Hanks areas Areas surveyed in Hanks’s Survey of Contemporary Surnames (20.3.98) Abbrev Private subscribers Pages Name of area BT section Date Notes ABDN 127,000 423 Aberdeen and NE Scotland 271 1980 Orkney and Shetland separated out AYR 138,000 724 Clyde Coast 277 1980 In progress: Big overlap with GLW BATH 145,000 460 Bath and West: West Wiltshire 299 1980 BED 247,000 774 Bedford 201 1980 BKBN 195,000 679 Blackburn 251 1994 BMTH 212,000 669 Bournemouth 291 1985 BRAD 224,000 710 Bradford 231 1980 BRL 182,000 574 Bristol 298 1980 BRM 376,000 1187 Birmingham 211 1980 BTN 268,000 846 Brighton 281 1980 CAM 171,000 542 Cambridge 337 1985 Includes Ely CANT 284,000 891 Canterbury 282 1980 CDF 210,000 619 S and Mid Glamorgan 360 1990 Cardiff (residential only) CLR 160,000 508 Colchester 203 1979 Contains Ipswitch CUMB 146,000 460 Cumbria and N Lancashire 252 1980 DBY 140,000 435 Derby 212 1980 DNDE 112,000 355 Tayside 311 1980 Dundee and Fife DUB 170,000 567 Dublin 1981 DUMF 34,000 106 SW Scotland 270 1980 Dumfries and Galloway DUR 159,000 497 Durham and Wearside 317 1980 EDIN 203,000 640 Edinburgh 313 1981 EX 267,000 850 Exeter and N Devon 293 1989 FIFE 82,000 258 Fife and Kinross 312 1980 GLOS 163,000 517 Gloucester 294 1979 Contains Swindon GLW 352,000 1096 Glasgow 275 1980 GWNT 136,000 375 Gwent and Brecon 362 1988 IOM 25,000 143 Isle of Man 1993 In progress IRE 216,000 908 Ireland exc. Dublin 1981 LEIC 262,000 831 Leicester 222 1982 LDN 1,000,000 London 101-4 1980 LDS 282,000 889 Leeds 232 1983 LINC 154,000 233+267 Lincolnshire & N Lincolnshire 245/6 1980 2 directories amalgamated LPL 228,000 716 Liverpool 255 1980 Includes Southport MBRO 161,000 458 Middlesbrough 234 1995 MCRE 213,000 676 Manchester North-East 264 1980 Much overlap MCRS 269,000 852 Manchester South 266 1980 Much ovelap MCRW 230,000 729 Manchester North-West 265 1980 Much overlap NCLE 200,000 632 Tyneside 316 1980 Newcastle-on-Tyne NHANT 120,000 380 Northampton 223 1980 NI 236,000 740 Northern Ireland 241 1980 NOR 168,000 529 Norwich 204 1980 NOTT 172,000 539 Nottingham 213 1980 NTHM 113,000 354 Northumberland 315 1980 NWAL 136,000 426 Wales NW 340 1988 ORK 6,000 – Orkney 1980 Abstracted from ABDN OX 216,000 680 Oxford 205 1980 PLYM 170,000 534 Plymouth, SW Devon & Cornwall 295 1980 PBRO 148.000 468 Peterborough 225 1980 PSN 254,000 797 Preston 269 1980 Includes Blackpool RDG 235,000 743 Reading 286 1980 SCAR 54,000 169 Scarborough 249 1980 In Progress SHEF 203,000 637 Sheffield 240 1980 SHET 8,000 – Shetland 1980 Abstracted from ABDN SHRW 151,000 478 Shrewsbury,Hereford & Mid-Wales 303 1980 SND 220,000 691 Southend-on-Sea 206 1980 SOM 117,000 372 Weston-super-Mare and Mendip 300 1980 North Somerset;not yet started STK 121,000 472 Stoke-on-Trent 226 1995 STLG 120,000 573 Central Scotland 1980 STN 169,000 528 Southampton 296 1979 SWN 212,000 664 SWansea and 1990 Inc Pembroke and SW Wales (304) WAR 135,000 426 Warrington 257 1980 WRL 124,000 395 Wirral 256 1980 includes Birkenhead WORC 113,000 359 West Midlands (Southern) 228 1980 Worcester WOLV 264,000 834 West Midlands 227 1980 Wolverhampton & The Black Country YORK 79,000 250 York 247 1980 Was In Progress- dormant