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A sheriffdom is a judicial district in Scotland .
Since 1 January 1975 there have been six sheriffdoms. Previously sheriffdoms were composed of groupings of counties . New boundaries defined sheriffdoms in reference to regions, districts and islands areas which were then to be created on 16 May 1975.[ 1]
The sheriffdoms were redefined again with effect from 1 April 1996, when new local government areas were created.[ 2] The boundaries of four sheriffdoms were unchanged. The boundaries of the other two were altered, so as to transfer an area around Chryston from the sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin to the sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway. Elsewhere boundaries were simply redefined by reference to new local authority areas and electoral wards.[ 3]
Sheriffdom
Counties comprised in sheriffdom from January 1 , 1975
Regions, Island areas and Districts comprised in sheriffdom from May 16 , 1975
Areas comprised in sheriffdom from April 1 , 1996
Glasgow and Strathkelvin
That part of the County of Lanark comprising the sheriff court district of Glasgow
The districts of City of Glasgow and Strathkelvin
City of Glasgow , part of East Dunbartonshire (wards 11-26); and part of South Lanarkshire (wards 62-74)
Grampian, Highland and Islands
The counties of Inverness , Nairn , Ross and Cromarty , Moray , Caithness , Sutherland , Orkney , Zetland , Aberdeen , Kincardine and Banff ; and that part of the County of Argyll comprised in the existing sheriff court district of Fort William
The regions of Grampian and Highland , the Islands areas of Orkney , Shetland anfd Western Isles
Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire , Highland , Moray , Orkney Islands , Shetland Islands and Western Isles
Lothian and Borders
The counties of East Lothian , Midlothian , West Lothian , Berwick , Peebles , Roxburgh and Selkirk
The regions of Lothian and Borders
City of Edinburgh , East Lothian , Midlothian , West Lothian and Scottish Borders
North Strathclyde
The counties of Renfrew , Argyll (without the part comprised in the existing sheriff court district of Fort William , Dunbarton , Bute and that part of the county of Ayr comprising the sheriff court district of Kilmarnock
The districts of Argyll and Bute , Dumbarton , Clydebank , Bearsden and Milngavie , Renfrew , Eastwood , Inverclyde , Cunninghame and Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Argyll and Bute , North Ayrshire , West Dunbartonshire , Inverclyde , East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire ; part of East Ayrshire (wards 1-20); and part of East Dunbartonshire (wards 1-10)
South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway
The counties of Dumfries , Kirkcudbright and Wigtown ; that part of the county of Ayr comprising the sheriff court district of Kilmarnock
The region of Dumfries and Galloway ,; the districts of Monklands , Cumbernauld , Hamilton , Motherwell , East Kilbride , Kyle and Carrick and Cumnock and Doon Valley
South Ayrshire , Dumfries and Galloway and North Lanarkshire ; part of East Ayrshire , (wards 21-30) and part of South Lanarkshire (wards 1-61)
Tayside, Central and Fife
The counties of Perth , Angus , Stirling , Clackmannan , Fife and Kinross
The regions of Tayside , Central and Fife
Angus , Clackmannanshire , Dundee City, Falkirk , Fife , Perth and Kinross and Stirling
Each sheriffdom has a full-time Sheriff Principal . Sheriffdoms are divided into Sheriff Court Districts , each with one or more sheriff .
Sheriffdoms were the origin of the counties of Scotland .
In the 19th century , the sheriffdoms were grouped, and the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica reports that there were only 15 sheriffs of Scotland. [1]
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