County of Bute




Historic county in Scotland


























Bute
Historic county
Buteshire - Scotland.svg
Country Scotland
County town Rothesay
Area

 • Total 225 sq mi (583 km2)
  Ranked 30th of 34
Chapman code
BUT

The County of Bute (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Bhòid), also known as Buteshire,[1] is a historic county and registration county of Scotland.[2]


The county comprises a number of islands in the Firth of Clyde, between the counties of Argyll and Ayrshire, the principal islands being Bute, Arran, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae. The county town is Rothesay, located on the Isle of Bute. Buteshire had its own elected county council from 1890 to 1975.




Contents






  • 1 Local government councils


  • 2 Parliamentary constituency


  • 3 Civil parishes


  • 4 List of places


  • 5 See also


  • 6 Gallery


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Local government councils


Buteshire had its own elected local government council from 1890 to 1975. However, in 1975 this system was superseded and Buteshire was divided for administrative purposes between the Strathclyde region districts of Argyll and Bute (which administered the Isle of Bute) and Cunninghame (which administered Arran and the Cumbraes). The Scottish regions were abolished in 1996, and this divide of the historic county continued, with both districts which administered historic Buteshire becoming council areas (Cunninghame under the name "North Ayrshire").



Parliamentary constituency


There was a Buteshire constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. Between 1708 and 1832 it was an alternating constituency with Caithness: one constituency elected a Member of Parliament (MP) to one parliament then the other elected an MP to the next. Between 1832 and 1918 it was a separate constituency, electing an MP to every parliament.


In 1918 the constituency was combined with the Ayrshire North constituency to form the Bute and Northern Ayrshire constituency, a constituency which straddled the boundary between the local government counties of Bute and Ayrshire.


In 1983, eight years after Scottish local government counties had been abolished, the Bute and Northern Ayrshire constituency was divided between the Argyll and Bute constituency and the Cunninghame North constituency.


In 2005, both constituencies were enlarged as part of the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[3] The name "Argyll and Bute" was retained, while the enlarged Cunningham North was named North Ayrshire and Arran.


Constituencies with similar boundaries to the pre-2005 constituencies, and also called Argyll and Bute and Cunninghame North, are used by the Scottish Parliament.




Buteshire



Civil parishes



  • North Bute

  • Rothesay

  • Kingarth

  • Cumbraes or Great Cumbrae

  • Kilbride, Arran

  • Kilmory, Arran

  • Lochranza



List of places


Towns and places in Bute include:[4]




  • Ascog

  • Blackwaterfoot

  • Brodick

  • Corrie, Arran

  • Corriegills, Arran

  • Dippen, Arran


  • Kilchattan Bay, Bute

  • Kildonan, Arran

  • Kilmory, Arran


  • Kingarth, Bute

  • Kings Cross, Arran

  • Lamlash


  • Lochranza, Isle of Arran

  • Machrie

  • Millport, Cumbrae

  • Mount Stuart

  • Pirnmill


  • Port Bannatyne, Bute

  • Rothesay, Bute

  • Sannox

  • Shannochie

  • Shiskine

  • Sliddery

  • Whiting Bay




See also


  • List of counties of Scotland 1890–1975


Gallery






  • Rothesay Castle, with the 16th century forework in the centre, and the 13th century "Pigeon Tower" on the right







  • Brodick Castle







  • Kilmory Castle is incorporated into Meikle Kilmory Farm, Bute







  • Machrie Moor Stone Circle







  • Isle of Arran







  • Blaeu Atlas. Arania







  • Blaeu Atlas. Buthe Insula







  • Shire of Bute. by H. Moll







  • Kerrycroy Bay, Bute







  • Ardbeg, Bute






References





  1. ^ Wikisource Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Bute" , Encyclopædia Britannica, 4 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 879.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Land Register Counties", Leaflets, Registers of Scotland, archived from the original on 2010-02-02


  3. ^ UK Parliament. The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 2005 as made, from legislation.gov.uk.


  4. ^ "County Bute: List of towns and places", Registers of Scotland, Land Register, 2000, archived from the original on 2002-10-06




External links




  • Wikisource Hedderwick, Robert (1878), "County of Bute" , Encyclopædia Britannica, 4 (9th ed.), pp. 579–581


  • NLS map of Buteshire. John Thompson's Atlas of Scotland. 1832.























Coordinates: 55°45′N 5°15′W / 55.750°N 5.250°W / 55.750; -5.250







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