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Here you can widen searches by using <em>wild-cards</em> or looking for <em>sound-alikes</em>, and narrow searches by specifying the <em>county</em> or <em>nation</em>. You can directly search for <em>administrative units</em> or for descriptions from <em>historical gazetteers</em>:</p> </div> <div class="tabGroup"> <ul class="tabs"> <li><a href="#tab01">Search Places</a></li> <li><a href="#tab02">Search Units</a></li> <li><a href="#tab03">Search Descriptions</a></li> <li><a href="#tab04">Explore Types</a></li> </ul> <div class="tab" id="tab01"> <div class="boxFull"> <p> </p> <!-- the match_page.jsp redirects to the correct place url, one result got to place page, more than one go to place/matches for selection no matches, go to place --> <!-- ..LEAVE THIS AS match_page.jsp --> <form action="place/match_page.jsp" method="post" name="placeSearchForm" id="placeSearchForm"> <input name="expert" type="hidden" value="Y" /> <table width="400px"> <tr> <td>Name:</td> <td><input name="pcode" type="text" id="placeName" class="textField" style="width: 250px" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Search type:</td> <td><select name="sdx" class="textField" id="searchType" style="width: 264px"> <option selected="selected" value="N">Search names for exact match</option> <option value="Y">Search names for sound-alikes</option> </select></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Region:</td> <td><select name="c_id" class="textField" id="c_id" style="width: 264px"> <option value="D_20002" selected="selected">Anywhere in Britain</option> <option value="N_20003"> England</option> <option value="C_17471"> Bedfordshire</option> <option value="C_17461"> Berkshire</option> <option value="C_17487"> Buckinghamshire</option> <option value="C_17478"> Cambridgeshire</option> <option value="C_17489"> Cheshire</option> <option value="C_17455"> Cornwall</option> <option value="C_17486"> Cumberland</option> <option value="C_17464"> Derbyshire</option> <option value="C_17488"> Devon</option> <option value="C_17439"> Dorset</option> <option value="C_17479"> Durham</option> <option value="C_17453"> Essex</option> <option value="C_17432"> Gloucestershire</option> <option value="C_17437"> Hampshire</option> <option value="C_17312"> Herefordshire</option> <option value="C_17451"> Hertfordshire</option> <option value="C_17255"> Huntingdonshire</option> <option value="C_17467"> Kent</option> <option value="C_17463"> Lancashire</option> <option value="C_17492"> Leicestershire</option> <option value="C_17436"> Lincolnshire</option> <option value="C_1"> London</option> <option value="C_17431"> Middlesex</option> <option value="C_17468"> Norfolk</option> <option value="C_17476"> Northamptonshire</option> <option value="C_17469"> Northumberland</option> <option value="C_17491"> Nottinghamshire</option> <option value="C_17482"> Oxfordshire</option> <option value="C_17258"> Rutland</option> <option value="C_17430"> Shropshire</option> <option value="C_17483"> Somerset</option> <option value="C_17449"> Staffordshire</option> <option value="C_17457"> Suffolk</option> <option value="C_17465"> Surrey</option> <option value="C_17434"> Sussex</option> <option value="C_17485"> Warwickshire</option> <option value="C_17480"> Westmorland</option> <option value="C_17443"> Wiltshire</option> <option value="C_17473"> Worcestershire</option> <option value="C_17450"> Yorkshire</option> <option value="N_20004"> Wales</option> <option value="C_17323"> Anglesey</option> <option value="C_17428"> Brecknockshire</option> <option value="C_17459"> Caernarvonshire</option> <option value="C_17265"> Cardiganshire</option> <option value="C_17200"> Carmarthenshire</option> <option value="C_17246"> Denbighshire</option> <option value="C_17256"> Flintshire</option> <option value="C_17466"> Glamorgan</option> <option value="C_17477"> Merionethshire</option> <option value="C_17183"> Monmouthshire</option> <option value="C_17446"> Montgomeryshire</option> <option value="C_17278"> Pembrokeshire</option> <option value="C_17429"> Radnorshire</option> <option value="N_20005"> Scotland</option> <option value="C_17192"> Aberdeenshire</option> <option value="C_17303"> Angus</option> <option value="C_17460"> Argyll</option> <option value="C_17454"> Ayrshire</option> <option value="C_17490"> Banffshire</option> <option value="C_17438"> Berwickshire</option> <option value="C_17456"> Buteshire</option> <option value="C_17470"> Caithness</option> <option value="C_17334"> Clackmannanshire</option> <option value="C_17452"> Dumfries Shire</option> <option value="C_17472"> Dunbartonshire</option> <option value="C_17222"> East Lothian</option> <option value="C_17330"> Fife</option> <option value="C_17448"> Inverness Shire</option> <option value="C_17433"> Kincardineshire</option> <option value="C_17484"> Kinross Shire</option> <option value="C_17458"> Kirkcudbrightshire</option> <option value="C_17447"> Lanarkshire</option> <option value="C_17184"> Midlothian</option> <option value="C_17242"> Moray</option> <option value="C_17441"> Nairnshire</option> <option value="C_17294"> Orkney</option> <option value="C_17481"> Peebles Shire</option> <option value="C_17444"> Perthshire</option> <option value="C_17301"> Renfrewshire</option> <option value="C_17462"> Ross and Cromarty</option> <option