Grays

town in Essex, England
Place town Q991532
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Grays

Summary

Grays is a town[1]. Grays ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (235 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Grays is located in Thurrock[3].
  • Grays is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Grays is on the body of water River Thames[5].
  • Grays's image is recorded as High St - geograph.org.uk - 2515612.jpg[6].
  • Grays's instance of is recorded as town[7].
  • Grays's shares border with is recorded as South Ockendon[8].
  • Grays's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123132478[9].
  • Grays's postal code is recorded as RM17[10].
  • Grays's Commons category is recorded as Grays, Essex[11].
  • Grays's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[12].
  • Grays's local dialing code is recorded as 01375[13].
  • Grays's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ615773[14].
  • Grays's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.4724, 'lon': 0.3247}[15].
  • Grays's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/028m6n[16].
  • Grays's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Grays, Essex[17].
  • Grays's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 42cbde8a-0e4d-45df-883d-c18a1afef14c[18].
  • Grays's population is recorded as {'amount': '+44341'}[19].
  • Grays's time of earliest written record is recorded as +1195-00-00T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Grays's category for people born here is recorded as Q9224958[21].
  • Grays's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2648182[22].
  • Grays's BBC Things ID is recorded as d16dd7b4-88d7-4835-bf22-5f9f79936cb6[23].
  • Grays's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Grays, Essex[24].
  • Grays's UN/LOCODE is recorded as GBGYS[25].
  • Grays's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+8'}[26].
  • Grays's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2597437[27].

Body

Geography

Grays is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Grays is located in Thurrock[3]. Grays is on the body of water River Thames[5].

Physical Characteristics

Grays's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+8'}[26]. Grays's population is recorded as {'amount': '+44341'}[19].

Designation and Status

Grays's instance of is recorded as town[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Grays include Grays Athletic F.C.[28], an association football club[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 1890[31], headquartered in London[32].

Why It Matters

Grays ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (235 views/month).[2] Grays has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Grays is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Grays include Grays Athletic F.C.[28], an association football club[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 1890[31], headquartered in London[32].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . thurrock.gov.uk. thurrock.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . service.unece.org. service.unece.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q12013. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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