Map of Reform Societies

Zoom in and out of the map using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ icons or the scrollwheel of your mouse. Move around the map by clicking and dragging. To view the map full screen click on the diagonal arrow icon in the top-right of the image. The numbers in the map markers represent the number of reform societies at the location that are mentioned in the Gazetteer. Hover over a marker to view the name of the location or click on a marker to view information about the associated reform societies. A complete list of the reform societies found on the map can also be found below.

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Leaflet | Base map: John Thomson Scotland (1815) from NLS

List of Reform Societies

The reform societies featured in the map are also available in the following list, organised by their appearance in the Edinburgh Gazetteer.

16 November 1792, p.3

Friends of Liberty and the People, Stirling
Chairman: George Brown

23 November 1792, p.3

General Association of the Friends of the People, Edinburgh
Chairman: Hugh Bell
Secretary: William Skirving
Secretary's Assistant: James Denholm

30 November 1792, p.1

Reform Society of Dunbar and Belhaven
Preses: Andrew Oliver, Sadler
Secretary: George Kellie, Merchant

7 December 1792, p.2

Society of the Friends of the People, Linlithgow
Preses: William Marshall
Secretary: Robert Hardie, Merchant

Association of the Friends of the Constitution and of the People, Glasgow

The Society of Reason, Liberty and Right, Galston
Preses: John Wallace
Secretary: Charles Blair

14 December 1792, p.1

Reasonable Philanthropic Society, Newmilns
Preses: James Young
Vice Preses: James Campbell
Secretary: Ebenezer Grant

Friends of Liberty and the People, Forfar
Chairman: William Roberts

Associated Friends of the People, Dalkeith
Chair: William Cartbrae
Depute: Peter Leyden
Secretary: Archibald Gibson

Associated Friends of Liberty, Kilmaurs
Preses: John Highgate
Vice Preses: John Muir
Secretary: James Gay

14 December 1792, p.4

Friends of Universal Liberty and Peace, Fenwick
Preses: John Wallace
Secretary: Hugh Wilson

25 December 1792, p.4

Society of the Friends of the People, Portsburgh
Chairman: William Skirving
Secretary: William Moffat

Corporation of Wrights, Glasgow
Deacon: James Gemmill

Friends of Liberty and of the People, Kincardine
Preses: William Taylor

28 December 1792, p.1

Delegates from the Nine Societies for Parliamentary Reform, Kilmarnock
Chairman: William Wyllie

Society of Farmers, Manufacturers and Labourers, Kirkliston
Preses: Cumb. Reid

Incorporation of Skinners, Glasgow
Deacon: William Tassie

West India Planters and Merchants
Chairman: John Ellis

Incorporation of Weavers, Paisley

28 December 1792, p.3

Canongate Society of the Friends of the People
Secretary: John Thomson

28 December 1792, p.4

'Corresponding Society' of Kilwinning
Preses: John Blair
Secretary: William Muir

1 January 1793, p.1

United Societies of Paisley
Preses: Archibald Hastie
Secretary: William Reid

4 January 1793, p.1

New Town Society of the Friends of the People, Edinburgh
Chairman: Alex Crawford
Secretary: George Macintosh

Scoon [sic] Society of the Friends of the People
Secretary: James Bell

Friends of the People in and about Perth

Friends of the Constitution, St. Andrews
Chairman: Alex Duncan

Friends of the Constitution, Dunbarton [sic]
Chairman: John Hamilton

8 January 1793, p.1

Friends of the Constitution, Dundee
Secretary: James Stewart

8 January 1793, p.3

Friends of the People, Wick
M.D. J. Taylor

15 January 1793, p.4

Incorporated Trades of Kirkcaldy
Convener: Archibald Cook
Clerk: Robert Anderson

18 January 1793, p.1

Glasgow Society for Borough Reform
Secretary: John Russel

18 January 1793, p.3

Society for Reform, Bridgetown
Preses: John Smith
Secretary: James Lytle

22 January 1793, p.1

Calton of Glasgow
Preses: John Graham

Reform Society, Forfar
Preses: Charles Webster
Secretary: John Smith

Society for Parliamentary Reform, Paisley
Chairman: William Mitchell

Committee of Farmers, East Lothian
Preses: Robert Brown
Clerk: Peter Diddep

25 January 1793, p.1

Society of the Friends of the People, Airdrie
Preses: William Scouller
Junior Secretary: William Yates

29 January 1793, p.1

Reform Society, Strathaven
Preses: Thomas Hamilton
Clerk: Archibald Thomson

29 January 1793, p.3

Reform Society, Hamilton
Chairman: Thomas Hamilton
Secretary: John Robertson

Reform Society, Mid-Calder
Preses: Adam Wilson
Secretary: Thomas Tweddale

29 January 1793, p.4

Society of Reform and Friends of the People, Irvine
Preses: William Grieve
Secretary: Robert Kerr

