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The following appear as names for Somerset. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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SOMERSET | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
SOMERSET OR SOMERSETSHIRE | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
SOMERSETSHIRE | 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 Somerset. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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EASTERN SOMERSETSHIRE | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
EAST SOMERSET | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
MID SOMERSET | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NORTH EAST SOMERSET | Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for England, Fifith Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 2009) |
NORTH SOMERSET | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for England, Fifith Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 2009) | |
SOMERSET | Administrative County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 668. |
Ancient County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 411. | |
Modern (post 1974) County | Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics) | |
Poor Law/Registration County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 411. | |
SOMERSET COUNTY | 1841 Occupation reporting area | 1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'. |
SOMERSET EASTERN | Constituency (PDivCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977) |
Constituency (PDivCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977) | |
SOMERSET MID | Constituency (PDivCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977) |
SOMERSET NORTH | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
SOMERSETSHIRE | Administrative County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 668. |
Ancient County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 411. | |
Constituency (PCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
Poor Law/Registration County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 411. | |
SOMERSETSHIRE EAST | Constituency (PDivCon) | Great Britain Historical GIS Project |
SOMERSETSHIRE EASTERN | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
SOMERSETSHIRE EAST SOMERSET | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
SOMERSETSHIRE MID | Constituency (PDivCon) | Great Britain Historical GIS Project |
SOMERSETSHIRE MID SOMERSET | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
SOMERSETSHIRE NORTH SOMERSET | Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) |
SOMERSETSHIRE WEST | Constituency (PDivCon) | Great Britain Historical GIS Project |
SOMERSETSHIRE WESTERN | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
SOMERSETSHIRE WEST SOMERSET | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
SOMERSET WESTERN | Constituency (PDivCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977) |
Constituency (PDivCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977) | |
WESTERN SOMERSETSHIRE | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
WEST SOMERSET | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Somerset, 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 Somerset, 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 Somerset | Place names for the county, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17483/names
Date accessed: 29th March 2024