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ID: 7008750
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008750
Record Type:
administrative
Wrexham (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 53 03 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 53.0500
decimal degrees
Long: 003 00 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -3.0000
decimal degrees
Note:
Principal town in N Wales coalfield; industries include plastic, tire & chemical factories; town granted to Earl Warenne by Edward I in 13th cen.; 15th-cen. Church of St. Giles contains tomb of Elihu Yale, founder of Yale university.
Names:
Wrexham
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Wrecsam
(
C
,
V
,
Welsh
,
U
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
Wales
(country) (
P
)
................
County Borough of Wrexham
(unitary authority) (
P
)
....................
Wrexham
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was noted medieval center
town (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
market center (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Wrecsam..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 769
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Wrexham..........
[
BHA Preferred
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 769
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-193
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 769
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2612187
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-193
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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