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There are several lochs in the county, none of which are particularly large. They include Loch Dallas, Loch Noir, the Lochs of Little
Benshalag, Loch of the Cowlatt, Lochanan a' Ghiubhais, Loch an Salich, Loch Trevie, Loch Tutach, Loch Allan, Loch Stuart, Loch Mhic Leòid, Loch Ille Mhòr, Lochan Dubh,
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of Elgin was deemed capable of providing its own county-level local government functions, and so it was excluded from the administrative area of the county council, although the county council still chose to base itself there. Elginshire County
Council held its first meeting on 22 May 1890 at the Old
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Moray County
Council was initially based at the Old Courthouse adjoining Elgin Sheriff Court on the High Street in Elgin. By the 1930s it was too small and so was demolished and replaced by a new headquarters on the same site, called the 'County Buildings'. Work began on the new building in 1938 but
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At a meeting on 7 May 1919, Elginshire County
Council voted to change the name of the county from the County of Elgin or Elginshire to Moray. The government responded by directing all departments to use Moray, but noted that the legal name would remain Elgin until such time as it could be changed by
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being transferred to a county they actually bordered, and parish and county boundaries being adjusted to eliminate cases where parishes straddled county boundaries. There were several such changes affecting the boundaries of
Elginshire, notably absorbing three detached parts of Nairnshire which were
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saw the burgh of Elgin brought within the administrative area of the county council, and merged the county councils of Moray and neighbouring
Nairnshire for most purposes. The two county councils continued to be elected as separate bodies, but operated together as the "Joint County Council of Moray
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are still used for some statistical purposes, and separate census figures are published for them. As their areas have been largely unchanged since the 19th century this allows for comparison of population figures over an extended period of time. From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local
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The shire of Elgin, or
Elginshire, was seen as the core of the old territory of Moray and so was informally sometimes called Moray or Morayshire. 'Murrayshire' and 'Morrowshire' were sometimes used historically as alternate spellings.
473:. The Moray district became one of the new council areas. The boundaries of the pre-1975 county of Moray are still used for some limited official purposes connected with land registration, being a
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organised a competition to design a flag for the lieutenancy area. The winning design is green, gold and blue, representing the area's agriculture and links to the sea.
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The
History of the Province of Moray: Comprising the Counties of Elgin and Nairn, the Greater Part of the County of Inverness and a Portion of the County of Banff
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were established for each shire, which would serve as the main administrative body for the area until the creation of county councils in 1890. Following the
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Scottish crown, and at other times operating as a separate kingdom. Moray was finally absorbed into the Kingdom of Scotland during the 12th century.
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1329:"Elgin Sheriff Court including boundary wall and railings, High Street and Glover Street, Elgin (LB30778)"
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in the county. Burghs were abolished as part of the 1975 local government reforms. The burghs were:
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statute. The statutory change of name from Elgin to Moray eventually took place in 1947 under the
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in 1707, the English term 'county' came to be used interchangeably with the older term 'shire'.
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of Moray, which each had different definitions (and were subject to occasional changes).
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region. The rest of the pre-1975 county of Moray was included in a new district called
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of 6 May 1927 as "the most beautiful county arms in Scotland", represented the
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There were occasional adjustments to county boundaries. For example, in 1870,
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The Inverness and Elgin County Boundaries Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict c. 16)
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government system of Scotland, having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894.
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region, which also took in significant territory from the western part of
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The McWillie Diaries: The Diary of a Scottish Tenant Farm (1826 to 1876)
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This article is about the County of Moray. For the council area, see
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Scottish Counties and Parishes: their history and boundaries on maps
1477:"County of Elgin or Moray? Mr Munro and the proposed change of name"
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reorganised local government in Scotland into a two-tier system of
1861:"Map of the Parish of Inveravon in the Historical County of Banff"
1354:. Edinburgh: Royal College of Physicians. 1892. pp. xxiii–xxx
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1773:"Quarter-inch Administrative Areas Maps: Scotland, Sheet 5, 1969"
16:"Elginshire" redirects here. For the electoral constituency, see
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1841:"Map of the Parish of Drainie in the Historical County of Moray"
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There is some evidence that these shires were established under
23:"County of Elgin" redirects here. For Ontario municipality, see
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1829:. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton. p. 460 – via Archive.org.
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Allowances to Wives and Family of Militiamen Elgin 1810–1812
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and Nairn", serving the combined area of the two counties.
