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Banffshire

British  
/ ˈbæmfˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

  1. (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland: formerly (1975–96) part of Grampian region, now part of Aberdeenshire

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He was recently invited to a special festive service at Aberdeen's St Machar's Cathedral by Andrew Simpson, the lord lieutenant of Banffshire.

From BBC Dec. 23, 2024

Hamish Watt was a Conservative turned Scottish Nationalist MP who represented Banffshire from 1974 to 1979, winning the seat as popularity for the SNP surged.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2014

Dunbar's paternal grandfather left Dundee for America in 1909 and her grandmother a few years later from Gardenstown in Banffshire.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2012

Last week Smith Grant was winding up his busiest season since the war at Glenlivet Distillery, which stands on a brae overlooking a fertile Banffshire valley in the heart of the Highlands.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Banffshire the peat fires are covered with ashes and smoothed down.

From Threads of Grey and Gold by Reed, Myrtle

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