value="C_17435"> Roxburghshire</option> <option value="C_17440"> Selkirkshire</option> <option value="C_17214"> Shetland</option> <option value="C_17442"> Stirlingshire</option> <option value="C_17474"> Sutherland</option> <option value="C_17194"> West Lothian</option> <option value="C_17445"> Wigtownshire</option> <option value="D_20006">Ireland</option> <option value="C_20017"> County Antrim</option> <option value="C_20021"> County Armagh</option> <option value="C_20026"> County Carlow</option> <option value="C_20031"> County Cavan</option> <option value="C_20028"> County Clare</option> <option value="C_20011"> County Cork</option> <option value="C_20014"> County Donegal</option> <option value="C_20033"> County Down</option> <option value="C_20018"> County Dublin</option> <option value="C_20036"> County Fermanagh</option> <option value="C_20012"> County Galway</option> <option value="C_20015"> County Kerry</option> <option value="C_20022"> County Kildare</option> <option value="C_20025"> County Kilkenny</option> <option value="C_20038"> County Laoighis</option> <option value="C_20024"> County Leitrim</option> <option value="C_20023"> County Limerick</option> <option value="C_20034"> County Londonderry</option> <option value="C_20030"> County Longford</option> <option value="C_20027"> County Louth</option> <option value="C_20013"> County Mayo</option> <option value="C_20029"> County Meath</option> <option value="C_20035"> County Monaghan</option> <option value="C_20037"> County Offaly</option> <option value="C_20019"> County Roscommon</option> <option value="C_20016"> County Sligo</option> <option value="C_20020"> County Tipperary</option> <option value="C_20042"> County Tyrone</option> <option value="C_20032"> County Waterford</option> <option value="C_20039"> County Westmeath</option> <option value="C_20041"> County Wexford</option> <option value="C_20040"> County Wicklow</option> </select></td> </tr> <tr> </table> <div class="row seperator"> <input id="submitbutton" type="button" class="button" value="Search" onclick="submit()"/> </div> </form> <br class="clear" /> <ul> <li>Searches can include asterisks ('*') as wild cards to match characters you are not sure of, or you can try including names that <em>sound like</em> the name you are looking for.</li> <li>Wild card and 'sound alike' searches can return very large numbers of matches, so consider specifying region and/or type. These searches can also be slow!</li> <li>Several different kinds of county have been used in the British Isles over the last 200 years, as defined in our gazetteer of administrative units, but we use ancient counties when defining 'places'.</li> </ul> <p>Our gazetteer of <em>places</em> was created especially for <em>A Vision of Britain through Time</em>, and aims to include all towns and all villages of any size. It draws on our gazetteer of administrative units, as well as our historical maps and descriptive gazetteers, and includes every settlement that gave its name to any of the following:</p> <ul> <li>All Ancient Parishes, Civil Parishes that existed in 1911, and all Irish and Scottish parishes.</li> <li>All local government districts that existed between 1894 and 1974, and all the slightly earlier sanitary districts.</li> <li>All Poor Law Unions and Registration Districts, and almost all Registration sub-Districts.</li> <li>All Parliamentary Constituencies.</li> </ul> <p>Each place can be found using any of the names we have linked to it, including the names of associated administrative units, names given in historical gazetteers, and names used by historical travel writers.</p> </div> </div> <div class="tab" id="tab02"> <div class="boxFull"> <p> </p> <form action="units/matches" method="post" name="unitSearchForm" id="unitSearchForm"> <table width="400px"> <tr> <td>Name:</td> <td><input name="pname" type="text" id="unitName" class="textField" style="width: 250px" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Search type:</td> <td><select name="sdx" class="textField" id="searchType" style="width: 264px"> <option selected="selected" value="N">Search names for exact match</option> <option value="Y">Search names for sound-alikes</option> </select></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Region:</td> <td><select name="region" class="textField" id="region" style="width: 264px"> <option value="NULL" selected="selected">Anywhere</option> <option value="N_ENGLAND">England</option> <option value="C_BEDFORDSHIRE"> Bedfordshire</option> <option value="C_BERKSHIRE"> Berkshire</option> <option value="C_BUCKINGHAMSHIRE"> Buckinghamshire</option> <option value="C_CAMBRIDGESHIRE"> Cambridgeshire</option> <option value="C_CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND ISLE OF ELY"> Camb. & I. of Ely</option> <option value="C_CHESHIRE"> Cheshire</option> <option value="C_CORNWALL"> Cornwall</option> <option value="C_CUMBERLAND"> Cumberland</option> <option value="C_DERBYSHIRE"> Derbyshire</option> <option value="C_DEVON"> Devon</option> <option value="C_DORSET"> Dorset</option> <option value="C_COUNTY DURHAM"> Durham</option> <option value="C_EAST RIDING"> East Riding</option> <option value="C_EAST SUFFOLK"> East Suffolk</option> <option value="C_EAST SUSSEX"> East Sussex</option> <option value="C_ESSEX"> Essex</option> <option