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- Shires_of_Scotland abstract "The shires or counties of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachdan na h-Alba) are historic subdivisions of Scotland.Scottish shires each sent Commissioners (MPs) to the Scottish Parliament. They trace their origins to the mormaerdoms, stewartries and sheriffdoms of the High Middle Ages. Many of these early entities, while sharing a root of a name with a later shire, represent a greater or smaller area. The case of the Mormaerdom of Moray, which included parts the later shires of Moray, and of Nairnshire, Banffshire and Inverness-shire, is an example of this difference.By the reign of James IV, the sheriffdoms were used to select Commissioners (MPs) to the Parliament of Scotland, forming the basis of the "landward constituencies", which existed distinct from the burgh constituencies until the Representation of the People Act 1918. Before the Union of 1707, Commissioners could represent multiple counties, or, on occasions, a part of one. After Union, eight counties were paired, electing a member at alternating elections to the Unreformed House of Commons. A number of sheriffdoms, such as those of Ross and Cromartyshire were also merged during the 18th century. As a result of the 1832 Reform Act the pairing system ended, and Elginshire and Nairnshire were merged into a single constituency, as were Ross and Cromartyshire and also Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire. Bute and Caithness, previously paired, became separate constituencies.Scotland still has county constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), and the same term is used in reference to constituencies of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), created in 1999.Historically, county constituencies did represent specific counties (minus parliamentary burghs within the counties). Now, however, county in county constituency means predominantly rural. Similarly, burgh constituencies are predominantly urban constituencies.".
- Shires_of_Scotland thumbnail Renfrewshire_county.jpg?width=300.
- Shires_of_Scotland wikiPageExternalLink www.historiccountiestrust.co.uk.
- Shires_of_Scotland wikiPageExternalLink index.html.
- Shires_of_Scotland wikiPageExternalLink www.rps.ac.uk.
- Shires_of_Scotland wikiPageID "357427".
- Shires_of_Scotland wikiPageRevisionID "597943234".
- Shires_of_Scotland hasPhotoCollection Shires_of_Scotland.
- Shires_of_Scotland subject Category:Counties_of_Scotland.
- Shires_of_Scotland subject Category:Vernacular_geography.
- Shires_of_Scotland comment "The shires or counties of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachdan na h-Alba) are historic subdivisions of Scotland.Scottish shires each sent Commissioners (MPs) to the Scottish Parliament. They trace their origins to the mormaerdoms, stewartries and sheriffdoms of the High Middle Ages. Many of these early entities, while sharing a root of a name with a later shire, represent a greater or smaller area.".
- Shires_of_Scotland label "Comtés d'Écosse".
- Shires_of_Scotland label "Contee tradizionali della Scozia".
- Shires_of_Scotland label "Graafschappen van Schotland".
- Shires_of_Scotland label "Shires of Scotland".
- Shires_of_Scotland label "Traditionelle Grafschaften Schottlands".
- Shires_of_Scotland label "Исторические области Шотландии".
- Shires_of_Scotland sameAs Vývoj_správního_členění_Skotska.
- Shires_of_Scotland sameAs Traditionelle_Grafschaften_Schottlands.
- Shires_of_Scotland sameAs Κομητείες_της_Σκωτίας.
- Shires_of_Scotland sameAs Comtés_d'Écosse.
- Shires_of_Scotland sameAs Contee_tradizionali_della_Scozia.
- Shires_of_Scotland sameAs Graafschappen_van_Schotland.
- Shires_of_Scotland sameAs Q1350181.
- Shires_of_Scotland sameAs Q1350181.
- Shires_of_Scotland wasDerivedFrom Shires_of_Scotland?oldid=597943234.
- Shires_of_Scotland depiction Renfrewshire_county.jpg.
- Shires_of_Scotland isPrimaryTopicOf Shires_of_Scotland.
