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Table details: CRDA/17/DS/1/1/2

Counties Lookup Table (COUNTIES)

 
 
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Context

AH/17  Nature Conservation Departments
  CRDA/17  British Bats
  CRDA/17/DS/1  English Nature
  CRDA/17/DS/1/1  1999 snapshot
 
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Summary

Title Counties Lookup Table
NDAD reference CRDA/17/DS/1/1/2
Scope & content Acts as a lookup table for the COUNTY_CODE field in the BATDATA table.

The COUNTIES table includes the field BRC_CODE, the Biological Records Centre code for the county. The Biological Records Centre is part of the NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) Institute of Terrestrial Ecology. English Nature have explained that the BRC code was included in the database so that the code could be included when listings of the data were provided to ITE.

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Identity statement

Table name COUNTIES
Number of records 67
SIZE of file (KB) 4.05
Maximum record size (bytes) 163
ISAD(G) level of description Item
 
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Description

Field descriptions
 
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Fields

Number of fields 6
 
1
Field name: CNUMB
Data type: Variable Length String
Original description: Key to Counties
Further descriptive information:

County number

This is the key to the file. {Maximum length 3}

Missing value(s): [not permitted for this field]
Attributes:

This field forms a 1 - Many relationship with the following tables:

From CRDA/17/DS/1/1 to BATDATA (CRDA/17/DS/1/1/1) via the field COUNTY_CODE
  to VCOUNTY (CRDA/17/DS/1/1/9) via the field COUNTY

Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
2
Field name: CNAME
Data type: Variable Length String
Original description: Name of county
Further descriptive information:

{Maximum length 20}

Missing value(s): [not permitted for this field]
Attributes:
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
3
Field name: REGION
Data type: Variable Length String
Original description: NCC region name
Further descriptive information:

Nature Conservancy Council region name

{Maximum length 25}

Missing value(s): [not permitted for this field]
Attributes:
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
4
Field name: REGNO
Data type: Positive Integer(Byte)
Original description: NCC region code
Further descriptive information:

The first digit of REGNO indicates the country: 1 = England, 2 - Scotland, 3 - Wales.

When entering Batdata records, the REGNO field combined with LPA_CODES (below) enables only the appropriate Counties (ie those within the Region entering the data) to be displayed to the user and restricts entry to one of these Counties. {Maximum length 2.}

Missing value(s): [not permitted for this field]
Attributes:
Values range from 11 to 33
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
5
Field name: LPA_CODES
Data type: Variable Length String
Original description: List of Local Authorities in the county
Further descriptive information:

