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ID: 4007521
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/4007521
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Moresby (inhabited place)  Moresby (inhabited place)

Note: There was a Roman fort here, acquired in 128. Hadrian was given the title 'Father of his Country' (pater patriae) here.

Names:
Moresby (preferred,C,V)
Maurice's By (H,V)  ............ documented 1195
Gabrosentum (H,O)  ............ Roman

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 Moresby (inhabited place)  ....................  Moresby (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ....  Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Britannia (province)  ........  Britannia (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Moresby (inhabited place)  ............  Moresby (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
ancient site (C)
fort (H)
fortified settlement (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Gabrosentum..........  [VP]
.......................  Romano-British Placenames [online] (1999) accessed 16 August 2004
Maurice's By..........  [VP]
.......................  Oxford: English Place Names (1960) 331
Moresby..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1987) 519
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1987) 519
..................  Oxford: English Place Names (1960) 331
..................  Romano-British Placenames [online] (1999) accessed 16 August 2004
..................  Salway, Roman Britain (1991) 177
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Salway, Roman Britain (1991) 177
..........  Wacher, Roman Britain (1998) 312

 

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