Historic Dunbartonshire

Dunbartonshire Lieutenancy

Dunbartonshire is one of the Traditional counties of Scotland, in that part of the country formerly called Lennox (which was a title of nobility). Dumbarton is the County Town. Dumbartonshire County Council was set up in 1889/90, and at the beginning of the 20th century, some influential councillors had spelling of the County name changed from Dumbartonshire to Dunbartonshire. The justification was that that Dumbarton derives from the Gaelic Dunbritton, but the town stuck with the name Dumbarton, and some people continued to refer to the county as Dumbartonshire. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Dunbartonshire Lieutenancy File links The following pages link to this file: Dunbartonshire Categories: GFDL images ... The Traditional counties of Scotland are historic and cutural divisions of Scotland. ... Lennox may refer to: Lennox, California Lennox, South Dakota Lennox County, Ontario Any person who has held the title of Duke of Lennox Lennox, a fictional Duke of Lennox in Macbeth This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The title Duke of Lennox has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland. ... Dumbarton is a town in Scotland, lying on the north bank of the River Clyde. ... Goidelic is one of two major divisions of modern-day Celtic languages (the other being Brythonic). ...

The County disappeared as a political entity in 1974/5 when local government in Scotland was reorganised. The Council area was then divided into Dumbarton District Council, Bearsden and Milngavie District Council, Clydebank District Council and Strathkelvin District Council, the latter also containing a small part of the former Lanarkshire. For some major functions such as education, police, etc., the old County Council of Dunbarton was absorbed at the same time into the much larger Strathclyde Regional Council. Dumbarton is a town in Scotland, lying on the north bank of the River Clyde. ... Bearsden and Milngavie was formerly (1975_96) a local government district in the Strathclyde Region of Scotland, north of the City of Glasgow. ... The old coat of arms for Clydebank, adopted in 1930 The red saltire on the white field is for the ancient province of Lennox and for the towns more recent historic links to Ireland which previously used the same flag. ... Strathkelvin was formerly (1975-96) the name of a local government district in the Strathclyde Region of Scotland. ... Lanarkshire is a traditional county of Scotland. ... Strathclyde was one of the regional council areas of Scotland from 1974 to 1996. ...

The Regional identity was retained for some major functions such as fire service and police at the next reorganisation of local government in 1996, but for most purposes the old County then found itself served by three new Councils: Argyll and Bute Council (Argyll being a more western part of Scotland that now took over the Rosneath, Helensburgh, Arrochar, Luss and Cardross parts of Dumbarton District), West Dunbartonshire Council and East Dunbartonshire Council . This is the state of affairs in 2003. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Argyll and Bute is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ... Helensburgh is a Scottish town historically part of Dunbartonshire, but since local government reorganisation in 1995 in Argyll and Bute, on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde. ... Luss is a village in the Argyll & Bute region of Scotland, on the west bank of Loch Lomond, Scotlands largest freshwater loch. ... West Dunbartonshire is one of 32 unitary authority areas in Scotland. ... East Dunbartonshire (Dun Breatann an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority areas in Scotland. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The name Dunbartonshire is retained as a Lieutenancy Area. The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for ceremonial purposes such as Lord Lieutenancy. ...