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Okehampton (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 44 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.7333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -4.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Market town; originally a Saxon settlement; the ruins of Okehampton Castle include a Norman keep; site of uprising in 1549, during reign of Edward VI and Mary (1547-1558). |
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| Okehampton (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Ochementone (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Ochenemitona (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Devon (county) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was noted medieval center |
| town (C) |
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| battlefield (H) |
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