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Elected county councils were established in 1890 under the
1351:
Guide to local government in parishes, counties and burghs
1451:"Morayshire County Council: Official name of the county"
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In 1861 there were 15 civil parishes entirely in Moray:
1909:
Lachlan Shaw and James Frederick Skinner Gordon (1882)
1606:"Mr Stuart opens new County Buildings: Elgin ceremony"
1529:"Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929: Section 10"
1226:. Keith and District Heritage Group. pp. 252, 219
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The 1889 Act also led to a review of boundaries, with
435:. The new building was eventually completed in 1952.
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were transferred from Inverness-shire to Elginshire.
1254:. Moray and Nairn Family History Society. p. 15
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in the far south. Notable features of the coast are
1166:"Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, Section 127"
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1400:"Elginshire County Council: Getting into harness"
1380:. London: F. Warne and Company. 1890. p. 284
342:(reigned 1124–1153), but the earliest documented
1760:(1973 ed.). Heraldry Today. pp. 77–78.
1025:The Historical Geography of Scotland since 1707
1799:"Elginshire: Old and New Statistical Accounts"
1119:. Paisley: Alexander Gardner. pp. 257–262
1088:The History of the Province of Moray: Volume 1
1948:
859:List of listed buildings in Edinkillie, Moray
292:(early Scotland), sometimes functioning as a
8:
1726:"The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996"
1140:Publications of the Scottish History Society
1663:"Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994"
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489:, Moray County Council's coat-of-arms was:
386:: The county's main courthouse, built 1866.
2188:Counties of the United Kingdom (1801–1922)
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1070:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
1028:. Cambridge University Press. p. 19.
557:Loch nan Stuirteag, Loch an t-Sithein and
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1913:, Published by Hamilton, Adams & co.,
1374:"Preparing for the elections in Scotland"
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1699:. Registers of Scotland. Archived from
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18:Elginshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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440:Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
424:Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929
417:Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947
392:Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889
155:476 sq mi (1,233 km)
1927:Scottish Burgh and County Heraldry
1758:Scottish Burgh and County Heraldry
1431:. Edinburgh: W. Green. p. 155
1003:List of civil parishes in Scotland
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1245:Stewart, Douglas G. J. (2016).
1929:, published by Heraldry Today.
1881:"Moray's new flag is launched"
1509:. National Library of Scotland
569:Prior to 1975, there were six
1:
2178:Lieutenancy areas of Scotland
1325:Historic Environment Scotland
509:, a future Lord Lyon, in the
1777:National Library of Scotland
1483:. 5 November 1919. p. 4
1058:A History of Moray and Nairn
598:Lossiemouth and Branderburgh
533:Lochindorb in southern Moray
501:for "In Hope", a pun on the
331:, and the mainland parts of
1762:consulted 20 December 2013.
1694:"Land Mass Coverage Report"
1378:The County Council Magazine
608:Other settlements include:
521:, the two main landowners.
39:Historic county in Scotland
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1917:Hogan, C. Michael (2008).
1612:. 19 April 1952. p. 5
1586:. 29 March 1938. p. 6
1584:Aberdeen Press and Journal
1568:. 9 May 1975. p. 652.
1281:. University of St Andrews
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422:Reforms in 1930 under the
411:surrounded by Elginshire.
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1503:"1.3 History of Counties"
1217:McWillie, Robert (1999).
1113:Chalmers, George (1894).
1056:Rampini, Charles (1897).
303:Map showing the medieval
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1919:"The Modern Antiquarian"
1406:. 24 May 1890. p. 5
986:Lord Lieutenant of Moray
818:Moravia in Blaeu's 1654
810:Civil Parish map. c.1861
243:. There is also a Moray
1457:. 8 May 1919. p. 8
1404:Moray and Nairn Express
1172:. The National Archives
1022:Turnock, David (2005).
519:Randolph, Earl of Moray
507:Thomas Innes of Learney
485:Granted in 1927 by the
448:Badenoch and Strathspey
359:Commissioners of Supply
1866:Gazetteer for Scotland
1846:Gazetteer for Scotland
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1803:Old Roads of Scotland
1736:The National Archives
1673:The National Archives
1642:The National Archives
1565:The Edinburgh Gazette
1539:The National Archives
1425:Shennan, Hay (1892).
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271:Further information:
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1885:Lieutenancy of Moray
187:.lordlieutenantmoray
1821:Wilson, John Marius
1192:"Morayshire County"
1143:. 1928. p. 361
1116:Caledonia: Volume 7
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384:Elgin Sheriff Court
241:registration county
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1731:legislation.gov.uk
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