Good point. As far as I understand it, historic Middlesex is now almost entirely in London but some parts were "moved" to Surrey but Middlesex is still used in some postcodes. I suppose you are right but it feels odd to have some parts of inner London under Middlesex and people searching may not find them. > Nikki Brown > #6552 > Pullum ONS > https://pullumons.wordpress.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Treeby" <treeby@ttenterprises.co.uk> To: goons@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 11 March, 2017 10:29:36 AM Subject: Re: [G] Place Names Hi Nikki, It all depends on your meaning of Middlesex. I.e are you talking about the "Historic County of Middlesex" or the "Administrative County of Middlesex". The "Historic Counties" are all still in existent and their borders have not changed. (I know some places have moved to different Counties, but only very rarely and then possibly only the once) "Administrative Counties" on the other hand change all the time. So eg. Liverpool has always been in the "Historic County of Lancashire" and still is. In 1974 was put into the "Administrative County of Mersyside". See http://www.gazetteer.org.uk/index.php for more detail and better explaination. And especially read the Notes for Historians. Personally I try to put keep every place in the UK, in the "Historic County". Tim Treeby GOONS : 7112 On 11/03/2017 10:17, NIKKI BROWN wrote: > Hi > An nice start to an interesting discussion. My mind went completely down the wrong route! > I feel I am among many who have a long list to get "up to date" by making them in full rather than shortened or abbreviated. > One area I am having problems with is that most of my ONS in the UK come from a small area, however Middlesex has shrunk and London has grown but a family is in the same place, just the borders moved around them (also happened to me as a child but Essex to London). I am never sure of the right way to record this. Also sometimes the border appears to move back and forth due to mis recording and transcription being updated incorrectly. > It means when I compare censuses the counties of residence is not right. > > Nikki Brown > #6552 > Pullum ONS > https://pullumons.wordpress.com > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _____________________________________________ RootsWeb Surname List - are your interests there? http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Nikki Brown #6552 Pullum ONS https://pullumons.wordpress.com