Everything Totally Explained


Ask & we'll explain, totally!
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947
Totally Explained


  NEW! All the latest news in the worlds of computer gaming, entertainment, the environment,  
finance, health, politics, science, stocks & shares, technology and much, much, more.  


View this entry using RSS

Everything about Local Government Scotland Act 1947 totally explained

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6 c. 65) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in Scotland, on 1 October, 1947.
   Section 1 of the Act reads "For the purposes of local government, Scotland shall be divided into counties, counties of cities, large burghs and small burghs, and the landward area of every county shall, save as provided in this Part of this Act, be divided into districts"
   
   

New local government areas

Section 2 defines the new local government areas. From Schedule 1:

Counties

  • East Lothian
  • Fife
  • Inverness
  • Kincardine
  • Kinross
  • Kirkcudbright
  • Lanark
  • Midlothian
  • Moray
  • Nairn
  • Orkney
  • Peebles
  • Perth
  • Renfrew
  • Ross and Cromarty
  • Roxburgh
  • Selkirk
  • Stirling
  • Sutherland
  • West Lothian
  • Wigtown
  • Zetland
  • Counties of cities

    Aberdeen Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow

    Large burghs

  • Airdrie
  • Arbroath
  • Ayr
  • Clydebank
  • Coatbridge
  • Dumbarton
  • Dumfries
  • Dunfermline
  • Falkirk
  • Greenock
  • Hamilton
  • Inverness
  • Kilmarnock
  • Kirkcaldy
  • Motherwell and Wishaw
  • Paisley
  • Perth
  • Port Glasgow
  • Rutherglen
  • Stirling
  • Small burghs

  • Aberchirder
  • Aberfeldy
  • Aberlour
  • Abernethy
  • Alloa
  • Alva
  • Alyth
  • Annan
  • Ardrossan
  • Armadale
  • Auchterarder
  • Auchtermuchty
  • Ballater
  • Banchory
  • Banff
  • Barrhead
  • Bathgate
  • Biggar
  • Blairgowrie and Rattray
  • Bo'ness
  • Bonnyrigg and Lasswade
  • Brechin
  • Bridge of Allan
  • Buckhaven and Methil
  • Buckie
  • Burghead
  • Burntisland
  • Callander
  • Campbeltown
  • Carnoustie
  • Castle Douglas
  • Cockenzie and Port Seton
  • Coldstream
  • Coupar Angus
  • Cove and Kilcreggan
  • Cowdenbeath
  • Crail
  • Crieff
  • Cromarty
  • Cullen
  • Culross
  • Cumnock and Holmhead
  • Cupar
  • Dalbeattie
  • Dalkeith
  • Darvel
  • Denny and Dunipace
  • Dingwall
  • Dollar
  • Dornoch
  • Doune
  • Dufftown
  • Dunbar
  • Dunblane
  • Dunoon
  • Duns
  • East Linton
  • Elgin
  • Elie and Earlsferry
  • Ellon
  • Eyemouth
  • Falkland
  • Findochty
  • Forfar
  • Forres
  • Fort William
  • Fortrose
  • Fraserburgh
  • Galashiels
  • Galston
  • Gatehouse
  • Girvan
  • Gourock
  • Grangemouth
  • Grantown-on-Spey
  • Haddington
  • Hawick
  • Helensburgh
  • Huntly
  • Innerleithen
  • Inveraray
  • Inverbervie
  • Invergordon
  • Inverkeithing
  • Inverurie
  • Irvine
  • Jedburgh
  • Johnstone
  • Keith
  • Kelso
  • Kilrenny, Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester
  • Kilsyth
  • Kilwinning
  • Kinghorn
  • Kingussie
  • Kinross
  • Kintore
  • Kirkcudbright
  • Kirkintilloch
  • Kirkwall
  • Kirriemuir
  • Ladybank
  • Lanark
  • Langholm
  • Largs
  • Lauder
  • Laurencekirk
  • Lerwick
  • Leslie
  • Leven
  • Linlithgow
  • Loanhead
  • Lochgelly
  • Lochgilphead
  • Lochmaben
  • Lockerbie
  • Lossiemouth and Branderburgh
  • Macduff
  • Markinch
  • Maybole
  • Melrose
  • Millport
  • Milngavie
  • Moffat
  • Monifieth
  • Montrose
  • Musselburgh
  • Nairn
  • New Galloway
  • Newburgh
  • Newmilns and Greenholm
  • Newport
  • Newton Stewart
  • North Berwick
  • Oban
  • Oldmeldrum
  • Peebles
  • Penicuik
  • Peterhead
  • Pitlochry
  • Pittenweem
  • Portknockie
  • Portsoy
  • Prestonpans
  • Prestwick
  • Queensferry
  • Renfrew
  • Rosehearty
  • Rothes
  • Rothesay
  • Saltcoats
  • Sanquhar
  • Selkirk
  • St Andrews
  • St. Monance
  • Stewarton
  • Stonehaven
  • Stornoway
  • Stranraer
  • Stromness
  • Tain
  • Tayport
  • Thurso
  • Tillicoultry
  • Tobermory
  • Tranent
  • Troon
  • Turriff
  • Whitburn
  • Whithorn
  • Wick
  • Wigtown
  • The local government divisions established by the 1947 Act were abolished by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

    Further Information

    Get more info on 'Local Government Scotland Act 1947'.


    External Link Exchanges

    Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:

      <a href="http://local_government__scotland__act_1947.totallyexplained.com">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 Totally Explained</a>

    Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
       As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned.



    Copyright © 2007-8 totallyexplained.com | Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License | Site Map
    This article contains text from the Wikipedia article Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (History) and is released under the GFDL | RSS Version