It's a great help laid out like this -- smallest to the largest unit. I imagine it applies throughout time?
It should be easier for us now to use the right terms <G> all of us upstarts across the pond.
Appreciate it!
K McGee
At 09:44 AM 4/22/2005 +0100, you wrote:
Hi,
Perhaps as a Brit. I can shed a little light on the UK method of naming places. Strictly speaking we are the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, however for the purpose of place naming UK can be regarded as the country within which we have and equivalent to the USA states - namely England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Within these are the counties such as Derbyshire, Devon, County Durham etc. Then the towns followed by the parishes, the latter usually being small local units.
Thus an address would comprise: the street, parish, town, county and country (England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland) and (optionally) UK
There are exception to this in that all cities and some other major towns are not in counties such that an address in Manchester would comprise: the street, district (roughly equivalent to a parish), Manchester, England.
Hope that this helps.
Ron Ferguson
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