Scotland Genealogy: Moray Census & County
Records
ELGINSHIRE (or Morayshire), maritime county [map shows location]
, in NE. of Scotland; is bounded N. by the Moray Firth, E.
and SE. by Banff, SW. by Inverness, and W. by Nairn; coast-line,
30 miles; 304,606 ac.; pop. 43,788. Along the sea-coast the
surface is mostly low and sandy; inland it consists of fertile
valleys, divided by low hills, which gradually rise to the
mountains on the S. border. In the S. a large portion of the
surface is still covered by forest. The principal rivers are
the Spey, Lossie, and Findhorn; the Spey and the Findhorn
have salmon and grilse, and in the lochs there is abundance
of trout; large quantities of haddock, cod, and ling are caught
in the Moray Firth. In the lower part of the Co. farming and
stock-raising are prosecuted with great success. The principal
crops are wheat, oats, potatoes, and turnips. Granite occurs
in the S., and red sandstone in the N. There are large quarries
of freestone and a few slate quarries; whisky is distilled;
and there is some ship-building at the mouth of the Spey;
but otherwise the industries, besides agriculture and fishing,
are unimportant. Corn, timber, salmon, and whisky are the
chief experts. The Co. comprises 15 pars. and 7 parts, the
parl. and royal burgh of Elgin (part of Elgin Burghs -1 member),
and the parl. and royal burgh of Forres (part of Inverness
Burghs). It unites with the co. of Nairn in returning 1 member
to Parliament.
[Bartholemew's Gazetteer of British Isles, 1887]
Moray,
Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
A collection of parish and probate records in Scotland, from
the 1500s to the 1800s.
Moray Parish Index
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