IS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ,the same place as N,HANTS that is near BANBURY? Hubert usa

Hubert, Banbury is actually in Oxfordshire - if such a "dark blue" place can be mentioned here the home of the "light blues" (Think of the Boat Race!) See http://cookfmly.rootsweb.com/banbury/ for more information. N'hants is an abbreviation for Northamptonshire, Northants is the more commonly accepted form. See Multimap at http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=450000.128705223&Y=250000.890396199&width=500&height=300&gride=445473.128705223&gridn=240696.890396199&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=1&scale=200000 for the location. You will note that the Northants Border runs just a mile or so to the east of Banbury. A general point to those in the New World; Generally if a place has "shire" (pronounced sheer) it is a County. There are a few exceptions such as Devon, Dorset, Essex, Kent, Norfolk, Middlesex, Suffolk, Surrey, to name a few. The abbreviations such as Cambs for Cambridgeshire came about to save having to write the county name in full for postal purposes. See http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Regions/England.html for the abbreviated forms of English Counties. This page also lists the changes to county administration of 1965 and 1974 and it's effects. For genealogical purposes the old traditional counties are the ones that are used - thus records for Peterborough are found at Northampton even though post 1974 the City was part of Cambs. Regards John R G Bland Born in Northants raised in Hunts and Cambs (without moving) and living in Lincs ----- Original Message ----- From: "hff" <flt1469@bellsouth.net> To: <ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 9:30 PM Subject: [ENG-CAMB] INFORMATION > IS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ,the same place > as N,HANTS that is near BANBURY? > Hubert usa > > > ==== ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE Mailing List ==== > . >