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This unit was part of the following units:
Name | Type | Start | End | Authority |
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SUTHERLAND | Scottish County | 1845 | 1975 | 1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'. |
SUTHERLAND | Scottish Poor Law Combination | Higginbotham, History of the Workhouse |
This unit was affected by the following changes:
Date | Type of change | Other unit involved | Area transferred | Authority |
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1891 | was enlarged by gaining part of | DORNOCH | Detached part Area: 725 acres. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 5. |
1891 | was reduced to enlarge | DORNOCH | So much of the parish of Rogart as lies to the south of a line starting at a point on the boundary between the parishes of Dornoch and Rogart at the head of Allt Reidh Chalnac and running in a generally westerly direction first to craig-a-bhlair, thence along the watershed between Starth Fleet on the north and Strath Carnach and Strath Tollaidh on the south to a knoll a little to the east of Loch na Saobhaidhe, from which knoll it runs direct in a south-westerly direction to the forkings at the head of Allt an Cealgaiche, and thence down the said burn until it meets the boundary of the parish of Creich. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 5. |
We know of no units which were contained within this unit.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Rogart ScoP through time | Census tables with data for the Scottish Parish, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 05th October 2024