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Parts of Scotland
December 26th, 2014
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The kilt and the flute leap into mind anytime Scotland is mentioned, or the dialects, or even the Mel Gibson film, Braveheart. The present Scotland is very different to the traditional setting of this country. Initially, the country was partitioned into shires or counties. That was back in1849-1975. During the naming of the counties, each name maintained –shire as a suffix. They were 34 counties and then cities were a part of larger counties. For instance, Edinburgh was in Midlothian and Aberdeen in Aberdeen shire. This was the sole responsibility of the local government then. However, these counties were reordered in 1975 to form new District Council Areas for administrative functions. What has remained of the old shires is just for their use for marking land boundaries and registration. They had very clear disparities in term of size, with Evennshire being the largest while Clackmannanshire was the smallest. Each shire had an elected leader called Commissioner whom they sent to the Scottish Parliament. The commissioners were the law makers and also did formulation of important policies to govern the shires. With time, these units were paired and this allowed a commissioner to represent a number of counties. In 1868 a new system of registering lands was created and the shires were reduced to 33. Nothing has changed so far on this; they are mostly used in land resources office. On the ground, they were managed by parish councils and town councils. The parish council manned the parish, which was an important part of the local government. It was responsible for taking care of the destitute in times of famine. In a way, they would prevent demonstrations from agitated crowds. The council composed of local church elders, who were responsible for overall moral and religious conduct through Kirk sessions. Each had a local court baron that solved any interpersonal and property offences. The combined efforts of both the courts and the sessions empowered the local rulers to control the communities. The town councils were responsible for overseeing all the operation of the whole shire. Can you assemble Scotland? Image courtesy of: http://www.gillmark.com/antique-maps-Parts-Of-Scotland-119-2 |
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