[Talk-GB] Traditional Counties and Vice Counties

[Mark Goodge]

On 08/01/2021 10:34, Andy Townsend wrote:

> I think (and I'm guessing a bit here) that the "traditional" ones partly 
> in OSM are the immediately-pre-1974 ones.  Modelling the pre-1974 
> changes sounds like something best done in OpenHistoricalMap, and to be 
> honest sounds like a nice lockdown project for someone interested in 
> such things.

Actually, the Historic Counties Trust considers them to be those 
existing in 1843, before the passing of the Counties (Detached Parts) 
Act 1843, and thus before the start of what is generally considered the 
concept of modern local government (which was a Victorian invention).

http://www.county-borders.co.uk/Historic_Counties_Standard.pdf

Mark