LPA = Local Planning Authority. {Multi-valued field. Maximum length 3}

Missing value(s): One or more spaces
Attributes:
Constraints: [As specified by Encoding]
Encoding: This field may only take one of the 468 pre-defined values listed
Codes Values
A&BArgyll & Bute
A&DAlyn & Deeside
A&EAnnandale & Eskdale
ABCAberconwy
ABDAberdeen
ADUAdur
ALLAllerdale
ALNAlnwick
AMBAmber Valley
ANGAngus
ARFArfon
ARUArun
ASFAshfield
ASHAshford
AYLAylesbury Vale
B&BBanff & Buchan
B&DBarking & Dagenham
B&MBearsden & Milngavie
B&SBadenoch & Strathspey
BABBabergh
BADBasingstoke & Deane
BANBasildon
BARBarnet
BASBassetlaw
BATBath
BAYBarnsley
BDLBroadland
BERBerwickshire
BEVBeverley
BEXBexley
BIFBarrow in Furness
BIRBirmingham
BLABlaby
BLBBlackburn
BLGBlaenau Gwent
BLPBlackpool
BLVBlyth Valley
BMGBromsgrove
BNYBurnley
BOLBolton
BOOBoothferry
BORBorders
BOSBolsover
BOTBoston
BOUBournemouth
BRABracknell
BRDBradford
BREBrent
BRIBrighton
BRKBrecknock
BRLBreckland
BRMBromley
BRNBridgnorth
BRSBristol
BRTBraintree
BRWBrentwood
BURBury
BUTBerwick upon Tweed
BXBBroxbourne
BXTBroxtowe
C&KCumbernauld & Kilsyth
C&NCrewe & Nantwich
CAMCamden
CARCarlisle
CBRCambridge
CCEColchester
CCKCarrick
CCTChichester
CDFCardiff
CDNCaradon
CDVCumnock & Doon Valley
CENCentral
CERCeredigion
CHACharnwood
CHEChelmsford
CHIChiltern
CHLCheltenham
CHOChorley
CHRCherwell
CLAClackmannan
CLDCalderdale
CLECleethorpes
CLOCorporation of London
CLSChester le Street
CLYCrawley
CMOCastle Morpeth
CMTCarmarthen
CNCCannock Chase
CNTCanterbury
COLColwyn
CONCongleton
COPCopeland
CORCorby
COTCotswold
COVCoventry
CPOCastle Point
CRACraven
CRIChristchurch
CROCroydon
CSFChesterfield
CSTChester
CTNCaithness
CUNCunninghame
CYBClydebank
CYDClydesdale
CYVCynon Valley
D&GDumfries & Galloway
DACDacorum
DARDartford
DAVDaventry
DELDelyn
DERDerby
DFLDunfermline
DINDinefwr
DONDoncaster
DOVDover
DSDDerwentside
DTNDarlington
DUDDudley
DUMDumbarton
DUNDundee
DURDurham
DWYDwyfor
E&EEpsom & Ewell
E&LEttrick & Lauderdale
EALEaling
EASEasington
EBOEastbourne
ECAEast Cambridgeshire
EDEEden
EDIEdinburgh
EDOEast Dorset
EDVEast Devon
EHAEast Hampshire
EHEEast Hertfordshire
EKIEast Kilbride
ELEEastleigh
ELIEast Lindsey
ELMElmbridge
ELOEast Lothian
ENFEnfield
ENOEast Northamptonshire
EPFEpping Forest
EPNEllesmere Port & Neston
EREErewash
ESTEast Staffordshire
EWOEastwood
EXEExeter
EYOEast Yorkshire
FALFalkirk
FARFareham
FENFenland
FIFFife
FODForest of Dean
FOHForest Heath
FYLFylde
GATGateshead
GEDGedling
GILGillingham
GLAGlasgow
GLNGlanford
GLOGloucester
GLYGlyndwr
GORGordon
GOSGosport
GRAGrampian
GREGreenwich
GRVGravesham
GTGGreat Grimsby
GTYGreat Yarmouth
GUIGuildford
H&BHinckley & Bosworth
H&FHammersmith & Fulham
HABHarborough
HACHackney
HALHalton
HAMHambleton
HARHarlow
HASHastings
HATHart
HAVHavant
HERHereford
HGTHarrogate
HGYHaringey
HILHillingdon
HIPHigh Peak
HLDHighland
HMTHamilton
HOLHolderness
HORHorsham
HOUHounslow
HOVHove
HPLHartlepool
HRWHarrow
HTMHertsmere
HUNHuntingdon
HVGHavering
HYNHyndburn
INCInverclyde
INVInverness
IOSIsles of Scilly
IPSIpswich
ISLIslwyn
ITNIslington
K&CKensington & Chelsea
K&DKincardine & Deeside
K&LKilmarnock & Loudon
K&WKings Lynn & West Norfolk
KENKennet
KERKerrier
KETKettering
KINKingswood
KIRKirklees
KKDKirkcaldy
KNOKnowsley
KUHKingston upon Hull
KUTKingston upon Thames
KYLKyle & Carrick
LAMLambeth
LANLangbaurgh
LCRLancaster
LEELeeds
LEILeicester
LEOLeominster
LEWLewes
LHMLewisham
LICLichfield
LINLincoln
LIVLiverpool
LLALlanelli
LLILliw Valley
LOCLochaber
LOTLothian
LUTLuton
MACMacclesfield
MAIMaidstone
MALMaldon
MANManchester
MBEMid Bedfordshire
MDEMid Devon
MEDMedina
MEIMeirionnydd
MELMelton
MENMendip
MERMerton
METMerthyr Tydfil
MFDMansfield
MGSMontgomeryshire
MIKMilton Keynes
MLTMidlothian
MONMonklands
MORMoray
MOTMotherwell
MOVMole Valley
