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ID: 4007521
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/4007521
Record Type:
administrative
Moresby (inhabited place)
Note:
There was a Roman fort here, acquired in 128. Hadrian was given the title 'Father of his Country' (pater patriae) here.
Names:
Moresby
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Maurice's By
(
H
,
V
)
............
documented 1195
Gabrosentum
(
H
,
O
)
............
Roman
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
England
(country) (
P
)
................
Cumbria
(county) (
P
)
....................
Moresby
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Roman Empire
(former nation/state/empire) (
P,
H
)
........
Britannia
(province) (
P
)
............
Moresby
(inhabited place) (
P,
H
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
ancient site (
C
)
fort (
H
)
fortified settlement (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Gabrosentum..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Romano-British Placenames [online] (1999)
accessed 16 August 2004
Maurice's By..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Oxford: English Place Names (1960)
331
Moresby..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................
Gazetteer of Great Britain (1987)
519
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Gazetteer of Great Britain (1987)
519
..................
Oxford: English Place Names (1960)
331
..................
Romano-British Placenames [online] (1999)
accessed 16 August 2004
..................
Salway, Roman Britain (1991)
177
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Salway, Roman Britain (1991)
177
..........
Wacher, Roman Britain (1998)
312
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