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ID: 7015155
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7015155
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Worcester (inhabited place)  Worcester (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 12 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.2000  decimal degrees
Long: 002 12 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.2000  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the east bank of River Severn; modern town grew around 11th- and14th-century Norman castle; was textile center in Middle Ages; site of Battle of Worcester of 1651 that ended the English Civl War; has been famous for fine porcelain since the 18th century.

Names:
Worcester (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Uueogerna civitas (H,V)
Uueogorna ceastre (H,V)
Wigorna ceastre (H,V)
Wigraceaster (H,V)
Wirecestre (H,V)

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 Worcestershire (county)  ................  Worcestershire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Worcester (inhabited place)  ....................  Worcester (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
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 Mercia (historical region)  ................  Mercia (historical region) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Worcester (inhabited place)  ....................  Worcester (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was ancient center
city (C)
county seat (C)
episcopal see (C)  ............  since the founding of a Saxon bisopric in nearby Wigorna Ceaster ca. 680
industrial center (C)
manufacturing center (C)
publishing center (C)  ............  nation's oldest newspaper was published first here in 1690
craftsman settlement (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Uueogerna civitas..........  [VP]
................................  Oxford: English Place Names (1960) 534
Uueogorna ceastre..........  [VP]
................................  Oxford: English Place Names (1960) 534
Wigorna ceastre..........  [VP]
.............................  Oxford: English Place Names (1960) 534
Wigraceaster..........  [VP]
.......................  Oxford: English Place Names (1960) 534
Wirecestre..........  [VP]
.......................  Oxford: English Place Names (1960) 534
Worcester..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
....................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
....................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 342
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 1026
....................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 749
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 217
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 342
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 1026
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 749
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2612109
..................  Oxford: English Place Names (1960) 534
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 217
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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