British and Irish Place-Names

Usage of saint dedications

1. Omit saint dedications for small hamlets and towns consisting of single parishes, such as:
   1. St. Mary the Virgin, Chedzoy, Somerset, England [INCORRECT]
   2. Chedzoy, Somerset, England [CORRECT]
2. Insert saint dedications for towns and cities containing multiple parishes, such as:
   1. St. Augustine, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [CORRECT]
   2. Bristol St. Augustine, Gloucestershire, England [INCORRECT]
   3. Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [USUALLY INCORRECT, unless more specific information is not known]

Usage of "-shire"

1. Use "-shire" when it cannot be detached from the county in standard English:
   1. Berkshire
   2. Cheshire
   3. Hampshire
   4. Lancashire
   5. Shropshire
   6. Wiltshire
2. Use "-shire" for counties whose county towns share the same name as the county (i.e. Leicester, Leiestershire):
   1. Aberdeenshire
   2. Ayrshire
   3. Banffshire
   4. Bedfordshire
   5. Breconshire
   6. Caernarvonshire
   7. Cambridgeshire
   8. Cardiganshire
   9. Carmarthenshire
   10. Clackmannanshire
   11. Denbighshire
   12. Derbyshire
   13. Dumfriesshire
   14. Dunbartonshire
   15. Flintshire
   16. Gloucestershire
   17. Herefordshire
   18. Hertfordshire
   19. Huntingdonshire
   20. Inverness-shire
   21. Kinross-shire
   22. Kirkcudbrightshire
   23. Lanarkshire
   24. Leicestershire
   25. Lincolnshire
   26. Monmouthshire
   27. Montgomeryshire
   28. Nairnshire
   29. Northamptonshire
   30. Nottinghamshire
   31. Oxfordshire
   32. Peeblesshire
   33. Pembrokeshire
   34. Perthshire
   35. Radnorshire
   36. Renfrewshire
   37. Roxburghshire
   38. Selkirkshire
   39. Staffordshire
   40. Stirlingshire
   41. Warwickshire
   42. Wigtownshire
   43. Worcestershire
   44. Yorkshire
3. For all other counties, do not attach "-shire:"
   1. Anglesey
   2. Angus
   3. Argyll
   4. Berwick
   5. Bute
   6. Caithness
   7. Cornwall
   8. Cumberland
   9. Devon
   10. Dorset
   11. Durham
   12. East Lothian
   13. Essex
   14. Fife
   15. Glamorgan
   16. Isle of Wight
   17. Kent
   18. Kincardine
   19. London
   20. Merioneth
   21. Middlesex
   22. Midlothian
   23. Moray
   24. Norfolk
   25. Northumberland
   26. Orkney
   27. Ross and Cromarty
   28. Rutland
   29. Shetland
   30. Somerset
   31. Suffolk
   32. Surrey
   33. Sussex
   34. Sutherland
   35. West Lothian
   36. Westmorland
   
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Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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