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The following appear as names for Hertfordshire. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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HERTFORDSHIRE | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
HERTFORDSHIRE OR HERTS | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
HERTS | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Hertfordshire. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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HERTFORD | Administrative County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 623. |
Ancient County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 231. | |
Poor Law/Registration County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 231. | |
HERTFORDSHIRE | Administrative County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 623. |
Ancient County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 231. | |
Constituency (PCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
Modern (post 1974) County | Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics) | |
Poor Law/Registration County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 231. | |
HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY | 1841 Occupation reporting area | 1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'. |
HERTFORDSHIRE NORTH EAST | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
HERTFORDSHIRE SOUTH | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
HERTFORDSHIRE SOUTH WEST | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
HERTFORDSHIRE SOUTH WEST HERTFORDSHIRE | Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) |
NORTH EAST HERTFORDSHIRE | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
SOUTH HERTFORDSHIRE | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
SOUTH WEST HERTFORDSHIRE | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Hertfordshire, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Hertfordshire, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hertfordshire | Place names for the county, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17451/names
Date accessed: 18th October 2024