value="C_GLOUCESTERSHIRE"> Gloucestershire</option> <option value="C_GREATER LONDON"> Greater London</option> <option value="C_HAMPSHIRE"> Hampshire</option> <option value="C_HEREFORDSHIRE"> Herefordshire</option> <option value="C_HERTFORDSHIRE"> Hertfordshire</option> <option value="C_HUNTINGDONSHIRE"> Huntingdonshire</option> <option value="C_HUNTINGDONSHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH"> Huntingdon & Peterborough</option> <option value="C_ISLE OF ELY"> Isle of Ely</option> <option value="C_ISLE OF WIGHT"> Isle of Wight</option> <option value="C_KENT"> Kent</option> <option value="C_LANCASHIRE"> Lancashire</option> <option value="C_LEICESTERSHIRE"> Leicestershire</option> <option value="C_LINCOLNSHIRE"> Lincolnshire</option> <option value="C_LONDON"> London</option> <option value="C_MIDDLESEX"> Middlesex</option> <option value="C_NORFOLK"> Norfolk</option> <option value="C_NORTH RIDING"> North Riding</option> <option value="C_NORTHAMPTONSHIRE"> Northamptonshire</option> <option value="C_NORTHUMBERLAND"> Northumberland</option> <option value="C_NOTTINGHAMSHIRE"> Nottinghamshire</option> <option value="C_OXFORDSHIRE"> Oxfordshire</option> <option value="C_PARTS OF HOLLAND"> Parts of Holland</option> <option value="C_PARTS OF KESTEVEN"> Parts of Kesteven</option> <option value="C_PARTS OF LINDSEY"> Parts of Lindsey</option> <option value="C_RUTLAND"> Rutland</option> <option value="C_SHROPSHIRE"> Shropshire</option> <option value="C_SOKE OF PETERBOROUGH"> Soke of Peterborough</option> <option value="C_SOMERSET"> Somerset</option> <option value="C_STAFFORDSHIRE"> Staffordshire</option> <option value="C_SUFFOLK"> Suffolk</option> <option value="C_SURREY"> Surrey</option> <option value="C_SUSSEX"> Sussex</option> <option value="C_WARWICKSHIRE"> Warwickshire</option> <option value="C_WEST RIDING"> West Riding</option> <option value="C_WEST SUFFOLK"> West Suffolk</option> <option value="C_WEST SUSSEX"> West Sussex</option> <option value="C_WESTMORLAND"> Westmorland</option> <option value="C_WILTSHIRE"> Wiltshire</option> <option value="C_WORCESTERSHIRE"> Worcestershire</option> <option value="C_YORKSHIRE"> Yorkshire</option> <option value="N_WALES">Wales</option> <option value="C_ANGLESEY"> Anglesey</option> <option value="C_BRECKNOCKSHIRE"> Brecknockshire</option> <option value="C_CAERNARVONSHIRE"> Caernarvonshire</option> <option value="C_CARDIGANSHIRE"> Cardiganshire</option> <option value="C_CARMARTHENSHIRE"> Carmarthenshire</option> <option value="C_DENBIGHSHIRE"> Denbighshire</option> <option value="C_FLINTSHIRE"> Flintshire</option> <option value="C_GLAMORGAN"> Glamorgan</option> <option value="C_MERIONETHSHIRE"> Merionethshire</option> <option value="C_MONMOUTHSHIRE"> Monmouthshire</option> <option value="C_MONTGOMERYSHIRE"> Montgomeryshire</option> <option value="C_PEMBROKESHIRE"> Pembrokeshire</option> <option value="C_RADNORSHIRE"> Radnorshire</option> <option value="N_SCOTLAND">Scotland</option> <option value="C_ABERDEENSHIRE"> Aberdeenshire</option> <option value="C_ANGUS"> Angus</option> <option value="C_ARGYLL"> Argyll</option> <option value="C_AYRSHIRE"> Ayrshire</option> <option value="C_BANFFSHIRE"> Banffshire</option> <option value="C_BERWICKSHIRE"> Berwickshire</option> <option value="C_BUTESHIRE"> Buteshire</option> <option value="C_CAITHNESS"> Caithness</option> <option value="C_CLACKMANNANSHIRE"> Clackmannanshire</option> <option value="C_CROMARTY"> Cromarty</option> <option value="C_DUMFRIESSHIRE"> Dumfriesshire</option> <option value="C_DUNBARTONSHIRE"> Dunbartonshire</option> <option value="C_EAST LOTHIAN"> East Lothian</option> <option value="C_FIFE"> Fife</option> <option value="C_INVERNESS SHIRE"> Inverness Shire</option> <option value="C_KINCARDINESHIRE"> Kincardineshire</option> <option value="C_KINROSS SHIRE"> Kinross Shire</option> <option value="C_KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE"> Kirkcudbrightshire</option> <option value="C_LANARKSHIRE"> Lanarkshire</option> <option value="C_MIDLOTHIAN"> Midlothian</option> <option value="C_MORAY"> Moray</option> <option value="C_NAIRNSHIRE"> Nairnshire</option> <option value="C_ORKNEY"> Orkney</option> <option value="C_PEEBLES SHIRE"> Peebles Shire</option> <option value="C_PERTHSHIRE"> Perthshire</option> <option value="C_RENFREWSHIRE"> Renfrewshire</option> <option value="C_ROSS AND CROMARTY"> Ross and Cromarty</option> <option value="C_ROSS SHIRE"> Ross Shire</option> <option value="C_ROXBURGHSHIRE"> Roxburghshire</option> <option value="C_SELKIRKSHIRE"> Selkirkshire</option> <option value="C_SHETLAND"> Shetland</option> <option value="C_STIRLINGSHIRE"> Stirlingshire</option> <option value="C_SUTHERLAND"> Sutherland</option> <option value="C_WEST LOTHIAN"> West Lothian</option> <option value="C_WIGTOWNSHIRE"> Wigtownshire</option> <option value="N_IRELAND">Ireland</option> <option value="C_ANTRIM"> Antrim</option> <option value="C_ARMAGH"> Armagh</option> <option value="C_CARLOW"> Carlow</option> <option value="C_CAVAN"> Cavan</option> <option value="C_CLARE"> Clare</option> <option value="C_CORK"> Cork</option> <option value="C_DONEGAL"> Donegal</option> <option value="C_DOWN"> Down</option> <option value="C_DUBLIN"> Dublin</option> <option value="C_FERMANAGH"> Fermanagh</option> <option value="C_GALWAY"> Galway</option> <option value="C_KERRY"> Kerry</option> <option