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From: "William M Roberts" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Place names in the United Kingdom
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 07:49:19 -0400
References: <NCBBIGMOGLNOAMBJFIJLKEMKCGAA.martyr@charter.net> <003f01c11af6$bf50b8e0$4f03893e@carolinegurney>


Caroline
Caroline Gurney wrote:

snip.....
> Secondly, when alternative place name labels were introduced to TMG,
Wholly
> Genes added the label "Parish" to the US County field which I personally
> don't like. This is because the relationship between towns/cities & their
> parishes can be so varied. Historically many parishes were more or less
> contiguous with the boundaries of a village, with a few outlying farms
> thrown in. Others (eg in Yorkshire) were very large & contained several
> towns or townships. But cities & even some relatively modestly sized
towns,
> contained several parishes. My general rule is to put the parish in the
City
> field where it equates to a town & in the Detail field where it is one of
> several parishes in a city or town.
snip...

In the state of Louisiana in the United States the counties are called
Parishes. I believe this is why Wholly Genes made this synonymous with
County. I do not think it had anything to do with the term as it is used in
other parts of the world. Good old US culture again. :-)

Myrnice



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