The Gazetteer of British Place Names is a unique source of geographical information. It has three main functions:
- it provides the most exhaustive Place Name Index to Great Britain currently available, containing over 50,000 entries including commonly accepted alternative spellings and Welsh and Gaelic versions.
- it lists the County in which each place lies
- it lists the name of the most important administrative areas (i.e. of local government, police, health authority, region and lieutenancy) in which each place lies.
The gazetteer works by a set of search engines based upon the first letter of a particular place name. To use the gazetteer choose the appropriate letter.
The Gazetteer is also available as a downloadable ebook for £20 (US$29) (Further Information · Download a free demo version).
Full details of the contents of the gazetteer can be found in the accompanying notes. New users are strongly recommended to read these.
1.4 The need for a fixed geographical reference frame
3. Keys to abbreviations used in Columns 4 - 10
4. Links relevant to contents of Columns 1 - 10
Map 2. Administrative counties and unitary authority areas
Appendix. Additional notes for historians and genealogists
The Gazetteer of British Place Names is now available as a downloadable ebook for £20 (US$29)
The e-book version of the Gazetteer includes all of the information which can be found in the online version, but with the added advantage that one can look through alphabetical place name lists without the restrictions imposed by the search facility of the online version.
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