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ID: 7011241
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011241
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Wells (inhabited place)  Wells (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 12 34 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.2094  decimal degrees
Long: 002 38 58 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.6494  decimal degrees

Note: Name derived from springs in area; 12th-cen. cathedral is built in Early English & Perpendicular styles; other sights include 14th-cen. College of Vicars Choral & a 15th-cen. deanry; remains a small service center little affected by modern industry.

Names:
Wells (preferred,C,V,English,U)

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 Somerset (county)  ................  Somerset (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Wells (inhabited place)  ....................  Wells (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was thriving medieval center
town (C)
market center (C)
episcopal see (B)  ............  from 909 until 1088, when the see was transferred to Bath; restored by bishop Jocelin in 1219

Sources and Contributors:
Wells..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
..............  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1970)
..............  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..............  Blue Guide: England (1980) 195
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 573
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 214
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1970)
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 195
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 573
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2611100
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 214
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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