Section 51 of LG(S)A 1889, Section 46 of LG(S)A 1894
1889 c.50
51 On the representation of a county council or of a town council the Secretary for Scotland may at any time after the expiry of the powers of the Boundary Commissioners by order provide for all or any of the following things:—
(a .) For altering the number of county councillors, the number, contents, and boundaries of electoral divisions, and the assignment of county councillors to counties and burghs;
(b .) For altering the boundaries of the county;
(c .) For altering the boundaries of any burgh or of any parish situate or partly situate in the county;
(d .) For uniting several parishes or parts of parishes into one parish, or annexing one or more of such parish or parishes or parts of parishes to a larger parish; and any parish so formed by a union of parishes or parts of parishes, or enlarged by annexation, shall for all purposes be deemed to be one parish;
(e .) For dividing any parish in the county which by reason of its inconvenient extent, or by reason of its forming part of, or having within its boundaries, or lying partly within or partly without a burgh, or a police burgh, it seems expedient to divide, and for uniting all or any of such sub-divisions of the parish with other parishes;
(f .) For the proper adjustment and distribution of the powers, property, liabilities, debts, officers, and servants of any local authority, consequential on any consolidation, alteration of boundaries, or other act done in pursuance of this section; and
(g .) Generally for doing any matter or thing whatever, whether similar or not to those above mentioned, which may be required or be expedient for the proper carrying into effect the purposes of this Act and the settlement of local differences:
Provided as follows:—
(i.) An order under sub-section (a ) of this section shall not be made unless after the date of any previous order determining the matters therein mentioned there shall have occurred a material change of circumstances in respect of the population and annual value of the counties, burghs, or electoral divisions concerned in such order;
(ii.) If an order under this section alters the boundaries or contents of any county, burgh, or parish it shall be provisional only, and shall not have effect unless confirmed by Parliament; and
(iii.) Provision shall be made in any order under this section for preserving the rights of creditors and all persons having vested interests, and whose rights would otherwise be affected by any alteration made in pursuance of this section;
(iv.) This section shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any provisions in force at the passing of this Act in respect of the union, disjunction, or erection of parishes.
1894 c.58
46. An order of the Secretary for Scotland, under section fifty-one of the principal Act, for altering the boundaries of any parish or for uniting several parishes or parts of parishes into one parish by the creation of a new parish or otherwise, or annexing one or more of such parishes or parts of parishes to a larger parish, or for dividing any parish or for uniting any subdivision of a parish with any other parish, shall have effect for all purposes whether county council, justice, sheriff, militia, parochial board, parish council, school board, local authority, or other, save as herein-after provided. Before making any such order, the Secretary for Scotland shall consult with the authorities concerned, and, upon the application of any one or more of such authorities, shall cause a local inquiry in terms of the principal Act to be held, and shall cause the proposed order to be published in the Edinburgh Gazette, and in such other manner as to make the same known to all persons interested, and shall consider all objections and representations respecting such order, and may, after the expiry of not less than forty days from the date of the publication of the proposed order in the Edinburgh Gazette, finally make the order and cause the same to be forthwith published in the Edinburgh Gazette, and such order shall thereafter have effect as if enacted by Parliament unless or until revoked or modified by subsequent order in terms of this section. In addition to the provisions of the principal Act any such order may be made on the representation of a parochial board or parish council, or the commissioners of a police burgh, or a school board.
An order of the Secretary for Scotland under the powers conferred by section fifty-one of the principal Act or this section may, without prejudice to the generality of the aforesaid powers, provide for all or any of the matters specified in sub-section six of section forty-nine of the principal Act.
The words ‘in the county’ occurring in sub-section (e ) of section fifty-one of the principal Act are hereby repealed, and the said section shall be read as if for the words ‘county burgh or parish,’ occurring in proviso (ii.) thereof, there were substituted the words ‘county or burgh;’ and the words ‘this Act,’ in sub-section (g ) of the said section, and in sections ninety-five and ninety-six of the principal Act, shall be construed as meaning ‘the Local Government (Scotland) Acts.’
