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![Hierarchy of Maidstone (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Maidstone (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 51 16 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.2667 decimal degrees |
Long: 000 31 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 0.5167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on banks of River Medway; one-time residence of Norman archbishops of Canterbury; the archbishop's palace is a 14th-cen. manor house; Gen. Fairfax took the town after a 5-hour seige during the Civil War; country's largest hop-producing center; industries include brewing, malting, paper and farm equipment; seat of assemblies and local county meetings since 13th cen. |
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Maidstone (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Maegdestane (H,V)
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............ | used in 14th cen., probably meaning "the maidens' stone" |
Maeidesstana (H,V)
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Meddestane (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
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Kent (county) (P) |
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Maidstone (inhabited place) (P) |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a noted medieval center |
city (C) |
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county seat (C) |
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administrative center (C) |
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manufacturing center (C) |
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agricultural center (C) |
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market center (C) |
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regional capital (C) |
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