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Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:
ST ANDREWS
Unit Type:
Scottish Parish
Date created:
1845
Date abolished:
1895
Unit ID:
10181690
Authorities:
1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
ST ANDREWS Preferred English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST ANDREW Alternate English     1871 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of Education; the number of Rooms with Windows; the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms, with Windows in 1861'.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
FIFE Scottish County 1845 1895 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST ANDREWS Burgh Scottish Burgh/District   1975 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
1891 was enlarged by gaining part of ST LEONARDS The aforesaid part of the parish of St. Leonards situated at or near Kenly, and the aforesaid part of the said parish marked on the Ordnance Survey maps St. Leonards detached No. 3, and so much of the aforesaid part of the said parish marked on the Ordnance Survey maps St. Leonards detached No. 2 as lies to the west of the centre of Abbey Street.   H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 85.
1891 was reduced to enlarge ST LEONARDS So much of the parish of St. Andrews as is included between the sea and a line starting from the point at low-water mark on East Sands opposite the end of the road running to the south of the St. Andrews Saw Mill, and running in a westerly direction to and along the centre of the said road to its junction with the St. Andrews and Crail road, thence in a north-westerly direction along the centre of the last-mentioned road, of the road adjoining Abbey Wall, and of Abbey Street to the junction of Abbey Street and South Street, thence in an easterly direction along the centre of the street on the west of the Cathedral to its junction with North Street to the junction therewith of Butt's Wynd, thence in a northerly direction along the centre of Butt's Wynd to its junction with the road known as The Scores, thence in a westerly direction along the centre of the last-mentioned road to a point opposite to the western boundary of the said property to low-water mark.   H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 85.
1895 was abolished to create ST ANDREWS AND ST LEONARDS   Great Britain Historical GIS Project

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, St Andrews ScoP through time | Census tables with data for the Scottish Parish, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10181690

Date accessed: 29th March 2024