To end 1895
| Order | Gazette No | Gazette Date | Gazette Page | Areas effected | Details | In effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 10632 | 18 December 1894 | 1437-1438 | Glamis and Forfar, Forfarshire | The portion of the Parish of Glamis, situated within the boundaries of the Burgh of Forfar, shall cease to be part of that Parish, and shall form part of the Parish of Forfar. | 15 May 1895 |
| II | 10632 | 18 December 1894 | 1438 | North Bute and Rothesay, Buteshire | The landward part of the Parish of Rothesay shall cease to be part of that Parish, and shall form part of the Parish of North Bute. | 15 May 1895 |
| III | 10633 | 21 December 1894 | 1453 | Old Monkland and New Monkland, Lanarkshire | The portion of the Parish of New Monkland, situated within the boundaries of the Burgh of Coatbridge, shall cease to be part of that Parish, and shall form part of the Parish of Old Monkland. |
15 May 1895 |
| IV | 10636 | 1 January 1895 | 1 | Murroes and Monifeith, Forfarshire | The detached part of the Parish of Murroes (bounded on one side by the Parish of Monikie, and on the other three sides by the Parish of Monifieth) shall cease to be part of that Parish, and shall be joined to and form part of the Parish of Monifieth. | 15 May 1895 |
| V | 10636 | 1 January 1895 | 1 | Roxburgh and Kelso, Roxburghshire | The portion of the Parish of Roxburgh situated within the boundaries of the Police Burgh of Kelso shall cease to be part of that Parish, and shall form part of the Parish of Kelso. | 15 May 1895 |
| VI | 10636 | 1 January 1895 | 2 | Port Glasgow and Greenock, Renfrewshire | The portion of the Parish of Greenock situated within the boundaries of the Burgh of Port Glasgow shall cease to be part of that Parish, and shall form part of the Parish of PortGlasgow. | 15 May 1895 |
| VIII | 10638 | 8 January 1895 | 26 | St Andrews and St Leonards, Fife | The Parish of St. Leonards and the Parish of St. Andrews shall be united into one Parish, to be called the Parish of St. Andrews. | 15 May 1895 |
| IX | 10639 | 11 January 1895 | 37 | Slamannan and Falkirk, Stirlingshire | The portion of the Parish of Falkirk disjoined therefrom in 1725 and united quoad sacra to the Parish of Slamannan shall cease to be part of the Parish of Falkirk, and shall form part of the Parish of Slamannan. | 15 May 1895 |
| X | 10639 | 11 January 1895 | 37-38 | Abbey, Paisley and Renfrew, Renfrewshire | 1. The portion of the Parish of Renfrew situated within the boundaries of the Burgh of Paisley shall cease to be part of that Parish. 2. The Abbey Parish and the Parish of Paisley, and the portion of the Parish of Renfrew situated within the boundaries of the Burgh of Paisley, shall be united into one Parish, to be called the Parish of Paisley. |
15 May 1895 |
| XI | 10641 | 18 January 1895 | 61 | Hawick, Cavers and Teviothead, Roxburghshire | The portions of the Parishes of Hawick and Cavers which were erected for certain purposes into a Parish by the foresaid decree (decree of the Lords of Council and Session: the portions of the Parishes of Hawick and Cavers lying to the west of a line therein described, being the area since known as the Parish of Teviothead, were erected into a Parish, excepting only in so far as regards the support and management of the poor, and all matters and questions connected therewith), dated 20th February 1850, shall be entirely disjoined from the Parishes of Hawick and Cavers, and shall form a separate Parish, to be called the Parish of Teviothead. | 15 May 1895 |
| XII | 10641 | 18 January 1895 | 61-62 | Kinnoul and Scone, Perthshire | The portion of the Parish of Scone situated within the boundaries of the Burgh of Perth shall cease to be part of that Parish, and shall form part of the Parish of Kinnoul | 15 May 1895 |
| XIII | 10642 | 22 January 1895 | 73 | South Leith and Duddington, Midlothian | The portion of the Parish of South Leith situated within the boundaries of the Burgh of Portobello, shall cease to form part of that Parish, and shall form part of the Parish of Duddingston. |
15 May 1895 |
| XIV | 10642 | 22 January 1895 | 73-74 | Wilton and Hawick, Roxburghshire | The Parish of Wilton and the Parish of Hawick shall be united into one Parish, to be called the Parish of Hawick. | 15 May 1895 |
| XV | 10643 | 25 January 1895 | 85 | Queensferry and Dalmeny, Linlithgowshire | The Parish of Queensferry and the Parish of Dalmeny shall be united into one Parish, to be called the Parish of Dalmeny | 15 May 1895 |
