Nairn as a local government district 1975 to 1996

Nairn (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Narann) is one of the 22 wards of the Highland council area and one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland. Also, there is a Nairn registration county and a Nairn lieutenancy area. Nairn is a surname, and may refer to: Allan Nairn Gary Nairn Ian Nairn Nick Nairn Rob Nairn Tara Spencer-Nairn Tom Nairn Nairn, Scotland This page or section lists people with the surname Nairn. ... Image File history File links Nairn District File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods... Location Geography Area Ranked 1st  - Total 30,659 km²  - % Water  ? Admin HQ Inverness ISO 3166-2 GB-HLD ONS code 00QT Demographics Population Ranked 7th  - Total (2005) 213,590  - Density 8 / km² Politics The Highland Council http://www. ... The council areas of Scotland form the local government areas of Scotland, all of them unitary authorities. ... The Highland area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic) is a unitary authority area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest administrative region in Scotland. ... This article is about the country. ... A registration county was, in the United Kingdom, a statistical unit used for the output of census information. ... The area of the United Kingdom relating to the Lord Lieutenant - the representative of the Queen of that area. ...

The ward elects four of the council's 80 members by the single transferable vote system of election, which is designed to produce a form of proportional representation. It is on the boundary between the Highland council area and the Moray council area, which lies to the east. Within the Highland area there is the Badenoch and Strathspey ward and the Inverness South ward to the south, and the Culloden and Ardersier ward to the west. To the north, the Nairn ward is bounded by the Moray Firth.^[1] Single transferable vote (STV) is a preferential voting system designed to minimise wasted votes and provide proportional representation while ensuring that votes are explicitly for candidates rather than party lists. ... Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ... Moray (pronounced Murray, spelled A Moireibh in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. ... 22 new Highland Council wards[1][2] have been created for the third general election to the Highland Council, in Scotland, polling on Thursday 3 May 2007. ... 22 new Highland Council wards[1][2] have been created for the third general election to the Highland Council, in Scotland, polling on Thursday 3 May 2007. ... 22 new Highland Council wards[1][2] have been created for the third general election to the Highland Council, in Scotland, polling on Thursday 3 May 2007. ... The Moray Firth is a roughly triangular area of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness. ...

There are also historical senses of Nairn as a local authority area: as a burgh; as a county and; as one of eight districts of the Highland region. The burgh was also the county town. There has been no Nairn local authority area, however, since the district was abolished in 1996, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, and the Highland region became one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. The existing ward was created this year, 2007, under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, and the ward management area, with the boundaries of the ward, is a component of local authority (Highland Council) management and committee structures which were also introduced this year, 2007. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A sign in Linlithgow, Scotland. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The local government regions and districts of Scotland were established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as a two-tier system of local government in Scotland. ... A county town is the capital of a county in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. ... The Local Government etc. ... The council areas of Scotland form the local government areas of Scotland, all of them unitary authorities. ... This is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, inter alia, for the election of local Councillors by the Single Transferable Vote system. ...

Local government

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Although an autonomous local government area, the burgh and county town was officially within the county. Burgh and county were both abolished as local government areas in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and the same legislation created the Nairn district, with the boundaries of the county. council area of Scotland File links The following pages link to this file: Highland Categories: NowCommons | GFDL images ... The Highland Council area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic) is the largest administrative region in Scotland. ... The council areas of Scotland form the local government areas of Scotland, all of them unitary authorities. ... The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (1973 c. ...

In 1996, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, the Highland region became a unitary council area and the new unitary Highland Council adopted the areas of the former districts as management areas. The council abolished the management areas this year, 2007, in favour of three new corporate management areas and 16 new ward management areas. Six of the ward management areas consist of more than one ward and four, covering seven wards, are grouped into the Inverness city management area, which is within the Inverness, Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey corporate management area. A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ... The Highland area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic) is a unitary authority area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest administrative region in Scotland. ... The Highland area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic) is a unitary authority area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest administrative region in Scotland. ...

