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ID: 7010384
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010384
Record Type:
administrative
Wigan (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 53 32 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 53.5333
decimal degrees
Long: 002 37 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.6167
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on River Douglas 18 miles W of Manchester; possibly on site of Roman settlement of Coccium; important coal-mining center since 14th cen.; industries include textiles, machinery & food-processing.
Names:
Wigan
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Coccium
(
H
,
V
)
............
name of Roman garrison town
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
............
England
(country) (
P
)
................
Manchester, City and Borough of
(county) (
P
)
....................
Wigan
(borough) (
P
)
........................
Wigan
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
probably was a Roman settlement
town (
C
)
............
chartered in 1100
manufacturing center (
C
)
mining center (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Coccium..........
[
VP
]
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1341
Wigan..........
[
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
..............
Blue Guide: England (1980)
550
..............
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
215
..............
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..............
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1341
Subject:
.....
[
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
Blue Guide: England (1980)
550
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2611722
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
215
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1341
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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