Civil parishes in Scotland
Civil parishes are small divisions used for statistical purposes and formerly for local government in Scotland.
Civil
History
Civil parishes in Scotland can be dated from 1845, when parochial boards were established to administer the
Until 1891 some parishes lay in more than one
Parish councils were in turn abolished in 1930, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, with powers being transferred to county councils in landward areas of counties and burgh councils where they were within a burgh.
Their boundaries continued to be used to define some of the local authorities created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and they continue to be used for census purposes and they are used as part of the coding system for agricultural holdings under the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) used to administer schemes within the Common Agricultural Policy.
According to the website of the General Register Office for Scotland, there are now 871 civil parishes.[1]
Relationship with ecclesiastical parishes
Civil parish boundaries originally corresponded with the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland. As parishes used for religious functions diverged from civil parishes, the former became known as quoad sacra parishes.
Community councils
Since 1975, Scotland has been divided into
These community council are not equivalent to
See also
- List of civil parishes in Scotland
- History of local government in Scotland
- Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894
- Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947
References
- ^ National Records of Scotland. "Geography โ Background Information โ Civil Parishes and Islands" (PDF). Retrieved 19 January 2018.
External links
- Scottish Civil Parish Maps at ArcGIS
- scotlandsplaces.gov.uk displays parish maps for individual counties, as in this example of Dumfriesshire parishes.
- A list of the 871 parishes may be downloaded here.[1]
- ^ "Scottish Civil Parishes Index map" (PDF). scrol: Scotland's Census Records Online. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2015.