The Nairn ward management area has the boundaries of the Nairn ward and is one of six ward management areas within the Inverness, Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey corporate area. The ward is one of nine within the corporate area, and those wards elected 34 of the council's 80 members.

There is significant difference between the boundaries of the new ward management area and those of the management area which was used from 1996 until this year, 2007. The new area is smaller, part of the old area being now within the Culloden and Ardersier ward and within Inverness city ward management area 4. 22 new Highland Council wards[1][2] have been created for the third general election to the Highland Council, in Scotland, polling on Thursday 3 May 2007. ... The Highland area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic) is a unitary authority area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest administrative region in Scotland. ...

The town

The town is an ancient fishing port and market town. King James VI, when he travelled to London to become King of England, boasted that in his kingdom he had a town whose only street was so long that the people living at one end of it could not understand the language of the people living at the other end. He was speaking of Nairn, formerly split into Scottish Gaelic- and Scots-speaking communities. A town of two halves in other ways, the narrow-streeted fishertown surrounds a harbour built by Thomas Telford while Victorian villas stand in the 'West End'. It is believed that the Duke of Cumberland stayed in Nairn the night before the Battle of Culloden. Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... The market town is a medieval phenomenon. ... Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... Scots refers to the Anglic varieties spoken in parts of Scotland. ... A harbor (or harbour) or haven is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ... Thomas Telford (August 9, 1757 - September 2, 1834) was born in Westerkirk, Scotland. ...

The town is now best known as a seaside resort, with two golf courses, a small theatre (called the little theatre) and one small museum, providing information on the local area and incorporating the collection of the former Fishertown museum. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... This article is about the sport. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In 1645, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the battle of Auldearn was fought near the town, between Royalists and Covenanters. Combatants Scottish Royalists and Irish Catholic Confederate troops Scottish Covenanters Commanders James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll and David Leslie Strength Fluctuating, 2000-4000 troops at any one time over 30,000 troops, but many based in England and Ireland Casualties Total of 28... Battle of Auldearn Conflict Wars of the Three Kingdoms Date May 9, 1645 Place Auldearn, Nairnshire Result Royalist Victory The Battle of Auldearn was an engagement of the Scottish Civil War, which took place on May 9, 1645, near the village of Auldearn in Nairnshire. ... Prince Rupert of the Rhine Cavaliers was the name used by Parliamentarians for the Royalist supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War (1642–1651). ... The Covenanters, named after the Solemn League and Covenant, were a party that, originating in the Reformation movement, played an important part in the history of Scotland, and to a lesser extent in that of England, during the 17th century. ...

It was not until the 1860s that Nairn became a respectable and popular holiday town. Dr. John Grigor (a statue of whom is located at Viewfield) was gifted a house in this coastal town and spent his retirement there. He valued its warm climate and advised his wealthy clients to holiday there. Following the opening of the railway station in 1855, new houses and hotels were built in the elegant West End. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 4397 KB) Church in Nairn, Scotland Author: Wojsyl File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Nairn Wikipedia:Scottish Wikipedians notice board/New images Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 4397 KB) Church in Nairn, Scotland Author: Wojsyl File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Nairn Wikipedia:Scottish Wikipedians notice board/New images Metadata This file contains...

Nairn is known as a world class golfing destination, with two 18 hole courses. One of these, The Nairn Golf Club is one of the great traditional links courses and was laid out by James Braid in 1928. It has hosted many tournaments culminating in the 1999 Walker Cup and is visited by golfers from all over the world.

It boasts more hours of sunshine than any other Scottish town, earning it the nickname "Sunny Nairn", (reputedly the Gulf Stream curls around the top of Scotland and ends in Nairn). The council was surprised in 1997 to have Nairn named by Tatler magazine as Britain's number one venue for outdoor sex. Charlie Chaplin used to holiday in Nairn. Its local newspaper is the Nairnshire Telegraph. Prism splitting light High Resolution Solar Spectrum Sunlight in the broad sense is the total spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun. ... Richard Steele Tatler is a contemporary British society magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. ... “Charles Chaplin” redirects here. ...

