UK OPEN GAZETTEER DATA FILES

The fields for each file are:

places.csv
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id		Unique id number
name		Main place name
countyname	Name of district / county
county		County id (from counties.csv)
easting		
northing
pce		For places without an easting or northing...
pcn		...a rough guide based on postcode regions
posttown	
sortname	normalised placename (Upper case, no spaces)
commcode	UK ONS community code, if applicable
ufi		Geonet ufi, if applicable
statscode	UK ONS Statics code, if applicable
osm_id		Open Street Map id, if applicable
geonames_id	Geonames id, if applicable


counties.csv
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id		Unique id number
name        
type		'county','ua' or 'district'
country		'England','Wales','Scotland','Northern Ireland' or 'Eire'
code		UK Govt county code
parent		For districts, id of parent county
uncode		United Nations code
easting     
northing    
population  
statsregion	Main Govt Statistical region (East, North-West, Scotland etc.)