In light of the ongoing discussion on boundary changes and their impact, let's hope the geographers at Portsmouth get an archivist on board so that they can sort out more precisely the dates in the 1830's, 1880's and 1890's when legislation introduced changes in local administrative units, and gave rise to the idea of the "preserved" counties in the post 1974 local government re-organisation.
Robert Chell
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