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Wiltshire (county) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 51 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.2500 decimal degrees |
Long: 001 55 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.9167 decimal degrees |
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Note: County in southern England; watershed area separating basins of Bristol Channel, English Channel and River Thames; chalk uplands populated in prehistoric times and contains many stone monuments and burial mounds, including Neolithic Stonehenge and Avebury; primarily an agricultural area; administrative center is Trowbridge; Swindon became an independent unitary authority in 1997. |
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Wiltshire (preferred,C,V,O,English-P,U)
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Wilts (C,V,English,U)
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............ | abbreviation |
WIL (C,V)
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............ | abbreviation |
County of Wiltshire (NA,V,English,U)
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UKP8 (NA,V,FIPS)
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Wiltshire, County of (NA,V,English,U)
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Wiltescire (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book |
Wiltunscir (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 870 |
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county (preferred, C) |
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second level subdivision (C) |
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agricultural center (C) |
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first level subdivision (C) |
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