Shafton

village and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England, UK
Place village Q2194166
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Shafton

Summary

Shafton is a village[1]. Shafton ranks in the top 0.45% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month, #227 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shafton is located in Barnsley[3].
  • Shafton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Shafton's instance of is recorded as village[5].
  • Shafton's instance of is recorded as civil parish[6].
  • Shafton's Commons category is recorded as Shafton[7].
  • Shafton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1269075[8].
  • Shafton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.594444444444, 'lon': -1.4083333333333}[9].
  • Shafton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/033cxf[10].
  • Shafton's GSS code is recorded as E04000051[11].
  • Shafton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+3395'}[12].
  • Shafton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2840'}[13].
  • Shafton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+3447'}[14].
  • Shafton's WOEID is recorded as 34421[15].
  • Shafton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7291582[16].
  • Shafton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2638156[17].
  • Shafton's BBC Things ID is recorded as 24ad4ca1-bec5-42cc-a755-ee06d67dca63[18].
  • Shafton's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2607493[19].
  • Shafton's OpenDomesday settlement ID is recorded as SE3911/shafton[20].
  • Shafton's TOID is recorded as 7000000000009178[21].
  • Shafton's TOID is recorded as 4000000074570535[22].
  • Shafton's Vision of Britain unit ID is recorded as 10467688[23].
  • Shafton's Vision of Britain place ID is recorded as 14202[24].
  • Shafton's Survey of English Place-Names ID is recorded as 5328827bb47fc40c81006105[25].
  • Shafton's KEPN ID is recorded as Yorkshire WR/Shafton[26].
  • Shafton's Who's on First ID is recorded as 1126053447[27].

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Geography

Shafton is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Shafton is located in Barnsley[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+3395'}[12], {'amount': '+2840'}[13], and {'amount': '+3447'}[14].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include village[5] and civil parish[6].

Why It Matters

Shafton ranks in the top 0.45% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month, #227 of 50,837).[2] Shafton has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . 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.

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