Tiree Parish through time

Tiree Parish

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

How many people were at school. The distribution of graduates, and of the unqualified.

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Authority
TIREE	Preferred	English	1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.
COLL AND TIR Y	Alternate	English	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
COLL AND TYREE	Alternate	English	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
TIREE AND COLL	Alternate	English	Sydney. Hall, Black’s general atlas: a series of fifty-four maps from the latest and most authentic sources, engraved on steel, in the first style of the art (Edinburgh: A. and C. Black, 1840), p. Argyll and Bute map.
TYREE	Alternate	English	1871 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of Education; the number of Rooms with Windows; the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms, with Windows in 1861'.
TYREE AND COLL	Alternate	English	Local Government Board for Scotland, Local Government Board for Scotland Annual Report (H.M.S.O.)

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ARGYLL	Scottish County	1845	1975	1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.
MULL	Scottish Poor Law Combination			Higginbotham, History of the Workhouse

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1866	was reduced to create	COLL		Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Tiree Parish through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10069427

Date accessed: 08th April 2026