Ordnance Survey - Quarter Inch to the Mile Maps of Scotland
Administrative Areas, 1938-49
These maps at quarter inch to the mile (1:253,440) scale show county, burgh and Parliamentary Constituency boundaries in Scotland from the late 1930s through to 1949. The topographic underlay was based on OS quarter-inch to the mile topographic mapping. The earlier series showed county and parish boundaries in red, with burghs in green. Later series distinguished large burghs (with a population of over 20,000 people) and small burghs, showing the former in yellow, with all administrative boundaries shown in red, and Parliamentary boundaries shown in green.
Read further information on the history of counties and parishes, and legislation which changed them.
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Showing county, burghs and parish boundaries
These maps are held at: Map.Area.C18(67).
Showing county and parish boundaries
These maps are held at: Map.Area.C18(67A).
View sheets:
| Sheet Number and Name |
Date of Boundaries |
Date of Publication |
| Sheet 1 - Map of the counties of Ayr, Berwick, Dumfries, East Lothian, Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Midlothian, Peebles, Renfrew, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Westlothian, and Wigtown, showing burghs, civil parishes and parliamentary areas. | 1937 | 1938 |
| Sheet 2 - Map of the counties of Argyll, Bute, showing burghs, civil parishes and parliamentary areas. | 1940 | 1940 |
| Sheet 3 - Map of the counties of Aberdeen, Angus, Banff, Clackmannan, Dunbarton, Fife, Kincardine, Kinross, Moray, Nairn, Perth, Stirling showing burghs, civil parishes and parliamentary areas. | 1940 | 1940 |
| Sheet 4 - Map of the counties of Caithness, Inverness, Orkney, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Zetland, showing burghs, civil parishes and parliamentary areas. | 1942 | 1942 |
No administrative boundaries
These maps are held at: Map.Area.C18(67B).
View sheets:
| Sheet Number and Name |
Date of Boundaries |
Date of Publication |
| Sheet 1 - Map of the counties of Ayr, Berwick, Dumfries, East Lothian, Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Midlothian, Peebles, Renfrew, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Westlothian, and Wigtown, showing burghs, civil parishes and parliamentary areas. | Not shown | 1938 |
| Sheet 2 - Map of the counties of Argyll, Bute, showing burghs, civil parishes and parliamentary areas. | Not shown | 1940 |
| Sheet 3 - Map of the counties of Aberdeen, Angus, Banff, Clackmannan, Dunbarton, Fife, Kincardine, Kinross, Moray, Nairn, Perth, Stirling showing burghs, civil parishes and parliamentary areas. | Not shown | 1940 |
| Sheet 4 - Map of the counties of Caithness, Inverness, Orkney, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Zetland, showing burghs, civil parishes and parliamentary areas. | Not shown | 1942 |
Showing county, burgh, parish and post-1948 Parliamentary Consituency boundaries
These maps are held at: Map.Area.C18(68).
View sheets:
| Sheet Number and Name |
Date of Boundaries |
Date of Publication |
| Sheet 1 - Map of the counties of Ayr, Berwick, Bute, Dumfries, East Lothian, Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Midlothian, Peebles, Renfrew, Roxburgh, Selkirk, West Lothian, and Wigtown, showing burghs, districts and civil parishes. | 1949 | ca. 1949 |
| Sheet 2 - Map of the county of Argyll showing burghs, districts and civil parishes. | 1949 | ca. 1949 |
| Sheet 3 - Map of the counties of Aberdeen, Angus, Banff, Clackmannan, Dunbarton, Fife, Kincardine, Kinross, Moray, Nairn, Perth and Stirling, showing burghs, districts and civil parishes. | 1949 | ca. 1949 |
| Sheet 4 - Map of the counties of Caithness, Inverness, Orkney, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Zetland, showing burghs, districts and civil parishes. | 1949 | ca. 1949 |
