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ID: 7014597
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014597
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Shrewsbury (inhabited place)  Shrewsbury (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 43 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.7167  decimal degrees
Long: 002 44 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.7333  decimal degrees

Note: Historically important for strategic location near English-Welsh border; ruled by Welsh princes of Powys during 5th-6th centuries; part of Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia from 8th century; subject of border disputes until the 17th century; birthplace of Charles Darwin.

Names:
Shrewsbury (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Pengwern (H,V)
Salop (H,V)
Salopbury (H,V)
Scrobesbyrig (H,V)
Sloppesbury (H,V)

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 Shropshire (county)  ................  Shropshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Shrewsbury (inhabited place)  ....................  Shrewsbury (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
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 Mercia (historical region)  ................  Mercia (historical region) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Shrewsbury (inhabited place)  ....................  Shrewsbury (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded as an Anglo-Saxon stronghold in the 5th century
city (C)
county seat (C)
educational center (C)
industrial center (C)
trade center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Pengwern..........  [VP]
.................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 386
Salop..........  [VP]
..............  Blue Guide: England (1980) 386
Salopbury..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 857-858
Scrobesbyrig..........  [VP]
.......................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 386
Shrewsbury..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.......................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.......................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 386
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 767
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 182
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Sloppesbury..........  [VP]
.......................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 386
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 386
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 857-858
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 767
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2607759
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 182
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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