Territories

[nq:1]Hi Just a silly question... ... Personal Identifying Data ... Birthplace: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK ... How are, each of the above territories, called in English?[/nq]
Better "What are each ... called?"
[nq:1]Edinburgh = City Midlothian =[/nq]
county
[nq:1]Scotland =[/nq]
Country
[nq:1]UK =[/nq]
Also "country"
The UK is a multi-national state, so Sco

Not a 'county', but a 'local government area' (named as such by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994). (1)

(1) http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1994/Ukpga 19940039 en 1.htm

The historic counties of Scotland still exist but are used only for land registration purposes.

Peter D

[nq:1]The historic counties of Scotland still exist but are used only for land registration purposes.[/nq]
I thought Midlothian was a historic county - I seem to remember it from my atlas as a child.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

[nq:2]The historic counties of Scotland still exist but are used only for land registration purposes.[/nq]
[nq:1]I thought Midlothian was a historic county - I seem to remember it from my atlas as a child.[/nq]
It certainly was and remains so I think Peter's comment is much too sweeping.
Here's Encyclopaedia Britannica on the topic of Midlothian:
council area and historic county in

[nq:2]I thought Midlothian was a historic county - I seem to remember it from my atlas as a child.[/nq]
[nq:1]It certainly was and remains so I think Peter's comment is much too sweeping.[/nq]
My comment was based on information (written before the latest reorganisation in 1995) at
http://www.

[nq:2]It certainly was and remains so I think Peter's comment is much too sweeping.[/nq]
[nq:1]My comment was based on information (written before the latest reorganisation in 1995) at http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/localgovt.html In 1995, local government ... were governed by City Corpora

[nq:2]It certainly was and remains so I think Peter's comment is muchtoo sweeping.[/nq]
[nq:1]My comment was based on information (written before the latest reorganisation in 1995) at http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/localgovt.html[/nq]
Yes, I'm not disputing it in a local government con

At 21:45:20 on Thu, 15 Jul 2004, John Briggs (Email Removed) wrote in :
[nq:2]Not every town of any consequence in UK is called ... Reading is one example, there are doubtless many others.[/nq]
The definition always used to be that if it had a decent old cathedral, it was a city, and if it hadn't, it wasn't.
As far as I know, the first part of that still holds true - no matter how smal

At 22:27:50 on Thu, 15 Jul 2004, John Briggs (Email Removed) wrote in :
[nq:2]The definition always used to be that if it had ... it's always had a cathedral, it's always been a city.[/nq]
[nq:1]You've overlooked what happened to Rochester.[/nq]
I know nothing about Rochester. The one in Kent, or the other one? Presumably it is an exception to my "As far as I know".
Molly Mockford

[nq:2]My comment was based on information (written before the latest ... used as the basis of Land Registration in Scotland. [/nq]
[nq:1]Whilst all of the above is accurate as far as I know there is an important difference between British and American usage of the term "City".[/nq]
Who said anything about America?
[nq:1]Not every town of any consequence in UK is called a city. Many lar