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ID: 1006002
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1006002
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Torbay (unitary authority)  Torbay (unitary authority)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 26 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.4333  decimal degrees
Long: 003 33 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -3.5500  decimal degrees

Note: Resort district on the southern Devon coast; incorporating the towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham, about 25 square miles; became a unitary authority in 1998; site of ruins of 12th-century Tor Abbey and the Spanish Barn, legendary refuge of the survivors of the Armada.

Names:
Torbay (preferred,C,V)
Torquay (C,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 Devon (county)  ................  Devon (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Torbay (unitary authority)  ....................  Torbay (unitary authority) (P)

Place Types:
unitary authority (preferred, C)  ............  since 1998
resort center (C)
third level subdivision (C)
general region (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Torbay..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II,941
.................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) xviii
.................  Torbay, England web site
Torquay..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 941
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 941; II,941
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) xviii
..................  Torbay, England web site
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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