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When to use this template

  • This template can be used as an infobox for articles about any town, village, hamlet or other small place in Scotland.
  • For England, use Template:Infobox England place
  • For Wales, use Template:Infobox Wales place
  • A different template should be used for articles about places in Northern Ireland.

How to use this template

Paste the following text into you article and then fill in the blanks as appropriate:

{{infobox Scotland place|
   |Place=             XXX
   |Population=        XXX
   |GridReference=     XX000000
   |Map=               [[Image:with appropriate image]]
   |Council=           [[XXX]]
   |Lieutenancy=       [[XXX]]
   |Traditional=       [[XXX]]
   |Westminster=       [[XXX]]
   |Holyrood=          [[XXX]]
   |PostalTown=        [[XXX]]
   |PostCode=          [[XX00]]
   |DiallingCode=      +44-0000
   <!-- Info for link to old-maps.co.uk -->
   |OldMapsYear=       [[0000]]
   |OldMapsEasting=    000000
   |OldMapsNorthing=   000000
   |OldMapsCounty=     00xxx000 <!-- Optional --> 
 }}


Notes

  1. If you don't know/can't be bothered with the old-maps link fields, just leave them blank for the moment.
  2. You can find the grid reference by locating the place at Get-a-map
  3. +44 is the UK international dialling code prefix.

Old Maps

The template parameters that begin with OldMaps are used to create a link to the Victorian Ordnance Survey maps at old-maps.co.uk.

Parameters

  |OldMapsYear=       The year of publication of the map
  |OldMapsEasting=    This is the first part of the Grid Reference
  |OldMapsNorthing=   This is the second part of the Grid Reference
  |OldMapsCounty=     This is an optional code that identifies which map contains the place.
                      See below. It is only needed if the place appears on more than one map.

How to create the link

  • Go to old-maps.co.uk to locate the place you want. Sometimes places appear on more than one map. You will have to make a decision about which one to use.
  • When you have found the map you want, the main page map (not the enlarged view) shows the required parameters just above the map.
    • The year of publication is shown directly above the map in the center. For example: Date: 1886
    • The Easting and Northing coordinates are show as the grid reference directly above the map to the right. For example: Grid Ref: 307026,207500 is Easting 307026 and Northing 207500.
    • If the place only appears on one map then you do not need to provide a value for the OldMapsCounty parameter. If the place appears on more than one map then, by default, the old-maps.co.uk link will take you to a page that lists all the maps on which your place appears. This is actually not a bad thing, but if you really want to lead the user directly to a map rather than giving them a choice, then you'll need to provide a value for this parameter. The County name is shown directly above the map to left. Look up the corresponding code in the table below and use that as the value for this parameter. For example: County: MONMOUTHSHIRE has a corresponding code of 10monmo501.

Old Maps County Codes

Code County
10aberd541 ABERDEENSHIRE
10angle411 ANGLESEY
10argyl551 ARGYLLSHIRE AND BUTE
10ayrs561 AYRSHIRE
10banff571 BANFFSHIRE
10beds011 BEDFORDSHIRE
10berk021 BERKSHIRE
10berwi581 BERWICKSHIRE
10breck421 BRECKNOCKSHIRE
10bucks031 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
10caern431 CAERNARVONSHIRE
10caith601 CAITHNESS-SHIRE
10cambr041 CAMBRIDGESHIRE & ISLE OF ELY
10cardi441 CARDIGANSHIRE
10carma451 CARMARTHENSHIRE
10ches051 CHESHIRE
10corn061 CORNWALL & ISLES OF SCILLY
10cumbe071 CUMBERLAND
10denbi461 DENBIGHSHIRE
10derby081 DERBYSHIRE
10dev091 DEVON
10dors101 DORSET
10dumba621 DUMBARTONSHIRE
10dumfr631 DUMFRIESSHIRE
10durha111 DURHAM
10edinb641 EDINBURGHSHIRE
10elgin651 ELGINSHIRE
10ess121 ESSEX
10fife661 FIFESHIRE
10flint471 FLINTSHIRE
10forfa671 FORFARSHIRE
10glamo481 GLAMORGANSHIRE
10glou131 GLOUCESTERSHIRE
10haddi681 HADDINGTONSHIRE
10hants141 HAMPSHIRE & ISLE OF WIGHT
10heref151 HEREFORDSHIRE
10herts161 HERTFORDSHIRE
10hunti171 HUNTINGDONSHIRE
10lewis881 ISLE OF LEWIS
10inver691 INVERNESSSHIRE & SKYE
10kent181 KENT
10kinca701 KINCARDINESHIRE
10kirkc721 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE
10lanar731 LANARKSHIRE
10lancs191 LANCASHIRE AND FURNESS
10leics201 LEICESTERSHIRE
10lincs211 LINCOLNSHIRE
10linli741 LINLITHGOWSHIRE
10merio491 MERIONETHSHIRE
10mid231 MIDDLESEX
10monmo501 MONMOUTHSHIRE
10montg511 MONTGOMERYSHIRE
10nairn751 NAIRNSHIRE
10norfo241 NORFOLK
10nhamp251 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
10nor261 NORTHUMBERLAND
10notts271 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
10orkne761 ORKNEY
10hebri871 OUTER HEBRIDES
10oxfor281 OXFORDSHIRE
10peebl771 PEEBLESHIRE
10pembr521 PEMBROKESHIRE
10perth781 PERTHSHIRE & KINROSS
10radno531 RADNORSHIRE
10renfr791 RENFREWSHIRE
10roscr801 ROSS & CROMARTY
10roxbu811 ROXBURGHSHIRE
10rutl291 RUTLAND
10selki821 SELKIRKSHIRE
10shrop301 SHROPSHIRE
10somer311 SOMERSET
10staff321 STAFFORDSHIRE
10stirl831 STIRLINGSHIRE
10suffo331 SUFFOLK
10surr341 SURREY
10suss351 SUSSEX
10suthe841 SUTHERLAND
10warw361 WARWICKSHIRE
10westm371 WESTMORLAND
10wigto851 WIGTOWNSHIRE
10wilts381 WILTSHIRE
10worcs391 WORCESTERSHIRE
10yorks401 YORKSHIRE
10zetla861 ZETLAND (SHETLAND)

Discussion

There has been some discussion about this template here: Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians'_notice_board#Infobox_template_for_Places

Constituency links

Should {{{westminster}}} be the same as {{{Constituency}}} in Template:Infobox_England_place? ie take you to (say) East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency) rather than East Lothian - Ditto for {{{Holyrood}}} to East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency) --Elwell 00:19, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

meh - Just looked at Plockton and realised I need to add em by hand. Ooops. Cleanup time --Elwell 00:24, 30 September 2005 (UTC)