Stirlingshire, west-midland county of Scotland; consists of a main portion and two detached sections to the NE. included in Perthshire and Clackmannanshire; is bounded N. by Perthshire, NE. by Clackmannanshire and a detached portion of Perthshire, E. by the Firth of Forth and Linlithgowshire, S. by Linlithgowshire, Lanarkshire, and detached part of Dumbartonshire, and W. … Read more
Roxburghshire, inland county, in S. of Scotland, bounded N. by Berwickshire, NE. and SE. by Northumberland and Cumberland, SW. by Dumfriesshire, and NW. by Selkirkshire and Edinburghshire; greatest length, N. and S., 42 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 30 miles; area, 425,657 acres, population 53,442. The main body of the county, or three-fourths of … Read more
Rutland (or Rutlandshire), inland county of England, bounded W. and N. by Leicestershire, NE. by Lincolnshire, and SE. by Northamptonshire; greatest length, N. and S., 18 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 17 miles; area, 94,889 acres, population 21,434. Rutland is the smallest county in England. The surface is diversified by gently rising hills and … Read more
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Selkirkshire, an inland county in the SE. of Scotland; is bounded N. by Edinburghshire, E. by Roxburghshire, S. by Dumfriesshire, and W. by Peeblesshire; greatest length, NE. and SW., 28 miles; greatest breadth, NW. and SE., 17 miles; area, 164,545 acres, population 25,564. The surface, rising in a succession of verdant uplands or heath-clad hills, … Read more
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Renfrewshire, maritime county, in SW. of Scotland, bounded N. by the river Clyde and Dumbartonshire, E. by Lanarkshire, S. by Ayrshire, and W. by the Firth of Clyde; greatest length, NW. and SE., 31 miles; greatest breadth, NE. and SW., 14 miles; area, 150,785 acres, population 263,374. The principal streams, all flowing to the Clyde, … Read more
Cromartyshire Cromartyshire, small county, in the N. of Scotland, consisting of 20 detached portions merged in Ross-shire, so that for political and most practical purposes it is treated as a component part of that county. See Ross-shire. – John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887) Cromarty Courthouse Museum Church Street Cromarty IV11 8XA 01381 … Read more
Pembrokeshire, a maritime county of South Wales, washed by the sea on all sides excepting the NE. and E., where it is bounded respectively by Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire; greatest length, N. to S., about 30 miles; greatest breadth, E. to W., about 25 miles; area, 391,181 acres, population 91,824. The coast line, which on the … Read more
Perthshire, east-midland county of Scotland, bounded N. by Inverness-shire and Aberdeenshire, E. by Forfarshire, SE. by Fife and Kinross-shire, S. by Clackmannanshire and Stirlingshire, SW. by Stirlingshire and Dumbartonshire, and W. by Argyllshire; greatest length, E. and W., 72 miles; greatest breadth, N. and S., 60 miles; the detached portion (lying along the upper reach … Read more