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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information about the project is available on A Vision of Britain webpages, where users can browse the database's documentation system online. These digital boundaries were created by the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and form part of the Great Britain Historical Database, which contains a wide range of geographically-located statistics, selected to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain, generally at sub-county scales. They represent the boundaries of Local Government Districts in England and Wales as in use at the date of each Census of Population between 1911 and 1971, 1911 being the first census to report extensively on these units. "Local Government Districts" cover Rural Districts, Urban Districts, Municipal Boroughs, County Boroughs and, within London only, Metropolitan Boroughs and, in 1971, London Boroughs. Main Topics: These digital boundaries can be used to map economic, social and demographic statistics from the Censuses of Population, 1911 to 1971, the Registrar-General's reports from the same period, and other relevant statistical sources. They can also be used as reference maps for these administrative units. There are small changes in these boundaries between each census, and very large changes between 1931 and 1951.These resulted from a rolling programme of County Reviews in the early 1930s, so the 1951 boundaries should be used to map the 1939 National Registration, and annual vital statistics from the mid-1930s onwards. The boundary data contain the same numerical identifiers as are...