A discussion of boundaries on the Cheshire list Jean in Nova Scotia > > Throughout history there have been boundary changes to countries, > > counties and other administrative areas, you cannot say they do not > > exist because you don't like them. > > > There is some very interesting reading on the Association of British > Counties' web-site at: > > http://www.abcounties.co.uk > > In short, this demonstrates that places like Hyde and Tintwistle are > still part of the 'Ancient County' of Cheshire, as set out by the > Local Government Act of 1888. This is because subsequent boundary > changes (including those in 1974) only affected the parallel > 'Administrative County' created under the same Act. This was > explicitly confirmed by a government statemant in 1974: > > "The new county boundaries are solely for the purpose of defining > areas of ... local government. They are administrative areas, and > will not alter the traditional boundaries of Counties, nor is it > intended that the loyalties of people living in them will change." > > Like most family history societies, the FHSC follows the traditional > boundaries of the 'ancient' counties, as do most major archives. > > Hope this helps, > > Brett Langston > The Family History Society of Cheshire > http://www.fhsc.org.uk/ > > > ==== CHESHIRE Mailing List ==== > Cheshire GENUKI page: > http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/chs/ > >