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Bishop's Castle

town and civil parish in Shropshire, United Kingdom
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Bishop's Castle

Summary

Bishop's Castle is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (138 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bishop's Castle is located in Shropshire[3].
  • Bishop's Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Bishop's Castle's image is recorded as Bishops Castle - geograph.org.uk - 38232.jpg[5].
  • Bishop's Castle's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Bishop's Castle's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Bishop's Castle's instance of is recorded as market town[8].
  • Bishop's Castle's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139597839[9].
  • Bishop's Castle's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83220827[10].
  • Bishop's Castle's postal code is recorded as SY9[11].
  • Bishop's Castle's Commons category is recorded as Bishop's Castle[12].
  • Bishop's Castle's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 6812637[13].
  • Bishop's Castle's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[14].
  • Bishop's Castle's local dialing code is recorded as 01588[15].
  • Bishop's Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SO323887[16].
  • Bishop's Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.493, 'lon': -2.9978}[17].
  • Bishop's Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0200hb[18].
  • Bishop's Castle's authority is recorded as Bishop's Castle Town Council[19].
  • Bishop's Castle's GSS code is recorded as E04011223[20].
  • Bishop's Castle's official website is recorded as http://www.bishopscastle.co.uk/[21].
  • Bishop's Castle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bishop's Castle[22].
  • Bishop's Castle's page banner is recorded as Bishops Castle banner Porch House.jpg[23].
  • Bishop's Castle's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Shropshire/Bishop's_Castle/[24].
  • Bishop's Castle's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1843'}[25].
  • Bishop's Castle's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1630'}[26].
  • Bishop's Castle's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1893'}[27].

Body

Geography

Bishop's Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Shropshire[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+1843'}[25], {'amount': '+1630'}[26], and {'amount': '+1893'}[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6], civil parish[7], and market town[8].

Why It Matters

Bishop's Castle ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (138 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: 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.

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