England and Wales Country Boundaries from 1991

Digital vector boundaries for the countries in England and Wales as at 1991. The dataset contains both Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics intellectual property rights. It was last updated on the platform in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Map historical administrative units in England and Wales based on 1991 boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis on regions defined by the 1991 country structure.
• Integrate 1991 geographic boundaries with other historical census or socio-economic data.

Strengths

• Contains digital vector boundaries, which are suitable for precise geospatial analysis.
• Explicitly states the temporal snapshot is 'as at 1991'.
• Intellectual property rights from Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics are documented.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its focus on England and Wales.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

1991

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 08:01:17.782732; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales