degrees

Note: Name taken from new castle erected ca. 1145 by Ranulf de Gernons, to protect his fief from dangers at British frontier; name also refers to proximity to Lyme forest; industries include, mining, brick & tile making.

Names:
Newcastle under Lyme (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Newcastle-under-Lyme (C,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 Staffordshire (county)  ................  Staffordshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Newcastle under Lyme (inhabited place)  ....................  Newcastle under Lyme (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  new castle dates to 12th cen.
city (C)
industrial center (C)
mining center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Newcastle-under-Lyme..........  [BHA, VP]
...................................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 654
...................................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-121
...................................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 351
Newcastle under Lyme..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...................................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 138
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 654
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2603965
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-121
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 138
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 351
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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