value="C_KILDARE"> Kildare</option> <option value="C_KILKENNY"> Kilkenny</option> <option value="C_OFFALY"> King's County</option> <option value="C_LAOIGHIS"> Laoighis</option> <option value="C_LAOIS"> Laois</option> <option value="C_LEITRIM"> Leitrim</option> <option value="C_LIMERICK"> Limerick</option> <option value="C_LONDONDERRY"> Londonderry</option> <option value="C_LONGFORD"> Longford</option> <option value="C_LOUTH"> Louth</option> <option value="C_MAYO"> Mayo</option> <option value="C_MEATH"> Meath</option> <option value="C_MONAGHAN"> Monaghan</option> <option value="C_OFFALY"> Offaly</option> <option value="C_LAOIGHIS"> Queen's County</option> <option value="C_ROSCOMMON"> Roscommon</option> <option value="C_SLIGO"> Sligo</option> <option value="C_TIPPERARY"> Tipperary</option> <option value="C_TYRONE"> Tyrone</option> <option value="C_WATERFORD"> Waterford</option> <option value="C_WESTMEATH"> Westmeath</option> <option value="C_WEXFORD"> Wexford</option> <option value="C_WICKLOW"> Wicklow</option> </select></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Entry type:</td> <td><select name="kind" class="textField" id="entryType" style="width: 264px"> <option value="NULL" selected="selected">Any type of entry</option> <option value="[NULL]" selected>---------------Any type of entry---------------</option> <option value="L_4">State</option> <option value="T_STATE">...State</option> <option value="S_CrProt">......Crown Protectorate</option> <option value="L_5">Nation</option> <option value="T_NATION">...Nation</option> <option value="L_6">Region</option> <option value="T_ECC_PROV">...Ecclesiastical Province</option> <option value="T_MOD_REG">...Government Office Region</option> <option value="T_IRL_PROV">...Irish Province</option> <option value="T_PR_DIV">...Poor Law/Registration Division</option> <option value="L_7">County</option> <option value="T_ADM_CNTY">...Administrative County</option> <option value="T_ANC_CNTY">...Ancient County</option> <option value="S_Srom">......Sheriffdom</option> <option value="T_DIOCESE">...Diocese</option> <option value="T_IRL_CNTY">...Irish County</option> <option value="T_MOD_CNTY">...Modern (post 1974) County</option> <option value="S_Met.C">......Metropolitan County</option> <option value="T_PR_CNTY">...Poor Law/Registration County</option> <option value="T_SCO_CNTY">...Scottish County</option> <option value="S_ScoCofC">......Scottish County of City</option> <option value="T_OCC41_AREA">...1841 Occupation reporting area</option> <option value="L_8">Higher-level District</option> <option value="T_ARCHDEACON">...Archdeaconry</option> <option value="T_MOD_DIST">...District/Unitary Authority</option> <option value="S_City">......City</option> <option value="S_County">......Titular County</option> <option value="S_UA">......Unitary Authority</option> <option value="T_ANC_CDIV">...Division of Ancient County</option> <option value="S_Cantref">......Cantref</option> <option value="S_Lathe">......Lathe</option> <option value="S_Parts">......Parts of</option> <option value="S_Rape">......Rape</option> <option value="S_Riding">......Riding</option> <option value="T_PR_DIST">...Poor Law Union/Reg. District</option> <option value="S_GilU">......Gilbert Union</option> <option value="S_Inc">......Incorporation</option> <option value="S_PLPar">......Poor Law Parish</option> <option value="S_PLU">......Poor Law Union</option> <option value="S_RegD">......Registration District</option> <option value="L_9">Middle-level District</option> <option value="T_ANC_DIST">...Ancient District</option> <option value="S_AncTn">......Ancient Town</option> <option value="S_Bny">......Barony (England)</option> <option value="S_Borough">......Borough</option> <option value="S_CnqPt">......Cinque Port</option> <option value="S_Cmt">......Commote</option> <option value="S_CntyOfIt">......County of Itself</option> <option value="S_Div">......Division</option> <option value="S_Fh">......Franchise</option> <option value="S_Hundred">......Hundred</option> <option value="S_Liberty">......Liberty</option> <option value="S_Ldsp">......Lordship</option> <option value="S_AD_PalS">......Palatine Seat</option> <option value="S_Soke">......Soke</option> <option value="S_Wap">......Wapentake</option> <option value="S_Wd">......Ward</option> <option value="T_IRL_BARONY">...Barony (Ireland)</option> <option value="S_IrlCity">......City (Ireland)</option> <option value="S_IrlCorpTown">......Corporate Town (Ireland)</option> <option value="T_SCO_BURGH">...Burgh (Scotland)</option> <option value="S_BuBa">......Burgh of Barony</option> <option value="S_BuRe">......Burgh of Regality</option> <option value="S_CLandward">......County Landward</option> <option value="S_LBu">......Large Burgh</option> <option value="S_PaBu">......Parliamentary Burgh</option> <option value="S_PoBu">......Police Burgh</option> <option value="S_RoBu">......Royal Burgh</option> <option value="S_SBu">......Small Burgh</option> <option value="S_UBu">......Unknown Status</option> <option value="T_CONSTITUENCY">...Constituency</option> <option value="S_BorCon">......Borough Const.</option> <option value="S_BCon">......Borough Const.</option> <option value="S_BurCon">......Burgh Const.</option> <option value="S_CqPCon">......Cinque Port Const.</option> <option value="S_CCon">......County Const.