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From: Renia <>
Subject: Re: _County Chester_ , _Cheshire_And _County Of Chester_
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 02:23:59 +0100
References: <F218HsxPCFj2AhGwEUJ00003a0a@hotmail.com>, <3CD8196C.4F04463C@ntlworld.com>, <ZlVB8.49$w91.2818@eagle.america.net>

Chester is the county town of the county of Cheshire.

Or capital, if you like, but we use the term county town.

Renia

"D. Spencer Hines" wrote:

> Well then, educate the group by parsing _county Chester_ , _Cheshire_and
> _county of Chester_ for us ---- Historically and Semantically.
>
> Don't just Curse the Darkness...
>
> Light A Candle ---- Or Several...
>
> Deus Vult.
>
> "The final happiness of man consists in the contemplation of truth....
> This is sought for its own sake, and is directed to no other end beyond
> itself." Saint Thomas Aquinas, [1224/5-1274] "Summa Contra Gentiles"
> [c.1258-1264]
>
> "Populus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur. Odi profanum vulgus et arceo."
>
> Quintus Aurelius Stultus [33 B.C. - 42 A.D.]
>
> All replies to the newsgroup please. Thank you kindly.
>
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> ----------
>
> D. Spencer Hines
>
> Lux et Veritas et Libertas
>
> Vires et Honor.
>
> "Renia" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>
> | Except, of course, in the case of County Durham.
> |
> | I've got so used to seeing the American interpretation of English
> county
> | names, which many of them plainly don't understand, that I don't even
> bother
> | to try and correct them. Not just on this newsgroup. It's everywhere.
> Our
> | country is being renamed and our history is being rewritten.
> |
> | Renia
> |
> | Sir Ernest Dodsworth wrote:
> |
> | > Hello,
> | >
> | > I noticed that the terms co. Chester(no such place!) and co. Suffolk
> were
> | > being used. This is incorrect for English genealogy, you should use
> either
> | > plain Cheshire, Suffolk, etc or 'the county of...'.
> | >
> | > By using co. XX it gives the impression one is referring to an
> American,
> | > Canadian or Irish county.
> | >
> | > Regards,
> | >
> | > E.D.

This thread:

• Re: de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by "Sir Ernest Dodsworth" <>
  • Re: de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by Renia <>
    • _County Chester_ , _Cheshire_And _County Of Chester_ by "D. Spencer Hines" <>

      • Re: _County Chester_ , _Cheshire_And _County Of Chester_ by Renia <>

      • Re: _County Chester_ , _Cheshire_And _County Of Chester_ by (Albert B. Bach)
  • Re: de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by Tim Powys-Lybbe <>
  • Re: de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by (John Ravilious)
  • Re: de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by "Todd A. Farmerie" <>
  • Re: de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by "Peter Stewart" <>
  • de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by
    • Re: de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by malinda <>
      • Re: de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by Renia <>
    • Re: de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by (John Ravilious)
  • Re: de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by
    • Re: de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by "R. Battle" <>
      • Re: de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by malinda <>
  • Re: de Berkeley, de Hastings and the manor of Monewden, co. Suffolk by