Gazetteer Of British Place Names

The Gazetteer of British Place Names is a unique source of
geographical information. It has three main functions:

• it provides the most exhaustive Place Name Index to Great Britain
  currently available, containing over 50,000 entries including commonly
  accepted alternative spellings and Welsh and Gaelic versions.

• it lists the County in which each place lies

• it lists the name of the most important administrative areas (i.e. of
  local government, police, health authority, region and lieutenancy) in
  which each place lies.

• The gazetteer works by a set of search engines based upon the first
  letter of a particular place name. To use the gazetteer choose the
  appropriate letter.

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Full details of the contents of the gazetteer can be found in the
accompanying notes. New users are strongly recommended to
read these.

• 1. The main features of the gazetteer

• 1.1 Place Name Index

• 1.2 The Counties of Great Britain

• 1.3 Administrative areas

• 1.4 The need for a fixed geographical reference frame

• 1.5 Disclaimer

• 2. Detailed contents of the gazetteer

• Column 1. Place Name

• Column 2. National Grid Reference

• Column 3. County

• Column 4. Administrative County

• Column 5. District

• Column 6. Unitary Authority Area

• Column 7. Police Area

• Column 8. Health Authority Area

• Column 9. Country / Region

• Column 10. Lieutenancy Area

• 3. Keys to abbreviations used in Columns 4 - 10

• 4. Links relevant to contents of Columns 1 - 10

• Map 1. The Counties of Great Britain

• Map 2. Administrative counties and unitary authority areas

• Appendix. Additional notes for historians and genealogists

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