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Gloucester (England)

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79071079

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Scheme Membership(s)

Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

Codes

e-uk-en

Variants

Gloucester, Eng.
Gloucester (Gloucestershire)
Glocester (England)
Glevum (England)
Colonia Glevum Nervensis (England)

Additional Information

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n79071079

Descriptor
Associated Locale

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++79071079#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

England--Gloucester
England--Gloucester Metropolitan Area
England--Gloucester Region
Gloucester Label from public data source Wikidata

Earlier Established Forms

Gloucester (Gloucestershire)
Gloucester, Eng.

Sources

found: Its Catalogue of Gloucestershire books, 1949.

found: BL hdg.(Gloucester (England))

found: Paul, G.O. Address to His Majesty's justices of the peace ... 1809:t.p. (Glocester)

found: Web. new geog. dict., 1984(Gloucester, or anc. Glevum; county seat of Gloucestershire, SW cen. Eng.)

found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 51°51ʹ56ʺN 002°14ʹ35ʺW)

found: GeoNames, 29 May 2014(Gloucester; country: United Kingdom; ADM1: Gloucestershire; 51° 50ʹ 00ʺ N, 002° 15ʹ 00ʺ W; 51.833333 [N], -2.25 [W]; seat of a first-order administrative division)

found: Wikipedia, 29 May 2014(Gloucester; a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England; coordinates: 51.87° N, 2.24° W; lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn; a cathedral city; founded in AD 97 by the Romans under Emperor Nerva as Colonia Glevum Nervensis, or Glevum; was granted its first charter in 1155 by King Henry II)

Change Notes

1979-08-14: new

2014-05-31: revised

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