1.7 Locality Field

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Feb 20, 2017
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In the land register, all localities are indexed. There can be confusion around what constitutes a locality and what constitutes a town. There are precise guidelines in existence, and these can be found at Localities and Post Towns in Scotland. This list contains the hamlets, villages and towns in Scotland and should be used to establish if a place should be entered as a locality or a town. When indexing an address on the LRS and only a locality has been given in the application, then this should be indexed in the locality field with the corresponding post town taken from the list being indexed in the town field. If there are several entries for the locality (each with a different post town), attention should be paid to the county to help determine which post town should be entered.

If the locality or district within a city is not included on the list (for example, Corstorphine, Edinburgh, or Partick, Glasgow), then no entry is required in the locality field.


Example 1.7.1

48 Glendale Street, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow G64 1LA

PrefixSub BuildingNameProp. No.ThoroughfareLocalityTownPostcodeLink Text
Subjects cadastral unit GLAxxx

 48GLENDALE STREET BISHOPBRIGGSGLASGOWG64 1LA


Example 1.7.2

15 Westbank Terrace, Macmerry, Tranent EH33 1QE

PrefixSub BuildingNameProp. No.ThoroughfareLocalityTownPostcodeLink Text
Subjects cadastral unit ELNxxx

 15WESTBANK TERRACE MACMERRY TRANENT EH33 1QE 


Example 1.7.3

19 Mansefield Court, Livingston Village, Livingston EH54 7BJ

PrefixSub BuildingNameProp. No.ThoroughfareLocalityTownPostcodeLink Text
Subjects cadastral unit WLNxxx

 19MANSEFIELD COURT LIVINGSTON VILLAGE LIVINGSTON EH54 7BJ 


Example 1.7.4

Church View, Main Street, Kirk Yetholm TD5 8PF

PrefixSub BuildingNameProp. No.ThoroughfareLocalityTownPostcodeLink Text
Subjects cadastral unit ROXxxx
 CHURCH VIEW
MAIN STREET KIRK YETHOLM KELSO TD5 8PF 


Example 1.7.5

5 Jacob's Ladder, Morningside, Edinburgh EH8 5PJ

PrefixSub BuildingNameProp. No.ThoroughfareLocalityTownPostcodeLink Text
Subjects cadastral unit MIDxxx

 5 JACOBS LADDER
EDINBURGH EH8 5PJ 



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