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ID: 1030978
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1030978

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Wallingford (inhabited place)  Wallingford (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 36 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.6000  decimal degrees
Long: 001 08 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.1333  decimal degrees

Note: Strategically important since prehistoric times because of its ford over the River Thames; it was crossed by William the Conqueror on his way to take London; modern town is attractive.

Names:
Wallingford (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Walengeford (H,V)  ............ recorded in 1086
Walengefort (H,V)  ............ recorded in 1086
Walingeford (H,V)  ............ recorded in 1086
Warengeford (H,V)  ............ recorded in 1086

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 Oxfordshire (county)  ................  Oxfordshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Wallingford (inhabited place)  ....................  Wallingford (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Walengeford..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 37
Walengefort..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 37
Walingeford..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 37
Wallingford..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 37
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 212
Warengeford..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985) 37
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 37
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2610800
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 212
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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