</option> <option value="S_DistBCon">......District of Boroughs Const.</option> <option value="S_DistBDivCon">......Div. of District of Boroughs Const.</option> <option value="S_PBDivCon">......Div. of Parliamentary Borough Const.</option> <option value="S_PDivCon">......Div. of Parliamentary Const.</option> <option value="S_PBCon">......Parliamentary Borough Const.</option> <option value="S_PCon">......Parliamentary Const.</option> <option value="S_UniCon">......University Const.</option> <option value="T_LG_DIST">...Local Government District</option> <option value="S_CB">......County Borough</option> <option value="S_CC">......County Corporate</option> <option value="S_LB">......London Borough</option> <option value="S_LCC">......London City Corporate</option> <option value="S_MetB">......Metropolitan Borough</option> <option value="S_MB">......Municipal Borough</option> <option value="S_RD">......Rural District</option> <option value="S_UD">......Urban District</option> <option value="T_SCO_COMB">...Poor Law Combination (Scotland)</option> <option value="T_IRL_PL_UNION">...Poor Law Union (Ireland)</option> <option value="T_SUB_DIST">...Registration sub-District</option> <option value="T_R_DEANERY">...Rural Deanery</option> <option value="T_SAN_DIST">...Sanitary District</option> <option value="S_Lon_SDist">......London (sanitary) District</option> <option value="S_RSD">......Rural Sanitary District</option> <option value="S_Undef_SD">......Undefined Sanitary District</option> <option value="S_USD">......Urban Sanitary District</option> <option value="T_URBAN_LAB_MARKET">...Urban Labour Market</option> <option value="L_11">Parish</option> <option value="T_ECC_PAR">...Ecclesiastical Parish</option> <option value="S_EExP">......Eccl. Extra-Parochial Area</option> <option value="S_EP">......Eccl. Parish</option> <option value="S_EPA">......Eccl. Parochial Area</option> <option value="T_PAR_UNIT">...Parish-level Unit</option> <option value="S_AP">......Ancient Parish</option> <option value="S_ParPart">......Ancient Part of Parish</option> <option value="S_Ch">......Chapelry</option> <option value="S_CP">......Civil Parish</option> <option value="S_ExP">......Extra-Parochial Area</option> <option value="S_Grng">......Grange</option> <option value="S_Hmlt">......Hamlet</option> <option value="S_IslParPart">......Island</option> <option value="S_ParLib">......Parish Liberty</option> <option value="S_PrLdp">......Parish Lordship</option> <option value="S_PA">......Parochial Area</option> <option value="S_Tn">......Township</option> <option value="S_Tg">......Tything</option> <option value="S_Vest">......Vestry</option> <option value="S_Vl">......Vill</option> <option value="S_Vle">......Ville</option> <option value="S_Wrd">......Ward</option> <option value="T_SCO_PAR">...Scottish Parish</option> <option value="T_IRL_PAR">...Irish Parish</option> <option value="L_12">sub-Parish</option> <option value="T_MANOR">...Manor</option> <option value="T_IRL_TOWN">...Town (Ireland)</option> </select></td> </tr> </table> <div class="row seperator"> <input id="submitbutton" type="button" class="button" value="Search" onclick="submit()"/> </div> </form> <br class="clear" /> <ul> <li>Searches can include asterisks ('*') as wild cards to match characters you are not sure of, or you can try including names that <em>sound like</em> the name you are looking for.</li> <li>Wild card and 'sound alike' searches can return very large numbers of matches, so consider specifying region and/or type. These searches can also be slow!</li> <li>Searching here by nation or county is <b>smart</b>: it understands the polyhierarchic structure of our underlying database. For example, if you specify a county, parishes will be returned if they were within the Ancient, Registration <b>or</b> Administrative County of that name.</li> </ul> <p class="pEm">Our administrative gazetteer combines:</p> <ul> <li>Frederick Youngs' <em>Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England</em> (Royal Historical Society, 1979 and 1991)</li> <li>Melville Richards' <em>Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units</em> (Univ. of Wales Press, 1969)</li> <li>Richard Cheffins' <em>Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832</em> (British Library, 1998)</li> <li>Gazetteer of Scottish Administrative Units compiled from census reports and other sources</li> <li>Baronies, Poor Law Unions, Parishes and "Towns" from <em>Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland</em></li> </ul> <p>Our gazetteer also incorporates much additional research at the University of Portsmouth.