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ID: 7011341
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011341
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Lostwithiel (inhabited place)  Lostwithiel (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 24 12 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.4033  decimal degrees
Long: 004 40 03 W  degrees minutes   Long: -4.6675  decimal degrees

Note: Town built in medieval grid plan by River Fowey; grew around nearby Restormel Castle (ca. 1100); tin smelting and coinage center in the 13th century; during English Civil War, Charles I defeated Parliamentarians on September 2, 1644.

Names:
Lostwithiel (preferred,C,V,English,U)

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 Cornwall (county)  ................  Cornwall (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Lostwithiel (inhabited place)  ....................  Lostwithiel (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an important early center
town (C)
manufacturing center (C)
capital (H)  ............  of the duchy of Cornwall under the lords of Restormel from 11th-13th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Lostwithiel..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.......................  Blue Guide: England (1980) VII, 487
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 531
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 115
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Blue Guide: England (1980) VII, 487
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 531
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2602051
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 115
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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