Index of Places in England and Wales

INDEX OF PLACES IN ENGLAND AND WALES

These pages are intended to be used in conjunction with the list of Registration Districts in England and Wales 1837-1930. For each place listed, this index shows the county and registration district in which they were situated during the years 1837-1930.

The county names are abbreviated using the three-letter Chapman Codes, as follows:

  AGY  =  Anglesey                FLN  =  Flintshire               NTH = Northamptonshire
  BDF  =  Bedfordshire            GLA  =  Glamorganshire           NTT = Nottinghamshire
  BKM  =  Buckinghamshire         GLS  =  Gloucestershire          OXF = Oxfordshire
  BRE  =  Breconshire             HAM  =  Hampshire                PEM = Pembrokeshire
  BRK  =  Berkshire               HEF  =  Herefordshire            RAD = Radnorshire

  CAE  =  Caernarvonshire         HRT  =  Hertfordshire            RUT = Rutland
  CAM  =  Cambridgeshire          HUN  =  Huntingdonshire          SAL = Shropshire
  CGN  =  Cardiganshire           KEN  =  Kent                     SFK = Suffolk
  CHS  =  Cheshire                LAN  =  Lancashire               SOM = Somerset
  CMN  =  Carmarthenshire         LEI  =  Leicestershire           SRY = Surrey

  CON  =  Cornwall                LIN  =  Lincolnshire             SSX = Sussex
  CUL  =  Cumberland              LND  =  London                   STS = Staffordshire
  DBY  =  Derbyshire              MDX  =  Middlesex                WAR = Warwickshire
  DEN  =  Denbighshire            MER  =  Merionethshire           WES = Westmorland
  DEV  =  Devonshire              MGY  =  Montgomeryshire          WIL = Wiltshire

  DOR  =  Dorset                  MON  =  Monmouthshire            WOR = Worcestershire
  DUR  =  Durham                  NBL  =  Northumberland           WRY = Yorkshire West Riding
  ERY  =  Yorkshire East Riding   NFK  =  Norfolk
  ESS  =  Essex                   NRY  =  Yorkshire North Riding

Note that some places formed part of two or three counties until the end of the nineteenth century, and some were transferred from one county to another at various times. The registration districts were also used when compiling the decennial census returns from 1851 to 1921.

Any comments or queries regarding these listings should be sent to Brett Langston at b.langston@zetnet.co.uk.

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