</p> </div> </div> <div class="tab" id="tab03"> <div class="boxFull"> <p> </p> <form action="descriptions/matches" method="post" name="dg_form" id="dg_form"> <input type="hidden" name="flag" value="0"/> <table width="400px"> <tr> <td>Name:</td> <td><input name="pname" type="text" id="descriptionName" class="textField" style="width: 250px" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Search type:</td> <td><select name="st" class="textField" id="searchType" style="width: 264px"> <option selected="selected" value="HW">Search names for exact match</option> <option value="SX">Search names for sound-alike</option> <option value="FT">Search full text for exact match</option> </select></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Region:</td> <td><select name="region" class="textField" id="region" style="width: 264px"> <option value="NULL" selected="selected">Anywhere</option> <option value="N_ENGLAND">England</option> <option value="C_BEDFORDSHIRE"> Bedfordshire</option> <option value="C_BERKSHIRE"> Berkshire</option> <option value="C_BUCKINGHAMSHIRE"> Buckinghamshire</option> <option value="C_CAMBRIDGESHIRE"> Cambridgeshire</option> <option value="C_CHESHIRE"> Cheshire</option> <option value="C_CORNWALL"> Cornwall</option> <option value="C_CUMBERLAND"> Cumberland</option> <option value="C_DERBYSHIRE"> Derbyshire</option> <option value="C_DEVON"> Devon</option> <option value="C_DORSET"> Dorset</option> <option value="C_COUNTY DURHAM"> Durham</option> <option value="C_EAST RIDING"> East Riding</option> <option value="C_ESSEX"> Essex</option> <option value="C_GLOUCESTERSHIRE"> Gloucestershire</option> <option value="C_HAMPSHIRE"> Hampshire</option> <option value="C_HEREFORDSHIRE"> Herefordshire</option> <option value="C_HERTFORDSHIRE"> Hertfordshire</option> <option value="C_HUNTINGDONSHIRE"> Huntingdonshire</option> <option value="C_KENT"> Kent</option> <option value="C_LANCASHIRE"> Lancashire</option> <option value="C_LEICESTERSHIRE"> Leicestershire</option> <option value="C_LINCOLNSHIRE"> Lincolnshire</option> <option value="C_LONDON"> London</option> <option value="C_MIDDLESEX"> Middlesex</option> <option value="C_NORFOLK"> Norfolk</option> <option value="C_NORTH RIDING"> North Riding</option> <option value="C_NORTHAMPTONSHIRE"> Northamptonshire</option> <option value="C_NORTHUMBERLAND"> Northumberland</option> <option value="C_NOTTINGHAMSHIRE"> Nottinghamshire</option> <option value="C_OXFORDSHIRE"> Oxfordshire</option> <option value="C_RUTLAND"> Rutland</option> <option value="C_SHROPSHIRE"> Shropshire</option> <option value="C_SOMERSET"> Somerset</option> <option value="C_STAFFORDSHIRE"> Staffordshire</option> <option value="C_SUFFOLK"> Suffolk</option> <option value="C_SURREY"> Surrey</option> <option value="C_SUSSEX"> Sussex</option> <option value="C_WARWICKSHIRE"> Warwickshire</option> <option value="C_WEST RIDING"> West Riding</option> <option value="C_WESTMORLAND"> Westmorland</option> <option value="C_WILTSHIRE"> Wiltshire</option> <option value="C_WORCESTERSHIRE"> Worcestershire</option> <option value="C_YORKSHIRE"> Yorkshire</option> <option value="N_WALES">Wales</option> <option value="C_ANGLESEY"> Anglesey</option> <option value="C_BRECKNOCKSHIRE"> Brecknockshire</option> <option value="C_CAERNARVONSHIRE"> Caernarvonshire</option> <option value="C_CARDIGANSHIRE"> Cardiganshire</option> <option value="C_CARMARTHENSHIRE"> Carmarthenshire</option> <option value="C_DENBIGHSHIRE"> Denbighshire</option> <option value="C_FLINTSHIRE"> Flintshire</option> <option value="C_GLAMORGAN"> Glamorgan</option> <option value="C_MERIONETHSHIRE"> Merionethshire</option> <option value="C_MONMOUTHSHIRE"> Monmouthshire</option> <option value="C_MONTGOMERYSHIRE"> Montgomeryshire</option> <option value="C_PEMBROKESHIRE"> Pembrokeshire</option> <option value="C_RADNORSHIRE"> Radnorshire</option> <option value="N_SCOTLAND">Scotland</option> <option value="C_ABERDEENSHIRE"> Aberdeenshire</option> <option value="C_ANGUS"> Angus</option> <option value="C_ARGYLL"> Argyll</option> <option value="C_AYRSHIRE"> Ayrshire</option> <option value="C_BANFFSHIRE"> Banffshire</option> <option value="C_BERWICKSHIRE"> Berwickshire</option> <option value="C_BUTESHIRE"> Buteshire</option> <option value="C_CAITHNESS"> Caithness</option> <option value="C_CLACKMANNANSHIRE"> Clackmannanshire</option> <option value="C_CROMARTY"> Cromarty</option> <option value="C_DUMFRIESSHIRE"> Dumfriesshire</option> <option value="C_DUNBARTONSHIRE"> Dunbartonshire</option> <option value="C_EAST LOTHIAN"> East Lothian</option> <option value="C_FIFE"> Fife</option> <option value="C_INVERNESS SHIRE"> Inverness Shire</option> <option value="C_KINCARDINESHIRE"> Kincardineshire</option> <option value="C_KINROSS SHIRE"> Kinross Shire</option> <option value="C_KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE"> Kirkcudbrightshire</option> <option value="C_LANARKSHIRE"> Lanarkshire</option> <option value="C_MIDLOTHIAN"> Midlothian</option> <option value="C_MORAY"> Moray</option> <option value="C_NAIRNSHIRE"> Nairnshire</option> <option value="C_ORKNEY"> Orkney</option> <option value="C_PEEBLES SHIRE"> Peebles Shire</option> <option value="C_PERTHSHIRE"> Perthshire</option> <option value="C_RENFREWSHIRE"> Renfrewshire</option> <option value="C_ROSS AND CROMARTY"> Ross And Cromarty</option> <option value="C_ROSS SHIRE"> Ross Shire</option> <option value="C_ROXBURGHSHIRE"> Roxburghshire</option> <option value="C_SELKIRKSHIRE"> Selkirkshire</option> <option value="C_SHETLAND"> Shetland</option> <option value="C_STIRLINGSHIRE"> Stirlingshire</option> <option value="C_SUTHERLAND"> Sutherland</option> <option value="C_WEST LOTHIAN"> West Lothian</option> <option value="C_WIGTOWNSHIRE"> Wigtownshire</option> <option value="N_IRELAND">Ireland</option> <option value="C_ANTRIM"> Antrim</option> <option value="C_ARMAGH"> Armagh</option> <option value="C_CARLOW"> Carlow</option> <option value="C_CAVAN"> Cavan</option> <option value="C_CLARE"> Clare</option> <option value="C_CORK"> Cork</option> <option value="C_DONEGAL"> Donegal</option> <option