Traditional Morayshire

Administrative Morayshire 1889-1975

Morayshire or Elginshire (Siorrachd Mhoireibh in Gaelic) is one of the traditional counties of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east. The traditional county town is Elgin. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Morayshire Categories: GFDL images ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... The Traditional counties of Scotland are historic and cutural divisions of Scotland. ... Nairnshire is a small traditional county of Scotland, centred around Nairn, the traditional county town. ... Inverness-shire (Siorrachd Inbhir Nis in Gaelic) is one of the traditional counties of Scotland. ... Categories: Stub | Traditional Counties of Scotland ... A county town is the location of the administrative headquarters of a county. ... Elgin is a City in north-east Scotland, 35 miles east of Inverness and 80 miles west of Aberdeen. ...

There are two large detached portions of Morayshire situated locally in Inverness-shire, and a corresponding part of Inverness-shire situated locally in Morayshire. On the creation of the new administrative counties of Scotland in 1889 (which were distinct and separate entities from the traditional counties), these parts were considered to be part of the administrative county in which they locally lie. The administrative county shown was initially officially called Elginshire. An administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Morayshire is also that name of a registration county for property, and a slightly smaller area is a Lieutenancy Area named Moray. This area consists almost exactly of the rump of the traditional county, without its exclaves in Inverness-shire. The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for ceremonial purposes such as Lord Lieutenancy. ... This article is about the region in Scotland. ...

Towns and villages in the traditional county

• Aviemore
• Buckie
• Charlestown of Aberlour
• Craigellachie
• Cullen
• Dufftown
• Elgin
• Findochty
• Glenlivet
• Keith
• Lossiemouth
• Maggieknockater
• Portknockie
• Rothes
• Tomintoul

Aviemore (Scottish Gaelic: An Aghaidh Mhòr) is a tourist resort in Morayshire, in the Highlands of Scotland, popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm Mountains. ... Categories: Stub ... Craigellachie, BC Craigellachie (IPA: , but or can be substituted for ; is another common pronunciation) is a locality in British Columbia, Canada, located several kilometres to the west of the Eagle Pass summit. ... Cullen is a village in Morayshire, Scotland, situated on the North Sea coast 20 miles east of Elgin. ... Dufftown is a burgh in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom. ... Elgin is a City in north-east Scotland, 35 miles east of Inverness and 80 miles west of Aberdeen. ... Findochty is a village in Scotland. ... Also known as: Origin: Fragrance: Smoothness: Sweetness: Color: Complexity: Body and texture: Finish: Relative cost: Overall Rating: The Glenlivet is a Speyside Single malt Scotch Whisky produced by The Glenlivet Distillery in Ballindalloch, Scotland. ... Keith Church Keith is a small town in the northeast of Scotland with a population of around 5000. ... Lossiemouth is a burgh in Moray, Scotland. ... Maggieknockater is a hamlet in Scotland in the County of Banffshire, in the administrative region of Moray. ... Portknockie is a coastal village on the Moray Firth in northeastern Scotland, halfway between Aberdeen and Inverness. ... Rothes is a village in Moray, Scotland, south of Elgin and on the banks of the River Spey. ... Tomintoul is a village in the old county of Banffshire, now subsumed within Moray council. ...

Places of Interest in the traditional county

• Cairngorm Mountains
• Forest of Glenavon
• Hills of Cromdale
• Speyside Way