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The following appear as names for Berwick upon Tweed. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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BERWICK | John Wesley | The Journal of John Wesley (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 2000). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
BERWICK ON TWEED | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
BERWICK UPON TWEED | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Berwick upon Tweed. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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35UC | District/Unitary Authority | Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics) |
BERWICK | Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/PLU) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 720. |
Sanitary District (RSD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 722. | |
BERWICK ON TWEED | Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/PLU) | Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO) |
Urban Labour Market | Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) | |
BERWICK UPON TWEED | 1841 Occupation reporting area | 1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'. |
Ancient District (AD_Town/CntyOfIt) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. XIII. | |
Ancient District (Borough) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 719. | |
Constituency (PBCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
Constituency (PDivCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1974) | |
Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
District/Unitary Authority | Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics) | |
Local Government District (MB) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 719. | |
Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 319. | |
Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/PLU) | Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO) | |
Registration sub-District | 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'. | |
Sanitary District (RSD) | 1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'. | |
Sanitary District (USD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 722. | |
Scottish Burgh/District (Burgh) | The Scottish Archive Network, Scottish Archives Network Gazetteer | |
Urban Labour Market | Great Britain Historical GIS Project | |
BERWICK UPON TWEED HOLY TRINITY | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 319. |
BERWICK UPON TWEED ST LAWRENCE | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 319. |
BERWICK UPON TWEED ST MARY | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 319. |
BERWICK UPON TWEED THE VIRGIN MARY | Parish-level Unit (AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 319. |
E270820 | Local Government District (MB) | |
NORTHUMBERLAND BERWICK UPON TWEED | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Berwick upon Tweed, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Berwick upon Tweed, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Berwick upon Tweed in Northumberland | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/85/names
Date accessed: 27th September 2024