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ID: 7010079
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010079
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Skipton (inhabited place)  Skipton (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 58 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.9667  decimal degrees
Long: 002 01 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.0167  decimal degrees

Note: The castle here dates from the 11th century and it was held by the Cliffords for 300 years. 'Butcher' Clifford was a leading Lancastrian in the War of the Roses; his son, the Shepherd Lord, led the men of Craven Flodden in 1513. During the Civil War the castle was besieged for three years. Skipton is now a market town.

Names:
Skipton (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Scipton (H,V)  ............ recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086
Sciptone (H,V)  ............ 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 Skipton (inhabited place)  ....................  Skipton (inhabited place) (P)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Scipton..........  [VP]
.................  Domesday Book (1985) 321
Sciptone..........  [VP]
.................  Domesday Book (1985) 321
Skipton..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 653
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 185
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 321
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 653
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2607948
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 185
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Domesday Book (1985) 321

 

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