On 20 May 2007, at 14:45, Nick Whitelegg wrote: > >> I'm using a combination of guesswork based on type - though >> undoubtledly >> things will have changed since the 1940s-1950s - and location, local >> knowledge, wikipedia and cross checking with http:// >> www.gazetteer.co.uk/ >> (which I think is reasonable - I'm not copying from there, just >> using it as >> a cross reference) >> >> David > > As an aside the list of historical counties is interesting and > throws up one > or two unexpected results. In particular I always thought central > London > always was a county of its own, but according to this website, its > historical > county was Middlesex. Is that correct?
I have always though that Edinburgh was a city in its own right. However this explains why many companies insist that I live in Midlothian. At the moment there is the local council area Midlothian, which is just outside Edinburgh, thus causing my confusion. Shaun _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb
