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Welcome to the FreeBMD District Aliasers' reference page that contains some extra information that has found to be of use in deciding which common endings to place names cannot be separated by using conditional aliasing. Instead of working it out for yourself each time, here are some tables for some of the common endings, and in some cases lists of which districts may be conditionally aliased.

Ending in al/all

There is no ambiguity for this ending when the volume number is known.

Ecclesall Bierlow 22+9c Kirkstall 9b Mildenhall 13+4a (Newport Pagnell 6+3a) Shiffnal 18+6a
(Solihull 16+6d)
(Southwell 15+7b)
(St Austell 9+5c) 		Walsall 17+6b
Wirral 19+8a

Ending in borough

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the borough or bro ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-

2a Farnborough 5a Marlborough 9a Knaresborough    
4 Farnborough 8 Marlborough 14 Gainsborough 23 Knaresborough

Farnborough 4+2a Gainsborough 14+7a
Guisborough 24+9d 		Knaresborough 23+9a Loughborough 15+7a
Market Harborough 15+7a
Marlborough 8+5a 		Peterborough 15+3b Scarborough 24+9d Wellingborough 15+3b

Containing bridge

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the bridge ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-

2b Fordingbridge 2c Stockbridge 3b Cambridge 4b Freebridge Lynn 5b Kingsbridge
5c Axbridge (6b) (Penkridge) 6c Stourbridge 9a Pateley Bridge    
7 Stockbridge 8 Fordingbridge 9 Kingsbridge 10 Axbridge 13 Freebridge Lynn
14 Cambridge (17) (Penkridge) 18 Stourbridge 23 Pateley Bridge    

Axbridge 10+5c Bridge 5+2a
Bridgend 26+11a
Bridgnorth 18+6a
Bridgwater 10+5c 		Cambridge 14+3b Fordingbridge 8+2b
Freebridge Lynn 13+4b 		(Glanford Brigg 14+7a)
Kingsbridge 9+5b Pateley Bridge 23+9a
(Penkridge 17+6b) 		Risbridge 12+4a Stockbridge 7+2c
Stourbridge 18+6c 		Tunbridge 5+2a
Woodbridge 12+4a        

Ending in bury

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the bury ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-

(1b) St Giles (Bloomsbury) 2a Canterbury 2c Newbury (3b) (Potterspury)
6c Tenbury 8c Bury 9b Dewsbury 10b Rothbury
(1) St Giles (Bloomsbury) 5 Canterbury 12 Sudbury (13) (Bury St Edmunds)
(15) (Potterspury) 16 Banbury 21 Bury 22 Dewsbury
25 Rothbury 26 Ledbury        

Amesbury 8+5a
Aylesbury 6+3a 		Banbury 16+3a
Bury 21+8c
Bury St Edmunds 13+4a		 Canterbury 5+2a
Cleobury Mortimer 18+6a		 Dewsbury 22+9b
Ledbury 26+6a Malmesbury 8+5a Newbury 6+2c (Potterspury) 15+3b
Rothbury 25+10b Salisbury 8+5a
Shaftesbury 8+5a
Shrewsbury 18+6a
St Giles (Bloomsbury) 1+1b
Sudbury 12+4a		 Tenbury 18+6c
Tetbury 11+6a
Tewkesbury 11+6a
Thornbury 11+6a
Tisbury 8+5a		 Westbury 8+5a
Westbury on Severn 11+6a

Ending in dale

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the dale ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-

9a Wharfedale 9d Bedale 10b Glendale
21 Rochdale 25 Glendale    

Bedale 24+9d (Cheadle 17+6b)
(Cricklade 8+5a) 		Glendale 25+10b (Kendal 25+10b)
Lunesdale 8e Rochdale 21+8e Teesdale 24+10a Weardale 24+10a
Wharfedale 9a

Containing den/don

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the dale ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-

2c Faringdon 3b Huntingdon 4b Loddon 5a Swindon (6b) Wolverhampton(Seisdon)
6d Meriden 7a Billesdon 8e Haslingden 9a Todmorden 9d Howden
3 Hendon 5 Tenterden 6 Faringdon 8 Swindon 13 Loddon
14 Huntingdon 15 Billesdon 16 Meriden (17) Wolverhampton (Seisdon) 23 Howden

