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GRO area codes

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 Valice in

Valice in Report 6 Oct 2003 22:07

Here is an incomplete list of area codes which my hubby scribbled down on a visit to a Mormon record centre. 1a,b,c London & Middlesex 1d London, Kent & Surrey 2a Kent & Surrey 5a Dorset & Wiltshire 6a Gloucs, Hereford & Salop 6b Staffs, Warwicksm & Worcs 6c Warwicks & Worcs 6d Warwickshire 7a Leics, Lincs & Rutland 8a Cheshire 8b,c,d,e Lancashire 9a,b,c,d Yorkshire 11a South Wales 11b, North Wales Roman Numerals I,II,III London & Middlessex IV London & Surrey VIII Dorset, Hants & Wilts X Devon & Somerset XV Leics, Northants, Notts & Rutland XIX Cheshire, Derbys & Flints XX Lancashire XVI Oxon, Staffs & Warwicks XVIII Gloucs, Salop, Staffs, Warwicks & Worcs. Can anyone supply the missing ones?

Carol

Carol Report 6 Oct 2003 22:27

There is a website somewhere with them all listed. Cant remember where, but worth looking at genuki

Mary

Mary Report 6 Oct 2003 23:17

2b Hampshire & Sussex 2c Berkshire & Hampshire 3a Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertforshire, Middlesex Oxfordshire 4a Essex & Suffolk 4b Norfolk 5b Devon 5c Cornwall & Somerset 7b Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire 10a Durham 10b Cumberland, Northumberland & Westmorland

Carol

Carol Report 6 Oct 2003 23:24

Here it is, sorry it didnt tabulate very well Reference Numbers for each County County 1837-1851 1852-1946 ------ --------- --------- Anglesey XXVII 11b Bedfordshire VI 3b Berkshire VI 2c,3a Brecknockshire XXVI 11b Buckinghamshire VI 3a Caernarvonshire XXVII 11b Cambridgeshire XIV 3b Cardiganshire XXVII 11b Carmarthenshire XXVI 11a Cheshire XIX 8a Cornwall IX 5c Cumberland XXV 10b Denbighshire XXVII 11b Derbyshire XIX 7b Devon IX,X 5b Dorset VIII 5a Durham XXIV 10a Essex XII 4a Flintshire XIX,XXVII 11b Glamorganshire XXVI 11a Gloucestershire XI,XVIII 6a Hampshire VII,VIII 2b,2c Herefordshire XXVI 6a Hertfordshire VI 3a Huntingdonshire XIV 3b Kent V 1d,2a Lancashire XX,XXI,XXV 8b,8c,8d,8e Leicestershire XV 7a Lincolnshire XIV 7a London I,II,III,IV 1a,1b,1c,1d Merionethshire XXVII 11b Middlesex I,II,III 1a,1b,1c,3a Monmouthshire XXVI 11a Montgomeryshire XXVII 11b Norfolk XIII 4b Northamptonshire XV 3b Northumberland XXV 10b Nottinghamshire XV 7b Oxfordshire XVI 3a Pembrokeshire XXVI 11a Radnorshire XXVI 11b Rutland XV 7a Shropshire XVIII,XXVI 6a Somerset X,XI 5c Staffordshire XVI,XVII,XVIII 6b Suffolk XII,XIII,XIV 3b,4a Surrey IV 1d,2a Sussex VII 2b Warwickshire XI,XVI,XVIII 6b,6c,6d Westmorland XXV 10b Wiltshire VIII 5a Worcestershire XVIII 6b,6c Yorkshire XXI,XXII, 9a,9b,9c,9d XXIII,XXIV

 Valice in

Valice in Report 6 Oct 2003 23:25

Thanks Carol, looked at genuki, couldn't find anything, but thats not to say it wasn't there!! Thanks to Mary also for supplying some missing codes. Does anyone have any Roman Numeral codes, particularly want area for XI

 Valice in

Valice in Report 6 Oct 2003 23:29

Thanks again Carol, you must have been busy typing that up, whilst I was doing my last message!!

Mystified

Mystified Report 7 Oct 2003 07:27

Valerie The trouble is codes changed so much but if it is 1837-1852 then X1 was Gloucestershire John

Margaret

Margaret Report 7 Oct 2003 10:27

The codes are listed on Genuki and FreeBMD sites Margaret