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).

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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