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ID: 7029824
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7029824

 

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

Coordinates:
Lat: 54 05 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 54.0833  decimal degrees
Long: 001 23 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.3833  decimal degrees

Note: Isurium was one of the main cities of the ancient British tribe Brigantes; it later fell to the Romans and became an important Roman city. Aldborough was a prosperous village in the Middle Ages. A Georgian manor house here has ancient Roman pavements beneath.

Names:
Aldborough (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Burc (H,V)  ............ recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086
Burg (H,V)  ............ recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086
Isurium (H,O)  ............ ancient Roman name

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 Aldborough (inhabited place)  ....................  Aldborough (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 Aldborough (inhabited place)  ............  Aldborough (inhabited place) (P,H)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Aldborough..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 313
.......................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 10
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Burc..........  [VP]
...........  Domesday Book (1985) 313
Burg..........  [VP]
...........  Domesday Book (1985) 313
Isurium..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 3 August 2004
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 313
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 3 August 2004
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 10
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2588026
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Domesday Book (1985) 313
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 3 August 2004

 

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