Inverness-shire

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Inverness-shire

Inverness-shire also known as the county of Inverness, or Siorrachd Inbhir Nis in Gaelic, was a general purpose 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 the burgh of Inverness as 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....
, until 1975, when, 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....
, the county area was divided for local government purposes between the two-tier Highland 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....
(Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey, Lochaber, and Skye and Lochalsh districts) and the unitary Western Isles.

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Inverness-shire also known as the county of Inverness, or Siorrachd Inbhir Nis in Gaelic, was a general purpose county

Counties of Scotland

Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, with the burgh of Inverness as the county town

County town

Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

Regions and districts of Scotland

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....
purposes and, at the same time, the Inverness lieutenancy

Lord Lieutenant of Inverness

The Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness, is the United Kingdom monarch's personal representative in an area which has been defined since 1975 as consisting of the Local government in Scotland districts of Inverness , Badenoch and Strathspey , and Lochaber , in Scotland, and this definition was renewed by the Lord-Lieutenants Order 1996....
was defined as having the boundaries of the Highland districts of Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey, and Lochaber.

Inverness-shire acquired a 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....
in 1890, under 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....
, and, under the same legislation, boundaries were altered to make the county a single contiguous area (except, of course, for island areas of the county).

Although the new boundaries were supposed to be valid for all purposes (unlike earlier boundaries, which were really default boundaries and not necessarily those used for any particular purpose), the burgh of Inverness, the burgh of Fort William, and the burgh of Kingussie, which had their own town councils, retained autonomous status and were generally beyond the writ of the new county council. The town of Inverness had been established as a royal burgh

Royal burgh

A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished in 1975, the term is still used in many of the former burghs....
since the mid 12th century, Fort William, originally with the name Gordonsburgh, had been established as a burgh of barony

Burgh of barony

A burgh of barony is a type of Scottish town .They were distinct from royal burghs as the title was granted to a tenant-in-chief, a landowner who held his estates directly from the crown....
since 1618, and Kingussie had been established as a burgh of barony since 1464. Also, use of the new boundaries for parliamentary elections was specifically excluded.

The Boundary Commissioners for Scotland, a body created by the 1889 act, transferred part of the parish of Cawder and part of the parish of Croy and Dalcross from the county of Inverness to the county of Nairn, part of the parish of Petty and two parts of the parish of Daviot and Dunlichty from the parish county of Nairn to the county of Inverness, part of the parish of Kilmallie and part of the parish of Small Isles from the county of Argyll to the county of Inverness, and part of the parish of Kilmorack from the county of Inverness to the county of Ross and Cromarty. Thus the county of Inverness covered a large mainland area and various island areas off the west 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....
. The mainland area had coastline in both the east and the west and included the towns of Kingussie, Fort William, and Mallaig

Mallaig

Mallaig is a seaport in Lochaber, on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands of Scotland. The local railway station, Mallaig railway station, is the terminus of the West Highland Line , completed in 1901, and the town is linked to Fort William, Highland by the A830 road – the "Road to the Isles"....
. The island areas included North Uist

North Uist

North Uist is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland....
, South Uist

South Uist

South Uist is an island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 1,818. There is a nature reserve and a number of sites of archaeology interest, including the only location in Great Britain where prehistoric mummy have been found....
, and Harris in the Outer Hebrides

Outer Hebrides

The Outer Hebrides, comprise an Archipelago off the west coast of Scotland. The local government area is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland....
, and Skye, and the Small Isles

Small Isles

Please note: there is also a group called "Small Isles" off south east Jura, ScotlandThe Small Isles are a small archipelago of islands in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland....
in the Inner Hebrides

Inner Hebrides

The Inner Hebrides is an archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. They are part of the Hebrides....
. The county had neighbouring counties as follow: Ross and Cromarty to the north, Nairn, 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....
, Banff, and Aberdeen to the east, and Perth, and Argyll to the south.

In 1972, the Isle of Rockall Act was passed, formally incorporating the tiny island of Rockall

Rockall

Rockall is a small, uninhabited, rocky islet in the north Atlantic Ocean, and one of the sea areas named in the Shipping Forecast broadcast on BBC Radio 4....
into Scotland as part of the Isle of Harris, Inverness-shire. Harris is now within Na h-Eileanan Siar, formerly known as the Western Isles local government area.

Parliamentary constituencies

Main articles: Scottish Westminster constituencies

Scottish Westminster constituencies

Scottish Westminster constituencies were Scotland constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain, normally at the Palace of Westminster, from 1708 to 1801, and have been constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also at Westminster, since 1801....
and Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions

Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions

Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions were first used in 1999, in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election of the Scottish Parliament , created by the Scotland Act 1998....

There was an Inverness-shire constituency
Inverness-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Inverness-shire was a county constituency of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain form 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1918....
of the Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Act of Union 1707 by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland....
(Westminster
Palace of Westminster

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom meet....
) from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
(also at Westminster) from 1801 to 1918. The constituency represented, nominally, the county of Inverness minus the parliamentary burgh of Inverness, which was represented as a component of the Inverness District of Burghs
Inverness Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Inverness Burghs was a district of burghs United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918, representing a seat for one Member of Parliament ....
constituency.

In 1918 the county constituency was divided between two new constituencies, the Inverness constituency
Inverness (UK Parliament constituency)

Inverness was a county constituency of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
and the Western Isles constituency. The Inverness constituency included the burgh of Inverness, other components of the district of burghs being divided between the Moray and Nairn constituency
Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)

Moray and Nairn was a county constituency of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983.It was formed by the amalgamation of the county constituency Elginshire and Nairnshire with the parliamentary burghs of Elgin, Moray, previously part of Elgin Burghs , and Nairn and Forres, previously part of...
and the Ross and Cromarty constituency
Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)

Ross and Cromarty was a county constituency of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1983. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament....
.

In 1983, eight years after the local government county of Inverness had been divided between the Highland region and the Western Isles council area, three new constituencies were created to cover the Highland region. One of these, Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)

Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber was a county constituency of the British House of Commons of the of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997....
, had Inverness in its name.

Inverness-shire

Parliamentary constituencies

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