| XVI | 10643 | 25 January 1895 | 85-86 | Old Machar, Peterculter, Nigg and St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire | 1. The portions of the Parishes of Old Machar, Peterculter, and Nigg, situated within the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen, shall cease to be parts of the said respective Parishes. 2. The Parish of St. Nicholas, within said City and Royal Burgh, and the said disjointed portions of the Parishes of Old Machar, Peterculter, and Nigg shall be united into one Parish,to be called 'the City Parish of Aberdeen.' |
15 May 1895 |
| XVII | 10656 | 12 March 1895 | 357 | Kilmallie, Argyllshire and Inverness-shire | The portion of the Parish of Kilmallie, situated within the boundaries of the County of Argyll, shall cease to be .part of the Parish of Kilmallie, and shall be and is hereby created a separate Parish, to be called the Parish of Ardgour. |
15 May 1895 |
| XVIII (Proposed) | 10644 | 29 January 1895 | 97 | Kilmallie, Argyllshire and Inverness-shire | 1. The portion of the Parish of Kilmallie, situated within the boundaries of the County of Inverness, shall cease to be part of the Parish of Kilmallie, and shall be and is hereby created a separate Parish, to be called the Parish of North Kilmallie. 2. The portion of the Parish of Kilmallie, situated within the boundaries of the County of Argyll, shall cease to be part of the Parish of Kilmallie, and shall be and is hereby created a separate Parish, to be called the Parish of South Kilmallie. |
15 May 1895 |
| XVIII (XIX proposed) | 10656 | 12 March 1865 | 379 | Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire and Inverness-shire | The portion of the Parish of Ardnamurchan, situated within the boundaries of the County of Inverness, shall cease to be part of the Parish of Ardnamurchan, and shall be and is hereby created a separate Parish, to be called the Parish of Arisaig and Moidart. | 15 May 1895 |
| XIX | 10656 | 12 March 1865 | 379-380 | Crieff, Muthill and Monzievaird & Strowan, Perthshire | The portion of the Parish of Muthill and the portion of the Parish of Monzievaird and Strowan situated within the boundaries of the Police Burgh of Crieff, shall cease to be parts of those Parishes respectively, and shall form part of the Parish of Crieff. | 15 May 1895 |
| XX | 10657 | 15 March 1895 | 415 | St Ninians and Stirling, Stirlingshire | The portion of the Parish of St. Ninians situated within the boundaries of the Burgh of Stirling shall cease to be part of that Parish, and shall form part of the Parish of Stirling. | 15 May 1895 |
| XXI | 10657 | 15 March 1895 | 415-416 | City Parish of Edinburgh, St Cuthbert and Canongate Combination, North Leith, South Leith, Duddingston and Liberton, Midlothian | 1. The portion of the St. Cuthbert and Canongate Combination situated within the municipal boundaries of the City of Edinburgh, and the portion of the said Combination situated in the County of Mid-Lothian (except that portion of the said Combination which is situated within the boundaries of the Burgh of Leith), shall cease to be part of that Combination. 2. The portion of the Parish of North Leith situated within the municipal boundaries of the City of Edinburgh, shall cease to be part of that Parish. |
15 May 1895 |
| XXII | 10657 | 15 March 1895 | 416-417 | St Cuthbert and Canongate Combination, North Leith, South Leith and Cramond, Midlothian | 1. The portion of the St. Cuthbert and Canongate Combination which is situated within the municipal boundaries of the Burgh of Leith, shall cease to be part of that Combination. 2. The portion of the Parish of North Leith which is situated within the municipal boundaries of the Burgh of Leith, and that portion of said Parish being foreshore which is situated within the County of Mid-Lothian, shall cease to be part of said Parish. |
15 May 1895 |
| XXIII | 10658 | 19 March 1895 | 466 | Ayr, St Quivox and Newton-on-Ayr, Ayrshire | The Parish of Ayr and the Parish of St. Quivox and the Parish of Newton-on-Ayr shall be united into one Parish, to be called the Parish of Ayr. | 15 May 1895 |
| XXIV | 10659 | 22 March 1895 | 510 | Borrowstounness and Carriden | The Parish of Borrowstounness and the Parish of Carriden shall be united into one Parish, to be called the Parish of Borrowstounness and Carriden. | 15 May 1895 |
| XXV | 10659 | 22 March 1895 | 510-511 | Walls and Flotta, Orkney | The portion of the existing Parish of Walls and Flotta, comprising the islands of Flotta and Fara (hereinafter referred to as the District of Flotta and Fara), shall cease to be part of that Parish, and shall form a separate Parish, to be called the Parish of Flotta. The remainder of the said existing Parish shall in future form and be known as the Parish of Walls. | 15 May 1895 |
