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18th
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304,606 acres (1233 km²)
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Elgin
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, or '''Morayshire''' or '''Elginshire''' (''Moireibh'' in
Gaelic ) is one of the
Registration Counties Of Scotland , bordering
Nairnshire to the west,
Inverness-shire to the south, and
Banffshire to the east. The
County Town was
Elgin . It was also in use as a
County of
Scotland for general administrative purposes until 1975.
There were two large detached portions of Morayshire situated locally in Inverness-shire, and a corresponding part of Inverness-shire situated locally in Morayshire. With the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 these parts were merged into the county in which they locally lay. The county shown was officially called ''Elginshire'', sharing the name of the
Elginshire Parliamentary Constituency , so named since 1708.
Morayshire is also that name of a
Registration County for property, and a slightly smaller area is a
Lieutenancy Area named
Moray . This area consists almost exactly of the rump of the traditional county, without its exclaves in Inverness-shire.
