Abbreviations : Wales

Counties in the United Kingdom were reorganised in April 1974 (October 1973 in Northern Ireland and May 1975 in Scotland), resulting in the disappearance of many traditional county names and the changing of administrative boundaries. As a result, some parish records may not be kept at the County Record Office of their original county.

For example, the parish records for Garsdale and Dentdale are kept in the Cumbria County Record Office even though Garsdale and Dentdale were in the county of Yorkshire until 1974. Cumbria itself is a new county, formed from Westmorland, Cumberland and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire.

AGY
Anglesey
BRE
Breconshire or Brecknockshire
CAE
Caernarvonshire
CWD
Clwyd
CGN
Cardiganshire Cards
CMN
Carmarthenshire
DEN
Denbighshire
DFD
Dyfed
FLN
Flintshire
GLA
Glamorgan Glam
GNT
Gwent
GWN
Gwynedd (including the island of Anglesey)
MER
Merionethshire
MGM
Mid Glamorgan
MGY
Montgomeryshire Mont
MON
Monmouthshire Mon
PEM
Pembrokeshire
POW
Powys
RAD
Radnorshire
SGM
South Glamorgan
WGM
West Glamorgan

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