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The County of Moray, (Scottish Gaelic: Moireibh [ˈmɤɾʲəv]) or Morayshire, called Elginshire until 1919, is a historic county in Scotland. The county town was Elgin. The historic county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975. Since 1996 most of the historic county's area has been included in the Moray council area.
The new Moray district covered ten of the twelve previous districts of the county of Moray plus over half of the area of the neighbouring county of Banffshire to the east: [7] [8] From the county of Moray. Burghead burgh; Duffus and Drainie district; Elgin burgh; Elgin district; Fochabers district; Forres burgh; Forres district; Lossiemouth and ...
Moray UK relief location map.jpg Module:Location map/data/Scotland Moray is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Moray . The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Map of places in Moray compiled from this list This List of places in Moray is a list of links for any town, village or hamlet in the Moray council area of Scotland.
The county's statutory name was subsequently changed from Elgin to Moray in 1947. [35] The county of Moray ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975, when a new Moray district was created covering most of the pre-1975 county of Moray plus western parts of Banffshire. [36] The district of Moray was redesignated as a council area in ...
The 9th century Pictish Elgin Pillar, found in the churchyard of St Giles' Church in 1823. The discovery of the Elgin Pillar, a 9th-century class II Pictish stone, under the High Street in 1823 suggests there may have been an Early Christian presence in the area of the later market, but there is no further evidence of activity before Elgin was created a Royal Burgh in the 12th century. [7]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:18, 26 September 2010: 1,414 × 1,424 (1.22 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Blank map of Moray, UK with the following information shown: *Administrative borders *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 1
The firth is named after the 10th-century Province of Moray, whose name in turn is believed to derive from the sea of the firth itself.The local names Murar or Morar are suggested to derive from Muir, the Gaelic for sea, [2] whilst Murav and Morav are believed to be rooted in Celtic words Mur (sea) and Tav (side), condensed to Mur'av for sea-side. [3]