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Warwickshire (county) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 52 12 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.2000 decimal degrees |
Long: 001 37 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.6167 decimal degrees |
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Note: County in central England, in the Midlands; drained by River Avon and headwaters of River Cherwell; comprises coal measures, woodlands, and meadows; evidence of prehistoric and Roman occupation; Roman road, Watling Street still forms part of county border; mostly agricultural, especially dairying and fruit-growing; county lost its more industrial northwestern area, including Birmingham, Coventry, and Solihull, to the West Midlands under local government reorganization in 1974. |
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Warwickshire (preferred,C,V,O,English,U)
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Warwks (C,V)
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Warks (C,V)
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Warw (C,V)
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WAR (C,V)
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County of Warwickshire (NA,V,English,U)
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UKP3 (NA,V,FIPS)
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Warwick (NA,V,English,U)
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Warwickshire, County of (NA,V,English,U)
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county (preferred, C) |
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formed in 10th century |
second level subdivision (C) |
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agricultural land (C) |
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first level subdivision (C) |
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