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ID: 1030566
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1030566
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Sedbergh (inhabited place)  Sedbergh (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 54 19 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 54.3167  decimal degrees
Long: 002 31 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.5167  decimal degrees

Note: Once considered within the boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire, this small town is located on the slopes of the Rawther valley. There is a 17th-century Friends' Meeting House where George Fox preached. There is also a boys' boarding school here that was founded ca. 1525.

Names:
Sedbergh (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Sedbergt (H,V)  ............ recorded in the Domesday Book 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 Cumbria (county)  ................  Cumbria (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Sedbergh (inhabited place)  ....................  Sedbergh (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Sedbergh..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 638
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 179
Sedbergt..........  [VP]
.................  Domesday Book (1985) 320
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 320
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 638
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2607386
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 179
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Domesday Book (1985) 320

 

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