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Chichester (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 50 55 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.9167 decimal degrees |
Long: 000 47 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -0.7833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on coastal plain of English Channel; retains plan of original Roman town; was important wool center during Middle Ages; noted for 11th- and 17th-century cathedral, Early English style Bishop's Palace and octagonal Market Cross (1501). |
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Chichester (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Cisseceaster (H,O)
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Noviomagus Regnensium (H,O)
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Noviomagvs Regnorum (H,O)
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Regnum (H,O)
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a Roman center |
city (C) |
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county seat (C) |
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agricultural center (C) |
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trade center (C) |
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manufacturing center (C) |
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episcopal see (C) |
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since ca. 1072, when see of Selsey was transfered here |
Romano-British (H) |
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regional capital (C) |
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