[Talk-GB] Place name mapping party, experiences

[Shaun McDonald]

On 20 May 2007, at 14:45, Nick Whitelegg wrote:

>
>> I'm using a combination of guesswork based on type - though  
>> undoubtledly
>> things will have changed since the 1940s-1950s - and location, local
>> knowledge, wikipedia and cross checking with http:// 
>> www.gazetteer.co.uk/
>> (which I think is reasonable - I'm not copying from there, just  
>> using it as
>> a cross reference)
>>
>> David
>
> As an aside the list of historical counties is interesting and  
> throws up one
> or two unexpected results. In particular I always thought central  
> London
> always was a county of its own, but according to this website, its  
> historical
> county was Middlesex. Is that correct?

I have always though that Edinburgh was a city in its own right.  
However this explains why many companies insist that I live in  
Midlothian. At the moment there is the local council area Midlothian,  
which is just outside Edinburgh, thus causing my confusion.

Shaun