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Kirkcudbright, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Kirkcudbright, former county, Scotland: see Kirkcudbrightshire. ...

Kincardine, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Kincardine, former county, Scotland: see Kincardineshire. ...

Nairn, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Nairn, former county, Scotland: see Nairnshire. ...

Inverness, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Inverness, former county, Scotland: see Inverness-shire. ...

Aberdeen, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Aberdeen, former county, Scotland: see Aberdeenshire. ...

Dumbarton, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Dumbarton, former county, Scotland: see Dumbartonshire. ...

Dumfries, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Dumfries, former county, Scotland: see Dumfriesshire. ...

Cumberland, former county, England

(Encyclopedia)Cumberland, former county, N England. In 1974, Cumberland became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Cumbria. ...

Clwyd, former county, Wales

(Encyclopedia)Clwyd klo͝oˈĭd [key], former county, N Wales, created in 1974 from Flintshire and parts of Denbighshire and Merionethshire. It was dissolved in 1996 and divided among the unitary authorities of Fli...

Cheshire, former county, England

(Encyclopedia)Cheshire chĕshˈər [key], county, W central England, on the N border with Wales. The county seat was Chester. Other principal population centers included Northwich, Crewe, and Macclesfield. Cheshire...