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Bewcastle (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 55 04 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 55.0667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 41 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.6833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was an outpost fort for the Romans, located seven miles northwest of Banks. |
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| Bewcastle (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Bothecastell (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1327 |
| Bothecaster (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1272 |
| Buchecastre (H,V)
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............ | recorded ca. 1180, possibly originally meaning "old fort used as a shelter for sheep" or from the Saxon personal name "Bueth" |
| Buecastle (H,V)
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| Fanum Cocidii (H,O)
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............ | Roman |
| Fanumcocium (H,O)
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............ | Roman |
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Bewcastle (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a Roman camp, an outpost beyond Hadrian's Wall |
| town (C) |
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| fort (H) |
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