| LC control no. | n 88238281 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Scunthorpe (England) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | England--Scunthorpe |
| Variant(s) | Scunthorpe, Eng. Scunthorpe District (England) Scunthorpe (England : District) |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | Lincolnshire (England) North Lincolnshire (England) |
| Found in | G.W. May Ltd. Borough of Scunthorpe, 1972? Magazine of the Scunthorpe Technical School, December 1947: p.35 (Scunthorpe) Wikipedia, viewed 14 February 2018 (Scunthorpe; town in Lincolnshire, England; predominantly industrial, it is the UK's largest steel processing centre and also known as the 'Industrial Garden Town'; third largest settlement in Lincolnshire after Lincoln and Grimsby; the town expanded rapidly in the late 19th-early 20th centuries due to exploitation of local ironstone resources and development of the ironworks; the steel industry developed in the 20th century and is the major employer in the area) LC database, 3-11-89 (hdg.: Scunthorpe, Eng.) Barth. gaz. places Brit., 1986 (Scunthorpe, Humberside, tn., admin. dist.) Muni. yr. bk., 1988 (Scunthorpe District, borough, Humberside, no civil parishes, town coextensive with admin. district) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 53°35ʹ00ʺN 000°39ʹ00ʺW) Collins Britain atlas and gazetteer, 1999 (Scunthorpe, N.Lincs.; town, old iron and steel town, 21m/33km E of Doncaster, now with a more varied industrial base; restored church of St. Lawrence dates from 12c.) |
| Geographic area code | e-uk-en |
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