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Ormsary
Ormsary () is a hamlet in Knapdale, Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghà idheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ..., Scotland. References Villages in Knapdale {{Argyll-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knapdale
Knapdale ( gd, Cnapadal, IPA: ˆkraÊ°pÉ™t̪əɫ̪ forms a rural district of Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands, adjoining Kintyre to the south, and divided from the rest of Argyll to the north by the Crinan Canal. It includes two parishes, North Knapdale and South Knapdale. The area is bounded by sea to the east and west (Loch Fyne and the Sound of Jura respectively), whilst the sea loch of West Loch Tarbert almost completely cuts off the area from Kintyre to the south.Ordnance Survey. Landranger 1:50000 Map Sheet 55 (Lochgilphead & Loch Awe)Ordnance Survey. Landranger 1:50000 Map Sheet 62 (North Kintyre & Tarbert) The name is derived from two Gaelic elements: ''Cnap'' meaning hill and ''Dall'' meaning field. Knapdale gives its name to the Knapdale National Scenic Area, one of the forty national scenic areas in Scotland, which are defined so as to identify areas of exceptional scenery and to ensure their protection from inappropriate development. The designated area covers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyll And Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghà idheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020). The administrative centre for the council area is in Lochgilphead at Kilmory Castle, a 19th-century Gothic Revival building and estate. The current council leader is Robin Currie, a councillor for Kintyre and the Islands. Description Argyll and Bute covers the second-largest administrative area of any Scottish council. The council area adjoins those of Highland, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. Its border runs through Loch Lomond. The present council area was created in 1996, when it was carved out of the Strathclyde region, which was a two-tier local government region of 19 districts, created in 1975. Argyll and Bute merged the existing Argyll and Bute district and one ward of the Dumbarton district. The Dumbart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyll And Bute (UK Parliament Constituency)
Argyll and Bute is a county constituency of the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 general election, merging most of Argyllshire (UK Parliament constituency), Argyll with some of Bute and Northern Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency), Bute and Northern Ayrshire. A similar constituency, also called Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency), Argyll and Bute, is used by the Scottish Parliament. Boundaries 1983–2005: Argyll and Bute District. 2005–present: The area of the Argyll and Bute Council. When created in 1983, the constituency covered the area of the Argyll, Argyll and Bute district of the Strathclyde, Strathclyde region. In 2005 it was enlarged to cover the Argyll and Bute, Argyll and Bute council area, which had been created in 1996. Thus Helensburgh, already included within the new council area, was included in the constituency. Helensburgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyll And Bute (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
Argyll and Bute (Gaelic: ''Earra-Ghà idheal agus Bòd'') is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) covering most of the council area of Argyll and Bute. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. The seat has been held by Jenni Minto of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. Electoral region The Argyll and Bute constituency is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies are Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Inverness and Nairn, Moray, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney, Shetland and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch. The region covers most of Argyll and Bute council area, all of the Highland counc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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