> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Lance > Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 10:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] GEO Database - English Locations > > The general rule with County names in England, Jane, is as > you wrote. It > only applies to counties which have a city bearing the same > name, though. As > in the example you quoted, it is as you said, Northamptonshire, as the > county "seat" is Northampton. Similarly, this applies to > Leicestershire > (Leicester); Devonshire (Devon); Gloucestershire (Gloucester) > to name a few > I can think of at the moment. Whether or not current usage in > the UK is > tending to drop the "shire", I do not know. Perhaps one of our English > members may be able to enlighten us in that regard? > > Lance > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jane > Hakes > Sent: Friday, 31 December 2004 10:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] GEO Dabase > > <SNIP> > > I also loaded the EU (Europe) database, but I've already got > a nitpicking > complaint. I entered Northampton, a city in England, and the database > tells me its in 'Northampton, Northampton, England', but I think the > county should be 'Northamptonshire' not 'Northampton'. I'll > have to check > it further to be sure, though. > > The online help for Legacy will also give you more > information about the > GEO databases, locations, and how they all work. > > Hope that helps. > > Jane Hakes >
When referring to an English County, you have to use the full name, or you may well be referring to the county town. There are exceptions in the shires, such as Devonshire normally being called Devon and the County of Norfolk (no shire) having the City of Norfolk. Note also that not all Counties are shire counties. I'm afraid there's no hard and fast rule, the names having evolved over a couple of thousand years of history. The written names are frequently abbreviated, such as "Lancs." for Lancashire, "Yorks." for Yorkshire and other pitfalls such as Salop for Shropshire! -- Rodney HALL Heywood, Lancashire Suaviter sed fortiter Agreeably but powerfully ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmhh.co.uk/ http://rmhh.org.uk/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