MSUMid Suffolk
MSXMid Sussex
MTHMonmouth
MVHMalvern Hills
N&BNuneaton & Bedworth
N&SNewark & Sherwood
NAINairn
NAVNorthavon
NBENorth Bedfordshire
NBYNewbury
NCONorth Cornwall
NDENorth Devon
NDONorth Dorset
NEANeath
NEDNorth east Derbyshire
NEFNorth east Fife
NEWNewham
NFONew Forest
NHANorthampton
NHENorth Hertfordshire
NITNithsdale
NKENorth Kesteven
NNONorth Norfolk
NORNorwich
NOTNottingham
NPTNewport
NSHNorth Shropshire
NTYNorth Tyneside
NULNewcastle under Lyme
NUTNewcastle upon Tyne
NWANorth Warwickshire
NWINorth Wiltshire
NWLNorth west Leicestershire
O&WOadby & Wigston
OGWOgwr
OLDOldham
ORKOrkney
OSWOswestry
OXFOxford
P&KPerth & Kinross
PENPendle
PETPeterborough
PLYPlymouth
POOPoole
PORPortsmouth
POTPort Talbot
PREPreseli
PTNPreston
PURPurbeck
PWTPenwith
R&BReigate & Banstead
R&CRoss & Cromarty
RADRadnor
RBRRedbridge
RCFRushcliffe
RDIRedditch
REDReading
RENRenfrew
RESRestormel
RFDRochford
RHMRotherham
RHORhondda
RHURhuddlan
RHYRhymney Valley
RIBRibble Valley
RICRichmondshire
ROCRochdale
ROSRossendale
ROTRother
ROXRoxburgh
RTHRichmond upon Thames
RUGRugby
RUMRochester upon Medway
RUNRunnymede
RUSRushmoor
RUTRutland
RYERyedale
S&AShrewsbury & Atcham
S&LSkye & Lochalsh
SALSalford
SANSandwell
SBESouth Bedfordshire
SBHScarborough
SBUSouth Bucks
SBYSalisbury
SCASouth Cambridgeshire
SCUScunthorpe
SDESouth Derbyshire
SEDSedgemoor
SEFSefton
SELSelby
SEVSevenoaks
SFDSheffield
SGFSedgefield
SHASouth Hams
SHESouth Herefordshire
SHOSouth Holland
SHPShepway
SHTSurrey Heath
SKESouth Kesteven
SLASouth Lakeland
SLDSutherland
SLOSlough
SMOStaffordshire Moorlands
SNHSouth Northamptonshire
SNOSouth Norfolk
SOAStratford on Avon
SOLSolihull
SOSSouthend on Sea
SOTStoke on Trent
SOUSouthampton
SOXSouth Oxfordshire
SPESpelthorne
SPMSouth Pembrokeshire
SRISouth Ribble
SSHSouth Shropshire
SSOSouth Somerset
SSTSouth Staffordshire
STASt. Albans
STDStroud
STESt. Edmundsbury
STFStafford
STHSt. Helens
STIStirling
STKStrathkelvin
STLShetland
STOStockton on Tees
STPStockport
STRStrathclyde
STVStevenage
STWStewartry
STYSouth Tyneside
SUCSuffolk Coastal
SUNSunderland
SUTSutton
SWASwale
SWISouth Wight
SWKSouthwark
SWNSwansea
T&MTonbridge & Malling
TADTameside
TAFTaff Ely
TAMTamworth
TANTandridge
TAUTaunton Deane
TAYTayside
TBYTorbay
TEETeesdale
TEITeignbridge
TENTendring
TESTest Valley
TEWTewkesbury
TFATorfaen
THAThamesdown
THMTower Hamlets
THNThanet
THUThurrock
TORTorridge
TRATrafford
TRIThree Rivers
TUNTunbridge Wells
TWETweedale
TYNTynedale
UTTUttlesford
VARVale Royal
VDGVale of Glamorgan
VWHVale of White Horse
W&MWindsor & Maidenhead
W&PWeymouth & Portland
WAKWakefield
WALWalsall
WARWarrington
WATWatford
WAVWaveney
WBEWansbeck
WDEWest Derbyshire
WDOWest Dorset
WDVWest Devon
WDYWansdyke
WEAWealden
WELWelling Borough
WESWestminster
WEVWear Valley
WFOWaltham Forest
WHMWokingham
WIGWigan
WIMWimborne
WINWinchester
WIRWirral
WLAWest Lancashire
WLIWest Lindsey
WLOWest Lothian
WLYWaverley
WNIWestern Isles
WOKWoking
WOLWolverhamptom
WOOWoodspring
WORWorcester
WOXWest Oxfordshire
WREThe Wrekin
WSOWest Somerset
WTHWorthing
WTNWigtown
WWIWest Wiltshire
WWKWarwick
WWTWandsworth
WWYWelwyn Hatfield
WXMWrexham Maelor
WYCWycombe
WYFWyre Forest
WYRWyre
WYVWychavon
YNMYnys Mon
YORYork
 
6
Field name: BRC_CODE
Data type: Positive Integer(Byte)
Original description: Biological Records Centre code for county
Further descriptive information:

Appears to be unique ie one BRC Code for each county listed in this table - except that BRC_CODE 60 relates to Counties 57 and 60 ('Highland' and 'Badenoch & Strathspey'). {Maximum length 2}

Missing value(s): [not permitted for this field]
Attributes:
Values range from 1 to 66
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
 
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