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Appendix E. Places in Scotland which lay in a registration county of a different name to their historic county in the 1861 Census
At the time of the 1861 Census of Scotland, the parishes listed in Column 1 lay in more than one county. The counties in which which each lay are listed in Column 2. For the purposes of the Census of 1861 each parish was considered to be wholly a part of that registration county with the same name as the last county listed in column 2 (e.g. Alyth was part of the registration county of Perth).
Parish Counties Abernethy Inverness / Elgin Abernethy Fife / Perth Alyth Forfar / Perth Ardnamurchan Inverness / Argyll Arngask Perth / Fife Arngask Kinross / Fife Ashkirk Selkirk / Roxburgh Banchory-Devenick Aberdeen / Kincardine Beith Renfrew / Ayr Bellie Banff / Elgin Boharm Banff / Elgin Cabrach Banff / Aberdeen Cairney Banff / Aberdeen Cathcart Lanark / Renfrew Cawdor Inverness / Nairn Coupar-Angus Perth / Forfar Cramond Linlithgow / Edinburgh Cromdale Elgin / Inverness Croy Nairn / Inverness Culter Peebles / Lanark Daviot and Dunlichty Nairn / Inverness Drumoak Kincardine / Aberdeen Dunlop Renfrew / Ayr Duthill Inverness / Elgin Dyke and Moy Nairn / Elgin East Kilpatrick (New Kilpatrick) Stirling / Dumbarton Edzell Kincardine / Forfar Fala and Soutra Haddington / Edinburgh Forgandenny Kinross / Perth Fossaway and Tulliebole Perth / Kinross Galashiels Roxburgh / Selkirk Gartly Banff / Aberdeen Glass Banff / Aberdeen Gorbals Renfrew / Lanark Govan Renfrew / Lanark Innerleithen Selkirk / Peebles Inveravon Elgin / Banff Keith Elgin / Banff Kettins Perth / Forfar Kilmalie Inverness / Argyll Kippen Perth / Stirling Kirkliston Edinburgh / Linlithgow Lecropt Stirling / Perth Liff, Benvie and Invergowrie Perth / Forfar Logie Clackmannan / Perth Logie Stirling / Perth Moffat Lanark / Dumfries Moy and Dalarossie Nairn / Inverness New Kilpatrick (East Kilpatrick) Stirling / Dumbarton New Machar Banff / Aberdeen Old Deer Banff / Aberdeen Oldhamstocks Berwick / Haddington Petty Nairn / Inverness Reay Sutherland / Caithness Roberton Roxburgh / Selkirk Rothes Banff / Elgin Selkirk Roxburgh / Selkirk Small Isles Argyll / Inverness Stirling Clackmannan / Stirling Stow Selkirk / Edinburgh Urquhart and Logie-Wester Nairn / Ross and Cromarty Urray Inverness / Ross and Cromarty