File. [Historic Counties]

Reference No:
U DAB/4/30
Dates:
1990-2016
Description:
Includes correspondence relating to Post Office policy on use of counties in postal addresses (1996-1997); a copy of the Association of British Counties' (ABC) leaflet 'Be Properly Addressed'; a Government press release endorsing historic counties and ABC as the authority on historic counties; a page from the Index of UK Place Names published by the Office for National Statistics announcing the introduction of a 'Historic County Field' (2016); a list of important dates relating to ABC; extracts from Hansard relating to bills for the mapping and signage of historic counties (2003, 2007); press cuttings and leaflets relating to Banffshire and Middlesex; a Friends of Real Lancashire booklet entitled 'The case for restoring a static geography to Britain based on traditional counties, with particular reference to Lancashire'; ABC motion proposing that the National Trust adopt historic county addresses for us in correspondence, guidebooks and other publications (1990); copies of ABC's 'Our Counties Annual' magazine (2013, 2014, 2016) and 'The Counties' magazine (2009, 2011); ABC leaflet and map of historic Yorkshire (2013); ABC leaflet 'Saving our Shires'; press cuttings and postcard relating to historic Yorkshire; a Yorkshire Ridings Society Publication booklet entitled 'Yorkshire: The story so far'; Historic Counties Trust papers entitled 'The Historic Counties Standard: A Standard for the Definition of the Names, Areas and Borders of the Historic Counties of the United Kingdom' and 'Marking Historic County Borders in Cumbria' (2012); ABC powerpoint slides entitled 'Our Counties - 2030 Vision'; an ABC paper entitled 'A guide to the historic counties for the Press and Media' (2014); and a copy of 'The 'Official' View of the Counties 1800-2001' by Peter J. Boyce (Jun 2001).
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of the Association of British Counties