| XXVI | 10697 | 2 August 1895 | 1129 | Old Cumnock and Auchinleck, Ayrshire | 1. The portion of the Parish of Auchinleck situated within the boundaries of the Police Burgh of Cumnock and Holmhead shall cease to be part of that parish, and shall form part of the parish of Old Cumnock. 2. The Parish Councillor representing the said portion of the Parish of Auchinleck on the Parish Council of that Parish shall cease to be a Parish Councillor of that Parish, and shall become a Parish Councillor of the Parish of Old Cumnock. |
10 August 1895 |
| XXVII (proposed) | 10678 | 28 May 1895 | 894 | Arbroath and St Vigeans | 1. The Parish of Arbroath and the Parish of St. Vigeans shall be united into one Parish, to be called the Parish of St. Vigeans. 3. The Parish Councillors elected for the Parish of Arbroath and the Parish Councillors elected for the now existing Parish of St. Vigeans shall together form the Parish Council of the Parish constituted by this Order, and shall hold office until the date of the second election of Parish Councillors. |
15 July 1895 |
| XXVII | 10698 | 6 August 1895 | 1145-1146 | Stronsay and Eday, Orkney | 1.The Stronsay District of the Parish of Stronsay and Eday, comprising the Islands of Stronsay and Papa Stronsay and their pertinents, and the Eday District of the said Parish, comprising the Islands of Eday and Pharay and their pertinents, shall cease to be one Parish and shall in future form two separate Parishes, to be known respectively as the Parish of Stronsay and the Parish of Eday | 10 August 1895 |
| XXVIII | 10699 | 9 August 1895 | 1157 | Dalkeith and Newbattle, Midlothian | 1. The portion of the Parish of Newbattle situated within the boundaries of the Police Burgh of Dalkeith shall cease to be part of that Parish, and shall form part of the Parish of Dalkeith. 3. The Parish Councillor elected for the foresaid portion of the Parish of Newbattle shall cease to be a Parish Councillor of the said Parish, and shall become a Parish Councillor of the Parish of Dalkeith. |
10 August 1895 |
| XXIX | 10683 | 14 June 1895 | 957-958 | Dalziel, Hamilton and Bothwell, Lanarkshire | 1. The portion of the Parish of Hamilton situated to the north and east of the River Clyde shall cease to be part of that Parish, and shall form part of the Parish of Dalzie and the under-mentioned portions of the Parish of Bothwell shall cease to be parts of that Parish, and shall form parts of the Parish of Dalziel (Dalziel Cemetery, that portion of the Parish of Bothwell which is situated in the Police Burgh of Motherwell, that part of the parish of Bothwell lying immediately northward of the part immediately above described) |
2 August 1895 |
| XXX | 10701 | 16 August 1895 | 1178 | Dalserf and Hamilton, Lanarkshire | 1. The portion of the Parish of Hamilton situated within the boundaries of the quoad sacra Parish of Larkhall shall cease to be part of the Parish of Hamilton, and shall form part of the Parish of Dalserf. | 15 May 1896 |
| XXXI | 10711 | 20 September 1995 | 1277 | Borthwick and Newbattle, Midlothian | The portion of the Parish of Newbattle situated within the Gorebridge Special Drainage and Water Supply District shall cease to be part of that Parish, and shall form part of the Parish of Borthwick. | 25 September 1895 |
| XXXII | 10687 | 28 June 1895 | 1005 | Stranraer, Inch and Leswalt, Wigtownshire | The foresaid portion of the Parish of Inch and the foresaid portion of the Parish of Leswalt (the portions of the said Parishes situated within the Police and old Parliamentary Boundaries of the Burgh of Stranraer) shall cease to be parts of the Parishes of Inch and Leswalt respectively, and shall be joined to and form part of the Parish of Stranraer. | 15 August 1895 |
| XXXIV | 10738 | 24 December 1895 | 1669-1670 | Dunblane, Blackford, and Muthill, Perthshire | 1. The portions of the Parishes of Dunblane, Blackford, and Muthill, which were erected for certain purposes into a Parish by the Decreet, dated 2ist February 1855, shall be entirely disjoined from the Parishes of Dunblane, Blackford, and Muthill, and shall form a separate Parish, to be called the Parish of Ardoch. 2. The three Parish Councillors of Muthill Parish, designated in a minute of the Parish Council of Muthill, dated i6th May 1895, and such two Parish Councillors of Dunblane Parish as shall, with their own consent, be designated by the Parish Council of Dunblane prior to the date on which this Order comes into effect, shall cease to be Parish Councillors of the said respective Parishes, and shall together form the Parish Council of the Parish constituted by this Order, and shall hold office until the date of the second election of Parish Councillors. |
15 May 1896 |
