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ID: 7011047
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011047
Record Type:
administrative
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:
World
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Europe
(continent) (
P
)
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United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
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England
(country) (
P
)
................
Staffordshire
(county) (
P
)
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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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