Index Villaris, 1680

Index villaris, or, An alphabetical table of all cities, market-towns, parishes, villages, private seats in England and Wales. First published by John Adams in 1680; this digital GIS edition transcribed, edited, extended, and curated by Stephen Gadd and Alexis Litvine. 24,000 place-names geolocated and linked to GB1900 place-names and to OpenStreetMap road nodes.

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Raw coordinate data.

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Coordinates conformed by thin plate spline.

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Distribution of gentry and aristocracy in England & Wales, 1680.