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Buteshire - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Buteshire
Island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland; area 120 sq km/46 sq mi. The chief town and resort is Rothesay; population (2001) 7,200. Bute lies 8 km/5 mi from the north Ayrshire coast ...
County of Bute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bute, also known as Buteshire, was a local government county of Scotland with its own elected county council from 1890 to 1975. The council area comprised a number of islands in the ...
Buteshire -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Britannica online encyclopedia article on Buteshire:Brodick Castle on Arran island, North Ayrshire (historic county of Buteshire), Scot.SoyYohistoric county in western Scotland ...

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Buteshire, former county, western Scotland; Rothesay was the county town. The county comprised the Island of Arran, Bute, the Cumbraes, and several smaller islands, all lying in the Firth of Clyde. On the islands are the remains of prehistoric structures and many early Christian (6th century) churches. In 1975 Buteshire became part of the newly created Strathclyde (see Strathclyde) Region.