URI(s)
Codes
- e-uk-en
Variants
- Merseyside, Eng.
- Merseyside
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Descriptor
- Counties
Associated Locale
- Great Britain
Associated Locale
- England, North West
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Broader Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Merseyside
- Merseyside, Eng.
Sources
- found: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey. Merseyside.
- found: MYB, 1985:under county councils (Merseyside)
- found: BL hdg.(Merseyside (England))
- found: Foreign names information bulletin, July 31, 2001(former name: Merseyside--ADM1, 53°24ʹN 03°05ʹW (UK28); new name: delete)
- found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(civil; 53°24ʹ00ʺN 003°05ʹ00ʺW)
- found: Wikipedia, viewed 7 April 2017(Merseyside; metropolitan county in North West England; it encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St. Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool; Merseyside, which was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, takes its name from the River Mersey; it borders Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Irish Sea; it is an amalgamation of 22 former local government districts from the former administrative counties of Lancashire, Cheshire and six autonomous county boroughs centred on Birkenhead, Bootle, Liverpool, Southport, St. Helens, and Wallasey)
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1981-08-04: new
- 2017-04-08: revised
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