Surrey (was : new to the group)

[David]

Chase Wildstar wrote:
> Question david.. Is Surrey a state? County or what?
> 
> Im in the process of sending 2 ebay payments to UK addresses, and 
I tell ya,
> they confuse the heck out of me.. LOL.

Oh, I know.  They are nearly as bad as American ones.

Surrey is a county.  We don't have states.  The UK comprises four 
countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

These are divided into counties, each of which is governed by a 
County Council (I can't swear to the form in countries other than 
England).  Major cities are outside the county system.

For postal purposes, rural addresses are:

House name or street number, and street (or road)
Village
Postal town
County
Post code

The post code is the UK equivalent to a zip code.

City addresses are

Street number and street
City
Post code

We don't number street blocks here, so we don't go in for those four 
figure street numbers.  In my street, house numbers run through the 
even numbers from 2 to about 100 on one side, and the odd numbers on 
the other.

David