Relation: ‪Cromartyshire - Siorrachd Chromba (1690-1891) [‪1690 – 1891‬]‬ (‪2847507‬)

Relation: Cromartyshire - Siorrachd Chromba (1690-1891) [1690 – 1891] (2847507)

Added two exclaves to Cromartyshire

admin_level	5
alt_name:en	County of Cromarty; Shire of Cromarty; Cromarty Shire
boundary	administrative
end_date	1891-05-14
end_date:cause	Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889
end_date:changes	Merged with Ross-shire
end_date:edtf	1891-05-15
fixme	Currently only includes the core "old shire" and 2 of the the 22 exclaves
license	CC-BY (NLS): Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland
name	Cromartyshire - Siorrachd Chromba (1690-1891)
name:en	Cromartyshire (1690-1891)
name:gd	Siorrachd Chromba (1690-1891)
note	Sheriff shared with Ross-shire from 1748 but legally remained separate and had separate commissioners of supply (and from 1794 lords lieutenent) until 1891
official_name	Cromarty
official_name:note	For shires named after settlements the true official name was simply the name of the settlement. In practice 'Xshire' or 'X Shire' was used in many contexts (e.g. OS maps) and 'shire/county of X' was widely used in legal documents.
place	county
source	NLS - OS 6-inch Scotland 1842-82
source:url	https://maps.nls.uk/index.html
start_date	1690
start_date:note	Tarbat possessions in Ross-shire transferred to Cromartyshire
type	boundary
wikidata	Q1140824
wikipedia	en:Cromartyshire

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