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ID: 7010695
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010695
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Barnsley (inhabited place)  Barnsley (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 33 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.5500  decimal degrees
Long: 001 29 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.4833  decimal degrees

Note: Located on River Dearne; old market town known for its textile and wire factories; expanded greatly with coal industry in the 19th century; recent industries include engineering and clothing; site of two 19th-century Gothic churches by Thomas Rickman (1776-1841).

Names:
Barnsley (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Berneslai (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 South Yorkshire (county)  ................  South Yorkshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Barnsley (unitary authority)  ....................  Barnsley (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Barnsley (inhabited place)  ........................  Barnsley (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was noted medieval center
city (C)
county seat (C)
industrial center (C)
mining center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Barnsley..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1970)
.................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 562-563
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 907
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 22
Berneslai..........  [VP]
....................  Domesday Book (1985) 313
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1970)
..................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 562-563
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 313
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 907
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 48
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2589307
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 22
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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