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This unit was part of the following units:
Name | Type | Start | End | Authority |
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SELKIRKSHIRE | 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'. |
GALASHIELS | 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 | TRAQUAIR | (1) Detached part of the parish of Yarrow in the county of Selkirk. (2) That portion of the parish of Yarrow lying to the north of a line drawn due north-east from the point on the exsisting county boundary on or nearest to the summit of Minchmuir until it again meets the said county boundary. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 118. |
We know of no units which were contained within this unit.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Yarrow ScoP through time | Census tables with data for the Scottish Parish, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10181495
Date accessed: 20th October 2024