Historical Addresses in the British Archipelago [closed]

Question

I have just joined and am a bit confused (as is my wont with anything new).

There seems to be some address convention which changes the address in what is now the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland prior to 1801 to remove the UK clarification at the end of the address.

Is this a 'rule' of WikiTree'?. I use the UK suffix to clarify which country it is given the propensity of Australians and North Americans to adopt names of places in the mother country, if so I don't object, but England is only relevant to pre-1535 addresses, from then to 1707 it was "England and Wales" (still the legal name for the two former countries), from 1707 to 1801 England and Wales and Scotland was the Kingdom of Great Britain ('GB' for short), from 1801 to 1922 it was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and then from 1922 to 2020 (at least) it was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Thanks for any clarification.

Comments

The Wikipedia article on Great Britain does a reasonable job of discussing the name changes and the various Acts of Union passed by the respective parliaments of the different countries involved.

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closed with the note: No advice, just arguments
closed 4 minutes ago by Peter Clark

I don't see any "arguments", just comments made in response to things said.

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An answer to part of your question is: yes, it is a "rule" to remove / not use UK on profiles prior to 1801.  If it is used, it will — sooner or later — be removed, because it generates a "suggestion" that requires correcting.

It is up to the Profile Manager if it is used 1801 to the present.  Many choose to not use it.

Answer 1

The point is: it wasn't the "United Kingdom" of anything prior to 1801.

Comments

Read the question.

It was the United Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801, the Kingdoms of Scotland and England and Wales were united

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Read the question.

from 1707 to 1801 England and Wales and Scotland was the Kingdom of Great Britain ('GB' for short)

Not the UNITED Kingdom.  Just the Kingdom.

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I don't know if anyone uses "Kingdom of Great Britain", but lots of us do use England, Scotland, or Wales, and it's understood perfectly well.

As Ros says .. the UK did not exist prior to 1801.

People in other places also adopted placenames from their heritage, not just those of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.

(Just off the top of my head - Palatine is where?)

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The Wikipedia article “Palatine,” and the included referenced articles, helps  to sort this out.