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Newton in The Willis, Manchester

53.450, -2.633

Row named 'Newton in The Willis, Manchester' (a corrupted GEDCOM rendering of Newton-le-Willows), ungeocoded. Two Wikidata candidates share the 'Newton-le-Willows' name (Merseyside and North Yorkshire); the row's own 'Manchester' qualifier fits only the Merseyside/Lancashire town, adjacent to the Manchester conurbation. No collision in the tree for this row.

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    Mary Ann Peacock

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Wikidata and OpenStreetMap/Nominatim gazetteer lookups · Wikidata / OpenStreetMap

lookup_place 'Newton-le-Willows': two Wikidata candidates (Merseyside and North Yorkshire); Nominatim geo hit for 'Newton-le-Willows, Manchester' at 53.45,-2.633.

The record's own 'Manchester' qualifier discriminates in favour of the Merseyside/Lancashire town (historically part of the Manchester conurbation) over the North Yorkshire village of the same name.