Satchell, M. and Shaw-Taylor, L.M.W.S. and Wrigley, E.A. and Anderson, M. and Roughley, C. and Stickler, P.
(2023).
1851 Scotland ancient counties.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
UK Data Archive.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-852943
These data were created as part of a research program directed by Leigh Shaw-Taylor and Tony Wrigley, which aims ultimately to reconstruct the evolution of the occupational structure of Britain from the late medieval period down to the early twentieth century.
Data description (abstract)
ArcGIS shapefile of 788 polygons providing boundary and attribute data for the 32 ancient counties of Scotland as given in the 1851 census. As such this represents the counties of Scotland as they were before the boundary changes caused by Inverness and Elgin County Boundaries Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 16) and the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 50) which eliminated the anomalies caused by the existence of detached portions of counties.
| Data creators: |
| Creator Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Satchell M. |
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure |
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3340-9825
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| Shaw-Taylor L.M.W.S. |
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure |
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3703-7689
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| Wrigley E.A. |
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure |
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| Anderson M. |
University of Edinburgh |
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| Roughley C. |
University of Cambridge |
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| Stickler P. |
University of Cambridge |
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| Sponsors: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Grant reference: |
RES-000-23-1579
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| Topic classification: |
History
Demography (population, vital statistics and censuses)
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| Keywords: |
digitized map data, maps, census data, counties, boundaries, GIS
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| Project title: |
The changing occupational structure of nineteenth century Britain
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| Grant holders: |
Dr Leigh Shaw-Taylor, Professor E. A. Wrigley
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| Project dates: |
| From | To |
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| 1 March 2006 | 28 February 2009 |
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| Date published: |
21 Jun 2018 16:35
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| Last modified: |
31 Aug 2023 10:18
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| Collection period: |
| Date from: | Date to: |
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| 1 March 2006 | 28 February 2009 |
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| Geographical area: |
England and Wales |
| Country: |
United Kingdom |
| Data collection method: |
These data were digitized from digital scans of the Ordnance Survey first edition 1:2500 and 1:10560 maps from the Landmark Group distributed by Edina. The boundary data requires no further comment except to note that the coastline was digitised to the high water mark of ordinary spring tides. The initial digitization was carried out by Owen Tucker of the Cartographic Unit of the Department of Geography under the supervision of Max Satchell. Following invaluable input from Corinne Roughley and Michael Anderson - especially the latter's extraordinary knowledge concerning the population geography of Scottish islands - further revisions and edits were the work of Max Satchell and Philip Stickler of the Cartographic Unit. Users should be aware that recent checks have found some discrepancies among the very small islands of this dataset, so it should be regarded as a beta version on which minor corrections remain to be made. |
| Observation unit: |
Geographic unit |
| Kind of data: |
Geospatial |
| Type of data: |
Census data
, Geospatial data
, Historical data |
| Resource language: |
English |
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| Rights owners: |
| Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Satchell M. |
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure |
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3340-9825
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| Shaw-Taylor L.M.W.S. |
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure |
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3703-7689
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| Wrigley E.A. |
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure |
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| Contact: |
| Name | Email | Affiliation | ORCID (as URL) |
|---|
| Campop, | campop@geog.cam.ac.uk | The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure | Unspecified |
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| Notes on access: |
The Data Collection is available for download to users registered with the UK Data Service. Commercial use of data is not permitted.
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| Publisher: |
UK Data Archive
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| Last modified: |
31 Aug 2023 10:18
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