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Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:
KILCONQUHAR
Unit Type:
Scottish Parish
Date created:
1845
Date abolished:
1975
Unit ID:
10167978
Authorities:
1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

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

Boundary changes

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.

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.

How to reference this page:

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