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The Hereford Mappa Mundi is a mappa mundi, of a form deriving from the T and O pattern, The spherical shape of the Earth was already known to the ancient Greeks and Romans and the idea was never entirely forgotten even in the Middle Ages, and thus the circular representation may well be considered a conventional attempt at a projection: in spite of the acceptance of a spherical Earth, only the known parts of the Northern Hemisphere were believed to be inhabitable by human beings ( see antipodes ), so that the circular representation remained adequate.
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Hereford and Mappa
The Hereford Mappa Mundi, about 1300, Hereford Cathedral, England.
* Medieval European T and O maps such as the Hereford Mappa Mundi were centred on Jerusalem with East at the top.
* The Hereford Mappa Mundi ( Map of the World ) is made.
Hereford Cathedral dates from 1079 and contains the Mappa Mundi, a medieval map of the world dating from the 13th century which was restored in the late 20th century.
* Hereford: A cathedral city, famous for the chained library in the cathedral, and the Mappa Mundi
The Hereford Mappa Mundi
The monastery had such widespread influence that the town is one of only four places in Ireland to be named in the Hereford Mappa Mundi in 1300.
The Hereford Mappa Mundi, about 1300, Hereford Cathedral, England.
On the wall of the opposite choir aisle, the celebrated Hereford " Mappa Mundi ", dating from the later years of the 13th century, hung, little regarded, for many years.
The Hereford Mappa Mundi, about 1300, Hereford Cathedral, England.
a reproduction of the Hereford Mappa Mundi, about 1300 at Hereford Cathedral, England, United Kingdom.
see: Image: Hereford Mappa Mundi 1300. jpg for an image of the original.
On the Mappa Mundi, circa 1300, now in Hereford Cathedral, Cornwall ( as " Cornubia ") is one of the very few regions within Britain to be named individually.
Phillott ( 1873 ) Medieval Geography ; An Essay in Illustration of the Hereford Mappa Mundi London: Stanford.
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* Clee Hill features prominently on the Hereford Mappa Mundi.
* The Mappa Mundi and Chained Library at Hereford Cathedral — accessed 26 June 2011
Hereford and Mundi
The Hereford Mapa Mundi, depicting Jerusalem at the centre of the world
Hereford and is
The name of the islands is first recorded on the Hereford map ( 1280 ), where they are labelled farei.
Kansas City is most famous for its steak and barbecue. The American Hereford Association bull and Kemper Arena and the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange Building in the former Kansas City Stockyard of the West Bottoms as seen from Quality Hill, Kansas City | Quality Hill During the heyday of the Kansas City Stockyards, the city was known for its Kansas City steaks or Kansas City strip steaks.
This station is on the Cotswold Line from Hereford to London Paddington.
This special unit is created soon thereafter, with its base in Hereford, Britain.
The Duke of Hereford ( the future King Henry IV of England ) is among the western European knights serving with the coalition.
The town is linked to Chepstow in the south and Hereford in the north by the A466 road.
There was a battle between the Mercians and the Welsh at Hereford in 760, and Offa is recorded as campaigning against the Welsh in 778, 784 and 796 in the tenth-century Annales Cambriae.
Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England.
The name " Hereford " is said to come from the Anglo Saxon " here ", an army or formation of soldiers, and the " ford ", a place for crossing a river.
If this is the origin it suggests that Hereford was a place where a body of armed men forded or crossed the Wye.
The Welsh name for Hereford is Henffordd, meaning " old road ", and probably refers to the Roman Road and Roman settlement at nearby Stretton Sugwas.
This timber-framed Jacobean building, built in 1621, is now a The Old House, Hereford # Museum | museum.
Nell Gwynne, actress and mistress of King Charles II, is said to have been born in Hereford in 1650 ( although other towns and cities, notably Oxford, also claim her as their own ); Gwynn Street is named after her.
Another famous actor born in Hereford is David Garrick ( 1717 – 1779 ).
Hereford Cathedral School is also one of the oldest schools in England.
The main local government body covering Hereford is Herefordshire Council.
Hereford has a " City Council " but this is actually a parish council with city status, and has only limited powers.
However the new Herefordshire was a unitary authority without any districts, and so Hereford lost its district status ( although, confusingly, the authority's full legal name is the County of Herefordshire District Council ).
Hereford is one of only seven civil parishes in England which have city status.
The current member of the House of Commons for Hereford and South Herefordshire is Jesse Norman.
Hereford is served by a 4-platform railway station on the Welsh Marches Line which opened in 1854.
There was also another station in Hereford which is now closed, this was Hereford Barton.
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