What does NB mean before place of birth on a census

[andycand]

Hi

I think we have to wait to see if Almaha has the actual image or is going by Ancestrys transcription.  Ancestry has it as Nb rather than NB. This does make me think its a faulty transcription.

Andy

[Little Nell]

I know some people who were born, bred and live in Scotland who frequently refer to North Britain, meaning Scotland.  They may be unusual but I have still heard them use it.

And of course, as most Edinburgh folk would know, there is that hotel which someone decided to change the name of about 20 years ago.  We STILL call it the North British even though it now goes by the name of Balmoral.

North Britain it is!

Nell

[IMBER]

The initials NB for North Britain were still quite often used as late as the 1930s and crop up in documents and on, for example, some ceramics. The term was heavily promoted after the Union and it took some time for Scots to realise that the description "South Britain" was not in general use south of the border.  While the term continued to live through the names of various institutions such as the North British Locomotive Co. family historians are more likely to encounter the initials NB.