Thread: Town list

frankieroyle

Jon

anny

I think that's a great idea, Frankie, and thanks, Jon, for considering it.
Would it be possible to include some sort of illustration or printed list of distances from nearby towns in each case ?
Maybe that's just too much to ask.
I've always found it useful, though, to find out how far people would have travelled to get married, or find work, or whatever.
anny.

Jon

Good idea Anny,

What I could do is link to Google maps or something to give an image map of where the town is.

This system could be broken down further. It could be set up in the following format:

• County
• Town
• Historic Events Of The Town
• Link To Map - (This will be automatic using the Town Name)
  

All this information would have to be member submitted as I doubt that any one person knows all the towns in the Uk!

If you can think of any more details to add let me know, that applies to everyone.

Regards

anny

Perfect !
Thanks, Jon.

frankieroyle

Starlight

In the links and tips forum there is a sticky post " Registration districts & Town lists"

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/places/regindex1-3.pdf


Within this link is also a link to all towns within each district

www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg


These can be found at:- Registration Districts & Town lists

There are nearly two pages of maps in the links and tips forum
+ a link where you can add the town name to find where it is.
From this you can also open maps of the area :- http://www.curiousfox.com/history/

Starlight

Hi Frankie,

The last link shows that there are 9 Chesterton's in England.

Chesterton Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Gloucestershire
Chesterton Huntingdonshire
Chesterton Oxfordshire
Chesterton Shropshire
Chesterton Staffordshire
Chesterton Warwickshire
Chesterton Green Warwickshire
Little Chesterton Oxfordshire

Just click and you will find available maps for the area chosen.

Jon

Canadian Cousin

Franki asked: Hi Frankie,

Working from Canada, I had much the same problem until I got the know the the 'traditional homelands' of my ancestors. I'm fortunate in that - with the exception of one gg-gm - my father's ancestors were all from distinct areas within Devon and Cornwall (similarly, my mother's lineage all came from the Beara peninsula in southwest Co. Cork).

Still, there are times when I need to locate a particular town I've never heard of (or remember only vaguely), e.g., when a new relative is discovered, or when reading historical newspapers or other documents.

The best strategy I've found is to Google the terms 'genuki' and the name of the town/parish/village. Unlike a general gazetteer or online mapping site, GENUKI immediately points you to data that's relevant for genealogy/family history. GENUKI's coverage is much better for some counties than others, but where it's good, it's great. For example (if you've never tried it before) start at the Devon Index Page and see what's available for the county as a whole. Then follow the link for Devon Towns & Parishes to see what's available at the local level.

Anny had asked: In fact for every parish in Devon, GENUKI provides a detailed map of the parish boundaries shown over a 19th century OS map, along with a link for a modern Multimap. There's also a link at the top of each parish page called Nearby Places which provides a list of all placenames within a 5 mile radius, organized by parish and distance (you can vary the search radius, but the list grows very quickly as the size increases).

It's a shame that all counties in GENUKI don't have this level of detail, but I still find it's the best starting point whenever I want to find out about a new place.

HTH -

Tim