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ID: 7010725
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010725
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Horncastle (inhabited place)  Horncastle (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 12 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.2000  decimal degrees
Long: 000 07 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -0.1167  decimal degrees

Note: Market town; parts remain here of the wall & bastions of the original Roman town of Banovallum; site of rebellion during reign of Henry VIII; expanded during Industrial Revolution.

Names:
Horncastle (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Banovallum (H,V,English,U)  ............ ancient Roman name
Hornecastre (H,V)  ............ recorded 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 Lincolnshire (county)  ................  Lincolnshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Horncastle (inhabited place)  ....................  Horncastle (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
fortified settlement (H)
ancient site (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Banovallum..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 171
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Horncastle..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 171
.......................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 374
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Hornecastre..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 171
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 171
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 374
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2599029
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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