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Hertfordshire (England)

LC control no.n 80040162
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingHertfordshire (England)
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Geographic subdivision usageEngland--Hertfordshire
Variant(s)Hartfordshire (England)
Herts (England)
Hertford (England : County)
Hertfordshire, Eng.
County of Hertfordshire (England)
Associated countryEngland Great Britain
Associated placeEngland, South East
Special noteOld catalog heading: Hertfordshire
Found inBL hdg. (Hertfordshire (England))
Foreign names information bulletin, July 31, 2001 (former name: Hertfordshire--ADM1, 51°45ʹN 00°20ʹW (UK21); new name: Hertfordshire [short form], County of--ADM1, 51°50ʹN 00°15ʹW (UKF8))
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 51°50ʹ00ʺN 000°15ʹ00ʺW)
GeoNames, 27 February 2014 (Hertfordshire (approved and short); County of Hertfordshire (approved); variants: Hartfordshire, Hertford, Herts; country: United Kingdom; 51° 50ʹ 00ʺ N, 000° 15ʹ 00ʺ W; 51.833333 [N], -.25 [W]; first-order administrative division)
Wikipedia, 27 February 2014 (Hertfordshire (abbreviated Herts) is a county in England; one of the home counties; the county town is Hertford; the county's boundaries were fixed by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844; they were amended when, in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963, East Barnet Urban District and Barnet Urban District were abolished and their area was transferred to Greater London to form part of the present-day London Borough of Barnet; at the same time, the Potters Bar Urban District of Middlesex was transferred to Hertfordshire)
Geographic area codee-uk-en