value="C_DOWN"> Down</option> <option value="C_DUBLIN"> Dublin</option> <option value="C_FERMANAGH"> Fermanagh</option> <option value="C_GALWAY"> Galway</option> <option value="C_KERRY"> Kerry</option> <option value="C_KILDARE"> Kildare</option> <option value="C_KILKENNY"> Kilkenny</option> <option value="C_KINGS COUNTY"> King"s County</option> <option value="C_LAOIGHIS"> Laoighis</option> <option value="C_LEITRIM"> Leitrim</option> <option value="C_LIMERICK"> Limerick</option> <option value="C_LONDONDERRY"> Londonderry</option> <option value="C_LONGFRORD"> Longford</option> <option value="C_LOUTH"> Louth</option> <option value="C_MAYO"> Mayo</option> <option value="C_MEATH"> Meath</option> <option value="C_MONAGHAN"> Monaghan</option> <option value="C_OFFALY"> Offaly</option> <option value="C_QUEENS COUNTY"> Queen"s County</option> <option value="C_ROSCOMMON"> Roscommon</option> <option value="C_SLIGO"> Sligo</option> <option value="C_TIPPERARY"> Tipperary</option> <option value="C_TYRONE"> Tyrone</option> <option value="C_WATERFORD"> Waterford</option> <option value="C_WESTMEATH"> Westmeath</option> <option value="C_WEXFORD"> Wexford</option> <option value="C_WICKLOW"> Wicklow</option> </select> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Entry type:</td> <td><select name="ft_term" class="textField" id="entryType" style="width: 264px"> <option value="NULL" selected="selected">---------------Any type of entry---------------</option> <option value="1_administrative areas">..administrative areas</option> <option value="2_military areas">....military areas</option> <option value="2_political areas">....political areas</option> <option value="3_countries, 1st order divisions">......nations & regions</option> <option value="3_countries, 2nd order divisions">......counties</option> <option value="3_countries, 3rd order divisions">......districts</option> <option value="3_countries, 4th order divisions">......parishes etc</option> <option value="2_populated places">....populated places</option> <option value="3_cities">......towns & cities</option> <option value="4_capitals">........capitals</option> <option value="2_tribal areas">....tribal areas</option> <option value="1_hydrographic features">..hydrographic features</option> <option value="2_bays">....bays</option> <option value="3_fjords">......fjords</option> <option value="2_channels">....channels</option> <option value="2_drainage basins">....drainage basins</option> <option value="2_estuaries">....estuaries</option> <option value="2_floodplains">....floodplains</option> <option value="2_gulfs">....gulfs</option> <option value="2_lakes">....lakes</option> <option value="2_seas">....seas</option> <option value="2_streams">....streams</option> <option value="3_rivers">......rivers</option> <option value="4_bends (river)">........bends (river)</option> <option value="4_waterfalls">........waterfalls</option> <option value="3_springs (hydrographic)">......springs (hydrographic)</option> <option value="1_land parcels">..land parcels</option> <option value="1_manmade features">..manmade features</option> <option value="2_agricultural sites">....agricultural sites</option> <option value="2_buildings">....buildings</option> <option value="3_commercial sites">......commercial sites</option> <option value="4_industrial sites">........industrial sites</option> <option value="3_institutional sites">......institutional sites</option> <option value="4_correctional facilities">........correctional facilities</option> <option value="4_educational facilities">........educational facilities</option> <option value="4_medical facilities">........medical facilities</option> <option value="4_religious facilities">........religious facilities</option> <option value="3_post office buildings">......post office buildings</option> <option value="3_residential sites">......residential sites</option> <option value="2_cemeteries">....cemeteries</option> <option value="2_fisheries">....fisheries</option> <option value="2_fortifications">....fortifications</option> <option value="2_historical sites">....historical sites</option> <option value="2_hydrographic structures">....hydrographic structures</option> <option value="3_canals">......canals</option> <option value="3_harbors">......harbors</option> <option value="3_levees">......levees</option> <option value="3_piers">......piers</option> <option value="3_reservoirs">......reservoirs</option> <option value="2_mine sites">....mine sites</option> <option value="2_monuments">....monuments</option> <option value="2_parks">....parks</option> <option value="3_viewing locations">......viewing locations</option> <option value="2_recreational facilities">....recreational facilities</option> <option value="3_sports facilities">......sports facilities</option> <option value="2_reference locations">....reference locations</option> <option value="2_reserves">....reserves</option> <option value="2_towers">....towers</option> <option value="2_transportation features">....transport features</option> <option value="3_aqueducts">......aqueducts</option> <option value="3_bridges">......bridges</option> <option value="3_locks">......locks</option> <option value="3_railroad features">......railways</option> <option value="3_roadways">......roadways</option> <option value="3_trails">......tracks</option> <option