Beware Whorwellsdon, subdistrict of Westbury

Abingdon 2c Billesdon 15+7a City of London 2+1c
Croydon 4+2a		 Doncaster 22+9c
East London 2+1c Faringdon 6+2c
Forden 11b		 Hambledon 4+2a
Haslingden 21+8e
Hawarden 11b
Hendon 3+3a
Howden 23+9d
Huntingdon 14+3b		 Lexden 12+4a
Loddon 13+4b
London City 1c
Maldon 12+4a
Meriden 16+6d		 Swindon 8+5a Tenterden 5+2a
Todmorden 21+9a 		Westbury 8+5a (Whorwellsdon)
West London 2+1c
Willesden 3a
Wolverhampton 17+6b (Seisdon)

Ending in field

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the field ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-
3aHatfield 4bBlofield 6bLichfield 8aMacclesfield 9aHuddersfield 9dDriffield 10aSedgefield
13Blofield 15Mansfield 17Lichfield 23Driffield         

Blofield 13+4b
Bradfield 6+2c		 Chesterfield 19+7b
Cuckfield 7+2b		 Driffield 23+9d Ecclesfield 22 Hatfield 6+3a
Hayfield 19+7b
Huddersfield 22+9a		 Lichfield 17+6b
Macclesfield 19+8a
Mansfield 15+7b		 Petersfield 7+2c Sedgefield 10a
Sheffield 22+9c
St Martin in the Fields 1+1a		 Uckfield 7+2b Wakefield 22+9c  

Containing ford

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the ford ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-
5bBideford 5cCamelford 6aHereford 6bStafford
8dSalford 9bBradford, Yorks. 9cCastleford 10bBelford
3Brentford 4Guildford 9Camelford 10Bideford
16Oxford 17Stafford 20Salford 23Bradford, Yorks.
25Belford 26Hereford      

Beware Stratford upon Avon

Alresford 7+2c Basford 15+7b
Bedford 6+3b
Belford 25+10b
Bideford 10+5b
Bishops Stortford 6+3a
Blandford 8+5a
Bradford, Y 23+9b
Bradford on Avon, W 8+5a
Brentford 3+3a		 Camelford 9+5c
Castleford 9c
Chelmsford 12+4a
Cosford 12 + 4a		 Dartford 5+2a
Droxford 7+2c
East Ashford 5+2a
East Retford 15+7b		 Forden 11b
Fordingbridge 8+2b		 Glanford Brigg 14+7a
Guildford 4+2a		 Haverfordwest 26+11a
Hereford 26+6a
Hertford 6+3a
Hungerford 6+2c
Mitford 13+4b
Mutford 13+4a		 North Aylesford 5+2a
North Witchford 14+3b		 Oxford 16+3a Radford 15+7b
Rochford 12+4a
Romford 12+4a
Royston (Buntingford) 6+3a
Salford 20+8d
Samford 12+4a
Sleaford 14+7a
Stafford 17+6b
Stamford 14+7a
Stratford upon Avon 16+6d 		Thetford 13+4b Wallingford 6+2c
Wangford 13+4a
Watford 6+3a
West Ashford 5+2a		  

Containing in gate

There is no ambiguity for this ending when the volume number is known.

Bishopsgate 2 Gateshead 24+10a Plomesgate 12+4a
Reigate 4+2a Thanet (Margate 5+2a)

Ending in ham

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the ham ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-
1aFulham 1dLewisham 5cKeynsham 6cEvesham 8aAltrincham 8dOldham 10aDurham 11bWrexham
4Farnham 14Grantham 19Altrincham 20Oldham 22Rotterham 24Durham 27Wrexham   

Altrincham 19+8a
Amersham 6+3a
Atcham 18+6a
Aylsham 13+4b 		Bellingham 25+10b
Bingham 15+7b
Birmingham 16+6d
Bramham 9c
Buckingham 6+3a		 Cheltenham 11+6a
Chippenham 8+5a
Cookham 6+2c		 Downham 13+4b
Durham 24+10a
Elham 5+2a
Erpingham 13+4b
Evesham 18+6c		 Fareham 7+2b
Farnham 4+2a
Faversham 5+2a
Foleshill (Lousham) 16+6d
Fulham 1a		 Grantham 14+7a Hailsham 7+2b
Hexham 25+10b
Horsham 7+2b
Keynsham 11+5c Lewisham 5+1d Melksham 8+5a Northampton 15+3b
Nottingham 15+7b
Okehampton 10+5b
Oldham 20+8d		 Rotherham 22+9c Southam 16+6d
Southampton 7+2c
South Stoneham 7+2c
Swaffham 13+4b		 Thakeham 7+2b
Uppingham 15+7a Walsingham 13+4b
Wareham 8+5a
West Ham 12+4a
Westhampnett 7+2b
Witham 12+4a
Wokingham 6+2c
Wolverhampton 17+6b
Worthing (Littlehampton) 7+2b
Wrexham 27+11b		    

Ending in head

There is no ambiguity for this ending when the volume number is known.

