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Aylesbury (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 49 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.8167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 48 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -0.8000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in Aylesbury Vale district; market once important for its ducks and dairy products, now a center of light industry, which includes food-processing and printing; 15th-century King's Head Inn; medieval and Georgian town center; home of the radical 18th-century politician John Wilkes. |
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| Aylesbury (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Aglesburgus (H,O)
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| Eilesberia (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Eilesberie (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Aylesbury (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| town (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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