value="3_tunnels">......tunnels</option> <option value="2_wells">....wells</option> <option value="1_physiographic features">..physiographic features</option> <option value="2_bars (physiographic)">....bars (physiographic)</option> <option value="2_beaches">....beaches</option> <option value="2_capes">....headlands</option> <option value="2_caves">....caves</option> <option value="2_cirques">....corries</option> <option value="2_cliffs">....cliffs</option> <option value="2_dunes">....dunes</option> <option value="2_flats">....flats</option> <option value="2_gaps">....passes</option> <option value="2_isthmuses">....isthmuses</option> <option value="2_mountains">....mountains & hills</option> <option value="3_mountain ranges">......mountain ranges</option> <option value="3_mountain summits">......mountain summits</option> <option value="3_ridges">......ridges</option> <option value="2_natural rock formations">....natural rock formations</option> <option value="3_arches (natural formation)">......arches (natural formation)</option> <option value="2_plains">....plains</option> <option value="2_plateaus">....plateaus</option> <option value="2_reefs">....reefs</option> <option value="2_seafloor features">....seafloor features</option> <option value="3_seamounts">......seamounts</option> <option value="2_valleys">....valleys</option> <option value="3_canyons">......ravines</option> <option value="2_volcanic features">....volcanic features</option> <option value="1_regions">..regions</option> <option value="2_biogeographic regions">....biogeographic regions</option> <option value="3_forests">......forests</option> <option value="4_woods">........woods</option> <option value="3_grasslands">......grasslands</option> <option value="3_shrublands">......shrublands</option> <option value="3_wetlands">......marshes</option> <option value="2_coastal zones">....coastal zones</option> <option value="2_land regions">....land regions</option> <option value="3_islands">......islands</option> <option value="4_archipelagos">........archipelagos</option> </select> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="row seperator"> <input id="submitbutton" type="button" class="button" value="Search" onclick="submit()"/> </div> </form> <br class="clear" /> <ul> <li>Searches can include asterisks ('*') as wild cards to match characters you are not sure of, or you can try including names that <em>sound like</em> the name you are looking for.</li> <li>Wild card and 'sound alike' searches can return very large numbers of matches, so consider specifying region and/or type. These searches can also be slow!</li> <li>You can also search the full text of the entries, and here you can search for any word, not just places names.</li> </ul> <p class="pEm">Our descriptive gazetteer combines the full text of four 19th century gazetteers, a total of over 90,000 entries:</p> <ul> <li>John Marius Wilson's <em>Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales</em> (1872)</li> <li>Frances Groome's <em>The Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland</em> (1885)</li> <li>Samuel Lewis's <em>Topographical Dictionary of Ireland</em> (1837)</li> <li>John Bartholomew's <em>Gazetteer of the British Isles</em> (1887)</li> </ul> <p>Our typology of descriptive entries is based on the ADL Feature Type Thesaurus.</p> </div> </div> <div class="tab" id="tab04"> <div class="boxFull"> <br/> <table width="80%"> <tr> <td width="50%"><h4>Political Areas</h4> <strong>countries</strong> <br/> . . . <strong><a href="/types/level/4">Country</a></strong> <br/> . <strong>countries, 1st order divisions</strong> <br/> . . . <strong><a href="/types/level/6">Region</a></strong> <br/> . <strong>countries, 2nd order divisions</strong> <br/> . . . <strong><a href="/types/level/7">County</a></strong> <br/> . <strong>countries, 3rd order divisions</strong> <br/> . . . <strong><a href="/types/level/8">Higher-level District</a></strong> <br/> . . . <strong><a href="/types/level/9">Middle-level District</a></strong> <br/> . . . <strong>Lower-level District</strong> <br/> . <strong>countries, 4th order divisions</strong> <br/> . . . <strong><a href="/types/level/11">Parish</a></strong> <br/> . . . <strong><a href="/types/level/12">sub-Parish</a></strong> <br/> . <strong>multinational entities</strong> <br/> . . . <strong>World</strong> <br/> . . . <strong>Continent</strong> <br/> . . . <strong><a href="/types/level/3">Sub-Continent</a></strong> </td> <td width="50%"> <p>Our system for classifying administrative units is designed as an extension to the Alexandria Digital Library's gazetteer Feature Type Thesaurus, but that contains only four terms for intra-state political units so the first expansion is from their four to our twelve <strong>Geographical Levels</strong>. The next expansion is to our <strong>Unit Type</strong> values, and the final one to our type-specific <strong>Unit Status</strong> values ('World' and 'Country' are both Geographical Levels and Unit Types). NB a given type of unit may hold more than one status value concurrently.</p> <p>Click on any of the levels for details of the types we include within that level. Where there are a small number of units with a given type or status, you can access a complete listing of all such units. 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