Our system for classifying British administrative units is designed as an extension to the Alexandria Digital Library's gazetteer Feature Type Thesaurus, but that contains only four terms for intra-state political units so the first expansion is from their four to our seven Geographical Levels. The next expansion is to our Unit Type values, and the final one to our type-specific Unit Status values ('World', 'State' and 'Nation' are both Geographical Levels and Unit Types). NB a given type of unit may hold more than one status value concurrently. The list below is generated for you by querying the live database. Click on any term below for more details.
Political Areas
. . countries
. . . . State
. . countries, 1st order divisions
. . . . Nation
. . . . Administrative Region
. . . . . . Ecclesiastical Province
. . . . . . Government Office Region
. . . . . . Irish Province
. . countries, 2nd order divisions
. . . . County
. . . . . . Administrative County
. . . . . . Ancient County
. . . . . . . . Sheriffdom
. . . . . . Poor Law/Registration County
. . . . . . Scottish County
. . . . . . . . Scottish County of City
. . . . . . Diocese
. . . . . . Modern (post 1974) County
. . . . . . . . Metropolitan County
. . . . . . Irish County
. . countries, 3rd order divisions
. . . . Higher-level District
. . . . . . Poor Law Union/Reg. District
. . . . . . . . Incorporation
. . . . . . . . Poor Law Union
. . . . . . . . Registration District
. . . . . . . . Gilbert Union
. . . . . . . . Poor Law Parish
. . . . . . Division of Ancient County
. . . . . . . . Cantref
. . . . . . . . Rape
. . . . . . . . Lathe
. . . . . . . . Parts of
. . . . . . . . Riding
. . . . . . Archdeaconry
. . . . . . District/Unitary Authority
. . . . . . . . Titular County
. . . . . . . . Unitary Authority
. . . . . . . . City
. . . . . . 1841 Occupation reporting area
. . . . Lower-level District
. . . . . . Scottish Poor Law Combination
. . . . . . Ancient District
. . . . . . . . Franchise
. . . . . . . . Wapentake
. . . . . . . . Lordship
. . . . . . . . Cinque Port
. . . . . . . . Commote
. . . . . . . . Liberty
. . . . . . . . Borough
. . . . . . . . Hundred
. . . . . . . . Soke
. . . . . . . . Barony
. . . . . . . . County of Itself
. . . . . . . . Division
. . . . . . . . Palatine Seat
. . . . . . . . Ward
. . . . . . . . Ancient Town
. . . . . . Local Government District
. . . . . . . . Metropolitan Borough
. . . . . . . . County Corporate
. . . . . . . . Municipal Borough
. . . . . . . . Urban District
. . . . . . . . Rural District
. . . . . . . . County Borough
. . . . . . . . London City Corporate
. . . . . . . . London Borough
. . . . . . Sanitary District
. . . . . . . . Rural Sanitary District
. . . . . . . . Urban Sanitary District
. . . . . . . . London (sanitary) District
. . . . . . Scottish Burgh
. . . . . . . . Police Burgh
. . . . . . . . Royal Burgh
. . . . . . . . Small Burgh
. . . . . . . . Unknown Status
. . . . . . . . Burgh of Barony
. . . . . . . . Large Burgh
. . . . . . . . Parliamentary Burgh
. . . . . . . . County Landward
. . . . . . . . Burgh of Regality
. . . . . . Registration sub-District
. . . . . . Rural Deanery
. . countries, 4th order divisions
. . . . Parish
. . . . . . Parish-level Unit
. . . . . . . . Township
. . . . . . . . Chapelry
. . . . . . . . Extra-Parochial Area
. . . . . . . . Hamlet
. . . . . . . . Grange
. . . . . . . . Ward
. . . . . . . . Ancient Parish
. . . . . . . . Tything
. . . . . . . . Civil Parish
. . . . . . . . Parochial Area
. . . . . . . . Parish Lordship
. . . . . . . . Ville
. . . . . . . . Vill
. . . . . . . . Parish Liberty
. . . . . . . . Vestry
. . . . . . Scottish Parish
. . . . . . Ecclesiastical Parish
. . . . . . . . Ecclesiastical Parish
. . . . . . . . Ecclesiastical Parochial Area
. . . . . . . . Ecclesiastical Extra-Parochial Area
. . . . sub-Parish
. . . . . . Manor
. . multinational entities
. . . . Root
. . . . . . Gazetteer root record
