"Nairnshire, a maritime co. in the NE. of Scotland, bounded N. by
the Moray Firth, E. by Elginshire, and S. and W. by Inverness-shire; consists
of a main body and 5 detached portions, 3 of which are in Elginshire, 1
in Inverness-shire, and 1 in Ross and Cromarty; the main body has an extreme
length, N. and S., of 18 miles, and an average breadth, E. and W., of 11
miles; the coast, which is flat and sandy, has an extent of 10 miles; area,
127,905 ac.; pop. 10,455. The low ground near the coast is fertile and well-wooded,
the soil consisting of a rich free loam over sand or gravel. The surface
gradually rises thence into mountains in the S. (For agricultural statistics,
see Appendix.) Granite is abundant, and is quarried. The rivers are the
Nairn and the Findhorn. Agriculture and the fisheries are the chief industries.
The county comprises 3 pars, and 7 parts, and the parl. and royal burgh
of Nairn (Inverness Burghs). It unites with Elginshire in returning 1 member
to Parliament" from John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British
Isles 1887
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