You are right, Avon is not a Ceremonial County as I said but it has gone the way of Middlesex - only existing in an archaic form of postal addressing. It is a "former postal county" according to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_counties_of_the_United_Kingdom Colin On 2014-12-07 14:55, Nick Whitelegg wrote: > Sorry just seen some of the other replies. > > Could be something to do with Avon but that doesn't seem to exist as a > ceremonal county: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England [1] > ________________________________________ > From: Nick Whitelegg > Sent: 07 December 2014 13:53 > To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Google Maps: the city of Avon > > So while it's a place, for some reason iGoogle seem to think it's as big as > Bath and Swindon! > > A search for "Avon new town" doesn't seem to reveal anything though, so > presumably not a new town site? > > Nick > > ________________________________________ > From: Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> > Sent: 07 December 2014 13:32 > To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Google Maps: the city of Avon > > On Sun Dec 07 2014 12:51:32 GMT+0000 (GMT), Malcolm Herring wrote: > On 07/12/2014 12:39, Malcolm Herring wrote: It also appears on Yahoo maps and > Apple maps, in both cases as small place only visible at high zooms. ... and > on our map! http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/413600880 [2] Its on OS too, but not as a city. Phil (trigpoint) -- Sent from my Jolla _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb [3] _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb [3] Links: ------ [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/413600880 [3] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
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