Talk:List of civil parishes in Scotland

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Jackiespeel in topic Population

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where did the 1975 counties come from? i have found Cathcart which seems particularly troublesome as it should have been in county of the city of Glasgow since 1912? See also Talk:List of Scottish counties by population for a list which has been apparently based on this one. Morwen - Talk 15:11, 14 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

That would be me, based on Vision of Britain and [1] as far as I remember. Not sure about Cathcart, VoB have it as in Renfrewshire until 1975. Elsewhere I see that "most of" the parish went to Glasgow in 1912. But the remainder of the parish seems to have continued to exist in Renfrewshire: the National Archives have parish council records until 1929 [2].
Perhaps the county column can go, if its just creating confusion... Lozleader 13:56, 15 October 2006 (UTC)Reply
I've had a look at a few sources and it seems that while civil parishes were only to be in one county after 1891, this doesn't seem to have applied to counties of cities. Only Edinburgh enjoyed that atatus in 1891, and it would seem that when the other three were created, and when the cities were extended, the burghal and landward portions of the parishes were in different counties.
I called the column "county in 1975" to make it clear that these weren't current divisions. This seems to have backfired nvertheless. As I can't find any source for the parishes that were wholly or partly in the counties of cities, I shall change the county column to 1891 instead. Lozleader 19:17, 15 October 2006 (UTC)Reply
Ok, that makes sense.
Now, one thing I remain curious about is the statement at VoB (i think the glasgow county of city page), which said that bits of Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire made part of Glasgow in 1926 became also part of Lanarkshire. What did this mean : was this just for statistical purposes or what, I wonder? the lanarkshire ceremonial county didn't extend to Glasgow, as I understand it. Morwen - Talk 19:44, 15 October 2006 (UTC)Reply
I saw that, too. It says it was the same "act" that changed the counties, so I suppose someone has to chase that up...Lozleader 20:01, 15 October 2006 (UTC)Reply
Try emailing them. I've questioned them before and got a full, prompt and coherent response. MRSC 21:04, 15 October 2006 (UTC)Reply
According to The Times on March 18, 1925, Glasgow Corporation was promoting a Glasgow Extension Bill of some sort (adding 22,000 acres and 30,000 people to a city which was already 19,183 acres and had a population of "well over a million" : apparently mostly to build new stuf fon. it was proposing to extend right up to, but not annex, the burghs of Clydebank, Renfrew, Paisley, and Rutherglen.
We then get a Committee decision being reported on July 16, 1925. Glasgow Boundaries Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5 c. cxxxi). I will have a look at the british library for it but it may not have all local acts. Morwen - Talk 20:12, 15 October 2006 (UTC)Reply
Ok, I looked this up and indeed they had it - see talk:Glasgow Boundaries Act 1925. Morwen - Talk 16:22, 21 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Move article? edit

I am thinking this article might be better placed at Civil parishes of Scotland
It seems to include the best description we currently have of the origin, nature and history of the Scottish civil parish
Laurel Bush (talk) 18:37, 13 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Have a look at WP:LIST. This article is pretty much a "stand alone list with a lead section". I have a feeling that I created an article once (2 or 3 years ago) in a similar format to this which was quickly renamed as "List of..." Can't remember what it was. I also recall WP:LAUNDRY project members slapping tags on some articles I worked that were list-heavy. I suppose the best thing to do is take the text from the lead and actually write an article about civil parishes! Lozleader (talk) 19:11, 13 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Looks like I should try drawing some wrath down upon myself
Also, by the way, Scottish Westminster constituencies etc seem to need some co-editorial checking
Laurel Bush (talk) 13:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

I am going to have a go at tackling the parishes article: I am currently trying to get my head around quoad sacra, quoad civilia and quoad omnia: it would appear that the parish quoad civilia is the forerunner of the civil parish, so may need to push the start date back a bit Lozleader (talk) 17:18, 19 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Parishes edit

It is not listing the civil parishes, it is listing the villages in parishes, surely? I found the Parish of Clyne, at [3]] seems to be about 24 miles long by a 4 miles wide, and has a couple of vilages.scope_creep (talk) 00:16, 14 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

Contents links problem edit

The intra-page links in the "Contents" box at the top of this page do not work. More specifically, they don't work on my Mac, regardless of which browser I use. I'll mention Safari as an example, which is version 11.1 under macOS 10.13.4. I do not have access to a Windows system to compare results. I will not presume to know how to fix this myself, so I'm hoping somebody else can perform the necessary edits. I don't know if this type of functionality is even possible when a table is involved. --AkloVarit (talk) 21:46, 4 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

Population edit

Can the figures from the 2021 census be added? Jackiespeel (talk) 11:30, 14 April 2023 (UTC)Reply