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English County Areas List Wordlist, Comment on		*Version:*	1.0
		*Date:*	1998
*Midas Unit:*	County
*Description:*	The current issue of this list includes those 'counties' abolished as part of the reorganisation of local government. They are identified as Former Counties on the list. They have been retained to facilitate retrieval of indexed records in large administrative areas which would otherwise have to be indexed and retrieved by their new Unitary Authorities (e.g. Berkshire, now subdivided between 6 Unitary authorities).
*Format:*	Hierarchical Wordlist	*Status:*	Operational
*Type / Width:*	Character (60)	*No. of Terms:*	48
*Coverage (Date):*	All periods.
*Coverage (Area):*	England
*Update procedure:*	Updated by the English Heritage Data Standards Unit in response to Statutory Instruments. Reissued annually
*Frequency of Change:*	Rare.
*Owner:*	English Heritage.
*Contact:*	English Heritage Data Standards Unit, National Monuments Record Centre, Kemble Drive, Swindon, SN2 2GZ, England
*Rights:*	Crown Copyright. Subject to an annually renewable license prohibiting unauthorised passing on of the reference data set to third parties.
*Availability:*	Wordlist available on this site.