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Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.
The following alternative names exist:
Name | Status | Language | Start | End | Authority |
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CRAIL | Preferred | English | 1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'. | ||
CRAILL | Alternate | English | 1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
We know of no associations with other units.
This unit was part of the following units:
Name | Type | Start | End | Authority |
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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'. |
CRAIL Burgh | Scottish Burgh/District | 1975 | 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. | |
FIFENESS Burgh | Scottish Burgh/District | 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 |
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1891 | was reduced to enlarge | DUNINO | So much of the parish of Crail (as the said parish is delineated in the Ordnance Survey maps) as lies to the east of the centre of the Limelands Avenue (otherwise known as the Brake and Sorbie Road), and to the north of the march between the estate of Dunino and the estate of Kingsmuir. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 82. |
1891 | was enlarged by gaining part of | KINGSBARNS | Part of the parish of Kingsbarns consisting of the farm of Lochton and lying to the south of the north march of the said farm of Lochton, and that portion of the detached part of the parish of Kingsbarns consisting of the farm of Grassmsiton and lying to the west of the east march of the said farm of Grassmiston. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 83. |
1891 | was reduced to enlarge | KINGSBARNS | So much of the parish of Crail as lies to the east and north of the south-west boundary of the farm of East Newhall and to the north-west of the aforesaid detached part. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 83. |
We know of no units which were contained within this unit.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Crail ScoP through time | Census tables with data for the Scottish Parish, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10181513
Date accessed: 31st October 2024