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The current land registration system in Scotland divides Scotland into 33 Registration Counties, [6] each coming into effect on various dates between 1981 and 2003. These areas in most cases resemble those of the pre-1975 administrative counties with Glasgow being the only current city to form a registration county.
The reorganisation of local government in Scotland was a matter of political debate from the mid-1960s. In June 1963 the Scottish Office published a white paper titled The Modernization of Local Government in Scotland (Cmnd.2067). This proposed a large decrease in the number of local authorities in the country.
Local government areas of Scotland 1973 to 1996—former system of regions and districts. Subdivisions of Scotland—unitary authority areas, in use from 1996 to present. Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions—in use from 1999 to present. Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999 to 2011.
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.
The Shires of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachdan na h-Alba; Scots: Scots coonties), [a] or Counties of Scotland, were historic subdivisions of Scotland.. The shires were originally established in the Middle Ages for judicial purposes, being territories over which a sheriff had jurisdiction.
Map of Scotland, c. 580–600. Pictish regions are marked in yellow. Cumbrian regions in white. Gaelic regions in green. Anciently, the territory now referred to as Scotland belonged to a mixture of Brythonic groups (Picts and Cumbrians) and Angles. The Picts were based north of the Forth–Clyde line, traditionally in seven kingdoms: Cat (the ...
The list contains the areas of local authorities as created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, as amended by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947. These areas were abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 when a system of regions and districts replaced them. The district in which the abolished area was ...
Pages in category "Administrative divisions of Scotland" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .