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Relation: Dunbartonshire - Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann (1509-1891) [1509 – 1891] (2847485)

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admin_level 5
alt_name:en County of Dumbarton; Shire of Dumbarton; Dumbarton Shire; County of Dunbarton; Shire of Dunbarton; Dunbarton Shire; Dumbartonshire
boundary administrative
end_date 1891-05-14
end_date:cause Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889
end_date:changes Various boundary changes
end_date:edtf 1891-05-15
fixme extent show is that of the mid-late 19C. (c.1842-82) and almost certainly doesn't reflect all earlier periods
license CC-BY (NLS): Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland
name Dunbartonshire - Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann (1509-1891)
name:en Dunbartonshire (1509-1891)
name:gd Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann (1509-1891)
name:note Although named "Dunbartonshire" (with an "n") the county town is Dumbarton (with an "m"), although this was not formally so until 1947; both forms were used by different bodies until then.
note County abolished 1975-05-15
official_name Dumbarton
official_name:note For shires named after settlements the true official name was simply the name of the settlement. In practice 'Xshire' or 'X Shire' was used in many contexts (e.g. OS maps) and 'shire/county of X' was widely used in legal documents.
place county
source NLS - OS 6-inch Scotland 1842-82
source:url https://maps.nls.uk/index.html
start_date 1509
start_date:cause boundary change with Stirlingshire
type boundary
wikidata Q140090
wikipedia en:Dunbartonshire

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