Birkenhead 8a Gateshead 24+10a Holyhead 11b Maidenhead 2c

Containing ley

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the ley ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-

2aBromley 2bLewes (Chailey) 3aHenley 3bBrackley 7aKeighley   
5Bromley 11Dursley 16Henley 20Worsley 24Stokesley 26Weobley

Barnsley 22+9c
Beverley 23+9d
Brackley 15+3b
Bramley 9b
Bromley 5+2a
Burnley 21+8e		 Chorley 21+8e (Dolgelly 27+11b)
Dudley 18+6c
Dursley 11+6a		 (Ely 14+3b)
Hartley Wintney 7+2c
Helmsley 24+9d
Henley 16+3a
Hinckley 23+9a		 Keighley 15+7a Lewes (Chailey) 7+2b
Leyburn 24+9d
(Llanelly 26+11b)		 Madeley 18+6a
Martley 18+6c
North Brierley 9b Otley 23+9a Pateley Bridge 23+9a
Pewsey 8+5a		 (Sheppey 5+2a)
(Stepney 2+1c)
Stokesley 24+9d
Weobley 26+6a
(Whittlesey 14+3b)
Winchester (Hursley) 7+2c
Worsley 20
Wortley 22+9c		      

Ending in lington

There is no ambiguity for this ending when the volume number is known.

Bridlington 23+9c Darlington 24+10a Islington 3+1b Pocklington 23+9d Shitlington 6 Wellington 10+5c
Wellington 18+6a

Ending in mouth

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the mouth ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-

2bPortsmouth 4bYarmouth 5aWeymouth 5cFalmouth 11aMonmouth
8Weymouth 13Yarmouth 26Monmouth      

Cockermouth 25+10b Falmouth 9+5c Monmouth 26+11a Plymouth 9+5b
Portsmouth 2b
Totnes (Dartmouth) 9+5b
Tynemouth 25+10b		 Weymouth 8+5a Yarmouth 13+4b  

Ending in stead

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the stead ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-

1aHampstead 2bEast Grinstead 2cEasthampstead 4aHalstead
3Hampstead 7East Grinstead 12Halstead   

Berkhampstead 6+3a East Grinstead 7+2b
Easthampstead 6+2c		 Halstead 12+4a
Hampstead 3+1a
Hemel Hempstead 6+3a
Henstead 13+4b		 Tunstead 13+4b

Containing ster

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the ster ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-

2bChichester 2cWinchester 3aBicester 3bTowcester 4aColchester 5bAxminster
5cBedminster 6dAlcester 7aLeicester 8aChester 8dManchester 8eLancaster
10Axminster 12Colchester 15Leicester 20Manchester 21Lancaster 22Doncaster
23Tadcaster 26Leominster            

Alcester 16+6d
Axminster 10+5b		 Beaminster 8+5a
Bedminster 11+5c
Bicester 16+3a		 (Caistor 14+7a)
Chester 8a
Chester le Street 24+10a
Chesterfield 19+7b
Chesterton 14+3b
Chichester 7+2b
Cirencester 11+6a
City of Westminster 1a
Colchester 12+4a		 Doncaster 22+9c
Dorchester 8+5a
Durham (Lanchester) 24
Gloucester 11+6a Kidderminster 18+6c Lancaster 21+8e
Lanchester 10a
Leicester 15+7a
Leominster 26+6a		 Manchester 20+8d
St James Westminster 1+1a
Sturminster 8+5a		 Tadcaster 23+9c
Towcester 15+3b		 Warminster 8+5a
Westminster 1+1a
Westminster St Margaret 1+1a
Winchester 7+2c
Worcester 18+6c		  

Ending in ton

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the ton ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-

1bIslington 1dNewington (4b)(Aylsham - Buxton) 5aWilton
7aBoston 8dAshton 11bKnighton   
5Milton 13Boston 22Hull (Kingston on Hull)   

