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Moray (county)
Moray; ( gd, Moireibh ) or Morayshire, called Elginshire until 1919, is a historic counties of Scotland, historic county, registration counties, registration county and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east. It was a Local government of Scotland, local government Counties of Scotland, county, with Elgin, Moray, Elgin the county town, until 1975. The county was officially called ''Elginshire'', sharing the name of the Elginshire (UK Parliament constituency), Elginshire British House of Commons, parliamentary constituency, so named since 1708. The registration county, for property, is, 'County of Moray', and the Lieutenancy area, for ceremonial purposes is 'Moray'. The lieutenancy area contains a slightly smaller area than the historic county. History Before 1889 there were two large exclaves of Moray situated within Inverness-shire, and an exclave of Inverness-shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shires Of Scotland
The shires of Scotland ( gd, Siorrachdan na h-Alba), or counties of Scotland, are historic subdivisions of Scotland established in the Middle Ages and used as administrative divisions until 1975. Originally established for judicial purposes (being the territory over which a sheriff had jurisdiction), from the 17th century they started to be used for local administration purposes as well. The areas used for judicial functions (sheriffdoms) came to diverge from the shires, which ceased to be used for local government purposes after 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. Today, local government in Scotland is based upon council areas, which sometimes incorporate county names, but frequently have vastly different boundaries. Counties continue to be used for land registration, and form the basis of the lieutenancy areas (although the latter are not entirely identical). History Sheriffdoms or shires Malcolm III (reigned 1058 to 1093) appears to have introduced sheri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
