The answer to these questions depends upon what you are trying to achieve. What you cannot achieve is a perfect answer. The problem is that the way we name places is changing all the time. You could argue that an address should be as it was when the person lived there, but as has been pointed out, some of our favourite and well known counties have disappeared or been altered several times. Or you might want to be able to post a letter there to see if anyone had any knowledge of the past of that house - when you only really need the house name and postcode Or you might want to pinpoint it on a map, where you clearly do best with the lat/long or other coordinates. As regards the village of King's Somborne, it's a beautiful village on the river Test about 10 miles from here. We don't even seem to know how to spell it - the local government website (http://www.testvalley.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=330) and all the locals spell it as I have, whereas GenUK seems to have a different spelling. Not helpful! To see it on a map look at google maps. There you will find the correct postal address listed; for more detail you can go to the Royal Mail postcode finder. That's probably your best guide to how to record it. But it won't necessarily fit with the US system, as Ron has said -- Warm regards :-)
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