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Alton Castle

Gothic-revival castle south of the river Churnet in the village of Alton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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Alton Castle

Summary

Alton Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alton Castle is located in Alton[3].
  • Alton Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Alton Castle is on the body of water River Churnet[5].
  • Alton Castle's image is recorded as Alton Castle.jpg[6].
  • Alton Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[7].
  • Alton Castle's architect is recorded as Augustus Pugin[8].
  • Alton Castle's part of is recorded as Alton Towers estate[9].
  • Alton Castle's Commons category is recorded as Alton Castle[10].
  • +1800-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Alton Castle[11].
  • Alton Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SK0725342455[12].
  • Alton Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SK0728542448[13].
  • Alton Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.9795, 'lon': -1.8927}[14].
  • Alton Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027109n[15].
  • Alton Castle's significant event is recorded as architectural reconstruction[16].
  • Alton Castle's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1374687[17].
  • Alton Castle's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1013227[18].
  • Alton Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[19].
  • Alton Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[20].
  • Alton Castle's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6286947[21].
  • Alton Castle's different from is recorded as Alton Towers[22].
  • Alton Castle's Historic England research records ID is recorded as 305392[23].
  • Alton Castle's Gatehouse Gazetteer place ID is recorded as English%20sites/3304[24].
  • Alton Castle's historic county is recorded as Staffordshire[25].
  • Alton Castle's Kulturenvanteri monument ID is recorded as 368253[26].
  • Alton Castle's British Listed Buildings ID is recorded as 101374687[27].

Why It Matters

Alton Castle ranks in the top 6% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Augustus Pugin United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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