Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORAY FIRTH | Moray Frith Moray Frith Moray Frith Moray Frith Moray Firth Moray Firth Moray Firth |
Fullerton's Gazetteer New Statistical Account Old Statistical Account Robertson's Map of Banffshire 1822 Black's Map of Scotland Map in New Statistical Account Chamber's Encyclopedia |
004 | "A gulf in the extreme north-east of Scotland; a sea rather than a bay or an estuary. Its limits as assigned by the modern hydrography of the country are somewhat various and not very distinctly understood; but on the whole, they distribute into two easily ascertained parts, an exterior and an interior. The exterior frith comprehends all the open sea south-west of a line between Duncanby-head in Caithness-shire, and Kinnaird's-head in Aberdeenshire, onward to the entrance of the inner frith between Tarbetness in Ross-shire and Burgh-head in Morayshire. The interior Moray Frith, where it opens from the exterior between Tarbetness and Burgh-head, is about 14 miles wide. The interior Moray Frith, except in its outer skirts, presents quite a contrast to the exterior frith as to at once the wealth, the abundance, and the variety of its fisheries; and though possessing along its coasts some regular communities of fishermen, affords them such small employment that they generally resort to the fishing grounds north of Tarbetness." Fullarton's Gazetteer |
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Co [County] of Banff -- Parish of Boyndie
Ordnance Survey - Banff county, OS Name Books - Banff county - Volume 7 - Parish of Boyndie, OS1/4/7
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Boyndie.
Ordnance Survey - Banff county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Banff, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.