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ID: 4009271
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/4009271
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Rievaulx (inhabited place)  Rievaulx (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 54 16 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 54.2667  decimal degrees
Long: 001 07 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.1167  decimal degrees

Note: Site of ruins of earliest Cistercian abbey in country, Rievaulx Abbey, founded in 1131 by Walter Espec; abbey was abandoned in 1538.

Names:
Rievaulx (preferred,C,V,English,U)

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 North Yorkshire (county)  ................  North Yorkshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Rievaulx (inhabited place)  ....................  Rievaulx (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was thriving medieval center
town (C)
monastic center (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Rievaulx..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 644
.................  New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1989) XII, 494-495
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 164
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 644
..................  New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1989) XII, 494-495
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2606282
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 164
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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