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Dalton-in-Furness (inhabited place) |
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Lat: 54 09 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.1500 decimal degrees |
Long: 003 10 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -3.1667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Once the capital of the Furness district and a market center for Furness Abbey, founded 1127; birthplace of George Romney (1734-1802); historically located in Lancashire. |
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Dalton-in-Furness (preferred,C,V)
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Dalton-In-Furness (C,V)
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Dalton in Furness (NA,V,English,U)
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Dalton (NA,V,English,U)
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Daltune (H,V,Anglo-Saxon-P,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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capital (H) |
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market center (H) |
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