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Bridgwater (England)

LC control no.n 85180616
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingBridgwater (England)
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Geographic subdivision usageEngland--Bridgwater
Variant(s)Bridgwater, Eng.
Bridgewater (England)
Brugie (England)
Brugia (England)
Burgh-Walter (England)
Brugg-Walter (England)
Brigg-Walter (England)
Associated countryGreat Britain England
Associated placeSomerset (England) Sedgemoor (England)
Found inWard-Jackson, C. An account of ... 1962: p. 1 (Bridgwater, Somersetshire)
LC data base, 8-21-85 (hdg.: Bridgwater, Eng.)
Bartholomew gaz., 1977 (Bridgwater, Som)
Webster's new geog. dict., 1977 (Bridgwater; municipal borough, Somersetshire, S.W. England)
Webster's new geog. dict., 1977 (Somersetshire or Somerset County, SW England)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 51°07ʹ47ʺN 003°00ʹ02ʺW)
Sivier, David. Bridgwater, 2014: p. 1 (the leading industrial town in Somerset; market town; lies on the River Parrett)
GeoNet, 8 April 2015 (Bridgwater (approved); variant: Bridgewater; country: United Kingdom; first-order administrative division: Somerset; 51° 07ʹ 47ʺ N, 003° 00ʹ 02ʺ W; 51.129722 [N], -3.000556 [W]; populated place)
Wikipedia, 8 April 2015 (Bridgwater; a market town and civil parish in Somerset, England; the administrative centre of the Sedgemoor District; a major industrial centre; in the Domesday Book, the town is listed as Brugie, while Brugia was also used; became known variously as Burgh-Walter, Brugg-Walter, and Brigg-Walter, eventually corrupted to Bridgwater; the Local Government Act 1972 removed the historic status of Bridgwater as a borough, as it became part of the district of Sedgemoor; 51° 07ʹ 40.8ʺ N, 002° 59ʹ 34.8ʺ W; 51.128 [N], -2.993 [W])
Geographic area codee-uk-en
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