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ID: 7010384
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010384
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Wigan (inhabited place)  Wigan (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 32 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.5333  decimal degrees
Long: 002 37 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.6167  decimal degrees

Note: Located on River Douglas 18 miles W of Manchester; possibly on site of Roman settlement of Coccium; important coal-mining center since 14th cen.; industries include textiles, machinery & food-processing.

Names:
Wigan (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Coccium (H,V)  ............ name of Roman garrison town

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 Manchester, City and Borough of (county)  ................  Manchester, City and Borough of (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Wigan (borough)  ....................  Wigan (borough) (P)
Hierarchy of Wigan (inhabited place)  ........................  Wigan (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  probably was a Roman settlement
town (C)  ............  chartered in 1100
manufacturing center (C)
mining center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Coccium..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1341
Wigan..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
..............  Blue Guide: England (1980) 550
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 215
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1341
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 550
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2611722
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 215
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1341
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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