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Scottish county boundary maps, 2009.

Scottish county boundary maps, 2009.

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 3:27AM GMT
Classification: Query
re: There is an official Government map and list of the Civil Parishes in Scotland at :
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:zehtEab...
Hopefully they will soon have Scottish Counties marked on this Civil Parish map.

There is a 2012 County Map of Scotland on page 5 of 14 in the
Land Mass Coverage Report 2012.
The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) team produce an annual Land Mass
Coverage (LMC) Report. The report provides a snapshot of statistical
information about the amount (or the area) of Scotland covered by the Land
Register in each registration county.

The maps of the boundaries of the Counties or Shires of Scotland are recorded in the 2009 Acts of the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Statutory Instruments 2009 No. 171.

Registers and records. The Fees in the Registers of Scotland Amendment Order 2009. Made 29th April 2009. Coming into force 31st May 2009. Registers of Scotland.

For a data set of registration county boundaries for purchase 150 pounds, refer http://www.lawalphabet.com/document_ssi-2009-171

Re: Scottish county boundary maps, 2009.

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 1:58AM GMT
Classification: Query
re: There is an official Government map and list of the Civil Parishes in Scotland at :
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:zehtEab...
Hopefully they will soon have Scottish Counties marked on this Civil Parish map.

A map of Scotland counties is attached.
Attachments:

Scottish county boundary maps, 2009.

Posted: 19 Apr 2014 10:49AM GMT
Classification: Query
Unfortunately some people are under the misunderstanding that Scottish counties were "abolished". They certainly were not "abolished".

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in Scotland on 16 May 1975.

The Act

The Act abolished previous existing "local government structures" (the County / Shire place-names were not abolished, but their administrations were taken over by the Councils - two separate issues) and created a two-tier system of regions and districts on the mainland and a unitary system in the islands.

Although called two-tier, the system was really three-tier, as it allowed for the formation of County / Shire community councils.

The Act also established the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, with the remit to make proposals to the Secretary of State for effecting changes which it thought desirable in the interests of effective and convenient local government.

The new “local government” Regions :-

Highland

The county of Caithness.
The county of Nairn.
The county of Sutherland.
In the county of Argyll—the district of Ardnamurchan; the electoral divisions of Ballachulish, Kinlochleven.
The county of Inverness (except the districts of Barra, Harris, North Uist, South Uist).
In the county of Moray—the burgh of Grantown-on-Spey; the district of Cromdale.
The county of Ross and Cromarty (except the burgh of Stornoway; the district of Lewis).

Grampian

The county of the city of Aberdeen.
The county of Aberdeen.
The county of Kincardine.
The county of Banff.
The county of Moray (except the burgh of Grantown-on-Spey; the district of Cromdale).

Tayside

The county of the city of Dundee.
The county of Angus.
The county of Kinross.
The county of Perth (except the burghs of Callander, Doune, Dunblane; the Western district (except the electoral division of Ardoch); the parish of Muckhart).

Fife

The county of Fife.

Lothian

The county of the city of Edinburgh.
The county of East Lothian.
The county of Midlothian (except the electoral division of Heriot and Stow).
The county of West Lothian (except the burgh of Bo'ness; the district of Bo'ness).

Borders

The county of Berwick.
The county of Peebles.
The county of Roxburgh.
The county of Selkirk.
In the county of Midlothian—the electoral division of Heriot and Stow.

Central

The county of Clackmannan.
In the county of Perth—the burghs of Callander, Doune, Dunblane; the Western district (except the electoral division of Ardoch); the parish of Muckhart.
The county of Stirling (except the burgh of Kilsyth; Western No. 3 district; the electoral division of Kilsyth West; the polling district of Kilsyth East (Banton)).
In the county of West Lothian—the burgh of Bo'ness; the district of Bo'ness.

Strathclyde

The county of the city of Glasgow.
The county of Bute.
The county of Dunbarton.
The county of Lanark.
The county of Renfrew.
The county of Argyll (except the district of Ardnamurchan; the electoral divisions of Ballachulish and Kinlochleven).
The county of Ayr.
In the county of Stirling—the burgh of Kilsyth; Western No. 3 district; the electoral division of Kilsyth West; the polling district of Kilsyth East (Banton).

Dumfries and Galloway

The county of Dumfries.
The county of Kirkcudbright.
The county of Wigtown.
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