Back Morefscir ANG Morayshire German Morayshire French Siorrachd Mhoireibh Irish Siorrachd Mhoireibh Scots/Gaelic Contea di Moray Italian Morayshire Kurdish Elginensis Latin Moray (hrabstwo historyczne) Polish Moray (grofovija) Serbo-Croatian
Moray | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Coordinates: 57°18′N 3°18′W / 57.3°N 3.3°W | |
| Country | Scotland |
| County town | Elgin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 476 sq mi (1,233 km2) |
| Ranked 17th of 34 | |
| Chapman code | MOR |
The County of Moray, (Scottish Gaelic: Moireibh [ˈmɤɾʲəv]) or Morayshire,[1] called Elginshire until 1919,[2] is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east.[3][4] It was a local government county, with Elgin the county town, until 1975. The county was officially called Elginshire, sharing the name of the Elginshire parliamentary constituency, so named since 1708.[5]
The registration county, for property, is, 'County of Moray', and the Lieutenancy area, for ceremonial purposes is 'Moray' or 'Morayshire'. The lieutenancy area contains a slightly smaller area than the historic county.
- ^ "Morayshire County". Scotland's Places. Historic Environment Scotland, the National Records of Scotland and the National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "1.3 History of Counties". Scottish Counties and Parishes: their history and boundaries on maps. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ Registers of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties Archived 2 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Map of Parishes in the North-East Counties of Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine, Moray and Nairn". Scotland's family. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ L.Shaw, 1882