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Hereford (England)

LC control no.n 81018235
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingHereford (England)
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Geographic subdivision usageEngland--Hereford
Variant(s)Hereford, Eng.
Hereford (Hereford and Worcester)
City of Hereford (England)
Henffordd (England)
Associated countryGreat Britain England
Associated placeWest Midlands (England) Herefordshire (England)
Hereford and Worcester (England)
Found inBL hdg. (Hereford (England))
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 52°03ʹ00ʺN 002°43ʹ00ʺW)
GEOnet, 21 April 2020 (name: Hereford (approved); geopolitical entity name: United Kingdom; first-order administrative division name: Herefordshire; latitude, longitude: DMS: 52° 03ʹ 00ʺ N, 002° 43ʹ 00ʺ W; DD: 52.05 [N], -2.716667 [W]; feature designation: seat of a first-order administrative division)
Hereford City Council website, 21 April 2020: main page (Hereford) Your city (City of Hereford) City history (second earliest Charter is a grant of fee farm to the city by Richard I in 1189; translation: "we grant to our citizens of Hereford in Wales the town of Hereford")
   <http://herefordcitycouncil.gov.uk/>
Wikipedia, 21 April 2020: Hereford (Hereford; cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England; lies on the River Wye; Welsh name: Henffordd; historically, has been the county town of Herefordshire; in 1974 Herefordshire was merged with Worcestershire to become part of the county of Hereford and Worcester; on 1 April 1998, County of Hereford and Worcester was abolished, Herefordshire and Worcestershire were re-established as separate counties; region: West Midlands; coordinates: DMS: 52° 3ʹ 23.4ʺ N, 2° 42ʹ 57.6ʺ W; decimal: 52.0565 [N], -2.716 [W])
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hereford&oldid=949660824>
Wikidata, 21 April 2020 (Hereford (Q204720); also known as: City of Hereford; Hereford, Herefordshire; description: cathedral city and county town of Herefordshire, England; instance of: city, county town, civil parish; country: United Kingdom; capital of: Herefordshire; coordinate location: 52°3'23"N, 2°42'58"W)
   <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q204720>
Wikipedia, 21 April 2020: Hereford and Worcester (Hereford and Worcester; English county created 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972; Herefordshire was divided, with separate Hereford, South Herefordshire, and Leominster districts, and part of Herefordshire was put in the Malvern Hills district; Hereford and Worcester was abolished 1 April 1998)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hereford_and_Worcester&oldid=920127617>
Geographic area codee-uk-en
Associated languageeng