Beware Melton Mowbray

A*ton
Alton 7+2c
Alston 25+10b
Ashton under Lyne 20+8d
Aston 16+6d 		B*ton - 6 characters
Aylsham 13+4b (Buxton)
Chapel en le Firth 19+7b (Buxton)
Barton upon Irwell 20+8c
Barton Regis 6a
Bolton 21+8c
Boston14+7a
Burton upon Trent 17+6b
(Brampton 25+10b)
(Bridlington 23+9d)
(Brighton 7+2b) 		C*ton
Catherington 7+2c
Caxton 14+3b
(Chepstow 26+11a)
Chesterton 14+3b
Chipping Norton 16+3a
Chorlton 20+8c
Church Stretton 18+6a
Clifton 11+6a
Clutton 11+5c
Congleton 19+8a
Crediton 10+5b
(Croydon 4+2a)
Liskeard 9+5c (Callington)		 D*ton
Darlington 24+10a
Dulverton 5c
E*ton
Easington 24+10a
(East London 2+1c)
East Preston 2b
Edmonton 3+3a
(Epsom 4+2a)
Eton 6+3a		 G*ton
Great Boughton 19+8a 		*ghton
Brighton 7+2b
Cockermouth 25+10b
(Broughton CP
[and Great and Little Broughton])
Great Boughton 19+8a
Houghton le Spring 24+10a
Kirk Deighton 9a
Knighton 26+11b
Leighton Buzzard 6+3b 		H*ton
(Hambledon 4+2a)
(Hardingstone 15+3b)
Headington 16+3a
Helston 9+5c
(Hendon 3+3a)
Honiton 10+5b
Houghton le Spring 24+10a
(Huntingdon 14+3b)
I*ton
Islington 3+1b		 K*ton
Kensington 3+1a
Kings Norton 18+6c
Kington 26+6a
Kingston 4+2a
(Kingston on) Hull 22+9d
Kirk Deighton 9a
Knighton 26+11b 		L*ton
Launceston 9+5c
Linton 14+3b
Long Ashton 5c
Luton 6+3b
Lymington 8+2b		 M*ton
(Maldon 12+4a)
Malton 24+9d
(Melton Mowbray 15+7a)
N*ton
Newington 4+1d
Stoke Newington 24+9d
Northampton 15+3b
Nuneaton 16+6d 		O*ton
Okehampton 10+5b 		P*ton
Paddington 1a
Patrington 23+9d
Pocklington 23+9d
Preston 21+8e 		R*ton
Royston 6+3a
S*ton
Shepton Mallet 10+5c
Shipston on Stour 11+6d
Shitlington 6
Skipton 23+9a
Southampton 7+2c
South Molton 10+5b
Stockton 24+10a
Stratton 9+5c
(Swindon 8+5a) 		T*ton
Taunton 10+5c
Thrapston 15+3b
Tipton (Dudley) 18+6c
Tiverton 10+5b
Torrington 10+5b 		U*ton
Ulverston 25+8e 		W*ton
Warrington 20+8c
Wellington Som 10+5c
Wellington Sal 18+6a
Wigton 25+10b
Williton 10+5c
Wilton 8+5a
Wincanton 10+5c
Wolstanton 17+6b
Wolverhampton 17+6b

Ending in well

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the well ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-

1bClerkenwell 1dCamberwell 8cBarton upon Irwell 11bCrickhowell
3Clerkenwell 4Camberwell 15Southwell 19Bakewell
20Barton upon Irwell 26Crickhowell 27Holywell   

Bakewell 19+7b
Barton upon Irwell 20+8c 		Camberwell 4+1d
Clerkenwell 3+1b
Crickhowell 26+11b 		Holywell 27+11b Southwell 15+7b

Ending in wich/k

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the wich/k ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-

4aIpswich 4bNorwich 6cDroitwich 8dPrestwich
5Greenwich 12Ipswich 13Norwich 16Warwick

Droitwich 18+6c Greenwich 5+1d Ipswich 12+4a Nantwich 19+8a
Northwich 19+8a
(North Witchford 14+3b)
Norwich 13+4b 		Prestwich 8d Warwick 16+6d
West Bromwich 18+6d
Woolwich 1d

Containing worth

A complete list of the conditional aliases that can be made for the worth ending, excluding any subdistricts used, are:-

1dWandsworth 3bBrixworth 5aHighworth 6bTamworth 9aSaddleworth 9cHemsworth
4Wandsworth 8Highworth 16Tamworth 22Hemsworth 23Saddleworth   

Beware Holsworthy

Brixworth 15+3b Hemsworth 22+9c
Highworth 8+5a
Holsworthy 8+5b		 Lutterworth 15+7a Market Bosworth 15+7a
Petworth 7+2b Saddleworth 23+9a Tamworth 16+6b Wandsworth 4+1d
Worthing 7+2b

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