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Subscribers can search for a particular place name, for a reference to a place or arbitrary text. Because some place names may occur very frequently (especially for the larger cities and towns), it will usually be best to search for the place itself first, or you may get many results.
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| Search on the main part of name |
Many places are distinguished from other places by adding North, South, Lower, Upper, etc. Because there are so many of these, you should search on the main part of the name; for example, if you are searching for the entry for Great Blakenham, you should enter "Blakenham"; to search for Lower Lindons, enter "Lindons"; to search for South Littleton, enter "Littleton".
Terms which have been placed after the main part of a place name include:
- North, South, East, West
- Lower, Middle, Upper
- Great, Little
- Nether, Over
- High, Low
- Long (unless attached to the rest of the ename)
- New (unless attached to the rest of the name)
- The
- St (ie meaning "Saint")
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| Using wild cards |
You can use the "wild card" characters, "*" and "?", to assist your searching. * stands for any number of characters; ? stands for any single character. Thus entering "LLAN*" would find any of the many Welsh places beginning Llan...; entering "W??TON" would find Weston, Wilton, Wooton, etc.
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| Abbreviations used |
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| E.R. |
East Riding |
| G.E.R. |
Great Eastern Railway
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| G.N.R. |
Great Northern Railway
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| G.W.R. |
Great Western Railway
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| L.D.& E.C.R. |
Lancashire, Derbyshire, and East Coast Railway
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| L .& Y.R. |
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
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| L.B. & S.C.R. |
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway
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| L.C. & D.R. |
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
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| L. & N.W.R. |
London and North-Western Railway
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| L. & S.W.R. |
London and South-Western Railway
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| M.R. |
Midland Railway
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| M.S. & L.R. |
Manchester, Sheffied, and Lincolnshire Railway
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| N.E.R. |
North-Eastern Railway
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| N.R. |
North Riding
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| R.O. |
Receiving Office (Post)
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| R.S. |
Railway Station
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| R.S.O. |
Railway Sub-office
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| S.E.R. |
South-Eastern Railway
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| S.O. |
Sub-office
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| W.R. |
West Riding
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