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Date | Type of change | Other unit involved | Area transferred | Authority |
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1891 | was enlarged by gaining part of | PITTENWEEM | (1) Two detached parts. (2) So much of the parish of Pittenweem to the east and north of a line starting from the present boundary between the said parishes at the point on the Parliamentary boundary between the burghs of Anstruther Wester and Pittenweem where the road from Pittenweem to Easter Grangemuir crosses the Dreel Burn, and running along the said parliamentary boundary in a southerly direction to the centre of the turnpike road from Pittenweem to Anstruther, there leaving the said parliamentary boundary and striking eastwards along the centre of the said turnpike road to a point directly opposite the centre of the Chain Road, and thence running in a southerly direction down the centre of the said Chain Road until the sea is reached. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 80. |
1891 | was reduced to enlarge | PITTENWEEM | (1) Detached part. (2) So much of the parish of Anstruther Wester as lies to the west and south of a line starting from the present boundary between the said parishes at the point on the Parliamentary boundary between the burghs of Anstruther Wester and Pittenweem where the road from Pittenweem to Easter Grangemuir crosses the Dreel Burn, and running along the said parliamentary boundary in a southerly direction to the centre of the turnpike road from Pittenweem to Anstruther, there leaving the said parliamentary boundary and striking eastwards along the centre of the said turnpike road to a point directly opposite the centre of the Chain Road, and thence running in a southerly direction down the centre of the said Chain Road until the sea is reached. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 80. |
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Anstruther Wester ScoP through time | Census tables with data for the Scottish Parish, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 02nd October 2024