Scotland Directory Blog

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Address Format

After listening to several different arguments, we've made subtle changes to the address style used by the directories. We've implemented a system using the postal town scheme of the Post Office; where if the town/village of an entry isn't one of the ~1500 postal towns in the UK, then the entry's town is listed, followed by a new line of "by Postal Town". We understand that this won't suit everyone, as "via" and "near" are also heavily used - but we'll stick with it for now.

An example from the new Perth & Perthshire Directory is Mrs Constance Ward's luxurious Kinnaird Hotel set in the hamlet of Kinnaird (near Dunkeld) in Perthshire.

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