This looks to be an exceptionally valuable tool. Can't wait to try it!
---- humphrey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > On 8 Nov 2017, at 21:59, Martin Counihan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Something else which seems rather bizarre is that there is a Bretton in Flintshire where, according to Wikipedia, the original settlers "were Viking Welshmen":
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton,_Flintshire
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Martin Counihan
>
> This may be of interest. This is a list of all the text strings containing “Breton” or “Bretton” appearing on the 2nd edition of the County Series 6 inch maps of Great Britain, as extracted by the GB1900 crowd-sourcing project. The project will be wound up in January, but it is already very hard to find untranscribed text, so this should be fairly complete (in total, we now have 2.5 million transcriptions). One way to see the names in context on the right map is to go to this web site and paste in the grid reference listed below:
>
> http://geo.nls.uk/maps/gb1900/
>
> Apologies for using modern districts rather than counties, as quicker, and for finding nothing in Hunts.
>
> modern_district | grid_ref | place_name
> ---------------------------+----------+---------------------------------------------------
> BARNSLEY | SE358076 | monk bretton
> BARNSLEY | SE366072 | MONK BRETTON
> BARNSLEY | SE369080 | monk bretton colliery
> BARNSLEY | SE337087 | MONK BRETTON (Det. )
> BARNSLEY | SE373085 | Monk Bretton Junction
> BARNSLEY | SE371066 | Monk Bretton Priory (Remains of)
> BARNSLEY | SE370083 | monk bretton station
> BARNSLEY | SE359074 | MONK BRETTON U. D.
> BARNSLEY | SE337088 | MONK BRETTON U. D. (Det. )
> BARNSLEY | SE348077 | Smithies Sewage Works (Monk Bretton U. D. C. )
> BARNSLEY | SE359071 | welbeck sewage works (monk bretton u. d. council)
> CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER | SJ361629 | Bretton Wood
> COLCHESTER | TL946171 | Breton Hall
> COLCHESTER | TL943179 | Layer Breton
> COLCHESTER | TL942174 | LAYER BRETON
> COLCHESTER | TL946171 | Layer Breton Hall
> COLCHESTER | TL945183 | Layer Breton Lodge
> COLCHESTER | TL944186 | LAYERS BRETON HEATH
> DERBYSHIRE DALES | SK199778 | Bretton
> DERBYSHIRE DALES | SK198786 | bretton brook
> DERBYSHIRE DALES | SK204786 | bretton clough
> DERBYSHIRE DALES | SK192782 | Bretton Clough
> DERBYSHIRE DALES | SK209788 | bretton clough farm
> DERBYSHIRE DALES | SK202780 | Bretton Moor
> DERBYSHIRE DALES | SK200782 | Nether Bretton
> DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY | NY216712 | Dumbretton
> DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY | NY231707 | East Bretton
> DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY | NY220710 | West Bretton
> FLINTSHIRE | SJ355638 | Bretton
> FLINTSHIRE | SJ354638 | Bretton Farm
> FLINTSHIRE | SJ366637 | Bretton Hall
> FLINTSHIRE | SJ346637 | Bretton Road
> HIGHLAND | NC745090 | Breton Rock
> KIRKLEES | SE248201 | Bretton Street
> PLYMOUTH | SX482544 | Breton side
> ROTHER | TQ705136 | Breton's Wood
> WAKEFIELD | SE276142 | Bretton Common
> WAKEFIELD | SE284127 | Bretton Hall
> WAKEFIELD | SE295143 | Bretton Lane
> WAKEFIELD | SE287134 | Bretton Lodge
> WAKEFIELD | SE296121 | Bretton Mill
> WAKEFIELD | SE279130 | BRETTON PARK
> WAKEFIELD | SE284136 | West Bretton
> WAKEFIELD | SE277140 | WEST BRETTON
> (44 rows)
>
>
> Humphrey Southall
> Professor of Historical Geography/
> Director, GB Historical GIS
> University of Portsmouth
> Geography Dept, Buckingham Bldg,
> Lion Terrace, Portsmouth PO1 3HE, UK
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Tom Ikins
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