Atholl
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Atholl or Athole (Scottish Gaelic: Athall; anciently Athfhotla) is a large historical district in the Scottish Highlands. Today it forms the northern part of Perth and Kinross, Scotland bordering Marr, Badenoch, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth and Lochaber.
Atholl was historically an Mormaerdom, later an earldom. The first recorded Earl of Atholl was Matad, Earl of Atholl sometime in the 12th Century. In 1703 the title was made a Dukedom by Queen Anne. The title also holds numerous subsidiary titles. These include: Marquess of Atholl (created 1676), Marquess of Tullibardine (1703), Earl of Atholl (1629), Earl of Tullibardine (1606 and 1676), Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle (1703), Viscount of Balquhidder (1676), Lord Murray of Tullibardine (1604), Lord Murray, Balvenie and Gask (1676) and Baron Percy (1722). The Barony of Percy forms part of the peerage of Great Britain; all other titles belong in the peerage of Scotland.
The district was eventually combined into the traditional county of Perthshire during reorganisation due to Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, this Act established a uniform system of county councils and town councils in Scotland and restructured many of Scotland’s counties. (See: History of local government in the United Kingdom).
In Scottish Gaelic the name is Athall, which derives from Athfhotla, 'another (or 'second') Fotla', this being a traditional name for Ireland.
Towns and villages in Atholl include Aberfeldy, Ballinluig, Blair Atholl, Dunkeld, Logierait, Pitlochry and Weem.
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