Administrative Divisions in Scotland before 1974
Like the period after 1889, there were 33 counties prior to 1974, although
many had different names and boundaries from these earlier counties.
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus (Forfar in 1889)
- Argyle
- Ayrshire
- Banffshire
- Berwickshire
- Bute
- Caithness
- Clackmannanshire
- Dumbartonshire
- Dumfriesshire
- East Lothian (Haddington in 1889)
- Fife
- Invernesshire
- Kincardineshire
- Kinrosshire
- Kirkcudbrightshire
- Lanarkshire
- Mid-Lothian (Edinburgh in 1889)
- Moray (Elgin in 1889)
- Nairn
- Orkney
- Peebleshire
- Perthshire
- Renfrewshire
- Ross and Cromarty
- Roxburghshire
- Selkirkshire
- Shetland
- Stirlingshire
- Sutherland
- West Lothian (Linlithgow in 1889)