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The County of Banff is a registration county
Registration county

A registration county was, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a statistical unit used for the output of census information. Registration counties were formed by grouping together the registration districts wholly or partly within a county....
 for property, and Banffshire (Siorrachd Bhanbh in Gaelic) is a Lieutenancy area
Lieutenancy areas of Scotland

The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial Lord Lieutenant, the British monarch's representatives, in Scotland. They are different from the local government of Scotland council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the former Regions and districts of Scotland, the former counties...
 of Scotland
Scotland

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.

The County of Banff, also known as Banffshire, was a local government county
Counties of Scotland

The counties of Scotland were the principal subdivisions of Scotland of Scotland until 1975. Scotland's current Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and registration counties are largely based on them....
 of Scotland
Scotland

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 with its own county council
County council

A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries....
 between 1890 and 1975. The county town
County town

A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county....
 was Banff although the largest community was Buckie
Buckie

Buckie is a burgh town on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland in Moray. Buckie was the largest town in Banffshire by some thousands of inhabitants before regionalisation in 1975 removed that political division from the map of Scotland....
 to the west. It bordered the Moray Firth
Moray Firth

The Moray Firth is a roughly triangular inlet of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland....
 to the north, Moray
County of Moray

Moray is one of the registration counties of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east....
 and Inverness-shire
Inverness-shire

Inverness-shire also known as the county of Inverness, or Siorrachd Inbhir Nis in Scottish Gaelic, was a general purpose Counties of Scotland of Scotland, with the burgh of Inverness as the county town, until 1975, when, under the Local Government Act 1973, the county area was divided for Local government in Scotland purposes between th...
 to the west, and Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire (historic)

Aberdeenshire or the County of Aberdeen is a registration county of Scotland. This area is also a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland.Until 1975 Aberdeenshire was one of the counties of Scotland, governed by a county council from 1890....
 to the south.






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The County of Banff is a registration county
Registration county

A registration county was, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a statistical unit used for the output of census information. Registration counties were formed by grouping together the registration districts wholly or partly within a county....
 for property, and Banffshire (Siorrachd Bhanbh in Gaelic) is a Lieutenancy area
Lieutenancy areas of Scotland

The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial Lord Lieutenant, the British monarch's representatives, in Scotland. They are different from the local government of Scotland council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the former Regions and districts of Scotland, the former counties...
 of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
.

The County of Banff, also known as Banffshire, was a local government county
Counties of Scotland

The counties of Scotland were the principal subdivisions of Scotland of Scotland until 1975. Scotland's current Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and registration counties are largely based on them....
 of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 with its own county council
County council

A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries....
 between 1890 and 1975. The county town
County town

A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county....
 was Banff although the largest community was Buckie
Buckie

Buckie is a burgh town on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland in Moray. Buckie was the largest town in Banffshire by some thousands of inhabitants before regionalisation in 1975 removed that political division from the map of Scotland....
 to the west. It bordered the Moray Firth
Moray Firth

The Moray Firth is a roughly triangular inlet of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland....
 to the north, Moray
County of Moray

Moray is one of the registration counties of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east....
 and Inverness-shire
Inverness-shire

Inverness-shire also known as the county of Inverness, or Siorrachd Inbhir Nis in Scottish Gaelic, was a general purpose Counties of Scotland of Scotland, with the burgh of Inverness as the county town, until 1975, when, under the Local Government Act 1973, the county area was divided for Local government in Scotland purposes between th...
 to the west, and Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire (historic)

Aberdeenshire or the County of Aberdeen is a registration county of Scotland. This area is also a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland.Until 1975 Aberdeenshire was one of the counties of Scotland, governed by a county council from 1890....
 to the south. The county contained various exclave
Exclave

An exclave is strip of land that belongs to a political entity but that is not connected to it by land . The strip of land is surrounded by other political entities....
s which were locally situated in Aberdeenshire, the biggest being the parish and village of St. Fergus
St. Fergus

St Fergus is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly in the county of Banffshire. St Fergus lies a mile from the North Sea coast and three miles northwest of Peterhead...
. The county's area is now split between Moray
Moray

Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
 council and Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland.In this present day Aberdeenshire does not include Aberdeen City which is a Council Area in its own right....
 council.

