County of Moray - Citizendia

County of Moray until circa 1890

Geography
Area - Total	Ranked 18th 304,606 acres(1233 km²)
County town	Elgin
Chapman code	MOR

Moray (Moireibh in Gaelic) is one of the registration counties of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. A county town is the 'capital' of a County in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. Elgin (Eilginn is a former Cathedral city and a former Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland and is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray Chapman codes are largely a superset of the ISO 3166-2GB and BS 6879 codes identifying administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. A registration county was in England Wales and Northern Ireland a statistical unit used for the output of Census information Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. County The county also known as Nairnshire or Siorrachd Inbhir Narann in Gaelic, was described in 1846 as "about twenty-two miles in Inverness-shire also known as the county of Inverness or Siorrachd Inbhir Nis in Gaelic, was a general purpose county of Scotland, The County of Banff is a Registration county for property and Banffshire (ˈbæmfʃə ( Siorrachd Bhanbh in Gaelic) is a Lieutenancy area It was formerly in use as a local government county until 1975, when Elgin was the county town. Local government in Scotland is organised through 32 unitary authorities consisting of Councillors elected every four years by registered voters in each of the The counties of Scotland were the principal divisions of Scotland until 1975 Elgin (Eilginn is a former Cathedral city and a former Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland and is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray A county town is the 'capital' of a County in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.

Prior to 1889 there were two large detached portions of Moray situated locally in Inverness-shire, and a corresponding part of Inverness-shire situated locally in Moray. With the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 these parts were merged into the areas in which they locally lay. The Local Government (Scotland Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict c 50 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which was passed on 26 August 1889. The county was officially called Elginshire, or informally 'Morayshire' (see Scotlandshire), sharing the name of the Elginshire parliamentary constituency, so named since 1708. Scotlandshire is a term infrequently used to denote either the Anglicization of Scotland or the subordinate political relationship with England that some Elginshire, in Scotland, was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures goals or loyalty

In 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, most of the county was combined with Aberlour, Buckie, Cullen, Dufftown, Findochty, Keith and Portknockie areas of the county of Banffshire to form the Moray district of the Grampian region. The Local Government (Scotland Act 1973 (1973 c 65 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in Scotland Aberlour ( Scottish Gaelic: Obar Lobhair) is the name of a place in Moray, Scotland, 12 Miles south of Elgin on the Buckie ( Gaelic Bucaidh) is a Burgh town on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland in Moray. Cullen (Inbhir Cuilinn is a village and former Royal burgh in Moray, Scotland, on the North Sea Coast 20 Miles east of Dufftown ( Gaelic Baile Bhainidh) is a Burgh in Banffshire, Scotland. Findochty is a village in Moray, Scotland, 3 miles east of the town of Buckie. Keith, the friendly town, is a small town in the northeast of Scotland with a population of around 5000 Portknockie ( Scottish Gaelic: Port Chnocaidh the hilly port is a coastal village on the Moray Firth in northeast Scotland, in Moray. The County of Banff is a Registration county for property and Banffshire (ˈbæmfʃə ( Siorrachd Bhanbh in Gaelic) is a Lieutenancy area Grampian ( Roinn a' Mhonaidh in Gaelic) was a local government region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996 The regions and districts of Scotland were established under the Local Government (Scotland Act 1973 as a two-tier system of Local government in Scotland. Grantown-on-Spey and Cromdale areas were combined with Kingussie and Badenoch areas of the county of Inverness-shire to form the Badenoch and Strathspey district of the Highland region. Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland Council Area in Scotland. Cromdale is one of the ancient parishes which formed the combined ecclesiastical (later civil parish of "Cromdale Inverallan and Advie " in Morayshire Kingussie ( Gaelic: Ceann a' Ghiuthasaich) (pronounced kin-yewsie is a small Town and is head of Badenoch and Strathspey For Badenoch Ontario, see that article Badenoch ( Gaelic: Bàideanach) is a traditional district which today forms part of Inverness-shire also known as the county of Inverness or Siorrachd Inbhir Nis in Gaelic, was a general purpose county of Scotland, Badenoch and Strathspey as a local The Highland Council area ( Sgìre Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic, s̪g̊ʲiːɾʲə kɔ

The registration county, for property, is 'County of Moray', and a slightly smaller area, also based on the former county, is a lieutenancy area named 'Moray'. The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial lord-lieutenants, the monarch 's representatives in Scotland.

Administrative Morayshire 1889-1975

Towns and villages of the county

Burghead is a small Town in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom about 8 miles Aberlour ( Scottish Gaelic: Obar Lobhair) is the name of a place in Moray, Scotland, 12 Miles south of Elgin on the Craigellachie ( Gaelic: Creag Eileachaidh) is a small Village in Moray, Scotland, at the confluence of the River Spey and Elgin (Eilginn is a former Cathedral city and a former Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland and is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray Findochty is a village in Moray, Scotland, 3 miles east of the town of Buckie. The Glenlivet Distillery is a Distillery near Ballindalloch in Moray, Scotland, that produces Single malt Scotch whisky Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland Council Area in Scotland. Lossiemouth is a town in Moray, Scotland. Originally the port belonging to Elgin, it became an important and innovative fishing town Maggieknockater ( Magh an Fhùcadair in Scottish Gaelic) is a hamlet on the A95 road between Craigellachie and Mulben in Scotland in the Portknockie ( Scottish Gaelic: Port Chnocaidh the hilly port is a coastal village on the Moray Firth in northeast Scotland, in Moray. Rothes is a town in Moray, Scotland, south of Elgin and on the banks of the River Spey. Dufftown ( Gaelic Baile Bhainidh) is a Burgh in Banffshire, Scotland. Hopeman is a seaside Village in Moray, Scotland, on the coast of the Moray Firth. Forres ( Gaelic Farrais) is a town and former Royal burgh situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast approximately Buckie ( Gaelic Bucaidh) is a Burgh town on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland in Moray. Keith, the friendly town, is a small town in the northeast of Scotland with a population of around 5000 Kinloss ( Gaelic: Cinn Lois) is a village in Moray, Scotland. Fochabers is a village in the Parish of Bellie in Moray, Scotland, not far from the cathedral city of Elgin and located on the east bank of the River Mosstodloch is a small village in Moray, Scotland, lying on the A96 between Fochabers and Elgin on the west bank of the River Lhanbryde ( Gaelic: Lann Brìghde) is a Village in Moray, Scotland, four miles east of Elgin. This is a list of Counties of Scotland created by the Local Government (Scotland Act 1889 and abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland Act 1973

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Towns and villages of the county

See also