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Scotland / County Names
« on: Thursday 01 June 23 22:46 BST (UK) »
Does anyone know for certain exactly when the names Forfarshire, Elginshire, Linlithgowshire, Edinburghshire and Haddingtonshire were coined for Angus, Moray, West, Mid and East Lothian respectively?
And by what method? And why were analogous names not inflicted on Shetland, Orkney, Caithness, Sutherland, Kincardine, Fife, Bute and Argyll?
I know the name Forfarshire was abolished by an Act of Parliament in 1928, but it seems much harder to find the starting date.
And by what method? And why were analogous names not inflicted on Shetland, Orkney, Caithness, Sutherland, Kincardine, Fife, Bute and Argyll?
I know the name Forfarshire was abolished by an Act of Parliament in 1928, but it seems much harder to find the starting date.