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Moray (Moireibh in Gaelic) is one of the registration counties of Scotland
Scotland

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, bordering Nairnshire to the west, 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 south, and Banffshire
Banffshire

The County of Banff is a registration county for property, and Banffshire is a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland of Scotland.The County of Banff, also known as Banffshire, was a Counties of Scotland of Scotland with its own county council between 1890 and 1975....
 to the east. It was formerly in use as a local government
Local government of Scotland

Local government in Scotland is organised through 32 unitary authority consisting of councillors elected every four years by registered voters in each of the Council Areas of Scotland....
 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....
 until 1975, when Elgin
Elgin, Moray

Elgin is a former cathedral city and a former Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland and is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ground above the flood plain....
 was 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....
.

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.






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Moray (Moireibh in Gaelic) is one of the registration counties of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, bordering Nairnshire to the west, 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 south, and Banffshire
Banffshire

The County of Banff is a registration county for property, and Banffshire is a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland of Scotland.The County of Banff, also known as Banffshire, was a Counties of Scotland of Scotland with its own county council between 1890 and 1975....
 to the east. It was formerly in use as a local government
Local government of Scotland

Local government in Scotland is organised through 32 unitary authority consisting of councillors elected every four years by registered voters in each of the Council Areas of Scotland....
 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....
 until 1975, when Elgin
Elgin, Moray

Elgin is a former cathedral city and a former Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland and is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ground above the flood plain....
 was 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....
.

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
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889

The Local Government Act 1889 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which was passed on 26 August 1889. The main effect of the act was to establish elected county councils in Scotland....
 these parts were merged into the areas in which they locally lay. The county was officially called Elginshire, or 'Morayshire', sharing the name of the Elginshire
Elginshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Elginshire, in Scotland, was a county constituency of the UK House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832....
 parliamentary
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 constituency
Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
, so named since 1708.

In 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

The Local Government Act 1973 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that reformed local government of Scotland in Scotland, on May 16, 1975....
, most of the county was combined with Aberlour
Aberlour

Aberlour , is the name of a place in Moray, Scotland, 12 miles south of Elgin, Moray on the road to Grantown. A burn , a tributary of the River Spey, and surrounding parish, are both named Aberlour, but the name is most commonly used in reference to the village which straddles the stream and flanks the Spey – although the full name of t...
, 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....
, Cullen
Cullen

Cullen is a village and former royal burgh in Moray, Scotland, on the North Sea coast 20 miles east of Elgin, Moray. The village now has a population of 1,327 Cullen is noticeably busier in summer than winter due to the number of holiday homes owned....
, Dufftown
Dufftown

Dufftown is a burgh in Banffshire, Scotland.The town was originally named Mortlach in the Middle Ages, until the 19th century when the Earl of Fife built the town as a housing for soldiers returning home from war....
, Findochty
Findochty

Findochty is a village in Moray, Scotland, 3 miles east of the town of Buckie.Findochty stands on the shores of the Moray Firth. With its painted cottages, a scenic harbour overlooked at the west by the local war memorial, and at the east by the white painted Church of Scotland, Findochty is a jewel of the north east of Scotland....
, 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....
 and Portknockie
Portknockie

Portknockie is a coastal village on the Moray Firth in northeast Scotland, in Moray. Nearby towns include Banff, Scotland, Buckie, Findochty and Cullen....
 areas of the county of Banffshire
Banffshire

The County of Banff is a registration county for property, and Banffshire is a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland of Scotland.The County of Banff, also known as Banffshire, was a Counties of Scotland of Scotland with its own county council between 1890 and 1975....
 to form the Moray district of 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
Regions and districts of Scotland

The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc Act 1994....
. Grantown-on-Spey
Grantown-on-Spey

Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland council area in Scotland.It was founded in 1765 as a New town on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river River Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorms mountains, about 20 miles South East of Inverness ....
 and Cromdale
Cromdale

Cromdale is one of the ancient parishes which formed the combined ecclesiastical parish of "Cromdale, Inverallan and Advie" in Morayshire in Scotland....
 areas were combined with Kingussie
Kingussie

Kingussie is a small town and is head of Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland , Scotland, adjacent to the A9 road , although the old route of the A9 served as the town's main street....
 and Badenoch
Badenoch

Badenoch is a traditional district which today forms part of Badenoch and Strathspey, an area of Highland Council, in Scotland, bounded on the north by the Monadhliath Mountains, on the east by the Cairngorm Mountains and Braemar, on the south by Atholl and the Grampian Mountains , and on the west by Lochaber....
 areas of the county of 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 form the Badenoch and Strathspey
Badenoch and Strathspey

Badenoch and Strathspey is a Local government in Scotland ward of the Highland Council areas of Scotland and a ward management area of the Highland Council in Scotland....
 district of the Highland
Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
 region.

