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From: "Chris & Caroline" <>
Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Re: {not a subscriber} Bridgenorth Salop
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:05:41 +0100
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I stand corrected John, I thought it was a combination of both Shrops and Staffs originally?
Chris
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Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Re: {not a subscriber} Bridgenorth Salop


In a message dated 18/07/2006 01:12:45 GMT Standard Time, writes:
Salop is a separate county
It used to be Shropshire
Chris,

Salop still is Shropshire. It's the old-fashioned latin-derived abbreviation. Similar to Oxon for Oxfordshire.

Regards,


John Parker
Romsey, Hampshire, England (or should that read Hants!!)
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