Landward district

This is a list of local government areas in Scotland from 1930 to 1975.

The list contains the areas of local authorities as created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, as amended by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947. These areas were abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 when a system of regions and districts replaced them. The district in which the abolished area was included is indicated.

From 1930 to 1975 there were the following types of local government areas in Scotland:

Tiree, Coll

Renamed Ayr

Combined with Cumbernauld district in 1968

Dissolved 1958 on creation of Bearsden Burgh

Glenrothes District split off between 1970 and 1975

Abolished in 1963: East Kilbride became a burgh, remainder absorbed by Eighth District

Blantyre, High Blantyre and Stonefield areas added 1963 from abolished Fifth District

Bishopbriggs became a burgh in 1964

The County of Kinross was not divided into districts: the Kinross County Council performed district-level local government functions.

renamed Nesting and Lunnasting

renamed Sandsting and Aithsting

renamed Walls and Sandness

renamed Whalsay and Skerries