Parish Maps of Scotland
The following maps have been scanned
from the Second Statistical Account of Scotland (correctly called
the New Statistical Account). The original maps were sometimes
fold-outs in the book, and over the years they have become damaged
and rather grubby. Repairs have been made with adhesive tape,
and these imperfections are visible in the scans. In the case
of Midlothian, the map could not be pressed completely against
the scanner glass without damaging the binding of the book, and
this has resulted in coloured vertical bands. The map for Peebleshire
was also tightly bound, and there is a grey gap where there is
some missing information. The map for Selkirkshire was not coloured,
and I have added colour to the parish and county boundaries myself.
Despite these imperfections, the
maps very usefully show the county and parish boundaries, as they
existed at the time of publication (about 1845). Parish boundaries
changed over the years as parishes were created, amalgamated,
split and re-aligned. More details about the history of the three
Statistical Accounts of Scotland, and scanned images of the pages
of the First and Second Accounts are available from the University of Edinburgh's website. The National
Library of Scotland's Map Collection is also worth looking at, and
contains many town plans and county maps. However they are rather
laborious to view, unlike the maps below, which can be downloaded
in a few mouse clicks.
The maps are in three sizes -
Thumbnail, Small and Large. The Thumbnail version is shown below,
and is of no practical use, but will allow you to choose one of
the other two sizes. The Small version is 750 pixels wide/high,
and about 150KB in size, and the Large version is 3000 pixels
wide/high, and from 1 to 2MB in size. Downloading the Large versions
may take quite a long time, depending on the speed of your modem,
but this version gives the most detail.
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