Nairn has a railway station on the Aberdeen to Inverness line. Originally this was the last stop on the line from London due to the inhospitable terrain on what is now the main Dava branch line to Inverness See also List of closed railway stations in Britain Categories: Railway stations in the United Kingdom | Lists of places ...

The local football team is Nairn County F.C.(a.k.a. the wee county), who play in the Highland Football League. They recently picked up their first trophy in 31 years when they won the North of Scotland Cup 3-1 against local rivals Forres Mechanics F.C. at Grant Street Park, Inverness. The town has another football team, Nairn St Ninian, who are a junior outfit. Nairn County FC are a senior football club who currently play in the Highland Football League. ... The Highland Football League (HFL) is a league of football (soccer) clubs operating not in just the Scottish highlands as the name may suggest, but across all of the North of Scotland. ... Forres Mechanics Football Club are a senior Scottish football club currently playing in the Highland Football League. ...

The town also has a local cricket team who play at the links during the summer months. The game was introduced to the town by English railway navvies.

The town also hosts the Nairn International Jazz Festival^[2] each August, usually attracting some well-known and world class musicians.

Nairn also stages one of the biggest Highland games in the North. The first event was held in 1867, and it is now one of the few where entry remains free. The games are a major event in the local social calendar.

William Whitelaw the British deputy Prime Minister 1979 - 88 was born in Nairn and has a street named after his family. William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL (June 28, 1918 - July 1, 1999), commonly known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative politician. ...

James Augustus Grant who discovered the source of the Nile together with Speke was born at Househill, attended Nairn Academy and died at Nairn in 1892. There is a plaque to his memory in St Paul's Cathedral. James Augustus Grant (April 11, 1827 — February 11, 1892) was a Scottish explorer of eastern equatorial Africa. ... This article is about the cathedral church of the diocese of London. ...

Current developments

The A96 from Inverness to Aberdeen currently passes through Nairn town itself, and Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, has been pushing for a Nairn by-pass to be developed^[3].

At present Scottish Executive investment in the transport infrastructure has focused on the Inverness to Nairn stretch of road, especially to improve links to Inverness Airport^[4].

However, there are no current plans to build a Nairn by-pass until after 2011. A consultation is currently planned to 2007, which is expected to determine both the feasibility of a Nairn by-pass, as well as a potential time-scale for development.

In the meantime, land to the east and south of the town is being considered for the further development of 1400 houses, with additional plans submitted by Lord Cawdor to double the size of the town over the next 10-15 years through private investment^[5].

Parliamentary burgh

The burgh of Nairn was a parliamentary burgh, combined with the burghs of Inverness, Fortrose and Forres, in the Inverness Burghs constituency of the 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. In 1832, however, the boundaries of burghs for parliamentary election purposes ceased to be necessarily those of burghs for other purposes. The constituency was abolished in 1918 and the Forres and Nairn components were merged into the then new constituency of Moray and Nairn. A sign in Linlithgow, Scotland. ... A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... , Inverness (Scottish Gaelic: ) is a city[2] in northern Scotland. ... Fortrose is a burgh in the Scottish Highlands, located on the Moray Firth, approximately ten kilometres north east of Inverness. ... Suenos Stone in Forres The Royal Burgh of Forres (Gaelic: Farrais), an ancient burgh, is situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast. ... Inverness Burghs was a district of burghs constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... Type Lower House Speaker of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Commons Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Harriet Harman, QC, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Theresa May, PC, (Conservative) since December 6, 2005 Members 646 Political groups... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... Type Bicameral Houses House of Commons House of Lords Speaker of the House of Commons The Right Honourable Michael Martin MP Lord Speaker Hélène Hayman, Baroness Hayman, PC Members 1377 (646 Commons, 731 Peers) Political groups (as of May 5, 2005 elections) Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats... Moray and Nairn was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. ...

Notes and references

1. ^ New Boundary Maps/Wards, Highland Council website
2. ^ See Nairn International Jazz Festival
3. ^ Parliamentary Questions & Answers
4. ^ A96 Corridor Plan
5. ^ New Future for Nairn

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