Forfarshire

E18123
former administrative county historic county

Forfarshire is the former historic name of the Scottish county now known as Angus.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
County of Forfar 1
Sheriffdom of Forfar 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative county ⓘ
historic county ⓘ
alternativeName Forfarshire ⓘ
surface form: County of Forfar

Forfar County ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater North Sea ⓘ
capital Forfar ⓘ
containsCoastalTown Arbroath ⓘ
Montrose ⓘ
containsFeature Scottish Highlands ⓘ
surface form: Grampian Mountains

Sidlaw Hills ⓘ
containsHarbour Arbroath Harbour ⓘ
Montrose Harbour ⓘ
containsHistoricSite Arbroath Abbey ⓘ
Arbroath Signal Tower ⓘ
Brechin Cathedral ⓘ
Edzell Castle ⓘ
Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Glamis Castle

House of Dun ⓘ
containsIsland Bell Rock ⓘ
Inchcape ⓘ
Isle of May ⓘ
containsLighthouse Bell Rock Lighthouse ⓘ
North Carr Lightship ⓘ
containsRegion Angus Glens ⓘ
containsRiver North Esk River ⓘ
surface form: River North Esk

River South Esk ⓘ
River Tay ⓘ
containsSettlement Arbroath ⓘ
Brechin ⓘ
Carnoustie ⓘ
Dundee ⓘ
Kirriemuir ⓘ
Montrose ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
countyTown Forfar ⓘ
formerNameOf Angus council area ⓘ
surface form: County of Angus
governedBy Angus council area ⓘ
surface form: Forfarshire County Council
hasCurrentName Angus ⓘ
hasHistoricRegion Mearns (partly) ⓘ
Strathmore ⓘ
hasLargestCity Dundee ⓘ
historicCountySystem counties of Scotland ⓘ
historicJurisdiction Forfarshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sheriffdom of Forfar
historicNameOf Angus ⓘ
locatedIn Scotland ⓘ
namedAfter town of Forfar ⓘ
partOf Scotland ⓘ
replacedBy Angus ⓘ
usedAsCountyNameUntil 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Forfarshire → alternativeName → Forfarshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: County of Forfar
Forfar → formerName → Forfarshire ⓘ
Kirriemuir → hasHistoricCounty → Forfarshire ⓘ
Angus → hasHistoricName → Forfarshire ⓘ
Forfarshire → historicJurisdiction → Forfarshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheriffdom of Forfar
Carnegie of Lour → historicalCounty → Forfarshire ⓘ
Angus → usedToBeCalled → Forfarshire ⓘ