Friends of the People, Portsburgh
Chairman: William Skirving

1 February 1793, p.1

Friendly Society, Hamilton
Preses: James Thomson
Clerk: James Curr

Friends of the People
Chairman: William Thomson
Secretary: John Chalmers

1 February 1793, p.2

Committee of Burgesses of Guild and Incorporated Trade, Banff
George Brown
James Cassie

Reform Society, Crawfurd
Preses: Archibald Stirling
Clerk: James M'Queen

5 February 1793, p.1

Reform Society, Ormiston
Preses: John Stark
Secretary: James Shaw

Reform Society, Johnstone
Presess: William Carrick and Malcolm M'Callum
Secretaries: James Bishop and James Cochran

8 February 1793, p.1

Reform Society, Linton
Preses: John Hepburn
Clerk: John Ramsay

Reform Society, Neilston
Preses: John Gilmour
Vice Preses: Richard Holmes
Secretary: Robert Anderson

15 February 1793, p.1

Reform Society, Newlands
Preses: John Mosman

Associated Friends of the Constitution and of the People, Lochmill, Milton, Lennoxtown, Torrence Campsie
Chairman: William Muir

Reform Society, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Chairman: George Bogue

Association of Weavers, Kilmarnock
Chair: William Mitchell

Reform Society, Bridgeton, near Glasgow
Preses: James Anderson
Secretary: James Lyle

Reform Society, Kirkurd
Preses: James Ballantine
Clerk: John Baillie

15 February 1793, p.3

Society of Friends to the Constitution, Alyth
Preses: James Ramsay
Secretary: Duncan Ross

19 February 1793, p.4

Church of Newlands
Preses: Charles Findlater

Friends of the People, Potter-Row
Secretary: James Tod

Society of Journeymen Shoemakers, Kilmarnock
Preses: William Philip
Secretary: William Harper

Friends of Reform, Musselburgh
Preses: Colen Clerk
Secretary: William Wilson

Society of Trades, Thurso
Preses: Archibald Bruce?
Clerk: Robert Couper

1 March 1793, p.1

Associated Reform Societies, Melrose, St Boswells, Bowden, Maxton and Merton
Preses: Nicol Stenhouse
Vice Preses: John Lang
Clerk: William Bunyie

Reform Society, Stirling
Chairman: John Dick

Reform Society, Burgh of Dysart

5 March 1793, p.3

Friends of the People, Portsburgh
Chairman: William Skirving
Secretary: W. Moffatt

Societies of the Friends of the People (associated) of Auchterderran, Path-Head, Gallowtoun and Linktown
Preses: Robert Wemyss

Reform Society, Selkirk
Preses: Alex Dobson
Secretary: James Hunter

8 March 1793, p.1

Friends of the People, Dunfermline
Preses: James Boyd
Junior Secretary: John Horn

12 March 1793, p.1

Friends of the Constitution and the People, Cambuslang
Preses: John Clarke
Secretary: Archibald Miller

Society of Weavers, Kinross
Deacon: Robert Reid
Clerk: John Taylor

15 March 1793, p.3

Society of the Friends of the Constitution, for Information and Constitutional Reform, Bridgend
Preses: William Smith
Secretary: Henry Low

19 April 1793, p.1

Hawick Society Instituted for Promoting Constitutional Reform
Preses: Alex Adams
Clerk: James Turnbull

27 July 1793, p.1

Friends of the Constitution, Dundee
Preses: James Donaldson
Secretary: William Anderson

30 July 1793, p.1

Societies of the Friends of the People, Newmilns, Galston and Darvel
Chairman: James Campbell

24 September 1793, p.4

Friends of Reform, Strathaven
Preses: James Wilson

15 October 1793, p.1

Friends of the People, Dunfermline
(Sending a consolatory letter to Thomas Muir reflecting on his innocence)

Preses: Andrew Mercer
Secretary: A. Miller

22 October 1793, p.1

Friends of Peace and Humanity, Perth
Chair: Patrick Grant

22 October 1793, p.3

Friends of the People, Dalkeith
Secretary: W. Watson

29 October 1793, p.1

Friends of the People, Milltoun, Parish of Campsie
Secretary: James M'Gibbon

19 November 1793, p.1

Incorporation of Shoemakers, Canongate
Deacon: Robert Tait

31 December 1793, p.1

Friends of the People, Broughton
Secretary: Josiah Moir

Friends of the People, Potterrow
Secretary: J. Peacock

Friends of the People, Portsburgh
Secretary: Peter Wood

Friends of the People, Calton
Secretary: D. Clark

Friends of the People, Canongate
Preses: John Gray

Friends of the People, Linton
Preses: John Walker
Secretary: John Hepburn

Friends of the People, Perth
Preses: Thomas Wittit
Secretary: John Burges

7 January 1794, p.3

Friends of the People, Paisley
Preses: J. Smith
Secretary: L. Lang

Friends of the People, Penicuik
Secretary: George Johnston

15 January 1794, p.1

Friends of the People, Water of Leith
Secretary: William Binning