I am looking for a simple, repeat simple, and easily understandable guide to the county, parish, etc set up in England. Is there one on line? I love maps and geography was one of my "best" subjects at school so I find myself trying to explain proximity or not of locations to Listers on a fairly frequent basis. I have a record of several very useful map sites. I usually have one or the other alongside me when I am researching. However, I have never found an good explanation of the relationship between the various administrative levels in England in 19th century and before on line. Any ideas? Anne PalingSHEFFIELD, U.K.

Hi Anne, This might be useful - found via the GENUKI page for England - http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/%7Ejimella/counties.htm#chaos Also for a counties map - http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/%7Ejimella/countmap.htm Cheers, Liz in Melbourne -----Original Message----- From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of A P L Sent: Monday, 3 December 2007 8:11 PM To: leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEI] GUIDE TO ADMINISTRATIVE MAZE OF COUNTIES ETC I am looking for a simple, repeat simple, and easily understandable guide to the county, parish, etc set up in England. Is there one on line? I love maps and geography was one of my "best" subjects at school so I find myself trying to explain proximity or not of locations to Listers on a fairly frequent basis. I have a record of several very useful map sites. I usually have one or the other alongside me when I am researching. However, I have never found an good explanation of the relationship between the various administrative levels in England in 19th century and before on line. Any ideas? Anne PalingSHEFFIELD, U.K.