The County of Moray, (Scottish Gaelic: Moireibh [ˈmɤɾʲəv]) or Morayshire, called Elginshire until 1919, is a historic county in Scotland. The county town...
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after the historic county of Moray (called Elginshire prior to 1919), which was in turn named after the medieval Province of Moray, each of which covered different...
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The title Earl of Moray, or Mormaer of Moray, was originally held by the rulers of the Province of Moray, which existed from the 10th century with varying...
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Moray (Middle Irish: Muréb; Medieval Latin: Moravia; Old Norse: Mýræfi) was a province within the area of modern-day Scotland, that may at times up to...
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refer to: Urquhart, Moray, a village in the parish of Urquhart in the county of Moray, Scotland Urquhart (surname), a surname (and list of people with the...
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The Moray flag is the flag of the county of Moray, registered with the Flag Institute on 28 October 2023. On 24 January 2023 the Moray Lieutenancy announced...
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formerly a royal burgh in Moray, Scotland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on...
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The Moray Firth (/ˈmʌri-/; Scottish Gaelic: An Cuan Moireach, Linne Mhoireibh or Caolas Mhoireibh) is a roughly triangular inlet (or firth) of the North...
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Viscount Stuart of Findhorn, of Findhorn in the County of Moray, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 November 1959 for...
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neighbouring counties of Moray and Perthshire for most local government purposes. In these "combined counties", there was a joint county council. The...
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Grantown-on-Spey (redirect from Burgh of Grantown-on-Spey)
historically within the county of Moray. It is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains...
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Advie (category Former church parishes of Scotland)
Grantown-on-Spey and Aberlour. Advie was in the County of Moray, within the ecclesiastical parish and civil parish of "Cromdale, Inverallan and Advie". Although...
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Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review...
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Andrew Moray (Anglo-Norman: Andreu de Moray; Latin: Andreas de Moravia), also known as Andrew de Moray, Andrew of Moray, or Andrew Murray, was a Scottish...
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peer as Baron Laing of Dunphail, of Dunphail in the County of Moray on 8 February 1991. Laing was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Laing...
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constituency of the Scottish Parliament Moray (UK Parliament constituency), a constituency of the UK Parliament County of Moray, a registration county of Scotland...
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Moray Council is the local authority for Moray, one of the 32 council areas in Scotland. The council is based in Elgin. The Moray Firth lies off the area's...
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North and Moray East is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Following the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster...
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single-tier council area. The county borders Inverness-shire to the west and south, Moray to the east, and has a coastline along the Moray Firth to its north. The...
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Picts (redirect from Kingdom of the Picts)
in the field that Moray (a name referring to a very much larger area in the High Middle Ages than the county of Moray) was the core of Fortriu. The Picts...
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1996, under the provisions of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Historically, Scotland was divided into 34 counties or shires. Although these...
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Lieutenancy area (redirect from Lieutenancy areas of the United Kingdom)
Orkney Caithness Sutherland Western Isles Ross and Cromarty Inverness County of Moray Nairn Banffshire Aberdeenshire (historic) Aberdeen Kincardineshire...
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baronetcy, of Coxton in the County of Moray, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 20 March 1686 for Alexander Innes, Member of the Scottish...
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mormaer of Moray. He was responsible – in a bizarre posthumous incident – for the death of Earl Sigurd the Mighty of Orkney. Little is known of Máel Brigte's...
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Revolution of 1848 MOR, the Chapman code for County of Moray, Scotland Mór, a town in Fejér County, Hungary Mor Furniture, a furniture retailer based in...
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Mansfield Smith-Cumming (category People of the Irish War of Independence)
Valiant-Cumming, heiress of Logie near Forres in the County of Moray. In 1909, Major (later Colonel Sir) Vernon Kell became director of the new Secret Service...
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monarch and his legal advisers are mainly based on placenames of the traditional counties of Scotland. In 1794, permanent lieutenancies were established...
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Banffshire (redirect from County of Banff)
historic county boundaries of Banffshire are still used for certain functions, being a registration county and lieutenancy area. It borders the Moray Firth...
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Moray (/ˈmʌri/ MURR-ee; Scots: Moray; Scottish Gaelic: Moireibh or Moireabh) was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the...
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philanthropist and slave trader. Born in Forres, County of Moray, Dick left Scotland at the age of 19 and travelled to the West Indies, settling down...
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