Place Names changing

[olliepolly]

Could someone tell me if you have a place that has changed i.e. in this case - Warrington used to be in Lancashire, it is now in Cheshire, which one should i be putting? at the moment I am putting whichever county it was in at the time/date, but I am getting confused having both Warrington Lancashire and Warrington Cheshire in my records is this the right way to do it?? hope this makes sense

[Jan1954]

I have a similar problem with Bishop's Stortford being unable to make up its mind as to whether it belongs to Hertfordshire or Essex. I have recorded it under the county in which it was sitting at the time that a particular record was created, like yourself. It works for me....

[stepives]

I would put the County, where the record occurs before the boundary changes with a note.

Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire are my bones of contention.

Steve.

[olliepolly]

thanks guys i guess il just carry on even tho it annoys me lol

[stepives]

My sister in law was from Widnes, LANCASHIRE. She spat nails when they changed it to Cheshire, in 1974.

She is, and always will be a Lancashire lass.


Steve.

[Chris Doran]

§metimes you see "Warrington, Lancashire/Cheshire", but I don't know what that does to search engines.

Chris

(from Penge, Surrey/Kent/London)

[Peter Goodey]

So what would you put for Manchester, say?

County means different things in different contexts. For example, Warrington is a unitary authority so it's only vaguely part of Cheshire. I can't imagine any genealogist entering "Rochester, Medway" in their records!

I would stick exclusively to the historic counties unless you're entering a current address such as a record office when I would enter the modern postal address (which doesn't include a county).