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ID: 7011405
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011405
Record Type:
administrative
Newport (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 50 42 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 50.7000
decimal degrees
Long: 001 18 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -1.3000
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in center of island at head of River Medina; probably the Roman town of Medina; nearby sights include Carisbrooke Castle and the Guildhall (1819) by John Nash.
Names:
Newport
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Medina
(
H
,
V
)
............
probably this site was the Roman town of Medina
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
England
(country) (
P
)
................
Isle of Wight
(unitary authority) (
P
)
....................
Newport
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Roman Empire
(former nation/state/empire) (
P,
H
)
........
Britannia
(province) (
P
)
............
Newport
(inhabited place) (
P,
H
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
probably was a Roman center; site of a Roman villa
city (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Medina..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 659
Newport..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................
Blue Guide: England (1980)
131
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 659
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
139
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Athena, Romano-British Sites [online] (2000)
accessed 5 August 2004
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Blue Guide: England (1980)
131
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 659
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2604040
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
139
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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