The registration county, for property, is 'County of Moray', and a slightly smaller area, also based on the former county, 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...
 named 'Moray'.

Geography

There are a number of mountainous features within Moray, including Bin Hill
Bin Hill, Morayshire

Bin Hill is a mountain landform in Morayshire, Scotland near the village of Cullen. Bin Hill is 1086 feet in height and visible from considerable distances, such as Longman Hill to the east....
 near Cullen
Cullen

Cullen is a village and former royal burgh in Moray, Scotland, on the North Sea coast 20 miles east of Elgin, Moray. The village now has a population of 1,327 Cullen is noticeably busier in summer than winter due to the number of holiday homes owned....
. Bin Hill is visible from a number of distant points including 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....
, situated to the east in coastal 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....
.

Administrative Morayshire 1889-1975
Scotlandmorayshire1889


Towns and villages of the county

  • Burghead
    Burghead

    Burghead is a small town in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom about 8 miles.North-West of Elgin, Moray. The town is mainly built on a Peninsula which projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, meaning that most of the town has sea on 3 sides....
  • Charlestown of Aberlour
  • Craigellachie
  • Elgin
    Elgin, Moray

    Elgin is a former cathedral city and a former Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland and is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ground above the flood plain....
  • Findochty
    Findochty

    Findochty is a village in Moray, Scotland, 3 miles east of the town of Buckie.Findochty stands on the shores of the Moray Firth. With its painted cottages, a scenic harbour overlooked at the west by the local war memorial, and at the east by the white painted Church of Scotland, Findochty is a jewel of the north east of Scotland....
  • Glenlivet
  • Grantown-on-Spey
    Grantown-on-Spey

    Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland council area in Scotland.It was founded in 1765 as a New town on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river River Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorms mountains, about 20 miles South East of Inverness ....
  • Lossiemouth
    Lossiemouth

    Lossiemouth is a town in Moray, Scotland. Originally the port belonging to Elgin, Moray, it became an important and innovative fishing town. Although there has been over a 1,000 years of settlement in the area, the present day town was formed over the past 250 years and consists of four separate communities that eventually merged into one....
  • Maggieknockater
    Maggieknockater

    Maggieknockater is a hamlet on the A95 road between Craigellachie and Mulben in Scotland in the Moray council area, in the former county of Banffshire....
  • Portknockie
    Portknockie

    Portknockie is a coastal village on the Moray Firth in northeast Scotland, in Moray. Nearby towns include Banff, Scotland, Buckie, Findochty and Cullen....
  • Rothes
    Rothes

    Rothes is a town in Moray, Scotland, south of Elgin, Moray and on the banks of the River Spey. The village has a population of 1209 .At the south end of the village lie the remains of Rothes Castle, which dates from the 13th century....
  • Dufftown
    Dufftown

    Dufftown is a burgh in Banffshire, Scotland.The town was originally named Mortlach in the Middle Ages, until the 19th century when the Earl of Fife built the town as a housing for soldiers returning home from war....
  • Hopeman
    Hopeman

    Hopeman is a seaside village in Moray, Scotland, on the coast of the Moray Firth. The population is around 1,000 people in approximately 670 households....
  • Forres
    Forres

    Forres , is a town and former royal burgh situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 30 miles east of Inverness. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions....
  • 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....
  • 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....
  • Kinloss
    Kinloss

    Kinloss is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is located near the shore of Findhorn Bay, around 3 miles from Findhorn and 2.5 miles from Forres....
  • Kellas
  • Alves
  • Fochabers
    Fochabers

    Fochabers is a village in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland, not far from the cathedral city of Elgin, Moray and located on the east bank of the River Spey....
  • Mosstodloch
    Mosstodloch

    Mosstodloch is a small village in Moray, Scotland, lying on the A96 road between Fochabers and Elgin, Moray on the west bank of the River Spey....
  • Lhanbryde
    Lhanbryde

    Lhanbryde is a village in Moray, Scotland, four miles east of Elgin, Moray. Previously bisected by the A96 road, it was bypassed in the early 1990s and now lies to the north of this busy trunk road....


See also

  • List of pre-1975 counties of Scotland


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