I am rather late with an answer as have been gone and just getting to my email but would like to know where the "Isle of Man" fits in with this. Is it the equivalent to England, Wales, etc?.
Thank you. Star -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 04/22/05 09:47:37 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Devonshire [formerly The Locations Hierarchy] That is super, Ron. 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 <snip> Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release Date: 4/25/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release Date: 4/25/2005 Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
