Nairnshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Narann in Gaelic) is a small traditional county of Scotland, centred around Nairn, the traditional county town. The rump of the county borders Inverness-shire to the west and south, and Morayshire to the east. It has a northern coastline onto the Moray Firth. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 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. ... Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... Nairn is a burgh in the Scottish Highlands, lying about fifteen miles east of Inverness. ... A county town is the location of the administrative headquarters of a county. ... Inverness-shire (Siorrachd Inbhir Nis in Gaelic) is one of the traditional counties of Scotland. ... 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. ... Moray Firth is a roughly triangular area of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness. ...
Nairnshire has a number of exclaves, the most considerable of which is situatated some distace away from the rump county in Inverness-shire. Another sizable portion exists in Ross-shire, on the Black Isle, around the village of Urqhart. Other, smaller detached parts also exist in Morayshire (not shown on map due to their small size). Categories: Stub | Traditional Counties of Scotland | History of Scotland ... The Black Isle is an eastern area of Ross and Cromarty and includes such villages as: Conon Bridge Muir of Ord Munlochy Avoch Rosemarkie Fortrose Tore Cromarty Culbokie Despite its name, the Black Isle is not an island, but a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by water - the Cromarty Firth...
On the creation of the administrative county of the same name in 1889, these portions were considered to be part of their host territorities. Nairnshire County Council existed between 1889 and 1975, after which time the area was (and continues to be) administered as part of the "Highland" region. An administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. ...
NAIRNSHIRE, a north-eastern county of Scotland, bounded W. and S. by Inverness-shire, E. by Elginshire and N. by the Moray Firth.
Nairnshire contains many beautiful woods and much picturesque and romantic scenery.
The thane of Cawdor was constable of the king's castle at Nairn, and when the heritable sheriffdom was established towards the close of the 14th century this office was also filled by the thane of the time.
General Ian Robertson is furious at the cash he says Highland council has wasted on signs at the tiny village of Brackla in Nairnshire And he's threatened to give council chiefs his own sign - the reverse of Winston Churchill's wartime Victory V salute.
One of the police officers leading the investigation described the murder in the Highlands seaside town of Nairn in Nairnshire as 'almost bizarre'.
Mr Struthers-Wright, 40, of Cawdor, Nairnshire, smashed both arms and shoulders in the fall from Lemming Ridge in 2002.
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