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 Banffshire,
a maritime county in the North-east of Scotland, stretching about 56 miles
between Aberdeenshire and the cos. of Elgin and Inverness, and comprising
a small detached section in Aberdeenshire. It is very narrow in proportion
to its length, and is broadest along the North, where the coast on the Moray
Firth measures about 30 miles. Area, 640.8 square metre, or 412,258 acres
Population
62,736, or 98 persons to each square metre. The greater part of the South section
(about three-fourths of the entire length) is occupied with lofty
mountains, finely wooded hills, and picturesque glens. The North district is
beautifully diversified with low hills, fine valleys, and small tracts of
rich plain. The highest mountains, Ben Macdhui (4296 ft.) and Cairn Gorm
(4080 ft.), are grouped on the South-west border. The rivers are the Spey, with
its affluent the Fiddich; the Deveron, with its affluent the Isla; and the
Boyne. There are quarries of slate and marble. The occupations are chiefly
pastoral, but great numbers of the people are also employed in the
fisheries. The county comprises 19 parishes, with parts of 11 others, the
parliament
and police burgbs of Banff and Cullen (part of the Elgin Burghs), and the
police burghs of Dufftown and Macduff. It returns 1 member to Parliament. |
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