Shotton

civil parish in County Durham, England; contains the colliery site and hamlet of Old Shotton, but not the present-day village of Shotton
AdministrativeArea civil_parish Q19824394
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Shotton

Summary

Shotton is a civil parish[1]. Shotton ranks in the top 5% of civil_parish entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shotton is located in County Durham[3].
  • Shotton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Shotton's instance of is recorded as civil parish[5].
  • Shotton's Commons category is recorded as Shotton, County Durham (civil parish)[6].
  • Shotton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 8651392[7].
  • Shotton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.75661, 'lon': -1.38408}[8].
  • Shotton's GSS code is recorded as E04010693[9].
  • Shotton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4943'}[10].
  • Shotton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4265'}[11].
  • Shotton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4359'}[12].
  • Shotton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7294486[13].
  • Shotton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2637901[14].
  • Shotton's BBC Things ID is recorded as 837ed4a7-bb04-40f8-a89b-b7a60d22a999[15].
  • Shotton's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2607749[16].
  • Shotton's Wikidata usage instructions is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'use for the civil parish containing the colliery and the hamlet of Old Shotton, but not for the modern village of Shotton east of the modern A19, which lies outside the parish'}[17].
  • Shotton's TOID is recorded as 7000000000002237[18].
  • Shotton's BBC News topic ID is recorded as cn1mzljep7mt[19].
  • Shotton's historic county is recorded as County Durham[20].

Body

Geography

Shotton is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Shotton is located in County Durham[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+4943'}[10], {'amount': '+4265'}[11], and {'amount': '+4359'}[12].

Designation and Status

Shotton's instance of is recorded as civil parish[5].

Why It Matters

Shotton ranks in the top 5% of civil_parish entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . 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] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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