{
  "system" : "China Historical GIS, Harvard University and Fudan University",
  "license" : "CC BY-NC 4.0",
  "uri" : "https://chgis.hudci.org/tgaz/placename/hvd_24248",
  "sys_id" : "hvd_24248",
  "sys_id of alternate" : "",
  "spellings" : [
    {
      "written form" : "橫沔",
      "script" : "traditional Chinese",
      "exonym language" : "",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    },
    {
      "written form" : "横沔",
      "script" : "simplified Chinese",
      "exonym language" : "",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    },
    {
      "written form" : "Hengmian",
      "transcribed in" : "Pinyin",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    }
  ],
  "feature_type" : {
    "name" : "村镇",
    "alternate name" : "村鎮",
    "transcription" : "cun zhen",
    "English" : "villages and small towns"
  },
  "temporal" : {
    "begin" : "1820",
    "begin rule" : "9",
    "end" : "1820",
    "end rule" : "9"
  },
  "spatial" : {
    "object_type" : "POINT",
    "xy_type" : "point",
    "latitude" : "31.15269",
    "longitude" : "121.63246",
    "source" : "FROM_FD",
    "present_location" : [
      {
        "country code" : "cn",
        "text" : "",
        "source" : "Fudan",
        "attestation" : ""
      }
    ]
  },
  "historical_context" : {
    "part of" : [
      {
        "begin year" : "1820",
        "end year" : "1820",
        "parent id" : "hvd_40480",
        "name" : "南汇县",
        "transcribed" : "Nanhui Xian"
      }
    ],
    "subordinate units" : [
    ],
    "preceded by" : [
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  "data source" : "CHGIS",
  "source note" : "<html><body>横沔（1820年）<br><br>即今上海市南汇县横沔镇东横沔。约清乾隆初形成集市，⑴属南汇县，至今不变。⑵<br><br>⑴初见于清乾隆《南汇县新志》。清宋如林修，孙星衍、莫晋纂：嘉庆《松江府志》卷2《镇市》：“横沔在十七保，依横沔港。北为洪桥港。一名沔溪。”（清嘉庆二十二年（1817）松江府学明伦堂刻本，31页）<br>清金福曾修、张文虎等纂：光绪《南汇县志》卷1《疆域志》：“横沔镇，邑西北四十二里，依横沔港。北为虹桥港，四围袤广各里许。乾隆初，华氏增建市房，廛舍相对，街路盘曲，匪扰后未复旧观。”（清光绪五年（1879）刻本，1927年重印本，11页）<br>⑵上海市南汇县县志编纂委员会编《南汇县志》第二编《建置》：“乡内有横沔老镇和横沔新镇。横沔老镇距县城30公里，原为煎盐处小五灶所在地，地形如盘，因此曾有小五灶、吉氏盘之名。元代时，因该地多水，溪水常满，而改称为横沔。横沔之名始于明代，据传横沔港形似旗杆，其南端的摇纱港西北走向，至小高峰地与东西向的沿船港交汇，呈三角旗状，小高峰是块氽地，恰似旗珠，俗有歇后语旗杆跌倒－－横沔（眠）之说，横沔之名因此而得。1910年（清宣统二年），横沔建乡，设乡政府于该镇，乡名遂定为横沔。”（上海人民出版社，1992年，94页）</body></html>",
  "source uri" : ""
}