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1.1 History of parishes. Parishes in Scotland have a long history and have been adapted for many different functions over time. It has been suggested that some parishes may have an Iron Age origin, but the main genesis of the parish structure probably took place in Anglo-Saxon times and was consolidated by the Normans.
For a very detailed textual guide (without maps) to boundary changes of counties and parishes at this time, consult John Hay Shennan, Boundaries of counties and parishes in Scotland; as settled by the Boundary Commissioners under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, (Edinburgh: William Green & Sons, 1892) Aberdeenshire. Extensive internal ...
When the New Statistical Account was published, it was accompanied by a series of county maps by the acclaimed Edinburgh engraver W.H. Lizars. In 1838, the publishing firm of William Blackwood and Sons gathered these county maps into an Atlas of Scotland containing 28 separate maps. In 1832, just before the parish accounts for the NSA were ...
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1854 provided for the division of Scotland into registration districts. They were based on the parishes and burghs but some had to be divided and others united to form new districts. When the Act came into force on 1 January 1855 the total number was 1027.
All boundary changes made by the Boundary Commissioners came into full effect on 15 May 1892. For most purposes, however, the bulk of the changes became effective a year earlier, on 15 May 1891. The book "Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland as Settled By the Boundary Commissioners Under the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889" by ...
1973 to 1996. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 created a system of nine two-tier regions and three single-tier islands council areas, and this system completely replaced local government counties and burghs in 1975. Each two-tier region had a regional council and of a number of district subdivisions, each with its own district council.
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The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 50) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which was passed on 26 August 1889. The main effect of the act was to establish elected county councils in Scotland. In this it followed the pattern introduced in England and Wales by the Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41).
