Locality Designations In England (Announce)

by admin , Forest of Dean, Monday, February 25, 2008, 02:04 (6150 days ago)

Archdeaconry
A subdivision of a Diocese under the jurisdiction of an Archdeacon.

Borough
A town sending a member to Parliament, and governed by a municipal charter. It may be a county itself.

Chapelry
A part of a parish, with its own church; sometimes it has its own separate register.

City
The head of a Diocese, with a cathedral church.

County Town
Capital city of a county or shire.

Deanery
A sub-division of an archdeaconery under the jurisdiction of a rural dean.

Diocese
An ecclesiastical division, consisting of a number of parishes, under the jurisdiction of a Bishop.

Extra-Parochial District
A special district with certain independent jurisdiction.

Hamlet
A group of houses; a small village.

Hide Of Land
A portion of land sufficient for the support of one family. (in old English law 80-120 acres)

Hundred
A sub-division of a shire; ten or twelve tithings.

Liberty
A special division of a parish or town having certain priviledges or immunities.

Manor
A landed estate of varying size.

Parish
(1) An ecclesiastical division of the Church of England with a clergyman.

(2) Also, a local civil district for administration of poor law, roads, etc. The boundaries are not necessarily the same as the ecclesiastical parish. (also called township)

Registration District
A political unit for government registration of births, marriages and deaths since July 1, 1837.

Shire
A county

Tithing
A unit of civil administration originally consisting of ten householders (10 hides of land); anciently, a unit for ecclesiastical rates.

Town
A populous place.

Township
A civil parish. (having no parish registers)

Union
Two or more parishes consolidated for joint administration of poor relief in the workhouse system.

Village
A group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area.