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Canterbury (England)


  • URI(s)

  • Codes

    • e-uk-en
  • Variants

    • Canterbury, Eng.
    • Canterbury (Kent)
    • City & County of Canterbury (England)
    • City and County of Canterbury (England)
    • City and County Borough of Canterbury (England)
    • Durouernon (England)
    • Durovernum Cantiacorum (England)
    • Cantwaraburh (England)
    • Cantwareburh (England)
  • Identifies LC/NAF RWO

  • Identifies RWO

    • Descriptor

        Cities and towns
    • Associated Locale

        England
    • Associated Locale

        Canterbury (England : District)
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    • Broader Concepts from Other Schemes

    • Earlier Established Forms

      • Canterbury (Kent)
      • Canterbury, Eng.
    • Sources

      • found: Townsend, W. Canterbury, 1950.
      • found: BL hdg(Canterbury (England))
      • found: Annual report of the medical officer of health and the sanitary inspector ...1923:t.p. (City & county of Canterbury); 1924: t.p. (City and county of Canterbury); 1930: t.p. (City and county borough of Canterbury)
      • found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 51°16ʹ00ʺN 001°05ʹ00ʺE)
      • found: GeoNames, 29 May 2014(Canterbury; country: United Kingdom; ADM1: Kent; 51° 16ʹ 00ʺ N, 001° 05ʹ 00ʺ E; 51.266667 [N], 1.083333 [E]; populated place)
      • found: Wikipedia, 29 May 2014:Canterbury (Canterbury; historic English cathedral city; lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent in South East England; Canterbury, along with Whitstable and Herne Bay (coastal towns 6 miles (10 km) north of Canterbury), is in the City of Canterbury local government district; located at 51°16ʹ30ʺN 1°05ʹ13ʺE (51.275, 1.087) in east Kent; it lies on the River Stour; originally a Brythonic settlement called Durouernon, it was renamed Durovernum Cantiacorum by the Roman conquerors in the 1st century AD; the Jutes named the city Cantwaraburh; Old English Cantwareburh; the city became a county corporate in 1461, and later a county borough under the Local Government Act 1888; in 1974 it lost its status as the smallest county borough in England, after the Local Government Act 1972, and came under the control of Kent County Council)
      • found: Canterbury City Council Web site, 2 June 2014:Parishes (26 parishes within the Canterbury District) Committee structure (5 area member panels for the Canterbury district: Canterbury Area Member Panel, Herne Bay Area Member Panel, Rural Area (North) Member Panel, Rural Area (South) Member Panel, and Whitstable Area Member Panel)
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    • Change Notes

      • 1980-02-26: new
      • 2014-06-07: revised
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