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ID: 7029951
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7029951

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Drax (inhabited place)  Drax (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 43 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.7167  decimal degrees
Long: 000 59 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -0.9833  decimal degrees

Note: The Norman church of St. Peter and St. Paul is here. It features a Norman tower, perpendicular clerestory, a 13th-century chancel, and charming carved figures from the 15th century.

Names:
Drax (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Drax (British English-P,U,N)
Drac (H,V,Anglo-Saxon-P,U,N)  ............ 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 North Yorkshire (county)  ................  North Yorkshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Drax (inhabited place)  ....................  Drax (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
village (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Drac..........  [VP]
...........  Domesday Book (1985) 315
Drax..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 229
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 315
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 229
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2594600
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Domesday Book (1985) 315

 

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