Identification

Title

Historic County

Alternative title(s)

HistoricCounty

Abstract

The Historic counties data shows the county boundaries based on records and mapping circa 1888, using the following acts as primary sources: Local Government (England and Wales) Act 1888 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 Sheriffs Act 1887 The dataset shows the boundaries in place in 1888 in England and Wales, and those established a year later in Scotland. The alignments of the counties for England and Wales are derived from mapping sourced from the National Archives which dates from 1890. The most recent available county alignment mapping for Scotland is from 1940. Historic counties are not updated; therefore, the lifecycle dates will not change.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://osdatahub.os.uk/

name: OS DataHub

description: Sign up for API and Select+Build

function: download

https://os.uk/business-government/sectors/public-sector

name: Product description

description: PSGA product description

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

asu-bdy-historiccounty

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-03-25

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2022-09-26

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.66

East bounding longitude

1.79

North bounding latitude

60.85

South bounding latitude

49.90

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Great Britain

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1900

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2022-09-29

Frequency of update

biannually

Quality and validity

Lineage

Drawn directly from the National Geographic Database, which is collated from a variety of sources

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

true

explanation

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

NGD data is available via OS Partners and to PSGA members

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Customer Services

organisation name

Ordnance Survey

full postal address

Adanac Drive

Southampton

SO160AS

United Kingdom

telephone number

03456050505

email address

customerservices@os.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Product Management

organisation name

Ordnance Survey

full postal address

Adanac Drive

Southampton

SO160AS

United Kingdom

telephone number

03456050505

email address

customerservices@os.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-03-10T12:11:15

Metadata language