This Foldout collects the entries for some of the abbreviations such as
which might be encountered in family and local history research
Many of the these abbreviations are derived from Latin words and phrases
A |
Same as BA
The
Yorkshire Indexers
website is compiling indexes to
Wills
and
Admons
recorded in the Deeds Registry [1901-1920].
The Indexes are to be found at URLs of the form
where the final letter = A in this instance = indicates the
initial letter of surnames on that page
See
DFC
The term is widely used in censuses and other records.
Many of these were recorded prior to the Industrial Revolution
Same as MA
See
MIPE
See
LRAM
Question:
Does anyone know what the letters stand for?
M. F. Walton used them in 1861
artium baccalaureus
artium magister
anno salutis
B |
See
otp
C |
See
DBE,
GBE,
KBE,
MBE and
OBE
D |
See
CBE,
GBE,
KBE,
MBE and
OBE
See
AFC
See
Deputy Lieutenant for the West Riding
dono dedit dedicavit
dominus noster iesus christus
E |
F |
The letter F was used in the 1841 census to indicate that the
individual was born overseas – that is, in foreign parts.
See
CFHS
See
Dr Reginald Gervase Alexander and
Arthur Crabtree
See
MRCS
G |
See
CBE,
DBE,
KBE,
MBE and
OBE
H |
hoc monumentum
hic sepultus est
I |
iesus hominum salvator
J |
K |
See
CBE,
DBE,
GBE,
MBE and
OBE
See
QC
L |
Question:
Does anyone know what the letters stand for?
James Stewart Ross used them in 1905
See
MCP
legum doctor
M |
See
CBE,
DBE,
GBE,
KBE,
MBE and
OBE
Question:
Does anyone know what the letters stand for?
Robert Dallinger Markham used them in 1861
also
Managing Director
See
AMIPE
See
FRCS
medicinae doctor
monumentum posuit
memoriae sacrum
N |
O |
See
CBE,
DBE,
GBE,
KBE and
MBE
See
GOONS
See
ONS
This does not imply that the individual was born in the
parish, but only that he/she has lived here for (at least) the
preceding 3 Sundays / 3 weeks.
P |
pone curavit
piae memoriae
Q |
R |
See
FRIBA
A British & Commonwealth decoration for services in military nursing
requiescat in pace
S |
sacrum memoriae
sine prole
sine prole legitima
sine prole mascula
sanctae
sanctae theologiae baccalaureus
sanctae theologiae professor
T |
U |
As for stealinge, that is a thing vsuall:
who stealeth not? For not only you that haue
besett me, but many other in many places
In Latin inscriptions, the letter V was used instead
of U before the 16th century
V |
See
1914 Star
As for stealinge, that is a thing vsuall:
who stealeth not? For not only you that haue
besett me, but many other in many places
In Latin inscriptions, the letter V was used instead
of U before the 16th century
W |
X |
Y |
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Malcolm Bull 2017 /
[email protected]
Revised 10:32 on 22nd December 2017 / mma969 / 61