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Name | Type | Start | End | Authority |
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ROSS AND CROMARTY | 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'. |
LEWIS | 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 reduced to enlarge | BARVAS | So much of the aforesaid detached part or the parish of Lochs as lies to the east of the following line: A line starting at low-water mark at Geodha Shealaiga and running in a south-easterly direction along the turf dyke which forms the march between the township of Garinin and the farm of Dalmore and Dalbeg, until it reaches Loch Langabhat; thence through the said loch direct to the turf dyke which forms the march between Upper Carloway and Dalmore, and along the last-mentioned dyke to the public road from Carloway to Shawbost; then crossing the said public road and continuing along the last-mentioned march dyke to Amhuinn Theidagul, crossing the said Amhuinn, and along an old tirf fence to where it joins Allt Ghleadhairean, thence direct to the nearest point of Loch Ghleadhairean, and along the centre of the said loch to its southern end, thence direct to the north end of Loch Shanndabhat; thence along the centre of the last-mentioned loch to its southern end, and thence through Loch Mor Connaidh and up Amhuinn O'thagro to Loch Airidh Seibh; thence along the centre of the last-mentioned loch until it meets the burn flowing down Gleann Eiracleit, and up the said burn until it meets the boundary of the parish of Uig. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 11. |
1891 | was reduced to enlarge | UIG | So much of the aforesaid detached part or the parish of Lochs as lies to the west of the following line: A line starting at low-water mark at Geodha Shealaiga and running in a south-easterly direction along the turf dyke which forms the march between the township of Garinin and the farm of Dalmore and Dalbeg, until it reaches Loch Langabhat; thence through the said loch direct to the turf dyke which forms the march between Upper Carloway and Dalmore, and along the last-mentioned dyke to the public road from Carloway to Shawbost; then crossing the said public road and continuing along the last-mentioned march dyke to Amhuinn Theidagul, crossing the said Amhuinn, and along an old tirf fence to where it joins Allt Ghleadhairean, thence direct to the nearest point of Loch Ghleadhairean, and along the centre of the said loch to its southern end, thence direct to the north end of Loch Shanndabhat; thence along the centre of the last-mentioned loch to its southern end, and thence through Loch Mor Connaidh and up Amhuinn O'thagro to Loch Airidh Seibh; thence along the centre of the last-mentioned loch until it meets the burn flowing down Gleann Eiracleit, and up the said burn until it meets the boundary of the parish of Uig. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 11. |
We know of no units which were contained within this unit.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Lochs ScoP through time | Census tables with data for the Scottish Parish, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10089256
Date accessed: 05th October 2024