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ID: 1030472
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1030472
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Rugby (inhabited place)  Rugby (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 22 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.3667  decimal degrees
Long: 001 15 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.2500  decimal degrees

Note: Small settlement until coming of railways 19th cen.; home of boys' Rugby School founded 1567; flourished under leadership of Thomas Arnold 1828-1842 & became model public school; founding place of rugby football; manufactures electrical equipment.

Names:
Rugby (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Rocheberie (H,V)
Rokebi (H,V)  ............ used in 13th cen.
Rokeby (H,V)  ............ medieval name, meaning "Hroca's burg"

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 Warwickshire (county)  ................  Warwickshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Rugby (inhabited place)  ....................  Rugby (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was a noted medieval center
town (C)
manufacturing center (C)
educational center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Rocheberie..........  [VP]
.......................  Oxford: English Place Names (1960) 396
Rokebi..........  [VP]
.................  Oxford: English Place Names (1960) 396
Rokeby..........  [VP]
.................  Oxford: English Place Names (1960) 396
Rugby..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 235
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-148
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 235
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2606666
..................  Oxford: English Place Names (1960) 396
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-148
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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