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Padornelo (Castile and León)

Spanish village

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 26, 2024
Entity authorityQ6057145 ↗
Source-derived summary

for other places called Padornelo, see Padornelo

Padornelo is a Spanish parish located in the municipality of Lubián in the region of Sanabria, Castile and León. It is located at a height of 1260 meters.

References

Bibliography

Cabeza Quiles, Fernando (1992) Os nomes de lugar. Topónimos de Galicia: a súa orixe e o seu significado, Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo; p. 326

Moralejo Lasso, A. (1977) Toponimia gallega y leonesa, Santiago de Compostela, p. 321, note 13

External links

Lubián

Cultura de Lubián

“Medio natural y poblamiento en la toponimia mayor de Zamora”, Anuario 2000, Instituto de Estudios Zamoranos "Florián de Ocampo", Diputación de Zamora, p.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Padornelo (Castile and León)” is spanish village. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Padornelo, Castile and León, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1260, 1992, 1977, 2000—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Padornelo, Castile and León is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “spanish village” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 26, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q6057145. Authority coordinates are 42.033, -6.836. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1260, 1992, 1977 and 2000.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Padornelo (Castile and León)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Padornelo (Castile and León) primary sources, Padornelo (Castile and León) archive and Padornelo research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Padornelo (Castile and León)”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Padornelo (Castile and León)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.