The region remained largely Roman Catholic after the Reformation
Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Reformation was a Christian reform movement in Europe. It is thought to have begun in 1517 with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses and may be considered to have ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648....
 (16th century) and suffered greatly in the ensuing struggles. During the British Civil Wars
English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Roundhead and Cavalier. The First English Civil War and Second English Civil War civil wars pitted the supporters of Charles I of England against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War saw fighting between supporters...
 (17th century), Banffshire was a Royalist
Cavalier

Cavalier was the name used by Roundheads for a Royalist supporter of Charles I of England during the English Civil War . Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander of much of Charles I's cavalry, is often considered an archetypical Cavalier....
 stronghold. Located in the area are the ruins of several medieval castles and the 12th century kirk
Kirk

Kirk can mean "church " in general or the Church of Scotland in particular. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it....
 of Gamrie. From 1975 to 1996, the area of the previous county lay within the Grampian
Grampian

Grampian was a Local government of Scotland Regions and districts of Scotland of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. It is now divided into the Council areas of Scotland of:...
 Region.

History

Considerable evidence of prehistorical
Prehistory

Prehistory is a term often used to describe the period before Recorded history. Paul Tournal originally coined the term Pr?-historique in describing the finds he had made in the caves of southern France....
 human habitation exists particularly near the coast
Coast

The coast is defined as that part of the land adjoining or near the ocean or its saltwater arms. A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the process of tides....
al area. For example, the Longman Hill
Longman Hill

Longman Hill is a prehistoric monument in northern Aberdeenshire, Scotland near Banff Bay. Due to the low lying coastal plain characteristics, the elevation of Longman Hill affords a long distance view as far as the Moray Firth....
 cairn
Cairn

A cairn is a manmade pile of stones, often in a conical form. They are usually found in Upland and lowland , on moorland, on mountaintops or near waterways....
 and Cairn Lee
Cairn Lee

Cairn Lee is a prehistoric monument in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Cairn Lee and proximate Longman Hill are the oldest prehistoric features in the local area....
 are situated in the northern portion of Banffshire in the vicinity of the Burn of Myrehouse
Burn of Myrehouse

The Burn of Myrehouse is a coastal stream in Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland discharging to Banff Bay. This watercourse has been suggested as an associated feature to the prehistoric feature at nearby Longman Hill....
.

Notable residents

  • James Abercromby
    James Abercrombie (general)

    James Abercrombie or Abercromby was a British Army general and commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War, best known for the disastrous British losses in the 1758 Battle of Carillon....
    , (1706-1781), born in Glassaugh, British
    British Empire

    The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
     general in the American Revolution
    American Revolution

    The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....
  • Saint John Ogilvie
    Saint John Ogilvie

    John Ogilvie , was a Scotland Catholic martyr.Ogilvie, the son of a wealthy laird, was born into a respected Calvinist family near Keith, Scotland in Banffshire, Scotland and was educated in mainland Europe where he attended a number of Catholic educational establishments, under the Benedictines at Regensburg in Germany and with the Jesuits...
    , (1579-1615), born in Keith
    Keith, Moray

    Keith is a small town in the northeast of Scotland with a population of around 5,000. It is part of the Moray council area but until 1975 was in Banffshire, a name which persists in postal addresses and is common usage amongst older residents....
     was a Scottish Catholic martyr.


See also

  • Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire
    Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire

    This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire, Scotland.*James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife 17 March 1794 – 24 January 1809...
  • Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)
    Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)

    Banffshire was a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1983. It covered the county of Banffshire, Scotland, but until 1918 the county town of Banff, Scotland and the burgh of Cullen were represented as part of Elgin Burghs ....
  • List of pre-1975 counties of Scotland