| XXXV | 10738 | 24 December 1895 | 1670-1671 | Dunblane and Lecropt, Perthshire | 1. The Parish of Dunblane and the Parish of Lecropt shall be united into one Parish, to be called the Parish of Dunblane. 2. The Parish Councillors elected for the now existing Parish of Dunblane, excepting such two of their number as shall become Parish Councillors of the Parish of Ardoch, and the Parish Councillors elected for the Parish of Lecropt, excepting such three of their number as shall resign office prior to the date on which this Order comes into effect, shall together form the Parish Council of the Parish constituted by this Order, and shall hold office until the date of the second election of Parish Councillors |
15 May 1896 |
| XXXVI (proposed) | 10922 | 28 September 1897 | 921 | Dunkeld & Dowally and Caputh, Perthshire | 1. The portion of the Parish of Caputh situated within the boundaries of the School District of Dunkeld and Dowally, shall cease to be part of the Parish of Caputh, and shall form part of the Parish of Dunkeld and Dowally | 15 May 1898 |
| XXXVII (proposed) | 10922 | 28 September 1897 | 921 | Stow, Selkirk, Galashiels, Yarrow & Megat, Selkirkshire | 1. The portion of the Parish of Stow situated within the County, of Selkirk, and the portions of the Parishes of Selkirk, Galashiels, and Yarrow and Meggat situated within the boundaries of the quoad sacra Parish of Caddonfoot, shall cease to be parts of the said Parishes of Stow, Selkirk, Galashiels, and Yarrow and Meggat respectively, and shall form a separate Parish to be called the Parish of Caddonfoot. |
15 May 1898 |
| XXXVIII (proposed) | 10922 | 28 September 1897 | 921-922 | Heriot and Stow, Midlothian | The portion of the Farms of Hangingshaw and Kirklands, including the Hamlet of Stagebank, situated within the Parish of Stow, shall cease to be part of the Parish of Stow, and shall form part of the Parish of Heriot. |
15 May 1898 |
| XXXIX (proposed) | 10922 | 28 September 1897 | 923 | Montrose and Craig, Forfarshire | 1. The portion of the Parish of Craig which is known as Rossie Island, and which forms part of the district of the School Board of the Burgh of Montrose, shall cease to be part of the Parish of Craig, and shall form part of the Parish of Montrose. | 15 May 1898 |
| XXXIX (XLIV proposed) | 11033 | 21 October 1898 | 1021 | Parish of Barony and City Parish of Glasgow | The City Parish of Glasgow and, the Parish of Barony shall, from and after the date of transfer after mentioned, cease to be separate Parishes, and shall be united into one Parish, which shall be known and designated as the Parish of Glasgow. 3. The number of Parish Councillors for the Parish of Glasgow shall, until otherwise lawfully determined, be thirty-one, and of these twenty seven shall be elected for the burghal portion and four for the landward portion of the Parish. The Landward Committee, which falls to be elected on the first Tuesday of December next for the Parish of Barony, shall, as from the date of transfer after mentioned, be the Landward Committee of the Parish of Glasgow. |
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| XL (proposed) | 10922 | 28 September 1897 | 923-924 | Colinton, Cramond and City Parish of Edinburgh, Midlothian | 1. The portion of the City Parish of Edinburgh adjoining the Parish of Colinton, and not included within the boundaries of the City and Royal Burgh of Edinburgh, as fixed by the Edinburgh Extension Act, 1896, shall cease to be part of the City Parish of Edinburgh, and shall form part of the Parish of Colinton. 2. The portion of the City Parish of Edinburgh adjoining the Parish of Cramond and not included within the boundaries of the City and Royal Burgh of Edinburgh, as fixed by the Edinburgh Extension Act, 1896, shall cease to be part of the City Parish of Edinburgh, and shall form part of the Parish of Cramond. |
15 May 1898 |
| XL | 11041 | 18 November 1898 | 1137 | Corstorphine and Cramond, Midlothian | The under-mentioned portion of the Parish of Corstorphine shall cease to be part of that Parish, and shall form part of the Parish of Cramond, namely, the portion adjoining the Parish of Cramond which is contained within the following boundary:—Starting from Ravelston Gate on the road from Edinburgh to Qneensferry, and proceeding south-westwards therefrom by a line to the north of Ravelston Avenue along the southern and western boundary of the ground feued to Robert Forbes till the said boundary reaches the park known as East and West Bottom, thence along the southern boundary of the said park to the back road leading from Ravelston, which it follows northwards till it meets the road leading from Blackhall to Craigcrook. | 17 November 1898 |
| N/A | 10725 | 8 November 1895 | 1417 | Monzie, Perthshire | The Parish now known as the Parish of Monzie shall cease to bear that name, and shall be called the Parish of Logiealmond. | 1 January 1896 |