-------------------------------------------------- From: "Ron Ferguson" <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 6:42 AM To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PLACE NAMES
> ..... we are very protective of our history and historic locations, one > only > has to see the furore when changes in county boundaries are suggested! > .... Apparently, no so much -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ron Ferguson" <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 11:34 AM To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PLACE NAMES >...... > Let us consider the town of Slaithwaite in Yorkshire, England, or rather > it > was until the boundaries changed and its location became Slaithwaite, > Lancashire, England, ....... > > Anyhow if one writes the location using the current county of Lancashire > then it will not easily be found in the 19c censuses as it was then in > Yorkshire. > > ..... > I was brought up in the Hamlet of Winton in Eccles, Lancashire, England. > In > 1974 Eccles was merged into the City of Salford, so now the location is > Winton, Eccles, Salford, Lancashire, England. It doesn't look like much of > a > change, but actually it is, because prior to 1971 Eccles was a county > borough with its own administration and police force etc. Now it is a > district of Salford, not the same at all and one will certainly not find > Eccles in Salford in the censuses prior to 1974....... John S. Adams Hermosa Beach, CA Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
