Editing Moray (section)

==History==
The name, first attested around 970 as ''{{lang|mga|Moreb}}'', and in Latinised form by 1124 as ''{{lang|la|Moravia}}'', derives from the earlier Celtic forms *''mori'' 'sea' and *''treb'' 'settlement' (cf. [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ''môr-tref'').<ref>David Mills, ''A Dictionary of British Place-Names'', rev. edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), p. 333.</ref>

During the [[Middle Ages]], the [[Province of Moray]] was much larger than the modern council area, also covering much of what is now [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]. During this period Moray's status fluctuated; it was sometimes an independent kingdom, and at other times a [[vassal]] of [[Kingdom of Alba|Alba]] (early Scotland) to the south. In the early 12th century, Moray's last independent ruler, [[Óengus of Moray]], was defeated by [[David I of Scotland]], and the area was then absorbed into the Kingdom of Scotland.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Turnock |first1=David |title=The Historical Geography of Scotland since 1707 |date=2005 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521892292 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBvAmF38TBUC&pg=PA19 |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> It was divided into the [[Shires of Scotland|shires]] of [[Elginshire]], [[Nairnshire]] and the mainland parts of [[Inverness-shire]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shaw |first1=Lachlan |title=The History of the Province of Moray: Volume 1 |date=1882 |publisher=Hamilton, Adams and Co. / Thomas D. Morison |location=London / Glasgow |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lpJJAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22province+of+moray%22&pg=PA404 |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> Elginshire was seen as the core of the old Moray territory and so was often informally called Moray. In 1919 Elginshire County Council renamed the county Moray.<ref>{{cite news |title=Morayshire County Council: Official name of the county |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search-newspapers |access-date=21 August 2024 |work=Aberdeen Daily Journal |date=8 May 1919 |page=8}}</ref>

The modern territory called Moray was created in 1975 under the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973]], which abolished Scotland's counties, [[burgh]]s and [[landward district]]s and replaced them with a two-tier system of [[Local government areas of Scotland (1975–1996)|regions and districts]]. The new Moray district covered ten of the twelve previous districts of the county of Moray plus over half of the area of the neighbouring county of [[Banffshire]] to the east:<ref>{{cite web |title=Quarter-inch Administrative Areas Maps: Scotland, Sheet 5, 1969 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/222075470 |website=National Library of Scotland |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref><ref name=1973act>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973|year=1973|chapter=65|accessdate=17 April 2023}}</ref>

''From the county of Moray''
*[[Burghead]] burgh
*[[Duffus]] and Drainie district
*[[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]] burgh
*Elgin district
*[[Fochabers]] district
*[[Forres]] burgh
*Forres district
*[[Lossiemouth and Branderburgh]] burgh
*[[Rothes]] burgh
*Rothes and [[Knockando, Moray|Knockando]] burgh

''From Banffshire''
*[[Aberlour]] burgh
*[[Buckie]] burgh
*Buckie district
*[[Cullen, Moray|Cullen]] burgh
*Cullen district (except parish of [[Fordyce, Aberdeenshire|Fordyce]], which went to [[Banff and Buchan]])
*[[Dufftown]] burgh
*Dufftown district
*[[Findochty]] burgh
*[[Keith, Moray|Keith]] burgh
*Keith district
*[[Portknockie]] burgh

The only two districts from the pre-1975 county of Moray that were not included in the new Moray district were the burgh of [[Grantown-on-Spey]] and the surrounding [[Cromdale]] district, which went instead to the [[Badenoch and Strathspey]] district of the [[Highland (council area)|Highland]] region. This area had been a comparatively recent addition to the county, having been part of Inverness-shire until 1870.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Inverness and Elgin County Boundaries Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict c. 16) |date=1870 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TnsDAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA6-PA111 |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> The eastern parts of Banffshire not included in the new Moray district went to the Banff and Buchan district. Moray District Council was a district-level authority, with regional-level functions provided by the [[Grampian Regional Council]], based in [[Aberdeen]].<ref name=1973act/>

The districts and regions created in 1975 were abolished in 1996, under the [[Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]] and replaced with single-tier [[Council areas of Scotland|council areas]]. The Moray district became one of the new council areas.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994|year=1994|chapter=39|accessdate=17 April 2023}}</ref>

The boundaries of the pre-1975 county of Moray are still used for some limited official purposes connected with land registration, being a [[registration county]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ros.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/14921/LandMassCoverageReport2015-proofed.pdf |title=Land Mass Coverage Report |publisher=Registers of Scotland |access-date=2015-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232505/https://www.ros.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/14921/LandMassCoverageReport2015-proofed.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Moray [[Lieutenancy areas of Scotland|lieutenancy area]] covers the parts of the pre-1975 county that are within the modern council area (being the pre-1975 county excluding Cromdale and Grantown-on-Spey). The Banffshire lieutenancy area covers the pre-1975 county, which therefore straddles the modern Moray and [[Aberdeenshire]] council areas.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996|year=1996|number=731|access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref>