Wheelton

village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England
Place village Q2779499
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Wheelton

Summary

Wheelton is a village[1]. Wheelton ranks in the top 0.45% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #227 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wheelton is located in Chorley[3].
  • Wheelton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Wheelton's image is recorded as The Red Lion, Wheelton - geograph.org.uk - 412954.jpg[5].
  • Wheelton's instance of is recorded as village[6].
  • Wheelton's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Wheelton's postal code is recorded as PR6[8].
  • Wheelton's Commons category is recorded as Wheelton[9].
  • Wheelton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 6994105[10].
  • Wheelton's local dialing code is recorded as 01254[11].
  • Wheelton's OS grid reference is recorded as SD603211[12].
  • Wheelton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.685336111111, 'lon': -2.6016027777778}[13].
  • Wheelton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rl7xk[14].
  • Wheelton's GSS code is recorded as E04005159[15].
  • Wheelton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+956'}[16].
  • Wheelton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+988'}[17].
  • Wheelton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+974'}[18].
  • Wheelton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7295343[19].
  • Wheelton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 12262903[20].
  • Wheelton's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1031095[21].
  • Wheelton's TOID is recorded as 7000000000004767[22].
  • Wheelton's TOID is recorded as 4000000074549335[23].
  • Wheelton's Vision of Britain unit ID is recorded as 10384874[24].
  • Wheelton's Vision of Britain place ID is recorded as 11030[25].
  • Wheelton's British History Online VCH ID is recorded as lancs/vol6/pp49-50[26].
  • Wheelton's KEPN ID is recorded as Lancashire/Wheelton[27].

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Geography

Wheelton is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Wheelton is located in Chorley[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+956'}[16], {'amount': '+988'}[17], and {'amount': '+974'}[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include village[6] and civil parish[7].

Why It Matters

Wheelton ranks in the top 0.45% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #227 of 50,837).[2] Wheelton has Wikipedia articles in 9 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. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . A Vision of Britain through Time. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . 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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