Registration county

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Registration county

A registration county was, in England

England

Wales

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and Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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, a statistical unit used for the output of census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
information. Registration counties were formed by grouping together the registration district

Registration district

A registration district in the United Kingdom is a type of administrative region which exists for the purpose of civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths and civil partnerships....
s wholly or partly within a county

County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
. As registration districts crossed county boundaries, the registration counties did not coincide precisely with any other types of county.

The registration counties were used in census results from 1851 to 1911.

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A registration county was, in England

England

Wales

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and Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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, a statistical unit used for the output of census

Census

Registration district

County

Administrative county

An administrative county was an administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland used for the purposes of local government. They are now abolished, although in Northern Ireland their former areas are used as the basis for lieutenancy....
.

Scotland

33 counties are used in Scotland

Scotland

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for land registration purposes. This process began with the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 and started operation on 6 April 1981 in the County of Renfrew

Renfrewshire (historic)

Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, and one of the counties of Scotland used for local government in Scotland until 1975....
. The implementation was completed on 1 April 2003 when the final tranche of registration counties were operational.

Registration county	Operational from
County of Renfrew Renfrewshire (historic) Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, and one of the counties of Scotland used for local government in Scotland until 1975....	6 April 1981
County of Dumbarton Dunbartonshire Dunbartonshire or the County of Dumbarton, is a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and a registration county of Scotland. Until 1975 it was a Counties of Scotland....	4 October 1982
County of Lanark Lanarkshire Lanarkshire , officially the County of Lanark, was formerly a Counties of Scotland of Scotland.It was bounded to the north by Stirlingshire and a detached portion of Dunbartonshire, to the northeast by Stirlingshire, West Lothian, to the east by Peeblesshire, to the southeast and south by Dumfriesshire, to the southwest by Dumfriesshi...	3 January 1984
County of the Barony and Regality of Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....	30 September 1985
County of Clackmannan Clackmannanshire Clackmannanshire and sometimes called Clacks is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, bordering Perth and Kinross, Stirling and Fife....	1 October 1992
County of Stirling Stirlingshire Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west....	1 April 1993
County of West Lothian West Lothian West Lothian is one of the 32 Unitary authority council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire and Falkirk ....	1 October 1993
County of Fife Fife Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....	1 April 1995
County of Aberdeen Aberdeenshire (historic) Aberdeenshire or the County of Aberdeen is a registration county of Scotland. This area is also a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland.Until 1975 Aberdeenshire was one of the counties of Scotland, governed by a county council from 1890....	1 April 1996
County of Kincardine Kincardineshire The County of Kincardine, also known as Kincardineshire or The Mearns was a Local government of Scotland Counties of Scotland on the coast of northeast Scotland....	1 April 1996
County of Ayr Ayrshire Ayrshire is a registration county, and former counties of Scotland in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine, North Ayrshire....	1 April 1997
County of Dumfries Dumfriesshire Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries is a registration county of Scotland. The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland of Dumfries has similar boundaries....	1 April 1997
County of Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbrightshire The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire , was formerly a Counties of Scotland of south-western Scotland. It was also known as East Galloway, forming the larger Galloway region with Wigtownshire....	1 April 1997
County of Wigtown Wigtownshire The County of Wigtown, or Wigtownshire is a registration county in the south west of Scotland. It borders Ayrshire to the north, and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright to the east....	1 April 1997
County of Angus Angus Angus is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland council areas of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and the Dundee City....	1 April 1999
County of Kinross Kinross-shire Kinross-shire, officially the County of Kinross, was a Counties of Scotland of Scotland. Its county town was Kinross. To the north it bordered Perthshire, to the east and south Fife, and to the west Clackmannanshire....	1 April 1999
County of Perth Perthshire Perthshire , officially the County of Perth, is a registration county in central Scotland. It extends from Strathmore, Angus and Perth & Kinross in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle, Scotland in the south....	1 April 1999
County of Berwick Berwickshire Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland of Scotland, on the border with England....	1 October 1999
County of East Lothian East Lothian East Lothian is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, UK, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian....	1 October 1999
County of Peebles Peeblesshire Peeblesshire , the County of Peebles or Tweeddale was a Counties of Scotland of Scotland. Its main town was Peebles, and it bordered Midlothian to the north, Selkirkshire to the east, Dumfriesshire to the south, and Lanarkshire to the west....	1 October 1999
County of Roxburgh Roxburghshire Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a registration county of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire to the north-west, and Berwickshire to the north....	1 October 1999
County of Selkirk Selkirkshire Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk is a registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire to the west, Midlothian to the north, Berwickshire to the north-east, Roxburghshire to the east, and Dumfriesshire to the south....	1 October 1999
County of Argyll Argyll Argyll, archaically Argyle , is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part of ancient D?l Riata that was located on the island of Great Britain, and in a historical context can be used to mean the entire western seaboard between the Mull of Kintyre and Cape Wrath....	1 April 2000
County of Bute County of Bute The County of Bute is one of the Registration county of Scotland. In 2001 its usually resident population was 13,720....	1 April 2000
County of Midlothian Midlothian Midlothian is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders the Scottish Borders, East Lothian and the City of Edinburgh council areas....	1 April 2001
County of Inverness Inverness-shire Inverness-shire also known as the county of Inverness, or Siorrachd Inbhir Nis in Scottish Gaelic, was a general purpose Counties of Scotland of Scotland, with the burgh of Inverness as the county town, until 1975, when, under the Local Government Act 1973, the county area was divided for Local government in Scotland purposes between th...	1 April 2002
County of Nairn	1 April 2002
County of Banff Banffshire The County of Banff is a registration county for property, and Banffshire is a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland of Scotland.The County of Banff, also known as Banffshire, was a Counties of Scotland of Scotland with its own county council between 1890 and 1975....	1 April 2003
County of Caithness Caithness Caithness is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic Local government in Scotland of Scotland. The name was used also for the Earl of Caithness and the Caithness of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ....	1 April 2003
County of Moray County of Moray Moray is one of the registration counties of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east....	1 April 2003
Counties of Orkney and Zetland	1 April 2003
County of Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty is a vaguely or variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland in current use....	1 April 2003
County of Sutherland Sutherland Sutherland is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic administrative Counties of Scotland of Scotland. It is now within the Highland Council areas of Scotland....	1 April 2003

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