Abbreviations : Scotland

Counties in the United Kingdom were reorganised in April 1974 (October 1973 in Northern Ireland and May 1975 in Scotland), resulting in the disappearance of many traditional county names and the changing of administrative boundaries. As a result, some parish records may not be kept at the County Record Office of their original county.

For example, the parish records for Garsdale and Dentdale are kept in the Cumbria County Record Office even though Garsdale and Dentdale were in the county of Yorkshire until 1974. Cumbria itself is a new county, formed from Westmorland, Cumberland and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire.

ABD
Aberdeenshire
ANS
Angus or Forfarshire
ARL
Argyllshire
AYR
Ayrshire
BAN
Banffshire
BEW
Berwickshire
BOR
Borders
BUT
Bute
CAI
Caithness
CEN
Central
CLK
Clackmannanshire
DFS
Dumfries-shire
DGY
Dumfries and Galloway
DNB
Dunbartonshire
ELN
East Lothian
FIF
Fife
GRA
Grampian
HLD
Highland
INV
Inverness-shire
KCD
Kincardineshire
KKD
Kirkcudbrightshire
KRS
Kinross-shire
LKS
Lanarkshire
LTN
Lothian
MLN
Midlothian
MOR
Morayshire
NAI
Nairn
OKI
Orkney
PEE
Peebles-shire
PER
Perth
RFW
Renfrewshire
ROC
Ross and Cromarty
ROX
Roxburghshire
SEL
Selkirkshire
SHI
Shetland or Zetland
STD
Strathclyde
STI
Stirlingshire
SUT
Sutherland
TAY
Tayside
WIG
Wigtownshire
WIS
Western Isles
WLN
West Lothian

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