Didcot (England)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
דידקוט (אנגליה)
Name (Latin)
Didcot (England)
Other forms of name
nne Didcot (Oxfordshire)
nnaa Didcot, Eng
Coordinates
-1.241111111 -1.241111111 51.60611111 51.60611111 (gooearth )
W0011500 W0011500 N0513600 N0513600 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- GWS steam echoes, 1986:cover, p. 3 (Didcot, Oxfordshire)
- Mun. yrbk., 1986:p. 1313 (Didcot, county of Oxfordshire)
- LC database, 12-6-88(hdg.: Didcot, Eng.)
Wikipedia description:
Didcot ( DID-kot, -kət) is a railway town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, located 15 miles (24 km) south of Oxford, 10 miles (16 km) east of Wantage and 15 miles (24 km) north west of Reading. Historically part of Berkshire, the town is noted for its railway heritage, Didcot station opening as a junction station on the Great Western Main Line in 1844. Today the town is known for the railway museum and as the gateway town to the Science Vale: three large science and technology centres in the surrounding villages of Milton (Milton Park), Culham (Culham Science Centre) and Harwell (Harwell Science and Innovation Campus which includes the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory).
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