| LC control no. | n 80004079 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Hampshire (England) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | England--Hampshire |
| Variant(s) | Hants (England) Southampton (England : County) Hampshire, Eng. County of Hampshire (England) County of Southampton (England) Hantescire (England) |
| See also | Isle of Wight (England) |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | Winchester (England) England, South East |
| Special note | Old catalog heading: Hampshire |
| Found in | BL hdg. (Hampshire (England)) Foreign names information bulletin, July 31, 2001 (former name: Hampshire--ADM1, 51°05ʹN 01°15ʹW (UK19); new name: Hampshire [short form], County of--ADM1, 51°05ʹN 01°10ʹE (UKF2)) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 51°00ʹ00ʺN 001°15ʹ00ʺW) GEOnet, 17 February 2014 ( (1) Hampshire (approved); variant: Hants; country: United Kingdom; 51° 00ʹ 00ʺ N, 001°15ʹ 00ʺ W; 51 [N], -1.25 [W]; administrative division; (2) Hampshire (approved and short); County of Hampshire (approved); country: United Kingdom; 51° 05ʹ 00ʺ N, 001°10ʹ 00ʺ W; 51.083333 [N], -1.166667 [W]; first-order administrative division) Wikipedia, 17 February 2014 (Hampshire; abbreviated Hants; a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom; ceremonial county; the largest county in South East England; recorded in the Domesday book as Hantescire; from 1889 until 1959, the administrative county was named the County of Southampton; although the Isle of Wight was traditionally part of Hampshire, it has been administratively independent for over a century, obtaining a county council of its own in 1890; the Isle of Wight became a full ceremonial county in 1974; apart from a shared police force, there are now no formal administrative links between the Isle of Wight and Hampshire; the towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch also fall within the traditional county of Hampshire but were transferred to Dorset in the local government reorganisation of 1974; the boundary was changed again in 1992, when South Tidworth was transferred to Wiltshire; the county town of Hampshire is Winchester; with the exceptions of the unitary authorities of Portsmouth and Southampton, Hampshire is governed by Hampshire County Council based in Winchester, with several non-metropolitan districts beneath it) |
| Geographic area code | e-uk-en |
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