Administrative Divisions in Scotland after 1889
Under the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889 many changes were made in
the county boundaries, detached portions of Nairn, Perth, Selkirk &
etc. being annexed to the counties surrounding them; whilst Orkney and
Shetland, united for parliamentary purposes, were separated.
Thus there were 33 counties after 1889:
- Aberdeen
- Argyll
- Banff
- Berwick
- Bute
- Caithness
- Clackmannan
- Dumbarton
- Dumfries
- Edinburgh
- Elgin
- Fife
- Forfar
- Haddington
- Inverness
- Kincardine
- Kinross
- Kirkcudbright
- Lanark
- Linlithgow
- Nairn
- Orkney
- Peebles
- Perth
- Renfrew
- Ross and Cromarty
- Roxburgh
- Selkirk
- Shetland
- Stirling
- Sutherland
- Wigtown