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14th
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412,258 acres (1668 km&2)
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Banff
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BAN
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The is a
Registration County for property, and '''Banffshire''' (''Siorrachd Bhanbh'' in
Gaelic ) is a
Lieutenancy Area of
Scotland .
The County of Banff, also known as Banffshire, was a
Local Government County of
Scotland with its own
County Council between 1890 and 1975. The
County Town was
Banff although the largest community was
Buckie to the west.It bordered the
Moray Firth to the north,
Moray and
Inverness-shire to the west, and
Aberdeenshire to the south. The county contained various
Exclave s which were locally situated in Aberdeenshire, the biggest being the parish and village of
St. Fergus . The county's area is now split between
Moray council and
Aberdeenshire council.
The region remained largely
Roman Catholic after the
Reformation (
16th Century ) and suffered greatly in the ensuing struggles. During the
British Civil Wars (
17th Century ), Banffshire was a
Royalist stronghold. Located in the area are the ruins of several medieval castles and the
12th Century Kirk of
Gamrie . From 1975 to 1996, the area of the previous county lay within the
Grampian Region.
