A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Click on the hyperlinks for direct access to key graphs and tables.
Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.
We know of no alternate names.
We know of no associations with other units.
This unit was part of the following units:
Name | Type | Start | End | Authority |
---|---|---|---|---|
FIFE | 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'. |
COLINSBURGH Burgh | Scottish Burgh/District | 1975 | The Scottish Archive Network, Scottish Archives Network Gazetteer | |
EARLSFERRY Burgh | Scottish Burgh/District | 1891 | 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. | |
ELIE Burgh | Scottish Burgh/District | 1639 | The Scottish Archive Network, Scottish Archives Network Gazetteer | |
ELIE Burgh | Scottish Burgh/District | 1891 | 1975 | The Scottish Archive Network, Scottish Archives Network Gazetteer |
This unit was affected by the following changes:
Date | Type of change | Other unit involved | Area transferred | Authority |
---|---|---|---|---|
1891 | was reduced to enlarge | ELIE | So much of the parish of Kilconquhar as lies to the south of a line drawn in ag enerally easterly direction from the mouth of the Cocklemill Burn up the medium filum of the said burn, until it meets the south boundary of the Leven and East of Fife Railway, and then along the said south boundary until it meets the boundary of them ain portion of the parish of Elie. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 82. |
We know of no units which were contained within this unit.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Kilconquhar ScoP through time | Census tables with data for the Scottish Parish, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10167978
Date accessed: 29th March 2024