Ordnance Survey - Quarter Inch to the Mile Maps of Scotland
Administrative Areas, 1955-66
These maps at quarter inch to the mile (1:253,440) scale show county, burgh and Parliamentary Constituency boundaries in Scotland from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s. The underlying base topography was based on OS quarter-inch to the mile, 4th edition mapping. This series showed parish boundaries in purple, county boundaries in red, and Parliamentary boundaries in green. Successive editions of each sheet were issued with updates to Local Government and Parliamentary boundaries to specific dates. These maps are held at: Map.Area.C18(70/1).
Read further information on the history of counties and parishes, and legislation which changed them.
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View Glasgow District at one-inch to the mile.
Counties, parishes, and parliamentary boundaries
View sheets:
Sheet Number and Name |
Date of Boundaries |
Date of Publication |
Sheet 1 - The Border - B//// | 1966 | ca. 1966 |
Sheet 1 - The Border - B/// | 1965 | ca. 1965 |
Sheet 1 - The Border - B/// | 1965 | ca. 1965 |
Sheet 1 - The Border - B// | 1960 | ca. 1960 |
Sheet 1 - The Border - B/ | 1960 | ca. 1960 |
Sheet 1 - The Border - B | 1954 to 1955 | ca. 1955 |
Sheet 2 - Scotland, South West - B//// | 1964 | ca. 1964 |
Sheet 2 - Scotland, South West - B//// | 1964 | ca. 1964 |
Sheet 2 - Scotland, South West - B/// | 1962 | ca. 1962 |
Sheet 2 - Scotland, South West - B// | 1960 | ca. 1960 |
Sheet 2 - Scotland, South West - B/ | 1959 | ca. 1959 |
Sheet 2 - Scotland, South West - B | 1954 to 1955 | ca. 1955 |
Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde and Tay - B////// | 1966 | ca. 1966 |
Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde and Tay - B////// | 1966 | ca. 1966 |
Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde and Tay - B///// | 1964 | ca. 1964 |
Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde and Tay - B///// | 1964 | ca. 1964 |
Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde and Tay - B//// | 1961 | ca. 1961 |
Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde and Tay - B/// | 1959 | ca. 1959 |
Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde and Tay - B// | 1958 | ca. 1958 |
Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde and Tay - B | 1954 to 1955 | ca. 1955 |
Sheet 4 - Glasgow, and the Middle West - B/// | 1964 | ca. 1964 |
Sheet 4 - Glasgow, and the Middle West - B/// | 1964 | ca. 1964 |
Sheet 4 - Glasgow, and the Middle West - B// | 1962 | ca. 1962 |
Sheet 4 - Glasgow, and the Middle West - B// | 1962 | ca. 1962 |
Sheet 4 - Glasgow, and the Middle West - B/ | 1959 | ca. 1959 |
Sheet 4 - Glasgow, and the Middle West - B | 1954 to 1955 | ca. 1955 |
Sheet 5 - The Eastern Highlands - B/// | 1966 | ca. 1966 |
Sheet 5 - The Eastern Highlands - B/// | 1966 | ca. 1966 |
Sheet 5 - The Eastern Highlands - B// | 1963 | ca. 1963 |
Sheet 5 - The Eastern Highlands - B// | 1963 | ca. 1963 |
Sheet 5 - The Eastern Highlands - B/ | 1960 | ca. 1960 |
Sheet 5 - The Eastern Highlands - B | 1954 to 1955 | ca. 1955 |
Sheet 7 - Scotland, North - B// | 1962 | ca. 1962 |
Sheet 7 - Scotland, North - B// | 1962 | ca. 1962 |
Sheet 7 - Scotland, North - B/ | 1959 | ca. 1959 |
Sheet 7 - Scotland, North - B | 1954 to 1955 | ca. 1955 |
Glasgow District: One-Inch to the mile
Administrative maps showing county, burgh, district, civil parish and electoral boundaries.
View sheets:
Sheet Number and Name |
Date of Boundaries |
Date of Publication |
Scotland: diagram of Glasgow and district showing county, burgh, district, electoral division and civil parish boundaries. (As notified to 1-6-1954.) and parliamentary constituencies. | 1954 | 1955 |
Scotland: diagram of Glasgow and district showing county, burgh, district, electoral division and civil parish boundaries. (As notified to 1-1-1965.) and parliamentary constituencies. | 1965 | 1965 |
Scotland: Glasgow and district diagram showing the boundaries of the counties, county of the city, large burghs, small burghs, districts, civil parishes and electoral divisions as notified to 1-6-1966 and the parliamentary constituencies. | 1966 | 1966 |