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  • ...situate in Banffshire south of [[Banff]]: Forming the northern part of the Banffshire parish of [[Alvah]], it also forms a detached part of Aberdeenshire's ancie ...especially [[Braemar]], which contains the greatest mass of elevated land in the [[British Isles]]. The Dee valley has sandy soil, the [[River Don, Aber
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  • |name=Banffshire |map image=Banffshire Brit Isles Sect 2.svg
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  • ...[Highlands]]. It stretches includes from the east coast to the west coast and includes many of the isles of the [[Hebrides]], including most of the Outer ...rkshire]], swallowing the heart of the Highlands. It is 4,211 square miles in area, of which more than one-third belongs to the [[Hebrides]].
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  • ...outh coast of the [[Moray Firth]] between [[Nairnshire]] to the west and [[Banffshire]] to the east. To the south inland lies [[Inverness-shire]]. The [[county ...orresponding part of Inverness-shire interposes itself between coast Moray and its larger detached portion.
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  • '''Aberdeen''' is the [[county town]] of [[Aberdeenshire]] and Scotland's third most populous city. It is a major centre of the North Sea ...The city has a long, sandy coastline. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the ''Oil Capital of Europe'' or the '
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  • ...e United Kingdom after competitions run by PlantLife, a charity, beginning in 2002. ...ommemorate the Queen's Jubilee in 2002 by putting wild flowers on the map, and launched a campaign to ask every county to choose its own wild flower emble
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  • | county = Banffshire | constituency= Banff and Buchan
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  • ...ow is a list of flags which have either been in use, or are currently used in the '''[[United Kingdom]]'''. ''See also: [[Flags of the British overseas territories]] and [[Flags of the British Empire]].''
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  • ...d [[Banffshire]], and finally the Spey discharges its waters into Spey Bay in the [[Moray Firth]]. ...ng river in Britain. The Spey is rich in salmon and all sorts of wildlife, and its fame for salmon fishing is widespread. Its waters also feed whisky pro
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  • {{county|Banffshire}} ...{{lang|gd|Baile na Dalach}}) is a small village on the [[River Spey]] in [[Banffshire]].
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  • '''Whitehills''' is a small fishing village on the [[Moray Firth]] coast of [[Banffshire]], lying three miles west of the [[county town]], [[Banff]]. ...cessible at all states of the tide. Drying out for maintenance is possible in a purpose-built bay of the inner harbour.
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  • ...al to all those parts of Scotland which are not within the [[Highlands]]. In the Gaelic language of the Highlands, the Lowlands are called ''a' Ghalldac ...so low-lying geographically and also culturally one with the Lowlands, but in some contexts these lands find themselves grouped together with the Highlan
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  • ...r Spey|Spey]] and Rothiemurchus on the right. The Duthil portion also lies in a detached part of [[Morayshire]]. ...which lie on the main north-south A9 trunk road. The A95 to [[Keith]] in [[Banffshire]] starts here too as does the A938 Old Military Road to [[Dulnain Bridge]].
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  • {{county|Banffshire}} ...830, and situated in a central part of the parish, is a handsome structure in the later English style.
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  • {{county|Banffshire}} ...usly spelled, is lost to obscurity. The church is a plain edifice, erected in 1792.
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  • {{county|Banffshire}} ...ffshire|Kirkmichael]], to the north-east are [[Aberlour]] and [[Mortlach]] and to the east [[Cabrach]].
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  • {{county|Banffshire}} ...contains the villages of Auchenhalrig, Bogmoor, Upper and Nether Dallachy and [[Spey Bay]].
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  • {{county|Banffshire}} ...of Forgie in the north-east to the south-east angle near [[Craigellachie]] and a width from east to west of from 3⅜ to 5 miles.
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  • ...uth-east, is 17⅞ miles. Its width, from east to west, varies between two and 11⅞ miles. The total area is 76,331 acres. ...ffshire|Avon]], issuing from Loch Avon, winds 12 miles east-north-eastward and 16⅜ miles northward along Glenavon, until it passes off into the parish o
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  • {{county|Banffshire}} [[File:Forglen church, Banffshire.jpg|thumb|250px|Remains of Forglen church]]
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  • {{county|Banffshire}} ...hending its whole breadth, bounded by [[Aberdeenshire]] on the south-east, and on the north by [[Morayshire]].
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  • {{county|Banffshire}} ...ar the sea, where a battle with the Danes is supposed to have taken place, in the reign of Malcolm II.
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  • {{county|Banffshire}} ...Banffshire portion, which amounts to 19,513 acres and Cabrach and Aldunie in the Aberdeenshire portion which extends to 14,654 acres.
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  • ...rish and extends to 7,923 acres. It contains the hamlets of Haugh of Glass and Torry. The A920 from [[Dufftown]] to Huntly passes through this part of the The Banffshire portion occupies the southern part of the parish and extends to 4,732 acres.
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  • {{county|Banffshire}} '''Inverkeithny''' is a parish in eastern [[Banffshire]] adjacent to the border with [[Aberdeenshire]], 10 miles north-east from [
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  • {{county|Banffshire}} ...orm, being nearly four miles in length from north to south and about three in breadth.
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  • ...ed on the A947 road midway between [[Turriff]] and [[Banff]]. The northern and western boundary of the parish also forms the county border. ...d 1124 by St Aidan. The last service in the old church was on 25 June 1848 and services moved to new building alongside the main road.
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  • |constituency= West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine ...]], [[Inverness-shire]], [[Perthshire]] and [[Angus]]. Besides [[Braemar]] and [[Crathie]] it includes [[Balmoral Castle]].
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  • ...is a village and parish in [[Aberdeenshire]] adjacent to the border with [[Banffshire]]. The name is from the Gaelic ''Uachdar Leasa'', meaning the "Upper Part o ...ck to prehistoric times, with prehistoric remains including stone circles, and the remains of earthen huts.
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  • ...e Kirk and Kirkyard - geograph.org.uk - 973321.jpg|thumb|250px|Forgue Kirk and Kirkyard]] ..., the south [[Culsalmond]] and [[Insch]] and to the west lie [[Drumblade]] and [[Huntly]].
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  • {{county|Banffshire}} [[File:Mortlach Kirk - geograph.org.uk - 688807.jpg|thumb|250px|Mortlach Kirk in Dufftown]]
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  • ...2011 census, most of which is to be found in the vilage of [[Aberchirder]] in the centre of the parish. ...sionary from Ireland who settled in the area. The Stone Age standing stone in the churchyard shows that the ground on which the church is built has long
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  • ...c man in the vicinity of Dubford, notably from the nearby [[Longman Hill]] and [[Cairn Lee]] ancient monuments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themodernant [[Category:Towns and villages in Banffshire]]
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