Historic Counties Standard; A Standard for the Definition of the Names, Areas and Borders of the Historic Counties of the United Kingdom
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| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | The Historic Counties Trust |
| Year of publication | 2015 or later |
| Languages | |
| Medium | Digital Note: Copyright restrictions mean the attachment below only contains part of the publication. The full document is available for inspection at the Mills Archive Research and Education Centre. |
| Edition | 1 |
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Divisions within this publication
- 1: INTRODUCTION
- 2: Authorship
- 3: The Historic Counties Trust
- 4: Copyright
- 5: PURPOSE
- 6: BACKGROUND- THE HISTORIC COUNTIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
- 7: Origins of the historic counties
- 8: The historic counties and the ‘counties corporate’
- 9: The detached parts of historic counties
- 10: The use of the historic counties as a basis for administration pre-1888
- 11: The stability of the historic county borders
- 12: The historic counties and local government legislation
- 13: Mapping of the historic counties
- 14: Terminology used to describe the historic counties
- 15: THE STANDARD
- 16: Definition of the historic counties
- 17: Status of the detached parts of historic counties
- 18: Status of the counties corporate
- 19: Status of Ross-shire and Cromartyshire
- 20: Status of the ridings of Yorkshire
- 21: The names of the historic counties
- 22: Historic Counties Standard (HCS) Numbers
- 23: Historic Counties Standard (HCS) Codes
- 24: The borders of the historic counties
- 25: SCHEDULE
- 26: REFERENCES