Moray (County), United Kingdom

Moray (County), United Kingdom

Moray (County) United Kingdom

Moray, also known historically as Elginshire, is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in Scotland. It borders Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south and Banffshire to the east. Elgin was the county town when Moray functioned as a local government county until 1975. Before 1889, there were two large exclaves of Moray within Inverness-shire, and an exclave of Inverness-shire within Moray. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 transferred these exclaves to the counties surrounding them. The county was officially called Elginshire, sharing the name of the Elginshire parliamentary constituency, established in 1708. From around 1930, official documents increasingly used the name Moray, but the term “Morayshire” also appeared in handwritten ledgers, as there were difficulties in distinguishing Moray from Norway and Morar.
Recommended airport
Lossiemouth (LMO)
Nearby destinations
  • Nairn a 36.16 km
  • Grantown on Spey a 33.75 km
  • Elgin a 8.63 km